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Toby Price in his prime was getting decent mx results, add in his application to everything he does, he could have done well in something like this.
When I read the OP's premise, I thought of both these guys and I thought of one I didn't see mentioned yet... Mike Brown
Ty was a decent SX/MX guy and so was Rodney long before they went off-road and Ty had some great rides in the desert too (around late 90s early 2000s if I'm not completely out of my element).
I bring up Mike Brown because he has shown his chops in MX/SX as a 125 national champion and perpetually tough SOB. He was also great in endurocross and is still fast as hell at age 50+.
I feel like the guys from prior eras were more universal the farther you go back in dirt bikes, and just in racing motorcycles in general. As the sport's many disciplines each progressed, they have specialized more and more in both equipment and rider.
Pastrana is a Gdamn legend
Ty Davis is probably the best candidate for all around. Most don't remember that his 125 SX Championship came from beating the "King", Jeremy McGrath. How many riders can say that? Once he went off-road, he was a beast. Shane Watts is a close second. He was a brilliant racer and amazing on a 125.
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No argument there. I was just commenting on the bike skills of world class hard enduro guys.
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Tyler Medaglia is the most successful contemporary racer that actually races multiple disciplines and does well in them all.
Could Taylor Robert be in this discussion? He’s won a lot of different types of races/championships…ISDE, Hare and Hound, WORCS, Hard Enduro, Endurocross, GP…
Absolutely. That guy is fast everywhere. He’s got some trials experience too, right?
Yes, I believe he does have trials experience…and didn’t he race Baja?
Lots of good answers. The people that come to mind for me have been mentioned. I've been fortunate enough to share a race track with some insanely talented people, seeing some of the things they do first hand is wild, especially when they pass you!
Taylor Robert and Colton Hakker are amazing at everything they touch. Billy bolt, same. Take a prime Shane Watts, that guy was a freak. I'm not sure how Rodney Smiths hard enduro skills would be, but a prime RS would be cool to see. I look at Kailub Russell the same way I see Rodney Smith.
There's to many more to mention now that I think of it.
David Knight would be high on my list. He was a great trials rider from an early age, multi time world enduro champion, and 2 time gncc champion. I know he's dominated beach races and been competitive in mx races. He won the 2005 isde overall and nearly every "extreme" race at least once.
Not to mention Ty has 17 top 10 National finishes(and some top 5's), 5 Overall Baja 1000 wins, Top American at ISDE many times, and did much of this on his own team!
And I will add,
He won all those Enduro titles wearing glasses, no goggles,..........glasses
And back when you had to do time keeping. If you burned a check it was twice the penalty of being late.
So put your choice on a mid 70s to mid 80s Husky, wearing glasses, with a roll chart, where you had to actually stay on your minute, on courses as narrow as 28" that never had any grooming done, in all kinds of miserable weather, and let's see how they match up.....
I remember reading that he practiced for when his glasses would be covered in roost and water by not using his windshield wipers when he was driving!
Let’s stay in touch on this…this years MXON feels like a good one.
Good shout. He also won the '07 AMA Endurocross championship.
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....oh and he won Last Man Standing.
I feel like some of the best ever in their specific mastery, Ricky Carmichael, Juha Salminen, Travis Pastrana with proper focus and training could have mastered any of the above.
Ricky and Juha for their training and discipline alone.
Juha made the GNCC pros look like they were standing still when he won the series on his first try. 8x world enduro champion, 2x gncc, 7x ISDE.
Ricky is Ricky
Travis for the mere agility and willingness to push the boundaries.
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Guy Cooper would be able to compete with anyone in this type of scenario. He was giving David Knight a run for his money the year Knight won last man standing. Knight screwed him over. Coop also has a couple of ISDE gold medals.
Ty Davis is a cheater… My dad was the ref for the Adelanto GP for years and caught Ty on multiple occasions cutting the course, he was hundreds of feet away from the course cutting it too. Not just taking an inside “cheater line”. He also cheated in Baja. Of course the old fucks at D37 who worshipped Ty at the time still allowed him to win without any penalties.
Everyone cheats in Baja, that's what I was getting at when I was mentioning Johnny Campbell only winning down there.
I'm not discrediting what you're saying, I'm sure it happened. But Ty won too much at too many races to have always been cheating, he woulda got caught a lot more.
If your dad was the ref, it was his responsibility to DQ the rider.
TP is hands down #1, SX champ, outdoor champ, finished Erzberg, super moto, best freestyle rider of all time, and let’s not forget he absolutely ripped in Baja on a DRZ400. Was time wise as fast as the top guys and back then Baja was stacked.
second is Kurt Caselli, I’d like to see Eli Tomac try to hold it wide at 90mph over 3-4 ft tall whoops, multi NHH champ, multi WORCS champ, multi IDSE champ, has raced GNCC, Dakar stage winner his first year, rode hard enduro very well, excellent moto rider even raced Southwick pro national, best two stroke rider of all time… and let’s not forget 2013 Baja 1000 where he died. he battled JCR and PC Kawi in the most stacked pro moto class ever and passed away 50 miles away from the finish. Kurt was not only an amazing racer but a beautiful soul and great human being.
He did DQ ty. D37 specifically norm Stuart overturned it every time
He did get caught a lot. Unfortunately at the time off-road with a buddy buddy kinda system and Ty was looked at as the golden child.
Cyril Despres has won Dakar multiple times and Erzberg once and Romaniacs 3 times.
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