KiwiBiker quiz time

[gav]

OK, this might test you! Easy part, name the two riders, next name the year, now name the track. Bonus point to number of world road racing titles between them!
http://www.filehigh.com/serve.php?u=825&i=6477&t=.jpg

[k14]

OK, this might test you! Easy part, name the two riders, next name the year, now name the track. Bonus point to number of world road racing titles between them!

I'll take rossi and pedrosa at manfield, 2001. Rossi has like 7 titles pedrosa has 3 i think so that would be able 10?? :drinknsin

Was i right??

[gav]

pffttt http://www.gixxer.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/squid.gif

[Sensei]

Hummmm Looks like a GPZ1100 Eddy Lawson Rep & a CBR900 BolDor I'll have to think on this abit Gav

[Suney]

is it kawakid and motoracer at pukekohe 1980s

[Kickaha]

Hummmm Looks like a GPZ1100 Eddy Lawson Rep & a CBR900 BolDor I'll have to think on this abit Gav

Proabaly the real thing and not a replica

I'd say Eddie Lawson on the 21 (it was a number he used) bike with 4 world titles on both Honda and Yamaha

Freddie Spencer on the Bol dor with 3 world titles

still working on the track and year,but I'd say 81

[gav]

Yip, youre onto it, yeah I snickerd at the Eddie Lawson replica bit, too :D
Just had K14 on line asking me about a million guesses and he didnt get that close :msn-wink:

[k14]

Off the top of my head i think that looks like talladega, yeah kickaha is right about the year, think the race that year was in march at that track.

[gav]

HInt K14, remember Freddie is on the Honda in 2nd place not on the Kawasaki that you thought, go back and look at your Freddie site, he won Talladega that year. See the checkered? He got second this race....must be able to nail it now.

[Motu]

Poor Eddie must be the most overlooked fantastic racer ever,he did everything,starting with dirt track in the US,he was also first Super Motard Champ too,him and Freddie were the first Super Motard guys.I had a poster of Eddie on a Yamaha on my wall for years.This hero needs more songs sung....

[k14]

Oh who cares, shouldn't have even started trying to guess. Wouldn't know who freddy spencer and eddy lawson were if i fell over them in the street.

[gav]

Overlooked? I think hes the best. Remeber that Golden Handlebars thing he won in France, turned up with an ex HRC CR500 factory MXer and smoked everyone. Think all the MX guys were shocked just how fast he was

[Sensei]

[QUOTE=gav]Yip, youre onto it, yeah I snickerd at the Eddie Lawson replica bit, too

Yea sorry wrong bike !

[Motu]

Certainly not overlooked by me either - but I bet if you got all the young racers on here to say all the top racers in the world of the top of their head,I don't think you would find Eddie Lawson's name come up,and that's a shame.

[gav]

[QUOTE=gav]Yip, youre onto it, yeah I snickerd at the Eddie Lawson replica bit, too

Yea sorry wrong bike !
Nah, not wrong bike, thats the original Z1000R that the Eddie Lawson Replicas were designed around, thats Eddie on the Eddie Lawson original!!
http://home.ama-cycle.org/forms/museum/images/hofimages/lawson2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/superbike21/images/kawa-lawson-1a.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/superbike21/images/left_2.jpg
The true Eddie Lawson replicas were these race bikes that Kawsaki built for other racers called the KZ1000S1, still an awesome looking piece of kit! :niceone:

[Sensei]

Yep was one at Hawera M/C about 31/2 y's ago they wanted 10k for it was abit much for me to pay for a old bike so brought a Ducati
I knew what bike it was but typed what the mind was thinking should have left out the Rep bit .Way kool bike's tho

[gav]

Poor Eddie must be the most overlooked fantastic racer ever,he did everything,starting with dirt track in the US,he was also first Super Motard Champ too,him and Freddie were the first Super Motard guys.I had a poster of Eddie on a Yamaha on my wall for years.This hero needs more songs sung....
Actually wasnt Steve Wise the first Super Motard champ?

[Oscar]

Actually wasnt Steve Wise the first Super Motard champ?

Actually I thinks he's talking about the US TV series "Superbikers", that kicked it all off in the late '70's...

