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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Doggy Digger on May 13, 2011, 10:47:30 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNa360R75aw&feature=related
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Shows how easily pleased we were back then. A trials rider would have done a stoppie all the way back down the street.
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I love it. I have watched a few times before. He was the man, back when free style was a flying W and not falling off! Seems I was very easily pleased.
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great stuff, the downhill would be VERY hard, it's a steep hill. interesting choice of bike as well.
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That is the steepest hill in S.F. I drove a 74 Coupe deville down it.
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That is the steepest hill in S.F. I drove a 74 Coupe deville down it.
Steep??
Looked pretty flat to me ;D
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc/Lombard-st.jpg)
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In the final minute, where he downhills over the "accidentally parked" car, the camera
switches to front view of car. Watching closely, you can tell they'd snuck a plank at back for him to
get up onto the car. I love the way the paint (?) explodes off roof, once it is unloaded.
Love the way he can ride off the car and carry on. Amazing stuff. (And not to mention
mono-ing down the steps, earlier on)
He would have been a brilliant addition to the card on your regular USA supercross
Saturday nights - legend! Those Californians lived the life in the 70s
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Doug was the wheelie king alright. That hill, Lombard street, is hard enough to walk up let alone wheelie down! I reckon the KLX was the ideal bike Hoony, nice soft grunt with no nasty surprises. ;)
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is in it kx
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Have walked up that street in San fran and it gives the legs a work out
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Doug is a legend! Seeing him wheelie a complete lap of the '80 Sydney Supercross track on a KLX250 was awesome.. he also wheelied across the Sydney Harbour bridge on a Z1000 :)
Lombard street is super steep and that was a big achievement in the day..
and i think it is a KX250 in the video clip
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he also wheelied across the Sydney Harbour bridge on a Z1000 :)
I hope the plod didn't overreact then and inconvenience millions.
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Bazza, Horris on his XL motorsport comes to mind ;)
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................ I reckon the KLX was the ideal bike Hoony, nice soft grunt with no nasty surprises. ;)
i reckon the KLX ( or any 4t trailey) would have been an easier choice too Firko, the KX would have only added to his challenge.
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I seem to recall reading he ran a small motor on the front wheel to keep it spinning to aid in the gyroscopic effect,if you look closely at the front end i reckon you can see something fitted to the lefthand fork leg of that kx,dunno how it was powered,electric i guess? spinning wheel or not the dude could chuck a mean monowheel 8)
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Doug is a legend! Seeing him wheelie a complete lap of the '80 Sydney Supercross track on a KLX250 was awesome.. he also wheelied across the Sydney Harbour bridge on a Z1000 :)
Lombard street is super steep and that was a big achievement in the day..
and i think it is a KX250 in the video clip
A Z1300 in fact : then he did one outside the showground on it and trashed the rear tail light and number plate... ;)
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(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/Doug20Domokos.jpg)
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I seem to recall reading he ran a small motor on the front wheel to keep it spinning to aid in the gyroscopic effect,if you look closely at the front end i reckon you can see something fitted to the lefthand fork leg of that kx,dunno how it was powered,electric i guess? spinning wheel or not the dude could chuck a mean monowheel 8)
Yes he did. An electric motor.
I saw him too. It must have been at the Sydney supercross as well. I thought it was at the Brisbane entertainment centre. There was an up and over that he took a couple of goes to do but he still did it. Went round the whole track on the rear wheel.
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Its sounds like a kdx 175 and I heard he roll the motor forward, I thought he also did a world distance record and refueled on the run at Datona or somewhere.
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You can still buy his "Wheelyin' with the King" book.....good read!
(http://vintagemx.org.nz/images/domokos1a.jpg)
(http://vintagemx.org.nz/images/domokos2a.jpg)