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1/27/2012 7:10pm
Honda told RC he couldnt have any of his championship bikes, but gave JMB his championship bike? Whats up with that? DMXS brought this up to Ricky, and asked why he was missing a honda on his wall of fame and he said Honda barely gave him a numberplate from his days there, let alone a bike........ So I wonder how JMB got to keep his? Just wondering
And JMB still has his?
And JMB still has his?
But he didn't care !
The Shop
Up tomorrow!
Can't wait - anything JMB' ish gets me giddy.
Cool on Matthes getting the scoop.
RC's championship bike is probably a freestyle bike somewhere
Wait for Matthes' story on how he got the bike at Honda in the first place...
Good one.
Pit Row
Jeez, you would think Honda would at least be kind enough to let RC have at least 1 of the perfect season bikes
Before it was stolen, didnt MC have 1 of his championship bikes? It was the one from 93 I think with the blue Camel SX #1 plate.
I guess they didn't want anyone to see inside the US "production" bikes either ! ;-)
It's perhaps obvious to us fans, but for the riders, (who at the time each no doubt thinks they're going to be the next GOAT and will win countless titles), I would have thought that all they would care about is writing as much cash into their contract as possible, rather than effectively trading $100k for an ornament that they can't wait to get off of in favour of next year's works bike, and which probably holds little sentimental value to them at that time.
I think it's cool if they do get to keep them. I never kept any of my old bikes but wish I had.
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www.transworld.com
"Interesting story that he told me on how he “acquired” the bike from Honda. Seems that he wanted to put it in his contract that he would get a bike but Honda wouldn’t do it because they had given another rider one and that rider promptly turned around and sold it. So Honda wasn’t into that at all. After he won the SX title, JMB asked for the bike and they said “If you win the 250 mx title, then you can have it” and of course, JMB went out and did that (aided greatly by the ’91 Hangtown national where he was the only front runner to score points) and then asked for the bike. Honda said “You have to win the 500’s also” which Bayle told me really pissed him off and motivated him to go out and sweep the titles.
Which we know he did but Honda still wouldn’t give him the bike! A furious manager at the time told him that it wasn’t cool of Honda to break these promises and informed JMB that the next day at 7AM, the race shop wouldn’t be locked and the bike will be in there and that maybe he should drop by for a visit. So that’s exactly what JMB did and he acquired the bike that had been promised to him a few times now. Honda was furious and Bayle said they docked him his last check. When I asked him how much it was, he said and I quote 'It was $20,000 or something like that but it was worth every bit to have this bike.' "
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