[gav]

Certainly not overlooked by me either - but I bet if you got all the young racers on here to say all the top racers in the world of the top of their head,I don't think you would find Eddie Lawson's name come up,and that's a shame.
Ediie was (still is) my hero, I started following road racing early 80's, things like the old Trans atlantic series races I've still got on video. Eddie was just so cool and smooth, first year in GP's team mate to the King Kenny Roberts in 82, dicing with Spencer and Roberts in 83, then he took over, world titles in 84, 86, 88 on Yamaha and then to switch to Honda when the 88/89 NSR was just so evil and had such a bad rep. The way he rode, changing his style to suit the ill handling Honda and to snatch the title from Rainey was just awesome. Then switching back to Yamaha and crashing at Laguna, breaking both ankles when hitting a guard rail feet first, to comeback part way through the season, straight on the pace and basically ride shotgun so Rainey could take the title. :niceone:
Then when Cagiva were pulling the pin and quitting, agreeing with help from Yamaha to go ride the Cagiva, which when Mamola rode was a bit of a joke and within the first couple of races suddenly started hunting out podiums and beating Kevin Schwantz in the process just showed that he was one of the best ever development riders, and he was so competitive on that bike too.
When he left the GP circus there was no fuss, and he's one of the few guys who left being 100% healthy, just think, very few left like that, Rainey, Schwantz, Doohan, Criville, Magee, etc all finished because of injuries. Lawson just decided he'd had enough, he still ran the odd race here and there, Suzuka 8 hour, Daytona 200, and was still on the pace. Went to Indy Lights, won a race :niceone: went to the full Indy car series but admitted he wasnt good enough to drive at that level, not many agreed with him, but insisted someone else deserved the ride. Just a way cool guy :Punk:

Eddie Lawson interview 1993 (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/eddie93.htm)

[gav]

Actually I thinks he's talking about the US TV series "Superbikers", that kicked it all off in the late '70's...
Yip, thats the one, Steve Wise was a factory Honda MXer who won that made for TV race event, got a try out on a Honda Superbike and made the Superbike team with Freddie Spencer, Mike Baldwin etc

[Skunk]

Eddie was (still is) my hero,Eddie Lawson is the reason I have the bike I do. Still trying to find a really good Bio book on him.
I came into bikes in the mid 90's so I missed his real achievements.

How could anyone miss a 21 on a Kawasaki!? :Punk:

[Paul in NZ]

How could anyone miss a 21 on a Kawasaki!? :Punk:

Probly the same people that don't know who Sam Cooke or Peter Green were / are. Bloody countries education system is stuffed mate. I blame NCEA

[Skunk]

Probly the same people... <snip> I blame NCEACan't blame that on NCEA... :killingme

[Motu]

I lost a job because of Peter Green,the prick!....oh,we are talking about the same Peter Green aren't we....NZ Catamaran Champ??

[gav]

Who'd they ride for? :msn-wink:

[Motu]

So ok,I don't know what I'm talking about,I've got a mag somewhere with the history of motard and Lawson and Spencer were definatly in at the begining,in France,they were doing the Golden Handlebar type thing,riders from all disaplins on a track of all surfaces with any bike they liked.Of course the bikes developed into motards and the flattrackers like Lawson had the advantage.The whole idea was dropped,but the stupid French kept going with it on their own.I couldn't find the artical if I went looking for it....but if you wanted a recipe for chocolate sauce pudding it'd be the first one I picked up.

[Paul in NZ]

Can't blame that on NCEA... :killingme

Nah - thats old age and stupidity

[gav]

The start of Supermotard, half way down page (http://www.supermotard.co.nz/about.html)

[Oscar]

Ediie was (still is) my hero, I started following road racing early 80's, things like the old Trans atlantic series races I've still got on video. Eddie was just so cool and smooth, first year in GP's team mate to the King Kenny Roberts in 82, dicing with Spencer and Roberts in 83, then he took over, world titles in 84, 86, 88 on Yamaha and then to switch to Honda when the 88/89 NSR was just so evil and had such a bad rep. The way he rode, changing his style to suit the ill handling Honda and to snatch the title from Rainey was just awesome. Then switching back to Yamaha and crashing at Laguna, breaking both ankles when hitting a guard rail feet first, to comeback part way through the season, straight on the pace and basically ride shotgun so Rainey could take the title. :niceone:
Then when Cagiva were pulling the pin and quitting, agreeing with help from Yamaha to go ride the Cagiva, which when Mamola rode was a bit of a joke and within the first couple of races suddenly started hunting out podiums and beating Kevin Schwantz in the process just showed that he was one of the best ever development riders, and he was so competitive on that bike too.
When he left the GP circus there was no fuss, and he's one of the few guys who left being 100% healthy, just think, very few left like that, Rainey, Schwantz, Doohan, Criville, Magee, etc all finished because of injuries. Lawson just decided he'd had enough, he still ran the odd race here and there, Suzuka 8 hour, Daytona 200, and was still on the pace. Went to Indy Lights, won a race :niceone: went to the full Indy car series but admitted he wasnt good enough to drive at that level, not many agreed with him, but insisted someone else deserved the ride. Just a way cool guy :Punk:

Eddie Lawson interview 1993 (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/eddie93.htm)

I saw him at Phillip Isl. in 1989. Limo into the pit, straight into the motorhome, emerging later in leathers and helmet, strode across to the pits, hopped on the bike, completes qualifying. Then, same process in reverse. Very private man, one of the all time greats.