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How do you think these old legends, guys like bob hannah would do on a 2014 bike? how would he compare to the field of today? and what i mean is him in his prime except on a modern bike. not him on a modern bike now lol
Lets hear some opinions!!!
Lets hear some opinions!!!
Hannah Bob...
He once pulled a holeshot that briefly stopped the earths rotation.
The Shop
so then..who were these karsmakers and bayle fellows...
old bikes of yesteryear.
Even in theyre prime on modern bikes.
Humans have a natural progression, todays athletes are stronger, quicker, faster and more aggressive than they were 30 years ago..
Just like s baseball pitcher's fast ball was somewhere in the low 90's(average) of course there were exceptions, but that was average. And todays average fastball speed is upper 90's and low 100's.
Just like olympic runners in the 1980's top speed was in the high teens to low 20's, now theyre mid to upper 20's.
Threres always exceptional people that stand out, but on the average todays athletes are better in almost every way.
Put the top riders of 86, against the top riders of today and theyed get smoked, just like the riders 25 years from now would smoke todays stars in thiere prime..
If Hannah (as would Decoster, Johnson, Bailey, McGrath, RC, Stew) were 24 years old (prime of career) today racing moto, you could bet your ass he would be racing for titles.
Oh, IMHO.
Pit Row
Ive rarely seen it take 5 pitchers to get thru a game. It happens but not often.
I do think training techniques and more advanced equipment play a small part but its mostly the evolution of the athalete..
But, since we are talking about Bob F'n Hannah here let me just state the obvious that he would kick every ones ass. He kicked ass on some of the worst handling, underpowered and overweight pigs of bikes that were available and we are talking works bikes. 40 pounds heavier than the competition that tub o shit Yamaha was.
After kicking all of their asses he would turn to James Stewart and say,what the f' are you wearing?
Then he would turn to the Monster girls and ask, who's first?
how far we going back? let's see a scrub on a bike with points.
how about the Red Bud leap on a 501 maico?
how about Travis #199 trying a back flip on one of Evil's old bikes xr750
those guys rode those bikes right to the limit, they were faster then the bikes were capable of going.
Marty the bionic man, baseball? upper 90's/100 rare still. some closers
The only consistent fact is that they grew up riding and racing the types of bikes that were current for the time and that the skill base and expectations were governed by what was the norm then.
ie, if You got Bob at 23, stuck him right now on the gate, straight from Marty McFly's Delorian, he's fucked. You get him at 11 and grow up training with Adam Cianciurulo a few years back, we get to see Bucky go again.
He's awsome looking for sure..
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