The good folks @SouP have loaded this great video of the 84 Laguna Seca FI and Superbike races. Their VHS tape was in poor condition so before they lost it now its here on You Tube to enjoy. This is a really fun video showcasing the crowd pleasing antics of these riders and their wheelstanding vintage 2 stroke machines.
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Sometimes..its just a small world! Funny how things randomly work out?
I was at this very race w my uncle. Do you think it influenced my decision to buy a RZ when they came out the next year...you bet it did!
On another occasion Friends & I met and partied w Fred Merkel..lol,
I've met 2 of the gentelmen responsible for fabrication and making sure that YZR ran as good as it did. Kel Curruthers works over @ Chapparel Cycles. And recently spent a good 6 hrs at the home/shop of the other Roberts crew member & with any luck will be doing some moderate work on my spare chassis/ roller after he finishes a friends machines.
Small world indeed! Its almost as if theres no place on earth other than California...lol Man O'Man..Good times they were!
Videos like this..on a big screen are perfect for great memories..a virtual time machine.
Vintage Kenny Roberts race video.
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Vintage Kenny Roberts race video.
Banshee (Baja) race bike,+ 2 A Arms,L.E.Ds, Toomey, +4 stroker IMS tank, run flats.
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96 GSXR SRAD, Future Yoshimura rep.
85 custom Tri-Z
RZ/YZR bike(project)
86 VFR750 RC24 Merkel replica (project)
Royal Enfield Bullet 500
Re: Vintage Kenny Roberts race video.
Love how Roberts repairs his bike by kicking it back together, on the fly, while stuck in 3rd place. Are such repairs unique to 2 strokes - don't know. The ending was phenomenal. Thx for posting a highly entertaining race.
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Re: Vintage Kenny Roberts race video.
Yep he just dealt w it! & dropped back, kicked it back into shape then got on with it.. old school. You didn't see Kenny Roberts going around crying and whining like Casey Moaner did in his corkscrew incident. And Roberts was actually rammed and his bike was damaged..LC Cnd wrote:Love how Roberts repairs his bike by kicking it back together, on the fly, while stuck in 3rd place. Are such repairs unique to 2 strokes - don't know. The ending was phenomenal. Thx for posting a highly entertaining race.
Banshee (Baja) race bike,+ 2 A Arms,L.E.Ds, Toomey, +4 stroker IMS tank, run flats.
96 GSXR SRAD, Future Yoshimura rep.
85 custom Tri-Z
RZ/YZR bike(project)
86 VFR750 RC24 Merkel replica (project)
Royal Enfield Bullet 500
96 GSXR SRAD, Future Yoshimura rep.
85 custom Tri-Z
RZ/YZR bike(project)
86 VFR750 RC24 Merkel replica (project)
Royal Enfield Bullet 500
Re: Vintage Kenny Roberts race video.
Those thing are like rockets with wheels! Love it!
Re: Vintage Kenny Roberts race video.
Amazing how much time they spent with the front wheel in the air and still ran 100mph laps. I know the addition in '88 is the slowest corner on the track but thats about the same average speed they run now.
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Re: Vintage Kenny Roberts race video.
Thanks for posting this!!!
Re: Vintage Kenny Roberts race video.
The announcers were making me laugh. You could tell Mike Spenser's comments were given to him on paper with big letters. They were pulling the string out of his back when it was time for him to say something. No offense to the ex-racer!