Most Excellent Quotes

[KoroJ]

I was watching a doco on TV this morning whilst pedalling away at the gym. It was about the Dunlops and they were interviewing Michael Dunlop.

They had been discussing and showing the feats and accidents of Joey & Robert Dunlop and in particular, about when Robert's rear wheel disintegrated at the 1994 TT and he came off somewhat the worse for wear, but gnarly bastard that he was, Robert returned to racing and won more races.

His comment that I though was a cracker was:
"Footballers fall over on the grass and cry for three months...they (Robert, Joey and generally the M/C racers of those times) were hard men!"


What an understatement.......and what a total bloody nutter.

[buggerit]

"If it smells bad it probably is bad" covers most things:headbang:

[yokel]

"if it looks like shit smells like shit and tastes like shit it probably is shit"

[carbonhed]

"if it looks like shit smells like shit and tastes like shit it probably is shit"

How the hell have you come to know what shit tastes like?

[yokel]

How the hell have you come to know what shit tastes like?

Experience, I've eaten enuff shit to know what it looks and smells like

[husaberg]

Don't worry, it only seems kinky the first time.


Sex on television can't hurt you unless you fall off.

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.

My sexual preference is often.

No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.


“The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance”

If you are talking about bike racing quotes the best I can remember is from Dohhan about Gobert
He was being a brat ''So I nefred him" ie he ran him of the track to teach him some respect..


Or this One Jim Richards to the Barthurst Crowd Booing him cause he won in a Nissan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBusULuWCoY

[bluninja]

" If they didn't have pussies we'd be hunting them with guns "

I don't have any idea what he was talking about? :oi-grr:

Cat owners?? Does your friend suffer from ailurophobia?

[mashman]

"Most Excellennnnt!" - Bill and Ted.

[unstuck]

Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."

[Kickaha]

Or this One Jim Richards to the Barthurst Crowd Booing him cause he won in a Nissan
It was because he was given the win after he crashed out and the race was then red flagged so counted back one lap, not just because he won in a Nissan

[bluninja]

some Barry Sheene quotes..

"Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect"

"Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me"

[husaberg]

It was because he was given the win after he crashed out and the race was then red flagged so counted back one lap, not just because he won in a Nissan

I remember it well, but if they had not have counted back the win Dick Johnson would have won in the Ford. It was the last year of the Turbo's.
Its all in the video anyway Warwick

[Ntoxcated]

Another shameless repost:

John McGuinness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_xri-1HHc) - best racer excuse ever.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_xri-1HHc

[Tazz]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/158121-RG-Extensive-clean/page3

Just to keep it local, almost any post of Arrondukes will leave you laughing :laugh:

[willytheekid]

"Anybody can jump a motorcycle...The trouble begins when you try to land it"

-Evel Knievel :headbang:


And a personal one -

"There Panel Damage...could be our life!"

-WillyTheeKid ;)

:love:

[husaberg]

1994 IOM TT Single race
Robert Holden after he finished second by 8 seconds offer the explanation that it was because of all the oil that the Moddie yamaha was spitting out was getting on his visor.
Moddie leaned in and said "ïf ya doint Shut ya muth I will punch ya" the microphone that Robert Holden was holding picked it up picked it Up

[caspernz]

One that has stayed with me is from Rodger Freeth: "To finish first, you first have to finish."

[buggerit]

"road racing motorcycles makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty" PETER S EGAN

[husaberg]

"Wait until you see god then brake" - Kevin Schwantz.

If you have never seen this pass watch it...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx5rJ-L7-zk

[shafty]

Best explanation for crashing: " I was heading in to the corner, tilted it in then ran out of...........talent"

[nodrog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xv_pfIK60k

[mossy1200]

Lifes a shit sandwich and its always lunch time.

[rickstv]

Jimmy Spithill at the after match press conference, San Fransisco Americas cup,

"In this game, one day you're a rooster, the next day you're a feather duster":laugh:

Rick.

[Maha]

I have a DVD and book on Barry Sheene, great reading and great watching...


On his customer spec RG500 that he rode during 1983, that “it wouldn’t pull a boy scout off your granny”

[Laava]

Spike Milligans gravestone, "See, I told you I was ill!"

[husaberg]

1996 Mick Doohan in response to the don't you think you winning all the time is making racing less of a spectacle.

Whad-ada want me to do slow down and wait for the others?

