Most talented racer?

[quote="mikey":410a2]RC


I used to Windham, Lechien, Stewart, Bayle, Bailey, Huffman, McGrath etc.


I dunno though, maybe talent isnt all smoothness and grace? [color=red:410a2]How many times has RC saved a WFO swap through the "hoops" or got squirrely in one way or another? Too many to list. [/color:410a2]I guess the records and his inhuman consistency speak for themselves.[/quote:410a2]

If the criteria was simply .. who could save it from near disaster .. Hannah would be high on the list imho

Raw talent, maybe Tripes.

Off road, maybe David Knight.

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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If the criteria was simply .. who could save it from near disaster .. Hannah would be high on the list imho[/quote:c675a]

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

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.

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Without a doubt...But,

he's a work in progress in some areas.

Moto - JMB

off-road - Stefan Merriman

Everts - most talented off road rider , JMB - most talented all round motorcyclist , bubba - maybe most talented mxer?

wyman priddy

[quote="oldx":55873]Raw talent, maybe Tripes.[/quote:55873]

I gotta say that was the first person that came to my mind...

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.

Damn Larry, I think you got it.... Marty Tripes and JMB. The "Dogger" is another one.

Rich Cain

[quote="mikey":4ef55]Was the pace as aggressive and consistent back when those guys raced? Well maybe it was, didn't they do 40-45 minute motos?[/quote:4ef55]

Yes, in the older days, three of them too.

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.

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".

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.

[quote="Larry":09575]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.[/quote:09575]
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I think windham is pure grace/style/natural ability & talent... he's the epitomy of it.[/quote:9cb5a]
Absolutely agree. He makes it look easy.

Tripe really was incredible.

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.

[quote="BobbyM":1c884]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.[/quote:1c884]
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.

I wish the shit I had pictures, but I saw Tripes win a moto (think he got the overall too) at a winter series race in Jacksonville, Fl. What made it so unique was that, he NEVER sat down the whole damn race. The track was a whooped out sand shit, and he rode on the pegs the entire race. He could rail a corner as good as anyone standing the fuck up!

David Thorpe, England, 3 World champs, How many?