The 411 with Jean-Michel Bayle

oldschoolmxr203 3/30/2012 5:48pm
3/30/2012 5:48pm
Great interview with Bayle, thanks for posting
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mjskier 3/30/2012 6:35pm
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This gives me even more respect for guys like Pourcel, who probably wasn't what he seems. He was just so guarded.

For somebody who is introverted, it is a lot easier to build a wall than to open up to people. But usually they mellow as they gain some wisdom. Even CP is doing a lot more stuff in the open with his Charity Days
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burnside 3/30/2012 6:38pm
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Great video.
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starchild 3/30/2012 8:09pm
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one of JMB's race worn #111 JT helmets painted by OCD designs.. this is one of my favorite pieces i my collection. JMB ruled.




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starchild 3/31/2012 11:17am
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i'm not him. i got it in a trade with a friend. he worked a deal with the surf shop guy when he had it on ebay and then it was dealt to myself. i love the helmet. its a great piece of early JMB/JT memorabilia. i'm still looking for photos of him wearing it. thanks for the bercy info.
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starchild 3/31/2012 12:04pm
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i believe his name was long board grotto on ebay. can't recall the name of the shop. from what my friend told me, and he bought a lot of stuff from him, was that he was closing the surf shop and selling everything on ebay. but that was many years ago. if you happen to find a pic please post it up on here, that would be awesome. i have found a few other pics of JMB wearing other OCD painted JT helmets but not this one. thanks for all the info. and trust me the helmet is in a very good home of a JMB fan and MX collector. if i get a chance i'll post up some pics of my pro helmets. thanks again.
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jasonv43 3/31/2012 2:27pm
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jasonv43 wrote:
Not that this would happen but if we could ever have these guys interview each other and talk about their races together. Stanton and Bayle Bradshaw...
Not that this would happen but if we could ever have these guys interview each other and talk about their races together.

Stanton and Bayle
Bradshaw and Chicken or Bayle
McGrath and Emig
RC and JS7
RC and Reed

and maybe 10 years from now....

Reed and JS7
Matthes wrote:
Check out the podcast I did with JMB where I have Stanton call in. It's pretty cool.
Thanks Steve I'll check it out.
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7I3N 3/31/2012 3:40pm
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Great interview. Thanks for posting it.

JMB is one of the all time greats. He is one of those rare riders like David Bailey and Kevin Windham whose style and technique is so perfect that just watching them ride is educational. I was really bummed when he retired.

And for anyone that doubted that Dungey was going to win on a KTM, all of the answers are in that interview.
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starchild wrote:
i believe his name was long board grotto on ebay. can't recall the name of the shop. from what my friend told me, and he bought...
i believe his name was long board grotto on ebay. can't recall the name of the shop. from what my friend told me, and he bought a lot of stuff from him, was that he was closing the surf shop and selling everything on ebay. but that was many years ago. if you happen to find a pic please post it up on here, that would be awesome. i have found a few other pics of JMB wearing other OCD painted JT helmets but not this one. thanks for all the info. and trust me the helmet is in a very good home of a JMB fan and MX collector. if i get a chance i'll post up some pics of my pro helmets. thanks again.
He'd have worn that in '89 , first year in the US he was #111.
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jasonv43 wrote:
Not that this would happen but if we could ever have these guys interview each other and talk about their races together. Stanton and Bayle Bradshaw...
Not that this would happen but if we could ever have these guys interview each other and talk about their races together.

Stanton and Bayle
Bradshaw and Chicken or Bayle
McGrath and Emig
RC and JS7
RC and Reed

and maybe 10 years from now....

Reed and JS7
Matthes wrote:
Check out the podcast I did with JMB where I have Stanton call in. It's pretty cool.
jasonv43 wrote:
Thanks Steve I'll check it out.
Can somebody post a link to that JMB/Stanton interview? I'm not sure how to find it.

Thanks
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jamma10 4/1/2012 11:23am
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Stooperbike wrote:
Really Really talented rider, glad I saw this interview cause it changed my opinion of him. I do like how he talks about Pourcel
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I hated him so much back then when he was racing SX. But now I like him and respect him a lot more. Really, really good...
I hated him so much back then when he was racing SX. But now I like him and respect him a lot more. Really, really good interview.

Pourcel needs to watch this too?
Pourcels Facebook: "Interview interessant et tres vrai."

(Interesting and very true)
danielle.hauser.3 2/19/2013 8:52pm
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starchild wrote:
one of JMB's race worn #111 JT helmets painted by OCD designs.. this is one of my favorite pieces i my collection. JMB ruled. [IMG]http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb119/starchild1973/DSC01836.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb119/starchild1973/IMG_0635.jpg[/IMG]...
one of JMB's race worn #111 JT helmets painted by OCD designs.. this is one of my favorite pieces i my collection. JMB ruled.




