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Offline holeshot buddy

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« on: October 11, 2009, 10:20:31 pm »
who was your favourite rider back when you were racing any era
australian
european including pommies ::)
american

i will start, 80s
aus. jeff leisk, trevor williams, ray vandenberg
euro. george jobe, dave thorpe ,haken carlquist
usa. brad lackey, marty moates ,danny laporte, david bailey, jeff ward

theres heaps more but you have to stop somewhere ;D
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2009, 10:23:38 pm »
Australian~as a kid reading magazines, Landman or Gall but later it was Bell
European~the flying Finn, Hiekki Mikola
USA~Hannah, Sun
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2009, 10:24:56 pm »
Anthony Gunter
Roger DeCoster
Bob Hannah
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« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2009, 10:25:40 pm »
Yeah, gotta be Hannah.
He (still) has the attitude, but most importantly, one of the few with the talent to back it up.  ;D
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2009, 10:30:15 pm »
US Hannah , Bailey, Omara and Goat Breker because he was a great guy.
Euro Mikkola, Weil, Decoster,Thorpe,Smets, Everts
Aus  Gunter, Gall,Liesk, and Myself hahahahaha!

US /Euro JMB ! Unreal
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2009, 10:37:00 pm »
Joel Smets...of course ;)
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2009, 10:37:08 pm »
Quote from: Tony T on October 11, 2009, 10:25:40 pm
Yeah, gotta be Hannah.
He (still) has the attitude, but most importantly, one of the few with the talent to back it up.  ;D

Yer Hannah dethroned , Smith , Decoster and then after broken leg went on to beat the best of the next generation at Daytona and Unadilla for eg. Like 3 carreers on 3 makes.Ending in the MXdN win in 87.
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2009, 10:39:15 pm »
Aust. Gary O`Brien, (Dennis Alsop RIP). Gary Adams, Gary Flood, Trevor Flood,, Lester Rowley, David Basham, (John Heard  RIP), John Kaiser, Greg Flood. Clive Tucker. Jack Pengally, Ray Fisher, John Herd. Dennis Dickman.
John Mapperson.
NZ  Ivan Miller
Euro Joel Roberts, Roger de Coster
UK, Vic Allen, Andy Roberton,
USA Marty Smith, Brad Lackey
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2009, 10:42:03 pm »
Quote from: E74 on October 11, 2009, 10:37:00 pm
Joel Smets...of course ;)

Joel Smets IMO deserves more respect than he gets . He had Everts as to contend with for popularity from his country men and later on the race track but unlike Everts it wasn't all laid out for him , he wasn't following a famous world champ Dad.

He also went door knocking himself in Belgium to gather signatures when they tried to can the 500 class in the 90's.
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2009, 11:11:23 pm »
Australian  Kim Ashkenazi or Troy Dorron
European   Toss up between Johan Boonen or Matt's Nillson but probably Joel Smetts.
USA          Jeff Emig
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2009, 11:21:42 pm »
NZ World Champions....Shayne, Darryl King, racked up a couple of world MX champs and still are horror fast.

Aussie World MX Champions ..... were there any ;D ;D ;D
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2009, 11:35:20 pm »
Marc only Shane won a world title, Darryl was runner up a couple of times.
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2009, 05:59:59 am »
Heres my 50 cents
NZ Darryl King with daylight second
Aus Marty Moates and Anthony Gunter
USA Mark Barnett,Bob Hannah
UK Dave Thorpe,Jem Whatley
Europe Harry Everts,Eric Geoboers,Brad Lackey

For what its worth most Kiwi Mxers know that Darryl was the faster of the kings but didnt get the luck.
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2009, 07:17:40 am »
Aus: Leisk, Bell, Dack, Gall.
USA: Johnson, Dymond.

Looking back, my loyalties were pretty easily won - it was just the guys that won on the right coloured bikes (red or white at that time).

Nowdays I actually look at more than the results sheets... I really like Ward's down to earth attitude, and I also really like Hannah's arrogance (although Hannah's riding career was almost completely over by the time I started paying attention.
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Re: favourite rider
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2009, 07:59:05 am »
Australian, Craig Dack , Kim Ashenazi , Steven Andrew
NZ , Josh Coppins , Darryll king , Peter Ploen
USA , Marty Smith , Jimmy Wienert , Bob hannah
Euros , Harry Everts, Joel Robert , Joel Smets
Poms, Graham Noyce , Dave Bickers , Neil Hudson
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