MotoGP 2017

[husaberg]

Even today Lawson is so underated in lists its criminal and Rossi...well hes still writing history.

Lawson did it with the Hondas steering damper set to full.
Eddie had a bright head on his shoulders, second place in a race was acceptable, rather then risking zero points.

[malcy25]

More n likely...except prob not the one that tried to kill him.

Fast fact: (for fellow trainspotters) out of all premiere champs to swap manufacturers,Duke Norton to Gilera,Hailwood MV to Honda,Agostini MV to Yamaha,Lawson Yamaha to Honda,Rossi Honda to Yamaha and Stoner Ducati to Honda.
Only two out of all those legends,Lawson and Rossi have scored championships back to back on different makes.

Even today Lawson is so underated in lists its criminal and Rossi...well hes still writing history.

Yamaha still rate Lawson enough that 15 years after he stopped racing GP's, they invited him over and gave him a rebuilt 86 YZR500 like he won the championship on.....out of the blue with no warning! I think that bike has just been delivered from Lawson's place to Red Rocks Harley in Vegas where all the cool old Yamaha's hang out (Roberts and Baker TZ750 flat trackers anyone?)

Not sure if one of his old bikes or not. As Mike Sinclair said to me once about YZR500's. "You never know what you are going to get if you buy one, we regularly built show bikes out of old parts lashed together".

[roogazza]

Yamaha still rate Lawson enough that 15 years after he stopped racing GP's,
Not sure if one of his old bikes or not. As Mike Sinclair said to me once about YZR500's. "You never know what you are going to get if you buy one, we regularly built show bikes out of old parts lashed together".

I've got a couple of mates that worked in the Circus years ago.One for Freddie and one for Hartog.
Yet another was with Dodds for a year and he dropped off a book for me the other day. Mike Sinclair,Kenny's Spanner man.
It's not bad,starts off in the early days pissing about with two strokes in NZ (which lots of us did !).
But a third the way thru its starting to get interesting where he's working for Robert's Lucky Strike team.
(data entry etc etc.)

[merv]

Yeah Gazz it is a good read. I read it last Christmas and it is a great story. Really enjoyed Hugh Anderson's one before that and Croz's too. All good insights into how the teams and the manufacturers work or don't work as the case may be.

[roogazza]

Yeah Gazz it is a good read. I read it last Christmas and it is a great story. Really enjoyed Hugh Anderson's one before that and Croz's too. All good insights into how the teams and the manufacturers work or don't work as the case may be.

Yes Merv, read those too/two.
The Kiwi guys seemed to have an advantage in that they had learnt to make do, then try new stuff.
We've all taken a few millimeters off exhaust ports in our day huh? lol.

[Dadpole]

We've all taken a few millimeters off exhaust ports in our day huh? lol.

And it went badly wrong (T350 Suzuki)

[merv]

And it went badly wrong (T350 Suzuki)

Lol, once the mm are off they never seem to come back when they are needed

[husaberg]

Yamaha still rate Lawson enough that 15 years after he stopped racing GP's, they invited him over and gave him a rebuilt 86 YZR500 like he won the championship on.....out of the blue with no warning! I think that bike has just been delivered from Lawson's place to Red Rocks Harley in Vegas where all the cool old Yamaha's hang out (Roberts and Baker TZ750 flat trackers anyone?)

Not sure if one of his old bikes or not. As Mike Sinclair said to me once about YZR500's. "You never know what you are going to get if you buy one, we regularly built show bikes out of old parts lashed together".

The air force boys lashed together a Skyhawk like that when they were afraid all them were going to go overseas.
thats one of them thats at The RNZAF museum.
it was never on the books and very unoffical project.
it was dressed up as one of the aircraft that had crashed

Most 500 GP bikes were a collection of parts constantly being relaced /swapped
Lawsons NSR500 used 7 differnt frames

[roogazza]

Lol, once the mm are off they never seem to come back when they are needed

Measure 27 times and cut once !

[BMWST?]

More n likely...except prob not the one that tried to kill him.

Fast fact: (for fellow trainspotters) out of all premiere champs to swap manufacturers,Duke Norton to Gilera,Hailwood MV to Honda,Agostini MV to Yamaha,Lawson Yamaha to Honda,Rossi Honda to Yamaha and Stoner Ducati to Honda.
Only two out of all those legends,Lawson and Rossi have scored championships back to back on different makes.

Even today Lawson is so underated in lists its criminal and Rossi...well hes still writing history.

and Lawson wen to a third make and won a race to i think....Cagiva

[eelracing]

and Lawson wen to a third make and won a race to i think....Cagiva

He did indeed...coulda been two if'n Schwantzy didn't take him out


(still waiting for a trainspotter to find the howling flaw in my "fast-fact")

[BMWST?]

I was curious .1992 hungarian GrandPrix.Started a wet race and Lawson had cut slicks ,eventually took the lead with only two laps to go.Was his last year in the GPs

[Runty]

Howling flaw? - Maybe that Hailwood rode for Honda and MV in the same years (different classes)

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[eelracing]

(different classes)

Yeh nah by premier i meant GP500/MotoGP.

Hailwood did ride a 500 Norton and the MV 500 in the 1961 GP season but did'nt win the championship.

He also never won another 500 championship after moving to Honda either (not the howling flaw).
But I envy anyone who ever saw and heard him and Ago going for it in 66/67.

[malcy25]

He did indeed...coulda been two if'n Schwantzy didn't take him out


(still waiting for a trainspotter to find the howling flaw in my "fast-fact")

I was skim reading only. Hailwood didn't win a 500 championship on a Honda