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The classic bad ass motorcycle racer thread

John Surtees. One of the few heroes in cars and on bikes.



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Hannah easily ranks as the most versatile motocross racer of his era, and perhaps of all time. During his 15-year racing career, Hannah won Nationals in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc categories as well as Supercross and Trans-AMA. When he retired from racing, Hannah held the record for the most career wins in both AMA Supercross and AMA 250cc National motocross.

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San Francisco Motorcycle Club member
and AMA HoF’er, Dudley Perkins ...

One of the biggest events in all of motorcycling in the late 1910s and early ‘20s was the national hillclimb at Capistrano Hill in Santa Ana, California. The event regularly drew crowds of 20,000 to 30,000 spectators. The steep Capistrano Hill (at some points, more than a 70-degree angle) was considered insurmountable.

For six years, riders tried and failed to top the tremendous hill. In 1920, a rider shocked the thousands of fans by becoming the first to make it to the top. That rider was Dud Perkins, riding a Harley-Davidson. That feat alone made him one of the most popular motorcyclists in the country.
 
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John Surtees. One of the few heroes in cars and on bikes.

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And I thought Kenny Roberts invented hanging off and dragging knee.
Sir John was a true MOTORSPORT bad ass. :hail

John throwing down the Hurricane:thumbup

Enjoyed seeing him soooooooo much.
 
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Larry Roeseler in the middle ...

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Larry Roeseler, a long-time Kawasaki Team Green racer, had a prolific off-road racing career. He is a 10-time SCORE Baja 1000 overall winner, 12-time Baja 500 overall winner and 10-time gold medalist in the International Six Days Enduro.
 
Mark Barnett qualifies and is an AMA HOF Member.

That add influenced my choice for a race bike.
The RM250 was amazing.

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Nice!

When it comes to bad .....Bad Brad was the man.

The first American 500 Grand Prix MX Champ. Every Friday I would rush home to my Cycle News to see how the race the past weekend went. I still remember jumping up and down when I saw he was the Champ on the cover. :banana

The pic John posted above was on the Kawi but it was Suzuki that took him to the top of the world. He came out to Sandhill when I was at the Jimmy Weinert school of MX after becoming the Champ. I am not an autograph hound but my Suzuki hat he signed still hangs in my garage.
 

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Mark Brelsford. May have been one of the best America road races in his day.

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Take you pick in the picture below all bad ass.
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The USA came out of no where to win the MX des Nations in 1981 and start decades of US success in Motocross when there was not much before. Pic below.

Chuck Sun, Donny Hansen, Johnny O’Mara and Danny LaPorte were surprise winners. Amerika... fuck yeah! :flag
Chuck Sun returns 30 years later
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'82 Team
David Bailey / Danny Chandler / Jim Gibson / Johnny O'Mara
[youtube]hf73gP5Fv4M[/youtube]

1983 Team
David Bailey / Mark Barnett / Broc Glover / Jeff Ward

1984 Team
David Bailey / Rick Johnson / Johnny O'Mara / Jeff Ward
Moto1 - in a foreign language :p
[youtube]gDlB98AZlv8[/youtube]

Moto2 -
[youtube]FvEeEU6ASXk[/youtube]

1985 Team
David Bailey / Ron Lechien / Jeff Ward
[youtube]lWPmE8EKwpw[/youtube]

'86 team - An Amazing O'Show performance on the 125.
David Bailey / Rick Johnson / Johnny O'Mara
[YOUTUBE]hK9QeLvnBxE[/YOUTUBE]

1987 Team - Race at Unadilla
Bob Hannah / Rick Johnson / Jeff Ward
Moto1
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Moto2
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Moto3
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1988 Team
Rick Johnson / Ron Lechien / Jeff Ward

Lechien Highlights - set to some riffing guitar work
[youtube]O2SJKYQUar4[/youtube]

1989 Team
Mike Kiedrowski / Jeff Stanton / Jeff Ward
Moto1
[youtube]JTMmY42d3zQ[/youtube]

1990 Team -- in Swedish or some other language :p
Damon Bradshaw / Jeff Stanton / Jeff Ward
[YOUTUBE]WcFANgYwsW0[/YOUTUBE]

1991 Team
Damon Bradshaw / Mike Kiedrowski / Jeff Stanton
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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1992 Team
Jeff Emig / Mike LaRocco / Billy Liles

1993 Team
Jeff Emig / Mike Kiedrowski / Jeremy McGrath
In German I believe.
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1996 Team
Jeff Emig / Steve Lamson / Jeremy McGrath
In Spanish
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2000 Team
Ricky Carmichael / Ryan Hughes / Travis Pastrana
[youtube]1NTFWPYd_9U[/youtube]

2005 Team
Ricky Carmichael / Kevin Windham / Ivan Tedesco
[YOUTUBE]s4dwrgFMqu4[/YOUTUBE]

2006 Team
James Stewart, Jr. / Ryan Villopoto / Ivan Tedesco
[YOUTUBE]UZWOmNsSzPc[/YOUTUBE]

2007 Team at Budds Creek, USA
Ricky Carmichael / Ryan Villopoto / Tim Ferry
[YOUTUBE]vh79PgBnMTQ[/YOUTUBE]

2008 Team
James Stewart, Jr. / Ryan Villopoto / Tim Ferry
[YOUTUBE]FoiI2DBj4[/YOUTUBE]

2009 Team
Ryan Dungey / Jake Weimer / Ivan Tedesco
[YOUTUBE]o8hny7NnK-E[/YOUTUBE]

2010 Team
Ryan Dungey / Trey Canard / Andrew Short
[youtube]VaaLCfhzRN8[/youtube]

2011 Team
Ryan Dungey / Blake Baggett / Ryan Villopoto
[youtube]RjIgZDhtLCM[/youtube]
 

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Joey Dunlop

No ordinary Joe. :applause
 

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Mr Rayborn’s AMA HoF:
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Mr Rayborn and Denis Manning‘s streamliner in 1970 ... Mr Manning
was 24 years old in 1970 ... he went on to found BUB Ent.
and set land speed records with Chris Carr ... :thumbup

Harley-Davidson’s First Land Speed Record


big props to all racers named here -
each & every one certified Bad-Ass

that said, ol Cal was (in his time) truly something else

some of us OGs here remember his elegant riding, the boxing shoe 'racing boots', & the arcing 2-wheel slides round Laguna Seca on the low-RPM flathead KR750

Cal dragged that worn out, obsolete weapon across the pond (with zero H-D support) to UK circuits he'd never seen & waxed everybody, repeatedly

his sad & completely unnecessary demise at a shabby NZ track on a POS Suzuki was a crushing blow to the sport & all who admired him
 
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