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Title: The Unridables Post by: Dochunt on February 13, 2016, 10:22:19 AM For those that haven't seen this, a good lesson of how far bikes have come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6U43VG4VHY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6U43VG4VHY) Title: Re: The Unridables Post by: ducpainter on February 13, 2016, 03:03:15 PM Not all embrace the 'improvements'
Title: Re: Re: The Unridables Post by: Dochunt on February 13, 2016, 03:06:28 PM Not all embrace the 'improvements' I know. Took a lot more guts and skills . Also the glory days of American riders in motogpTitle: Re: The Unridables Post by: Triple J on February 14, 2016, 09:35:38 PM Great documentary.
With a bunch of similar stories...this (below) is an excellent book (e-book only it seems). While most riders say the 500s were the most exciting, they also agree that the bikes were shit compared to the 990s and on. (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512sad1lBZL._SX315_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) Title: Re: The Unridables Post by: duccarlos on February 17, 2016, 10:29:22 AM Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kxFveo6cw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kxFveo6cw) Title: Re: The Unridables Post by: duccarlos on February 17, 2016, 10:47:05 AM I had no idea Kevin Schwantz high sided so much.
Title: Re: Post by: Dochunt on February 17, 2016, 11:10:10 AM The rivalry between Schwantz and Rainey was awesome. Part 2 was great.
Title: Re: The Unridables Post by: Triple J on February 17, 2016, 09:14:02 PM I had no idea Kevin Schwantz high sided so much. Thanks for the link [thumbsup] The Suzuki was apparently really tough to set-up correctly. When right it was a good bike, when not (usually) it was an animal. Most think Schwantz would have more titles had he not stuck with Suzuki. |