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Offline evo550

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Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« on: March 02, 2010, 03:10:27 AM »
Mine would have to be this of Jeff Emig 1992 MXdN in Australia.
It just screams " Keeping it pinned "



« Last Edit: March 02, 2010, 06:11:21 AM by John Nicholas »

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 06:14:24 AM »
EVO550 - hope you don't mind I edited the photo to make it show up....

To me this one just screams DETERMINATION....



Not so sure that any rider of today would continue under the same conditions. Danny "Magoo" Chandler wanted to win so bad that he would let nothing stop him...
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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 08:59:50 PM »
Well, there was something that eventually stopped him...

Anyway, I find that the old-school magazines had some of the best (and worst) pictures of all time.  Let's see what I can drag up.






Is this Maico a 440 or only a 400?  Well in all the confusion, I forgot myself.
But considering this is a 1978 Magnum, the best-handling bike in the world, you have to ask yourself one question.
Do you feel lucky, punk?

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 01:51:29 AM »
There's also this one with Georges Jobe doubling over Andre Malherbe

over to you John :)
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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2010, 06:09:34 PM »
My favorite riding pics:



And the best looking bike ever!!!
2007 RM250......RIP '92 50z, '87 YZ80, '02 RM125, and '06 YZ125

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2010, 09:08:48 PM »
I have to say, that bike has some great... um... stickers.


Is this Maico a 440 or only a 400?  Well in all the confusion, I forgot myself.
But considering this is a 1978 Magnum, the best-handling bike in the world, you have to ask yourself one question.
Do you feel lucky, punk?

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2010, 12:01:11 AM »
Mine would have to be this of Jeff Emig 1992 MXdN in Australia.
It just screams " Keeping it pinned "




Yeah had my bike at this angle a few times at Manji, only I was standing next to it ;D
It is a sick photo

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2010, 06:53:21 PM »
That pic with Emig blasting that berm is just wicked! WOW!
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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2010, 07:15:21 PM »
That Emig pic is way cool.Don't even know what to say about the broken handlebar pic. :o

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2010, 07:24:38 PM »
When I was growing up, Marty Smith was the guy I looked up to... he was amazing and always looked perfect on the bike. In this picture he is staying low off a jump, with only about 4 inches of rear suspension travel!



While maybe not as impressive as the Emig photo, this shows the speed and style of the really old days!



The funny thing is a few years later, I had a new hero... this manic...



Had very little style, but amazing speed while barely staying on the machine. But the determination he showed was unequaled for a long long time.



I was at Unadilla the day the above photo was taken...

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2010, 08:53:40 PM »
John,i was at the dills that day also.Man, these pics are bringing back some good memories.

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2010, 01:18:04 AM »
Like Bob always said, you can keep racing as long as your right hand is touching the bike.


Is this Maico a 440 or only a 400?  Well in all the confusion, I forgot myself.
But considering this is a 1978 Magnum, the best-handling bike in the world, you have to ask yourself one question.
Do you feel lucky, punk?

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2010, 10:17:37 AM »
The  Emig  photo  is  the best  ever. I  remember  they  interviewed  Emig, a  week  or so  after  the race. The   photographer  showed  Jeff  the  picture  and  he  couldn,t  believe  that  he  was   dragging  the  bar  that hard. He  said  he  was  pushing  it  as  hard  as  he  could. He  beat  Everets  in a  moto, and  that,s  incredible, being  that Everts  is  a  sand master. I   was  at  Millville  in  91, it  was  125,s  and 500,s. Emig  just  started   coming  on  running  at the  front, in  the  pits  there,s  a  mob  of  people  8 feet  from him, just starring   at   him, while  he,s  stretching out  for  his  moto, with his  shirt off. He  was  real  skinny, but  in shape. People  are  saying  dumb stuff like  my  bikini  calendar  chic, how  much money  does he make, I  tell  her  I  don,t  think he,s  racing  for money  today, he,s  here  to  win. Others  people  are   saying  he,s  not fast  and his  bike  is  slow. Talk  about   motivation, this  is  a   rider  on  the verge  of  a  moto win. Mike  LaRocco  took  the  overall  on a  Rm125, a  thin  Larocco.

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2010, 10:35:11 AM »
Not the coolest ever, but a pretty cool picture:

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Re: Your coolest all time moto photo !!!
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2010, 08:39:56 PM »
Really nice!! ;)
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