The #8

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gt80rider wrote:

So who's the real #2?? Mc?? Rv?? Webb?? 

Nawww.. not a fan of career numbers, big fan of the lower the number the faster they are

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Definitely not Webb.

Knew I could count on you 😆

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Steve Matthes once said something about it being tricky to make the number “8” look pleasing on a dirtbike and I totally agreed. It’s not a bad number per se, but the font really makes a difference with it in particular IMO

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profeshenal125 7/14/2026 4:02pm
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The 8 is actually the only complete number .  The rest look  unfinished. IMG 5835 0.png?VersionId=

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Badoo 7/14/2026 5:51pm
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Trying to figure out how a number can be "ugly."

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gt80rider wrote:

So who's the real #2?? Mc?? Rv?? Webb?? 

Nawww.. not a fan of career numbers, big fan of the lower the number the faster they are

Hannah!

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JoeyNovice wrote:
8 right up there in the numbers with the longest droughts. 

8 right up there in the numbers with the longest droughts.

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Where did you find that info? Pretty sweet.

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Number eight to me will always be Erik Kehoe.

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NickoBrap 7/14/2026 6:44pm
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I feel like it looks good in the old school fonts. In the fonts people use now it's not that great.

As a sidenote I wish more riders got creative with the number fonts like jo. That 30 looks sick. 

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fullfloater 7/14/2026 6:54pm
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Looked great when RJ ran it. Agreed that he didn't have a very good year though...

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Scott Burnworth ran 8

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No love for Kim Ashkenazi 😅

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Kim Ashkenazi 1995

 

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gt80rider wrote:

So who's the real #2?? Mc?? Rv?? Webb?? 

Nawww.. not a fan of career numbers, big fan of the lower the number the faster they are

Flatliner wrote:
Everyone knows MC's number .... 

Everyone knows MC's number ....

 

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To me this is pinnacle MC, that Yamaha was drool worthy and No Fear was pumping out the best stuff in the game. Still would rock it to this day if they made it, such great colors across the board. 

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Badoo wrote:
Trying to figure out how a number can be "ugly."

Trying to figure out how a number can be "ugly."

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This is what I look like in case anyone was wondering. 

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JoeyNovice 7/14/2026 7:39pm
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JoeyNovice wrote:
8 right up there in the numbers with the longest droughts. 

8 right up there in the numbers with the longest droughts.

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Meister wrote:

Where did you find that info? Pretty sweet.

All comes from my own database/website!

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wnorton729 7/14/2026 7:45pm
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I still think to this day Plessinger should have taken it. 
AP8 kinda has a ring to it…

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gt80rider wrote:

So who's the real #2?? Mc?? Rv?? Webb?? 

Nawww.. not a fan of career numbers, big fan of the lower the number the faster they are

Flatliner wrote:
Everyone knows MC's number .... 

Everyone knows MC's number ....

 

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TalinH112 wrote:
To me this is pinnacle MC, that Yamaha was drool worthy and No Fear was pumping out the best stuff in the game. Still would rock...

To me this is pinnacle MC, that Yamaha was drool worthy and No Fear was pumping out the best stuff in the game. Still would rock it to this day if they made it, such great colors across the board. 

fine... Ill watch Steel Roots 2 again

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The Wolf Man 7/14/2026 9:30pm
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Did GL want 86 but couldn't get it? 

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MattyVicious wrote:
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This looks right to me. On GLs bike the 8 was too wide and looks strange on the side plate. 

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Gary Duck 7/15/2026 10:45am
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#8 looks fine.

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3strokemx 7/15/2026 10:46am
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How come you guys think 8's look fat but 3's are fine? They are the same width and shape

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uncledaddy69 7/15/2026 10:58am
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Number 8 looks very Euro to me. Put it on a Beta or the new HRC graphics and it looks like something straight out of MXGP from the late 90s. 

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