Danny Magoo Chandlers life...

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Edited Date/Time 2/6/2016 6:27pm
Hey guys..sorry if you hard core dudes have already seen this series, but I just got the opportunity to see it and I just got a whole new respect for Danny Chandler. We have all seen the bent handle bars and he's been used as the poster child for MX intestinal fortitude, because of it. This is a great video series and tells the "other side" of the sport we all love....Great video series....respect...













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You will probably get some first hand accounts from the norcal guys of how awesome he truly was!
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Cool. The Superbikers pass on Steve Wise was legendary.
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Hut wrote:
You will probably get some first hand accounts from the norcal guys of how awesome he truly was!
I am from Nor Cal...lol... just never got the chance to see his life story.
mgifracing 2/5/2016 6:08pm
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Joe Camel wrote:
Cool. The Superbikers pass on Steve Wise was legendary.
That it was, Awesome display that day.

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Hut wrote:
You will probably get some first hand accounts from the norcal guys of how awesome he truly was!
they didn't make em anymore unique...great guy and taken way too soon.
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Will want to Always remember Danny, he was a sol rider. Crazy as all get out too! Yeah, he will truly be missed. Brad, sure has kept his buddy alive. Very cool guys. Cali guy myself. Cajon Zone for people that know it.
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Right on Machine !
Magoo
1st guy I ever saw (Byron Ill 1981) ride with the throttle pinned head over the bars mouth wide open gasping for air.
The whole time the rear end swapping side to side clawing for traction....

Love the video series early on when there kids on stingray bicycles shirtless and going ape shit
Riding wheelies and spinning out.

Totally pre BMX day's.
Later on he says MX tracks were just piles of shit dumped and you were to race over this "Track" !

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Oldschool wrote:
Right on Machine ! Magoo 1st guy I ever saw (Byron Ill 1981) ride with the throttle pinned head over the bars mouth wide open gasping...
Right on Machine !
Magoo
1st guy I ever saw (Byron Ill 1981) ride with the throttle pinned head over the bars mouth wide open gasping for air.
The whole time the rear end swapping side to side clawing for traction....

Love the video series early on when there kids on stingray bicycles shirtless and going ape shit
Riding wheelies and spinning out.

Totally pre BMX day's.
Later on he says MX tracks were just piles of shit dumped and you were to race over this "Track" !

awesome...thanks
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Hut wrote:
You will probably get some first hand accounts from the norcal guys of how awesome he truly was!
machine wrote:
I am from Nor Cal...lol... just never got the chance to see his life story.
Raced with Magoo in the late 70's. Always saw him twice during the moto. Once off the start, then again when he would lap us.
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I was a fuckin' no-one...NO ONE. I still am...
I was in jeans and a jersey with gloves, boots, helmet and goggles. A goon by definition.
To this day, I am a "no one" by definition...but, for that day...

I'd bought a CR125R at a Honda shop in Gilroy in late August of 1980.

A week, or so, later...I went to Baylands Raceway in Fremont, CA...
"Beginner Class", racing for the 1st time. A guy I didn't know; but, he SHREDDED the Pro class on a bike that literally looked IDENTICAL to mine...down to the shocks...comes up to me at the gate of my 2nd Moto and explains things to me...very clearly...Very enthusiasticly-yet-seriously-and-excitingly...if "excitingly" is a word...how to do it right...

I would later have Jim Ryan tell me who he was: "Magoo".
I had an Epic 2nd Moto and got my1st trophy, ever...that day. Labor Day weekend, 1980.

Fast-Forward...

Many years later, I'm in the Dyno-Room that is the home of a coupl'a "pipe geniuses"...
"Hey, you heard Magoo passed away yesterday? Right?"
I broke in to tears. Not embarassd. Just very...sad.
Crushed.
I'd lost a friend.
A hero.

Plain & Simlple: Danny was a Moto Hero and he left it ALL on the track.
His heart
His might.
His all.
His life
His dreams.