[unstuck]

Guy Martin quote of the day "blow the air bed up in the van have a wank and sleep, not a crime having a wank before bed" what a fucking lad!:niceone:

[haydes55]

My fathers golden lines;

Up the bum no babies, I'm too young to be a grand dad.

Why the fuck did you back off then?

My favourite quote though, after almost every accident:

"Are you alright?" Arm bent the wrong way blood pissing out and screaming.... Do they expect an answer?

[husaberg]

"Well that's the first time that's happened in this church".... Burt Monroe likely after any number of total engine blow ups.....

"He's a dirty old man" .... but nice with it......Nurse referring to Burt Monroe

[gjm]

"If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters."

(Alan K. Simpson. Tenuous motorcycling link - he co-sponsored a US bill amending the laws with regard to wearing motorcycle helmets.)

[ruaphu]

C S Lewis
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn, my god, do you learn!

Feck yeah, been there done that, got the xrays to prove it, hence why i like Lewis's quote.


Sir Sterling Moss. (I think??)
Better to go into a corner slow and come out fast than go into a corner fast and come out dead.


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[Swoop]

If you have never seen this pass watch it...........
2.06 = :first: :woohoo:

[pete376403]

"A safe second is better than a gloriously fought DNF" I recall that was attributed to Croz

[haydes55]

"A safe second is better than a gloriously fought DNF" I recall that was attributed to Croz

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough- Ayrton Senna

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose- Ayrton Senna

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win- Ayrton Senna

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.- Ayrton Senna

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.- Ayrton Senna


The mentality of champions is vastly different from the mentality of those who finish second.

[husaberg]

2.06 = :first: :woohoo:

I was meaning the one around 1 minute, under brakes with Kevin sideways yet still stuffs Wayne under brakes.
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/26323/schwantz-rainey-hockenheim-o.gif

But that said the Rainey up yours with a wheelie was not without its charms.
http://33.media.tumblr.com/74c5d5977cab94768e4621e4db06a92a/tumblr_n19saw8EC01s0qldso1_400.gif

Wayne Psyched himself out the next race(from memory) and Wayne ran off the track on the second last corner without Kevin having to do the impossible pass that Wayne knew was coming sooner or later.
later ....Not quite as I remember it as it was a split race result was the same

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2eUzmqEkQ

[pete376403]

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough- Ayrton Senna

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose- Ayrton Senna

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win- Ayrton Senna

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.- Ayrton Senna

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.- Ayrton Senna


The mentality of champions is vastly different from the mentality of those who finish second.

Croz is still alive.

[husaberg]

Second place is just the first place loser. - Dale Earnhardt
not very PC but apt for some nevertheless

[Scuba_Steve]

"Biting is excellent. It's like kissing only there's a winner"

"Science is but an organised system of ignorance"

"Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." - H. Ford
or to paraphrase "any colour as long as it's black"

[duckaddict]

"Qualifying is for show, racing is for dough" 2014 MotoGP BTSport commentator.

[F5 Dave]

I don`t know what to say: One minute my hands were full, the next they were empty.

[unstuck]

I thought initially there would have been a mechanical failure or something to that effect because I've never high-sided going 200k's at the end of the straight like that before.
(Kenny Roberts):eek:

[Ocean1]

You steer the car with your feet; the steering wheel is used only to present the car to the corner.
Stirling Moss

If at first you don't succeed, then drag racing is not for you.
Shirley Muldowney

Any suspension, no matter how poorly designed, can be made to work reasonably well if you just stop it from moving.
Colin Chapman

...when something on a Lotus broke, Chapman said make everything else lighter.
Parnelli Jones

[husaberg]

A smart engineer can do for a penny what a good engineer can do for tenpence

Development is only necessary to rectify the ignorance of designers.

"There was never any ignorance on his part because, as he also said: Working things out for yourself from first principles, and providing proper engineering solutions never goes out of fashion.

Academics are seldom any use at engineering

In engineering there's an answer to everything. It's just that we're usually too ignorant or too dim to see it.

You're quite entitled to your opinions -
even if they're wrong.

He said he couldn't understand how man had managed to put a man on the moon before realizing it would be a good idea to put wheels on large suitcases.

Keith Duckworth "That the worth from Cosworth" likely the best and most successful F1 engineer/designer that has ever lived

[pete376403]

Keith Duckworth "That the worth from Cosworth" likely the best and most successful F1 engineer/designer that has ever lived

What was Costins part in it?

[husaberg]

What was Costins part in it?

Cos in COSworth...........
He's nowhere near as quotable sorry.......

