and older RC vid..his first 450 ride

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Edited Date/Time 1/24/2012 3:52am
FTE and i were talking about this in the James thread. This was one of the first vids that we got to see RC on a 450 after being sidelined from the 04 SX series with his knee injury. That summer he went on to go 24-0 and the rest was history. Honda did not renew his contract and he went to Suz for the 05 season.

Anyway...he was ridiculously scary fast on that 450.

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Matt Wozney 8/26/2010 11:15am
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His cornering speed is ridiculous.
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Spinner 8/26/2010 11:22am
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Matt Wozney wrote:
His cornering speed is ridiculous.
Always was. That's what RC always preached.
Anyone can jump stuff, but you gotta have corner speed.

Very cool, Scottie.
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ocscottie 8/26/2010 11:24am
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oh and btw: i think it was a TWMX vid.

Hey Matt, its Thursday....got anything for VOTW?
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Keith Stone 8/26/2010 11:38am
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Wasn't trying Kevin Windham's 450 the deal breaker?.

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jeffro503 8/26/2010 11:43am
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I can never get tired watching RC pound out laps! Thanks for posting that Scottie!

His damn corner speed was ridiculous! Damn!
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FreshTopEnd 8/26/2010 11:48am
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If I recall, didn't he make the commitment to Suzuki even before the outdoors started in 04? It was really early in any event. The vibe was that Honda was low-balling or low-basing it with performance add-ons because they doubted he could recover strongly enough to continue dominating when Stewart came up in 05, and that RC took that as disrespect and acted on it.

The reports were that if you translated the 05 Suzuki results to the Honda offer, he would have made as much or more, but that Honda's negotiating stance was off-putting and RD, still smarting probably from what he went through with Travis, was more than happy to respect RC.

It's pretty easy to appreciate RC for what we got on the track, but I was always struck by his insistance after he was reborn hard moving out of the 125's that having a program and sticking to it and choosing to have a circle of support that buys into that program and doesn't distract from it were critical to his success. A perfect storm of talent, determination and focused support. Why more don't emulate that is a mystery; probably immaturity matched with early success and lack of resources. Dungey seems to have gotten it.
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JackLHyde 8/26/2010 11:48am
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Is that Donn Maeda with the huge lens?
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Camp332 8/26/2010 11:50am
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I remember watching that vid for weeks when it came out. TW video it was.
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Adam43 8/26/2010 12:04pm
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I've had that old video bookmarked for 6 years.
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Adam43 wrote:
I've had that old video bookmarked for 6 years.
I've had that old video bookmarked for 6 years.
If you have QuickTime pro you can right click and save the vids.
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Matt Wozney 8/26/2010 12:12pm
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ocscottie wrote:
oh and btw: i think it was a TWMX vid.

Hey Matt, its Thursday....got anything for VOTW?
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that bike is LOUD! even when the bike is at the farthest pat of the track and the 2 stroke sounds close, the 4 stroke is still louder when RC was on the gas
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he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and much better moto machines.
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seven11 wrote:
he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and...
he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and much better moto machines.
More HP and Torque helped a little too.... dont you think?


Imagine RC on a Factory Honda CR 360R Two Stroke? Brrrrraaapppppp!
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seven11 wrote:
he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and...
he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and much better moto machines.
More HP and Torque helped a little too.... dont you think?


Imagine RC on a Factory Honda CR 360R Two Stroke? Brrrrraaapppppp!
rockcrawlerdude 8/26/2010 11:04pm
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seven11 wrote:
he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and...
he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and much better moto machines.
bd wrote:
More HP and Torque helped a little too.... dont you think?


Imagine RC on a Factory Honda CR 360R Two Stroke? Brrrrraaapppppp!
didn't one year he CHOSE to ride the CR250 becuz he felt it was the better of the 2 machines?
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Hank_Thrill 8/26/2010 11:06pm
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This makes me crave more Carmichael videos. He sure was a machine. I want to see more races from his 2-stroke Kawasaki 250cc days, and 2002, and 2003 outdoor series. I'm surprised someone hasn't uploaded his battles with K-dub.

I remember everyone doubting the hell out of him when he went to Suzuki.

Never underestimate the G.O.A.T.!
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Hank_Thrill 8/26/2010 11:08pm
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seven11 wrote:
he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and...
he was already faster on the 450 than the 2s on his first ride. way smoother too. prolly because 4 strokes are easier to ride and much better moto machines.
bd wrote:
More HP and Torque helped a little too.... dont you think?


Imagine RC on a Factory Honda CR 360R Two Stroke? Brrrrraaapppppp!
rockcrawlerdude wrote:
didn't one year he CHOSE to ride the CR250 becuz he felt it was the better of the 2 machines?
Yeah I think so. I know for certain I remember him saying he never wanted to switch to four-strokes, but eventually the time came when he couldn't deny the fact they were better out on the race track.



Here's a really awesome interview with him:

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Jake-247 8/26/2010 11:29pm
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Hank_Thrill wrote:
Yeah I think so. I know for certain I remember him saying he never wanted to switch to four-strokes, but eventually the time came when he...
Yeah I think so. I know for certain I remember him saying he never wanted to switch to four-strokes, but eventually the time came when he couldn't deny the fact they were better out on the race track.



Here's a really awesome interview with him:

Thats an awesome interview, thanks for posting that one Hank.

Oh man how I'd love to know some of those secret rules...
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dunn2500 8/27/2010 12:40am
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Sunhouse wrote:
that bike is LOUD! even when the bike is at the farthest pat of the track and the 2 stroke sounds close, the 4 stroke is...
that bike is LOUD! even when the bike is at the farthest pat of the track and the 2 stroke sounds close, the 4 stroke is still louder when RC was on the gas
wicked loud......i remember at G.H his last year at honda.......going up st helens and gettin on it for the 100 footer at the bottom of yamaha hill.....that was the meanest sounding 450 i haver heard even to this date!.......wasnt just loud it was deep and just f'en roared with the WB pipe
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Kinetic1 8/27/2010 6:45am
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Is there a part two to that interview?

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