When Men Were Men

[dj bill]

dont forget freddy spencer and eddie lawson

 

[FJRBluesman]

Added to my orignal post (#9).

I got a shot of my favorite poster art. Reminded me of Leroy Neiman's art.

 

[Surly]

https://www.sportrider.com/features/146_0903_motogp_champions_schwantz_rainey_doohan_lawson/viewall.html

Worth the read. Injuries suck!

Regards

Surly

h34r:

 

[Handsome Dave]

makes an old guy wish he could ride like that!

some days i'm Rossi most days i'm speedbump

 

[HotRodZilla]

Man...Those guys raced! I can't believe how many times I saw them swap positions in just the short clips shown. A lot of that racing was done real close to the edge too. I definately don't see much of that these days.

After reading that article, maybe those guys are right. Less tech and more true racing by the riders would definately separate the men from the boys.

 

[Auburn]

Man...Those guys raced! I can't believe how many times I saw them swap positions in just the short clips shown. A lot of that racing was done real close to the edge too. I definately don't see much of that these days.

After reading that article, maybe those guys are right. Less tech and more true racing by the riders would definately separate the men from the boys.

Yep, git rid of the electronics and put the control in the riders right hand. Will separate the men from the boys.

 

[wheatonFJR]

I had forgotten about this video.

HOLEEEY CRAP.

How many "oh sh!t" moments did you count?

Thanks Michael.

 

[RadioHowie]

dont forget freddy spencer and eddie lawson

Oh HELL YEAH!!

Big names from MY era!

Not taking anything away from Schwantz or Rainey, but Freddy or Eddie would have eaten them for lunch, and not bothered to spit out the bones!!

 

[wheatonFJR]

dont forget freddy spencer and eddie lawson

Oh HELL YEAH!!

Big names from MY era!

Not taking anything away from Schwantz or Rainey, but Freddy or Eddie would have eaten them for lunch, and not bothered to spit out the bones!!

I assume you have some comparative lap times or something so we know you just aren't farting out your keyboard?

 

[beemerdons]

dont forget freddy spencer and eddie lawson

Oh HELL YEAH!!

Big names from MY era!

Not taking anything away from Schwantz or Rainey, but Freddy or Eddie would have eaten them for lunch, and not bothered to spit out the bones!!

I assume you have some comparative lap times or something so were know you just aren't farting out your keyboard?

Please Wheatie, an A-bomb could not stop RadioHowie from farting out of his keyboard. It'd be easier to cure cancer!

 

[Old Michael]

... Eddie would have eaten them for lunch, and not bothered to spit out the bones!!

Eddie is IN this race, part of which is in that first video, Britney.

(Well, he was in it until the first turn.

)

Assen, in '91.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N--f7XE57Gc&lc=LMVbV6YnUaEE5NNI2DDgOTpCxHUzuE9PV1EwM-73GII&context=C3030364ADOEgsToPDskJtR9L2CuKBIgg3xU6yEnqK

...Big names from MY era.

 

[RadioHowie]

dont forget freddy spencer and eddie lawson

Oh HELL YEAH!!

Big names from MY era!

Not taking anything away from Schwantz or Rainey, but Freddy or Eddie would have eaten them for lunch, and not bothered to spit out the bones!!

I assume you have some comparative lap times or something so we know you just aren't farting out your keyboard?

Screw that...I'll just live with my memories...real OR imagined!

 

[Old Michael]

...I'll just live with my memories...real OR imagined!

So, ...you could be completely mistaken about your GEN 1 superiority fable too, ...right?

 

[squeezer]

So, ...you could be completely mistaken about your GEN 1 superiority fable too, ...right?

Most definitely not. That's established fact.

Speaking of men and racing, I ran across this on facebook today:

 

[THill]

Didn't Freddy spencer and Kenny Roberts have some great GP duals or was that Lawson ? been along time ago..

Remember Kenny flat tracking racing a 3 cylinder 2 stroke once, he parked it and said they didn't pay him enough

to ride that thing....yep thats when men were men and the ladys were glad of it.....

 

[NickBrewer]

The bike mentioned was a 4-cylinder 2-stroke 750cc

https://www.superbikeplanet.com/dontpaymeenuff.htm

 

[THill]

The bike mentioned was a 4-cylinder 2-stroke 750cc

https://www.superbikeplanet.com/dontpaymeenuff.htm

Nick thanks for that little blast from the past , great story !!

Wonder how many of todays GP riders would try flattrack racing that thing..

 

[Auburn]

The bike mentioned was a 4-cylinder 2-stroke 750cc

https://www.superbike...tpaymeenuff.htm

Nick thanks for that little blast from the past , great story !!

Wonder how many of todays GP riders would try flattrack racing that thing..

I think Hayden is the only one with a big enough set to ride it. IIRC, the only thing in that Hayden has not won in flat track is a mile race.