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Offline scary_leary

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Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« on: December 23, 2009, 12:43:17 PM »
Rick Johnson: A true superstar
David Thorpe: Being English and having Dave top the world in the premier class 3times was great.
Erik Geboers: My 1st gp at Hawkstone park was simply awesome, my dad had only seen schoolboy moto-x and
to this day still talks about how fast Geboers was..
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2009, 01:08:50 PM »
I was very fortunate to have spent some time with Rick Johnson is 1988, what a great racer.

Certainly he is on the list... although to be honest I have a hard time picking only three!!

In no particular order -

Bob Hannah - Brilliant marketer, probably copied Ali to get the folks going. Always said what he felt, even if it would piss folks off. Very fast racer, not the best riding style but determined to win...

Danny Chandler - Such determination. He was almost unbeatable for a time... but his biggest asset was that he never gave up. There is a photo of him on the internet going race speed with his bars bent like a pretzel.. I can't imagine any rider of today doing that (maybe RC but he's not racing anymore)

Special mention.

Ricky Carmichael - This is a guy with some serious heart... he re-invented himself after Bubba came on the scene, almost re-working his entire riding style to compete and beat him... plus he's a big two-stroke fan...

John Dowd - This guy's racing career spans more years that many of the racers competing today. His third place overall at Southwick this summer cements him as one of the very best..... plus he races a cool 250 two stroke whenever he can.
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2009, 06:58:24 PM »
Kent Howerton, Roger Dcoster, Danny Chandler                                                                                        Kent because he's from here. Very very fast, has helped me numerous times with my riding( especially when I was a kid). He's also very approachable( I never saw him turn someone down for an autograph request).                         Roger because when I was 12 years old in 1977 at the Trans-Am race at Lake Whitney Texas he took the time to talk to me and let me sit on his works Suzuki's. Man what an impression he made on me( I still like Suzuki's).           Danny because the guy had juevos the size of bowling balls!!!!!!! Man was he fun to watch ride.
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2009, 07:42:38 PM »
Adolf Weil
Willi Bauer
Ake Jonsson

The men that made Maico!
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2009, 08:07:36 AM »
Marty Smith, he was the man, all my friends (myself included) idolized him
Roger the doger DeCoster, he was just so smooth
Bob get the hell out of my way hurricane Hannah

I think I'm showing my age here...  I started following these guys back in the early 70's
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2009, 10:30:31 AM »
Hannah,Lackey, and Ward...
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2009, 04:45:28 PM »
I started following these guys last year.
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2010, 08:24:53 AM »
My first bike was a 1979 yz 80 and the big guy on Yamahas at the time was Bob Hannah so he was the first guy I rooted for. To be honest I didn't really know who the riders were back then. Since I got back into riding I have seen more MX stuff from the old days and have come to like Danny Chandler, Brad Lackey, and Heiki Mikkola as alot of my family comes from Finland.
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2010, 01:36:00 PM »
Torsten Hallman - 4 time 250cc world champion 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1967, all on husqys. Contributed to bringing the sport to the US and founder of Thor.

Håkan Carlqvist - 2 time world champion 1979 on a husqy 250cc and 1983 on a yamaha 500cc. (The guy who stopped for a beer midrace in namur)

Thorleif Hansen - Probably the fastest man never to win a world championship someone said about him some time ago. 62 years old and still riding pretty good. 2008 MTA Vet World Championships, but that's not a real world championship i know.
 
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2010, 05:18:49 PM »
Carlqvist stopped in the middle of a race for a beer?  He's moved way up on my list now.  I'm not a big fan of beer, but I am a big fan of doing cocky things to piss people off.
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2010, 09:57:23 PM »
yes he did :D

carla Namur 1988 "beer stop"

Not sure if was midrace but it was sometime during the race whne was leading big anyways
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2010, 09:35:32 AM »
My friends: :D

John Penton.(know him since 1962 ISDT Germany)

Malcolm Smith ( know him since 1971 Berkshire Trials Massachussets.)

Jeff Fredette ( know him since 1975 ISDT)

Jeff has 29 ISDT starts and won 29 Medals.. ;D :)
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2010, 11:52:23 AM »
You can always tell alot about someone by the friends they keep. You have some very wonderful friends!
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2010, 12:00:34 PM »
Quote from: John Nicholas on January 22, 2010, 11:52:23 AM
You can always tell alot about someone by the friends they keep. You have some very wonderful friends!


Over soooo many years,racing around the World,you just run into them(or they run into you) and Bingo,...
Friends for live... ;)
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Re: Name 3 of your favourite old school riders..
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2010, 03:23:08 AM »
Some people have all the luck.
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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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