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Imagine if that guy could go back in time with his style and race. It would blow people’s minds.
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Buddy can flick a 500 around for sure!
Whipping and scrubbing a few jumps and 'styling it up' for a video does not make a World beater.
I'm sure he's a very fine rider, whoever he is, but, he's not out there at one of your Nationals with the current best of the best, so he'd no get within a sniff of the "best of the best" from the past.
Especially in 2 x 40 minute plus 2 laps Moto's.
Love the deep sound of the power on that engine plus the guys is riding it with the modern day pro’s style. Just pinning it, whipping and scrubbing. The guy looks great.
Bikes like that were only jumped straight back in the day. Not too many whipped it around because that was not the style.
I never got to see a 500 national live but that would be awesome.
Not that it isn't fun. I remember Mammoth when it was still ripped deep in the 80's and you could back a CR500 into a corner wide open during practice - until the braking and acceleration bumps made it a race track.
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Not all GPs are covered, and I think the USGPs are not in (most of) them - I assume because of US TV coverage / deals, much like how Daytona SX used to be not included in broadcasts / DVDs?
Youngsters will go from "shit they're Slow", to " Oh f**k , that's insanely fast". Some magnificent tracks, some nasty. But, Men, racing Big Bikes, doing two 40 + 2 Moto's. Billy Liles is shown a fair bit, for you Americans that need to 'root' for a compatriot.
Another great DVD to get is the 97 World 500 Champs, with racing as it should become / return to :
Four Strokes and Two Strokes going head to head, with 360/ 380 KTMs ( a mixture of Linkage and first PDS), 500 2ts, and Big Boomer 630 / 650 4ts. Trampas Parker has a wry comment or two, and is shown racing a fair bit.
If your all 'modern' like, you can also purchase many items as Downloads, at Duke.
I'm looking forward to it.
I'd love to see one from Gary Semics as well. The stories he's put up on this site a few times were fantastic - as I'm sure yours' will be.
Of course, I'm assuming it will be about your Racing. It could be about anything - Gardening even. Now that, I could do with advice about - Gardening is a Blood Sport for me, I do more damage to myself doing that than with 2 wheels.
No, it will be about what is was like to race in GPs back in the day - what it was like to be the other side of the fence, racing those legends and historic tracks.
R
Now pull your finger out, get it done, and get it to the printer / publisher!
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