If you doubt me?
If you have a different opinion?
Please, ask Roger if I'm right.
But, know this: only -1- man ever went to Europe and took it all.
Only ONE.

Danny "Magoo" Chandler
Just a guy that LOVED riding a dirt bike.


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Clutchy 2/5/2016 9:54pm
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Yeah..... What that " NO ONE " said.
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Hut wrote:
You will probably get some first hand accounts from the norcal guys of how awesome he truly was!
machine wrote:
I am from Nor Cal...lol... just never got the chance to see his life story.
NeedMoto wrote:
Raced with Magoo in the late 70's. Always saw him twice during the moto. Once off the start, then again when he would lap us.
Haha me too. My very first few races at Dixon and Helvetia Park and then he was on to bigger faster classes. I was 12 I think.
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I'm in 3/7 at the 2:30 to 2:33 on my step thru Honda in the 60's..... Lol Thanks Danny.
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Thanks for posting. I remember all of it but was a little younger so I looked up to him.

He reminds me, physically and personally in certain ways, of a Villopoto. But the riding reminds me of Stewart, with a dash of Barcia thrown in.

It sure seems like he got a lot of tail!
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Joe Camel wrote:
Cool. The Superbikers pass on Steve Wise was legendary.
Even he would rewind that when i was watching all his old vids after our accidents and he would say some funny shit. Wasnt often he liked to watch all the old races, but when he did could describe each and every little detail like it had happened the day before, and i would hang on every word.

Truly an amazing guy and was happy to call him a friend. Still miss him every day.
tmphotoart 2/5/2016 11:45pm
2/5/2016 11:45pm
Great to see those Chandler moments.

WFO best describes Magoo's riding style - He never wanted to back down despite the risk, or bike limitations. He was a true racer that made the sport better because of his never say die attitude. You could not help but root for the guy. He always tried to push his way up the pack no matter the condition of his bike, or track.



He just wanted to race, and he succeeded in being the only one in MX history to win every moto and overall in the 1982 motocross des nations and trophy des nations in a single year. All the greats tried DeCoster, Robert, Hallman, Mikkola, Hannah, Everets, Smith, Lackey but a red head guy from NoCal won each moto in a commanding performance to elevate himself to a MX legend.





Godspeed Magoo . . .

sandspider250 2/5/2016 11:46pm
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I was a fuckin' no-one...NO ONE. I still am... I was in jeans and a jersey with gloves, boots, helmet and goggles. A goon by definition...
I was a fuckin' no-one...NO ONE. I still am...
I was in jeans and a jersey with gloves, boots, helmet and goggles. A goon by definition.
To this day, I am a "no one" by definition...but, for that day...

I'd bought a CR125R at a Honda shop in Gilroy in late August of 1980.

A week, or so, later...I went to Baylands Raceway in Fremont, CA...
"Beginner Class", racing for the 1st time. A guy I didn't know; but, he SHREDDED the Pro class on a bike that literally looked IDENTICAL to mine...down to the shocks...comes up to me at the gate of my 2nd Moto and explains things to me...very clearly...Very enthusiasticly-yet-seriously-and-excitingly...if "excitingly" is a word...how to do it right...

I would later have Jim Ryan tell me who he was: "Magoo".
I had an Epic 2nd Moto and got my1st trophy, ever...that day. Labor Day weekend, 1980.

Fast-Forward...

Many years later, I'm in the Dyno-Room that is the home of a coupl'a "pipe geniuses"...
"Hey, you heard Magoo passed away yesterday? Right?"
I broke in to tears. Not embarassd. Just very...sad.
Crushed.
I'd lost a friend.
A hero.

Plain & Simlple: Danny was a Moto Hero and he left it ALL on the track.
His heart
His might.
His all.
His life
His dreams.

If you doubt me?
If you have a different opinion?
Please, ask Roger if I'm right.
But, know this: only -1- man ever went to Europe and took it all.
Only ONE.

Danny "Magoo" Chandler
Just a guy that LOVED riding a dirt bike.


