My favorite pics of Swedish MX legend and 2X World Champ Hakan Carlqvist

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chrisbuehler 8/9/2012 6:31am
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Anyone who could muscle a YZ490 around a motocross track is a bad dude
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Jefro98 8/9/2012 6:38am
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This classic moto pic belongs here.

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Wandell 8/9/2012 7:41am
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Carla was one of the baddest dudes to ever race MX. Stories of him are legendary! From him digging a hole and burying a works Yamaha during a testing session to him stopping to drink a beer during his last race! Carlqvist is a bad man!!
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Robgvx 8/9/2012 7:52am
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tblazier wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/08/09/Hakan_Carlqvist_37_847272.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/08/09/Hakan_Carlqvist_38_598.jpg[/img]


Oops.... The Moto Cross magazine cover is Dave Watson....
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The Sneak 8/9/2012 9:47am
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The stop and drink a beer in his last race story is awesome.
There's another good one where he dug a hole and threw his OW in it one day after testing, telling the engineers 'the bike is shit, and this is what we do with shit'

Check out that pancake pipe. And power valve.

The 83 OW suspension linkage- and I noticed this about the US works Yamahas as well - looks very similar to the production 86-88 design. Must have been better than the 83-85 production design that RJ/Glover et al had to race for 2 years.
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chrisbuehler 8/9/2012 9:57am
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tblazier wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/08/09/Hakan_Carlqvist_28_902734.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/08/09/Hakan_Carlqvist_29_933343.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/08/09/Hakan_Carlqvist_30_217817.jpg[/img]




That a recent pick? Looks like a rugged dude, look at those forearms
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MT MX 8/9/2012 10:01am
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I love me some 1980's motocross! Thanks again Tblazier
That photo of him hanging upside down makes my back feel better for some reasonGrinning
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pete24 8/9/2012 10:13am
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i always followed, his results it would take up to two weeks for the Cycle News to come
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Xavier 8/9/2012 11:21am
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Hanaa80 wrote:
One of the original badasses.
You bet !

Hakan was a beast on the bike and a true Euro legend !

I realize he must have been one of the very last top riders to not run a full face helmet...

Factory 500cc 2-stroke roost ??

Bahhh....
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julienmark 8/9/2012 12:30pm
8/9/2012 12:30pm
And please upload the little vid of his last race, a moto win , when he stops and drinks a beer at the cafe.
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speyer 8/9/2012 1:33pm
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Hanaa80 wrote:
One of the original badasses.
carla is the real deal!
JensDanker 8/9/2012 10:30pm
8/9/2012 10:30pm
He is a true hero of the sport! He dedicated al his life to mx racing and it did pay of with two world titels. one 250cc, one 500cc.

True hero ! Smile
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themrtoad 8/10/2012 12:48am
8/10/2012 12:48am
Not everyday a swede can feel proud when it comes to mx, and it's sadly always over something that happened a long time ago.
All this nice pics made my day nonetheless, so thanks tblazier

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