Hey does anyone know where I can get jean Michel bayle memorabilia? Please please help!
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burn1986 2/19/2013 9:14pm
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Excellent interview.. It's great to see Bayle be very open and speak his mind.. I'm an introvert that likes to keep to myself so I can...
Excellent interview.. It's great to see Bayle be very open and speak his mind.. I'm an introvert that likes to keep to myself so I can relate to guys like him and Pourcel in that way.. I don't give a damn how a racer interviews or if he even attends press conferences, just love to watch great racers moto.. Watching Bayle and CP is pure poetry in motion!!

I grew up around very narrow minded people that absolutely hated foreigners.. I can remember walking away from friends many times as a youngster when they screamed or booed foreign riders.. It ate at me so bad inside because these guys put in countless hours to become what many dream of and few achieve,, a professional motocross racer. I always was a fan of foreign riders, they made the racing way better and much more interesting... I greatly appreciate all the foreign riders that left their home country and sacrificed so much to give us fans a chance to watch the best racers in the world.. Cool
I agree, excellent interview! Very refreshing to have some new insight and wise perspective.
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BobbyM 2/19/2013 9:15pm
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Good job Amanda...I've seen them all and he is all time top 5 racer in moto history imho
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Myke 2/19/2013 9:56pm
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Thanks for posting. Great interview!
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One of my favourite riders aswell...

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That was excellent! I really enjoyed his candid assessment of Poucel's situation. As you can tell he is my favorite rider of all time. When JMB...
That was excellent! I really enjoyed his candid assessment of Poucel's situation.

As you can tell he is my favorite rider of all time. When JMB raced, Americans generally did not appreciate this supremely talented rider. He mentions how people weren't nice to him here in the states. I remember going to Anaheim in '91 and hearing him booed mercilessly by a raucous, xenophobic crowd.

Thanks for posting this Amanda!
Yeah I will admit that I hated his ass back in the day but I certainly appreciate his abilities nowadays.
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ga_pike 2/20/2013 6:52am
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AmandaWoods wrote:
I'm really glad you guys enjoyed this. It was an honor to sit and talk with him. Who else would you like to see a 411...
I'm really glad you guys enjoyed this. It was an honor to sit and talk with him.

Who else would you like to see a 411 with?
How about...

Johnson and Ward together? I'd also be interested in Bradshaw and Chicken. A rivals series would be awesome. Another 2 I'd be interested in would be Fred Andrews and Rodney Smith. Not as rivals really, but because both "struggled" in MX but went to to greatness as woods racers. I think Mike Jones would be another interesting interview.

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sende 2/21/2013 12:44pm
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Great vid. Thanks for posting!
As an european, I never hated the guy, quite the opposite actually!!
Always were a JMB fan and this video only boosts that opinion..
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AmandaWoods wrote:
I'm really glad you guys enjoyed this. It was an honor to sit and talk with him. Who else would you like to see a 411...
I'm really glad you guys enjoyed this. It was an honor to sit and talk with him.

Who else would you like to see a 411 with?
ga_pike wrote:
How about... Johnson and Ward together? I'd also be interested in Bradshaw and Chicken. A rivals series would be awesome. Another 2 I'd be interested in...
How about...

Johnson and Ward together? I'd also be interested in Bradshaw and Chicken. A rivals series would be awesome. Another 2 I'd be interested in would be Fred Andrews and Rodney Smith. Not as rivals really, but because both "struggled" in MX but went to to greatness as woods racers. I think Mike Jones would be another interesting interview.
We basically got the Bradshap/Chicken interview when they went head to head a few years ago in vegas... remember? Bradshaw waxed Chicken in the exibition race.
At the press conference they still didn't have any time / love for each other...
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RandyS 9/8/2015 8:59pm
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I don't normally bring back 3 year old posts but I was reading the collectible post and decided to search Google for the one piece I wish hadn't sold and it led me back to where I started. I think I commented on another thread that the picture of the helmet showed up but I had never seen this one. That helmet has been owned by at least 3 Vital members and nobody got it from either of the others. I got that helmet off Ebay in 99 or 2000, it was listed as Quad/MX helmet, nothing else. The pictures weren't very good but I was pretty sure it was a Bayle helmet. I don't remember what I paid but I don't think it was more than $30 with shipping. I tried to find a picture of him wearing it and couldn't. I decided it must have been a display helmet done by OCD which was his painter, especially because of the size. I put it back on Ebay a couple of years later when we bought our house and got about 10 times what I paid for it. I must have sold it to the surf shop owner, I vaguely remember the buyer saying he had a shop. I assumed he meant motorcycle shop. That's it, just wanted to add more of the story to this thread.

Just reread the thread, now I'm not sure who I sold it to. Maybe I sold it to uk125250, maybe not.
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snakebite 9/8/2015 10:08pm
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I always liked Amanda's interviews and would always tune in on super cross.com
I pray for her that all is well.
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RandyS 9/8/2015 10:49pm
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snakebite wrote:
I always liked Amanda's interviews and would always tune in on super cross.com
I pray for her that all is well.
Wow, I had forgot about that. I looked at her Facebook page, it looks like she's doing an online show with RJ http://teas.toyotaescondido.com/ Kinda bummed I brought this back up. But it looks like mom and baby are doing OK. From her Twitter page.

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