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I used to Windham, Lechien, Stewart, Bayle, Bailey, Huffman, McGrath etc.
I dunno though, maybe talent isnt all smoothness and grace? How many times has RC saved a WFO swap through the "hoops" or got squirrely in one way or another? Too many to list. I guess the records and his inhuman consistency speak for themselves.
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If the criteria was simply .. who could save it from near disaster .. Hannah would be high on the list imho
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Raw talent, maybe Tripes.
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I also consider a racer's ability to adapt. If you look at RC's technique when he rode his first national with #768 I believe its way different than today. Some of the other guys don't seem to make such huge changes and make it work for them.
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Off road, maybe David Knight.
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Robbie Reynard has so much talent...i hope he rides the wheels off that CRF this summer.
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Offroad? Juha Salminen. Hes a trials champion too I believe. Maybe even Watts back when he wasn't so broken..........well maybe his wasn't so much talent as lack of fear which can be seen as talent.
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The most talented I have seen would have to be Lechien. That is all he relied on. He put in the littlest amount of work during the week to go the fastest on the weekend. All talent.
Actually, Bruce Bunch may have been the most talented. There was absolutely nothing like seeing him wring out that RM80 through the hills of Saddleback. The kid was amazing! He had a style like a combination of Bailey and Lechien, the aggressiveness of Hannah, and the toughness of Barnett. He would have been the man period.
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I watched the Motocross Files on him the other night and DAMN that guy was bad ass, You thought he was going to loose it and every time he held on. Insane! That guy didn't need foot pegs Jarid332 wrote: I love you...
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I've gotta ask, how many people could go out and win on a stock machine like Lechien did?
I think windham is pure grace/style/natural ability & talent... he's the epitomy of it.
And Bruce Buhr is pretty fucking good too. I was always afraid of the fury with which I loved you, it overwhelmed me, hence my silence.
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Without a doubt...But,
he's a work in progress in some areas. s:wink:  s:wink:
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Moto - JMB
off-road - Stefan Merriman Damn this is gonna hurt ... big-time
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Everts - most talented off road rider , JMB - most talented all round motorcyclist , bubba - maybe most talented mxer?
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I gotta say that was the first person that came to my mind... The best 14 years of my life were traveling with my son racing motocross
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Some people have a talent to ride and some have a talent to learn. I think Tripes may be the right answer because he went real fast on a Rickman Metisse'(?) . JMB is also the one that comes to mind. Larry Friday 
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Damn Larry, I think you got it.... Marty Tripes and JMB. The "Dogger" is another one. The best 14 years of my life were traveling with my son racing motocross
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Was the pace as aggressive and consistent back when those guys raced? Well maybe it was, didn't they do 40-45 minute motos?
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Richey Moore. Im sure no one knows who this guy is. He raced 50s, 60s, 80s @ Lorettas until the early 90s. His best finish was 2nd overall on a 50 or 60 I dont remember which. He used to battle with Ben Riddle and BJ Ripple locally but he never trained just raced on the weekends. I watched him ride with a similar style to Kevin Windham his first time ever riding an RM-125. He hadn't ridden in 4-5 years, hadn't raced in 6 years. And never rode a big bike for more than a couple hours in his entire life.
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Yes, in the older days, three of them too. The best 14 years of my life were traveling with my son racing motocross
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For all around rider I would have to say Dick Mann. He won at the pro level in every discipline he tried. Flat track, TT, Scrambles, Desert, Road Racing & Motocross. Guess that puts a date on me. The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over;
thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard.
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Bring back the 45 minute moto! s:D  s:D
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Back when I started racing the classes were 100, 125, 175, 250, and OPEN, and run what the fock you brung. Little later on they added mini-bike class. All classes ran three 30 minute moto's. If more showed up than fit on the line, double stack 'um. And as the promoter's used to advertise, "rain or shine, wetter the better". The best 14 years of my life were traveling with my son racing motocross
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BMSOB now you are talking about talent and Bravery. I used to go to the Lakewood fairgrounds in Atl. and watch Bugsy and his friends throw those beasts they rode into a corner at over 120mph. With out a doubt the bravest thing I have ever seen, except for the guy who decided to steal some beers out of the outlaws biker group of coolers at one of those races. It broke out a fight so big they had to stop the race. God I miss those days. Larry Friday
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s   The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over;
thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard.
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Absolutely agree. He makes it look easy.
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Tripe really was incredible.
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fte..remember when he went by hannah and wienert and howerton like they were going backwards at searspoint? hannah wasn't passed and pulled on by very many people...tripes made him look silly.
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I was there, unbelievable, I was like wtf, nobody passes Hannah like that !
You think P has hero worship issues LOL, Hannah was god back then. Olds Cool
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mikey wrote: RC
I used to Windham, Lechien, Stewart, Bayle, Bailey, Huffman, McGrath etc.
I dunno though, maybe talent isnt all smoothness and grace? How many times has RC saved a WFO swap through the "hoops" or got squirrely in one way or another? Too many to list. I guess the records and his inhuman consistency speak for themselves.