PDA

View Full Version : Damn, I miss those days!

JasonG
04-28-2010, 10:06 AM
Anyone else miss the 'rainey/schwantz/doohan/lawson/kocinski/etc..' days?
JAMR
04-28-2010, 11:13 AM
Yup! But the new stuff's not to bad.
3498

3499
3500
Simon
04-28-2010, 12:53 PM
I love all Bike racing, old and new. This years SBK is some of the best racing ever, :bow:
Jaybo
04-28-2010, 12:56 PM
I don't really miss the old days, but i do miss some aspects.. smoking tires! stupid traction control.. Motogp is still fun to watch but it looks too much like parade laps these days.
Simon
04-28-2010, 03:20 PM
I don't really miss the old days, but i do miss some aspects.. smoking tires! stupid traction control.. Motogp is still fun to watch but it looks too much like parade laps these days.

Yeah, a few years there, MotoGP was so boring to watch, bikes never got out of control, even with Rossi going all out, :(

I do miss open roads, no traffic or congestion, houses with property, being able to ride a dirtbike almost anywhere, etc, :p
JAMR
04-29-2010, 04:12 AM
The Mt. Baker Hwy, up past the Holy Smoke tavern to the ski hill!!
bsa_414
04-29-2010, 07:10 AM
Anyone else miss the 'rainey/schwantz/doohan/lawson/kocinski/etc..' days?

When bikes were bikes? No cams? Powerbands that came on like a switch? The smell of pre-mix being burned up? And racing was not such a huge business? Yes, I miss those days.

You look at some of those 80's 500GP videos, and they went from track to track in a van, and pitted in an Easy-Up, certainly not making millions...

But fear not, those machines we grew up with are on their way back. There's a few of us working late nights in the garage, putting together two-strokers. Coming to a racetrack near you in the not so distant future...:)

Rumour has it, there will be a few "vintage" RZ's in Mission this weekend, with more neat stuff appearing throughout the season.

cheers
alex
JasonG
04-29-2010, 11:18 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_motorcycle_Grand_Prix
Mike Duff-- a canadian winning GP250 race..
and he is now Michelle Duff..huh??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Duff

very good....
http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Mike+Duff

and very interesting read..
http://www.michelle-duff.ca/webpages/personalbio.html

actually now that Ive had a chance to sink in..i think ive seen Duff on the tube.