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guest7

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Freddie Spencer in his heyday
« on: September 06, 2007, 11:27:36 PM »
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Re: Freddie Spencer in his heyday
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2007, 05:54:32 AM »
impressive....no marshals, no medics, no tyre warmers, probably cold tyres....he certainly earned the nickname 'fast freddie'

as an aside, the car was a datsun 280z turbo (or might have been the 3 ltr version)(became nissan over here at about that time) and i had one for a year, and it WENT....i know i never managed to use all its potential, even on a track day

wonder who was driving it, and who was riding the other bike
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Re: Freddie Spencer in his heyday
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2007, 01:02:24 PM »
Well there we go - a "MotoGP" bike without all the aids - so what is this wheelies all over the place, going in to corners off the racing line to pass - oh for the days of screaming 2-strokes

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Re: Freddie Spencer in his heyday
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2007, 03:27:14 PM »
Quote from: onepot on September 06, 2007, 11:27:36 PM
See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj0UjUo5Jsw


Wow!!

That is just fabulous!

"Its coming up to 30 seconds now, a Freddie's getting ready to put on his gloves"....

Superb!

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Re: Freddie Spencer in his heyday
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2007, 09:36:53 PM »
Blinkin' takes me 30 seconds to put my gloves on so I would have had no chance!!   :D
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Re: Freddie Spencer in his heyday
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2007, 10:11:33 PM »
Just look at the tyre walls on the bends and small run off areas if it goes wrong. It makes you realise how much safer todays tracks are. Still In my day you were lucky if your jeans were real levis and the derri boots were really waterproof.  sigh don't think they were really the good old days after all!
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Re: Freddie Spencer in his heyday
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2007, 12:06:04 AM »
Quote from: beeman on September 07, 2007, 10:11:33 PM
Just look at the tyre walls on the bends and small run off areas if it goes wrong. It makes you realise how much safer todays tracks are. Still In my day you were lucky if your jeans were real levis and the derri boots were really waterproof.  sigh don't think they were really the good old days after all!
They were only the good old days, if you survived them!
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