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Offline TMKIWI

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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2010, 06:05:49 PM »
We still get all the races live. :)
I always liked the 125's & 250's but they have taken away the 250's now >:(
Look at vid's on the 500's from late 90's and you see 30 odd bikes lined up. :)
Now they are lucky to get 16. :(
At least with full grid's you had lots of small battles from the front down to 25th place.
The guys racing for 20th were just as determined to beat the guy in front of him as the guy who was racing for first.
The factories should be made to supply customer bikes for a reasonable price to other teams.
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2010, 06:11:56 PM »
Might as well throw my hat into the video ring with the Kenny Roberts section as featured in On Any Sunday II.  If I was going to have sport bike, I'd want it to be painted like Roberts'.

On Any Sunday II - Part 8

Relevant part starts around 2:20 and continues onto the Part 9 video.

On Any Sunday II - Part 9
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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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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2010, 08:01:31 PM »
speaking of kenny, I was lucky enough to be at indy last year to see him run the tz750. that was an awesome moment.

Kenny Roberts and the Indy Mile (2009) the video sounds great but it does not do that sound justice. Not at all. I was speechless. And king kenny had no shame at all in backing that bad boy in.

the following day at the indy GP, schwantz cut 4 laps or so on the RGV 500. that was great. A hell of a lot quieter than the TZ!
Schwantz RGV500 Aug 30 2009

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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2010, 08:39:04 PM »
You are one lucky bastard msmola to be there to watch it live. :D
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2010, 10:19:17 PM »
Gary McCoy  :D

Faster Gary McCoy King of Slide

Garry mccoy

NUTTER!!! :D

Great rider
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2010, 10:52:34 PM »
Yeah I know I am real lucky to see that, was one of those things I will truly cherish - since I've been here I've seen that, met mert lawwill a few weeks back at a historic flat track race,  and bobby rahal and vic elford at watkins glen, (standing in the paddock and watching the canadian F1 qualifying on a tv that folded out the side of Bob Leitzinger's transporter standing next to rahal with his kid in a stroller was pretty damn cool!) and ryan briscoe last year at the glen indy race. Then there was meeting decoster, tony D, laporte and o'mara and the whole crowd of ex champions at unadilla, and there was ken block and dave mirra at the susquehannock trail rally.  Some awesome memories to return to australia with, and I really appreciate those things, and know how fortunate I am to be able to do this stuff :)
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #21 on: July 29, 2010, 06:48:09 PM »
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2010, 07:13:12 PM »
Trust me, if you can do an accurate impression of that announcer in a country where that kind of accent is a rarity, you can get a lot of laughs.
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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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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #23 on: July 29, 2010, 07:46:43 PM »
Thats Murry Walker who did F1 for years.
Can any one tell me what a "grass farmer" does ? ::)
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #24 on: July 29, 2010, 08:08:14 PM »
Harvests grass seed, I suppose.  I'm sure the world goes through a lot of the stuff as people need to re-seed their lawns so they look nice and perfect.  Word on da street is that the Willamette Valley (which is where 95% of the people in Oregon live) is the grass-seed capital of world.  Which, by the way, is very inconvenient if you happen to be allergic to that kind of thing!  It is noticeably easier to breathe on the Eastern side of the Cascades than it is in the valley, just because there's so many allergens floating about.

From wiki: "The major agricultural products of the valley include many varieties of berries and vegetables. The valley also produces most of the grass seed, Christmas trees, and hazelnuts sold in North America."[/digression]
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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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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #25 on: July 29, 2010, 10:30:53 PM »
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Word on da street is that the Willamette Valley (which is where 95% of the people in Oregon live) is the grass-seed capital of world. 

Besides Coffee, Flowers are one of the largest exports of Colombia and I think as many as 80% of the Roses you buy in the US are from there.  You can buy a dozen roses for like $5 in Colombia itself, what's it cost here?  Like $80?

Oh ya, on topic, I think Kenny Rogers used to carry a dozen roses and plant grass seeds while racing the TZ750. 
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #26 on: July 30, 2010, 05:44:24 AM »
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ya, on topic, I think Kenny Rogers used to carry a dozen roses and plant grass seeds while racing the TZ750.



Yeah for sure. He knew when to hold them, and when to fold them.

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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2010, 07:03:45 AM »
^ :D :D
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2010, 08:09:27 AM »
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em...
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Re: Best 500GP rider of all time
« Reply #29 on: October 06, 2010, 06:01:27 AM »
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