[pete376403]

Cos in COSworth...........
He's nowhere near as quotable sorry.......
Understood but if Duckworth was "the best and most successful F1 engineer/designer that has ever lived" what role did Costin play?

[husaberg]

Understood but if Duckworth was "the best and most successful F1 engineer/designer that has ever lived" what role did Costin play?

Second fiddle obviously:violin: He's Ringo........

Mike Costin who, on learning of his friend's death, described himself as having "studied for 40 years at the University of Duckworth".

"Duckworthisms" became renowned throughout the racing and engineering worlds.
These included: "It is better to be un-informed than ill-informed";
"a genius can make for a penny what a good engineer can only make for 10p";
"very few straight answers are ever possible:
the decisive man is a simple-minded man".
He based job interviews on the principle that "young fools go on to become old fools".

[Grumph]

An oldie which has relevance to those following the ESE engineering thread...

In 1914 Louis Coatalen (Sunbeam designer) in reply to a comment by Pomeroy Senior (Vauxhall designer) that his racing engines were devilish like the previous year's Peugeots said "Ah, Pomeroy, 'ee ees a vise man who copy wizout altair".

[unstuck]

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford

:Punk::Punk:

[Laava]

Second fiddle obviously:violin: he's Ringo.

Speaking of Ringo, apparently John Lennon said of him,
"He's not even the best drummer in the band"

[yokel]

“Whoever controls the media controls the mind” – Jim Morrison

"the common man is a fool" - Henry Ford (I think)

[husaberg]

"Most of the quotes attributed to me, that so fill the internet these days have never been uttered once by me."

Abraham Lincoln

[husaberg]

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
― Bob Marley

“Live for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, and you will live again.”
― Bob Marley

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively”
― Bob Marley

“If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
― Bob Marley
“love the life you live.
live the life you love.”
― Bob Marley

[jasonu]

The best one I have heard recently was Bob Hannah when asked what he misses the most about MX racing. 'Getting paid for not doing much' was the answer.

[ruaphu]

Everytime i see chite on the telly involving the Taliban or Afghanistan reminds of a quote in book i read years back that stuck in my head, that unfortunately seems to be ringing true.

"The Taliban, I learned, have a saying: 'You may have the watches, but we have the time."

From;
A Million Bullets: The Real Story of the British Army in Afghanistan.





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[jasonu]

I have a DVD and book on Barry Sheene, great reading and great watching...


On his customer spec RG500 that he rode during 1983, that “it wouldn’t pull a boy scout off your granny”

Barry Sheene when a nurse asked if he was allergic to anything. 'Cancer' was the reply.

[jasonu]

Croz is still alive.

He wasn't involved in a freak incident where a steering arm stabbed him in the (I think) head.

[husaberg]

He wasn't involved in a freak incident where a steering arm stabbed him in the (I think) head.

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Mark Twain

http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/noting-the-anniversary-of-twains-report-of-my-death-comment/

[unstuck]

Lovely country, lovely weather, shit tea.:laugh::laugh:

Bugger cannot put the vid up. Was guy martin at wanganui being interviewed by Cliff Field.

[James Deuce]

AFL commentator Gerard Healy, after referring, live on air, to the Gold Coast Suns as the "Gold Cunts": "I always thought Karmichael Hunt was going to be the trap for commentators, but for me it was a combination of 'coast' and 'suns'."

[husaberg]

Lovely country, lovely weather, shit tea.:laugh::laugh:

Bugger cannot put the vid up. Was guy martin at wanganui being interviewed by Cliff Field.

Not that one but nice interview anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU8lWv7Uq5I

[Scuba_Steve]

Guy Martin's awesome
"That's why we go racing Motorbike's cause it's a bit dangerous, if people made it safe I probably wouldn't want to do it"

Got his priorities right too
"I don't own much in this life but everything I've got I'd sell or swap for a V1000 Britten"

[husaberg]

Two people i'd take on an island.... he's one of a kind:laugh:

[Kickaha]

"I don't own much in this life but everything I've got I'd sell or swap for a V1000 Britten"
Well he got to ride one last week

Two people i'd take on an island.... he's one of a kind:laugh:
Prick stopped in our way in the middle of the road on the way into the races on Friday, shold have given him a push with the van :shifty:

[unstuck]

soon i discovered that this rock thing was true
jerry lee lewis was the devil
jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
all of a sudden, i found myself in love with the world
so there was only one thing that i could do
was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long
:Punk::Punk: