Top 5 smoothest riders

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Windham, Bailey, Bayle, Everts, McGrath, in no particular order.
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This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much power.

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kwhite199 wrote:
This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much...
This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much power.

I'll see your French guy, and raise you a Belgian...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ML4hfHT2e0


Anyone who can go faster than 99.9% of the motorcycling world and still look like they're on a trail ride definitely qualifies as smooth.


WARNING: The music may give you headaches and possible seizures. Unless you're German.
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1. Everts
2. Windham
3. Andre Malherbe
4. Micky Diamond
5. Bailey

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kwhite199 wrote:
This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much...
This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much power.

Sully wrote:
I'll see your French guy, and raise you a Belgian... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ML4hfHT2e0 Anyone who can go faster than 99.9% of the motorcycling world and still look like...
I'll see your French guy, and raise you a Belgian...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ML4hfHT2e0


Anyone who can go faster than 99.9% of the motorcycling world and still look like they're on a trail ride definitely qualifies as smooth.


WARNING: The music may give you headaches and possible seizures. Unless you're German.
I think they were (are) both smooth as silk on a motocross bike. I would take either one's talent!
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Seriously? REYNARD!!
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Nothing but a bunch of young ignorant punks around here.

Bengt Åberg
Joel Robert
Marty Tripes
JMB
And The best ever
Roger DeCoster
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Aberg was a berm railing fool!

If you want to see true grace on a motorcycle, find some old footage of Torsten Hallman.
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You can't forget about Ernesto Fonseca. He always had a smooth style.
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MC, Reed, JMB and James when he is riding in control.
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GoRide2 wrote:
MC, Reed, JMB and James when he is riding in control.
so you ARE a young kid....yup.
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GoRide2 wrote:
MC, Reed, JMB and James when he is riding in control.
BobbyM wrote:
so you ARE a young kid....yup.
Would I seem older if I dropped the name "Magoo" in every thread?
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kwhite199 wrote:
This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much...
This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much power.

Love the slo mo replay.that was good . But he always said he looked to bailey to develop his style.
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GoRide2 wrote:
MC, Reed, JMB and James when he is riding in control.
BobbyM wrote:
so you ARE a young kid....yup.
GoRide2 wrote:
Would I seem older if I dropped the name "Magoo" in every thread?
maybe...you saw him race? cool...and you could actually drop Einstein's name in every thread but you'd still look like a dumbshit mouthbreather.
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Doesn't everyone breathe with their mouth?
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GoRide2 wrote:
Doesn't everyone breathe with their mouth?
I...guess so.

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then
80's
jmb
bailey
lechien
90's
MC
Reynard
Brandes
Everts
Jimmy Button
Lamson

Now
Kdub
Reed
Vullimen
Both Pourcels
Blake wharton
Dungey


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Everyone seems to agree on Bailey. Bailey, Bayle,MC,Everts, and Whindham

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The Captain Robbie Knievel
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kwhite199 wrote:
This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much...
This looks pretty smooth to me, especially considering he is riding a 500cc two stroke. It's hard to be smooth on a bike with so much power.

Sully wrote:
I'll see your French guy, and raise you a Belgian... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ML4hfHT2e0 Anyone who can go faster than 99.9% of the motorcycling world and still look like...
I'll see your French guy, and raise you a Belgian...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ML4hfHT2e0


Anyone who can go faster than 99.9% of the motorcycling world and still look like they're on a trail ride definitely qualifies as smooth.


WARNING: The music may give you headaches and possible seizures. Unless you're German.
kwhite199 wrote:
I think they were (are) both smooth as silk on a motocross bike. I would take either one's talent!
Most definitely. Hell, I'd even settle for a fraction of either one's talent.
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I'm just gonna list the people that I've seen ride (or at least on video) that popped in my head when I thought smooth. in no particular order.

Kdub
Reynard
Everts
Reed
MC
Dungey
Pourcel
Stewart (at times)
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Alan "Smoothy" McNichols

Mike "Mayonaise" Martin

Bob "Balance Beam" Bartolla

Ryan "Rails" Richardson

Bryan "The Butterfly" Cobalewski
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1. JMB
2. Everts
3. Reed
4. McGrath
5. Windham
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DeCoster
Hallman
Ake Jonsson
Robert
Marty Tripes
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Euro - Everts
Aussie - Reed
US - MC

All 3 were super smooth and championship winners.

KDub is smooth and great to watch but how smooth would he be at Reeds pace? Same with RR, awesome natural talent and I'm a big fan but when he was winning races he was an animal.

Gotta throw in Townley as an honorable mention cause when he was running with RV in 07 he looked like he still had more to give.
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GoRide2 wrote:
Would I seem older if I dropped the name "Magoo" in every thread?
Not if it's in a thread about smooth Smile
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Unbidliama 4/3/2009 3:19am
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@mccread wasn't that the year they put the 500cc engine in his 250 bike?
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Little Dave 4/3/2009 4:04am
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What is there a old school rule here? Everyone is mentioning guys like 40 years ago. Can we mention anyone from this era?
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Little Dave wrote:
What is there a old school rule here? Everyone is mentioning guys like 40 years ago. Can we mention anyone from this era?
Seth Rarick

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