That was beautiful man
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I never really realized that he was one of the greats that took the sport to a new level and he did it without winning a lot of races, thats rare. If he could of only kept it on two wheels more often...whos knows where he would be amoung te greats..win record wise. Thats what I took away from the videos.

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TeamGreen wrote:
I was a fuckin' no-one...NO ONE. I still am... I was in jeans and a jersey with gloves, boots, helmet and goggles. A goon by definition...
I was a fuckin' no-one...NO ONE. I still am...
I was in jeans and a jersey with gloves, boots, helmet and goggles. A goon by definition.
To this day, I am a "no one" by definition...but, for that day...

I'd bought a CR125R at a Honda shop in Gilroy in late August of 1980.

A week, or so, later...I went to Baylands Raceway in Fremont, CA...
"Beginner Class", racing for the 1st time. A guy I didn't know; but, he SHREDDED the Pro class on a bike that literally looked IDENTICAL to mine...down to the shocks...comes up to me at the gate of my 2nd Moto and explains things to me...very clearly...Very enthusiasticly-yet-seriously-and-excitingly...if "excitingly" is a word...how to do it right...

I would later have Jim Ryan tell me who he was: "Magoo".
I had an Epic 2nd Moto and got my1st trophy, ever...that day. Labor Day weekend, 1980.

Fast-Forward...

Many years later, I'm in the Dyno-Room that is the home of a coupl'a "pipe geniuses"...
"Hey, you heard Magoo passed away yesterday? Right?"
I broke in to tears. Not embarassd. Just very...sad.
Crushed.
I'd lost a friend.
A hero.

Plain & Simlple: Danny was a Moto Hero and he left it ALL on the track.
His heart
His might.
His all.
His life
His dreams.

If you doubt me?
If you have a different opinion?
Please, ask Roger if I'm right.
But, know this: only -1- man ever went to Europe and took it all.
Only ONE.

Danny "Magoo" Chandler
Just a guy that LOVED riding a dirt bike.


Haha...I used to work at that Honda shop in 88-89. Raced a couple times at Baylands as well...small world.
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I had the privilege of watching Danny race at least a half dozen times if not more. I saw him a few times on the factory Honda's and there never was and never will be another rider like him period. The dude was electric on the track somewhat the way Bubba was earlier in his career. There could be a race between two other guys for the lead and you would still make sure you didn't miss a second of the Magoo show when he came into view. The thing was that he was doing mind blowing shit back then on some real crap bikes. I can only imagine what he would do on modern equipment. He made everyone else pick up their game or else as RJ alluded to at one point. His performance at the Trophy and Motocross Des Nations is one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of the sport and at the top of my all time personal list of achievements by a rider.
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I know it has been posted many times before but this is the shot that epitomizes Danny...

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NeedMoto wrote:
Raced with Magoo in the late 70's. Always saw him twice during the moto. Once off the start, then again when he would lap us.
I raced against him only twice both at hangtown. Yes my story was much like yours only the second time I only saw him in practice and in the pits yeah i was slow
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Joe Camel wrote:
Cool. The Superbikers pass on Steve Wise was legendary.
so was the outside pass that goes slow motion on the outside of the berm
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I've got the coolest poster of my favorite rider in the day , he was hella funny and had brass balls

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About 2000 / 2001 my Buddy Rich and I were riding at Mammoth Bar , when we got back to the truck Danny and his buddy were parked next to us eating Mc Donald's. Since Rich grew up on the east coast he did not know who he was , Danny remember me from the Early days of Sandhill ranch ,Danny noticed let Rich had Dip in his mouth so Danny asked if he could get a dip THE Funniest shit ! Rich said he had a fresh can of Copenhagen in the truck and handed it to Danny Danny put his tougue all up in that can and I looked at Richs face and he said Man that babies yours ! Great moment
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I have this cherished laminated one off photo I bought and he signed at Hangtown 1996 hanging in my garage..WFO!!
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"COPY & PASTE "
Thanks Steve !

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