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Offline motomaniac

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"It came back to me" !!!!!!!
« on: December 19, 2009, 11:49:32 am »

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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2009, 12:58:34 pm »
king kenny there ant nobody better way cool

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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2009, 02:52:34 pm »
 :o HOLY SHIT!! King Kenny goes way beyond legendary status!..as soon as I pick my jaw back up off the floor I'll watch it again 8) and again..and again! ;D unfknblvabl!! I love the style..didn't practice cause there's nothing you can practice with that's anything like it!! I believe him!
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« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2009, 03:09:45 pm »
yes i agree Doc i could watch that all day. unbelievable stuff.

did you catch the bit where he said he hasn't ridden for awhile (at all), that is one potent dirt tracker!

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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2009, 03:56:14 pm »
:o HOLY SHIT!! King Kenny goes way beyond legendary status!..as soon as I pick my jaw back up off the floor I'll watch it again 8) and again..and again! ;D unfknblvabl!! I love the style..didn't practice cause there's nothing you can practice with that's anything like it!! I believe him!

beyond legendary status , thats what I was thinking too. My jaw didnt drop as much as my eyes welled up.How a guy his age can get on that thing and go wideopen from the drop off the clutch is just beyond me.

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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2009, 04:06:35 pm »
:o HOLY SHIT!! King Kenny goes way beyond legendary status!..as soon as I pick my jaw back up off the floor I'll watch it again 8) and again..and again! ;D unfknblvabl!! I love the style..didn't practice cause there's nothing you can practice with that's anything like it!! I believe him!

beyond legendary status , thats what I was thinking too. My jaw didnt drop as much as my eyes welled up.How a guy his age can get on that thing and go wideopen from the drop off the clutch is just beyond me.
That's exactly what i was thinking. I can't believe how hard he went straight up after saying he hadn't even ridden a bike for a year!
That thing would be an absolute beast to ride. Even Rossi was impressed!

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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2009, 04:51:20 pm »
Banned because it had twice the horse power & lighter  ........nah he was and still is just too good in my eyes.
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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2009, 06:23:50 pm »
see also http://www.evisor.tv/tv/halloffame/king-kenny-rides-again-der-alt-10246.htm

“when I raced it, which ran a lot better than this year’s [replica] bike.
   It was geared for 145MPH in 5th, at 10,000 RPM.
   I looked at the tach once, and it was 11,500 – so I have NO idea how fast the thing was going. No idea.
  All I know is that when it hooked up and you could shift it, it didn’t just go by Harley’s...  it FLEW by Harley’s!!
  Ahhh... getting it to stop was another problem!
  Had I had the [modern] tyres that that thing  had last night, they wouldn’t have saw which way the thing went.”

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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2009, 09:20:09 pm »
Thanks Luke .the other video is quite different - shows more riding- and worth a few watching's too. :)

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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2009, 09:36:01 pm »
He always did have a big opinion of himself, but he definitely could back it up.
For someone who did as many miles on a race bike as him, not having ridden for a year isn't long.
Impressive nun the less.

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« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2009, 09:58:07 pm »
anyone have the you tube link to the original 1975 san jose mile race in good quality?

i have seen it once but would love to see it again.
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« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2010, 10:36:46 pm »
I turn the speakers up and watch every couple of days .Awesome .
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2010, 07:44:59 am »
me too  Hilly :D my favorite 10 seconds between 3:40 - 3:50. No rooting around, turns the bike around, lines up the first corner, cranks up the revs, dumps the clutch, holds it nailed flat shifting to the first corner and how the bike twiches for a split second when he hops off the gas and back on again to set up the slide...greeeeeat stuff 8)..oh and the sound!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

"I'm sure the guy says "rounding it in deep into turn 3, Kevin Schwantz has the white flag in the air, coming out of turn 4 lookin' for the white flag"  8)
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2010, 02:30:42 pm »
Totally impressive, Even endoesed by Rossi.
I have a soft spot japanese mxers with aluminium tanks. Two stroke classic Dirt Track...

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« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2010, 11:11:11 pm »

“....
   It was geared for 145MPH in 5th, at 10,000 RPM.
   I looked at the tach once, and it was 11,500 – so I have NO idea how fast the thing was going. No idea.
.... "

He can ride well, but obviously not so good at high-school maths....  :D

If 10,000rpm is 145mph, then he was doing 166.75mph at 11,500rpm in fifth gear.
That'd be plenty, I reckon!  :o

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