KR poll:
One hell of a ride.
KR poll:
One hell of a ride.
Agostini still has the numbers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Agostini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_Rossi
Night rider
An interesting choice and probably not much in it, but Agostini could win his races even on a much inferior bike. So I'll go with ago.
Time to ride
Forum whore
The newer generations are always going to go with Rossi, as we have no real yardstick of what Ago's performance at the time was like.
Ago was the best of his time, and Rossi the best of his.
Fully qualified Sifter.
I think you must mean (surely) that Ago had FAR superior equipment to his rivals a LOT of the time. Rossi hasn't had it so easy.Originally Posted by Jantar
An interesting choice and probably not much in it, but Agostini could win his races even on a much inferior bike. So I'll go with ago.
Hardcore Biker
If it was Vale /Hailwood I'd have to think.
Ago was good but not in their league
There's lies, damn statistics & lies or somein't like that
Forum whore
Ago beat a lot of hicks who spent the night before racing getting wasted. Rossi has beaten all comers, most of which are top level sportsmen in their own right.
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Yeah but you have to remember that a Stoner beat Rossi one year.....
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Ago has competed at IOM. He has a JUMP named after him.
Rossi alluded to never wanting to ride there in competition.
Ago 1. Rossi 0.
Edit - Personally I don't think you can really compare the two, with the conditions of their respective victories being so different...
Gixxer'n'bits...
Ago was probably a bit before my time (in terms of interest in motorcycles at least) so it's a bit hard for me to say...
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Pretty much sums things up.
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Forum whore
He's a fast little bugger... but what about getting beaten by HaydenYeah but you have to remember that a Stoner beat Rossi one year.....Mind you, Ago was beaten by Barry Sheene.
Not wanting to ride the IOM just makes him saner.
Forum whore
Against all my hero worship,I'll have to go for Rossi.Ago had it stacked all on his side - most of the manufacturers dropped out of GP racing,and MV were left to just clean up at will.Ago was there,right place,right time.But his opponents were some of the best we have ever seen...will Stoner and Pedrosa be remembered in the same light as Hailwood and Read?
But most important is who came second to Agostini -
In 1970 2nd in the 500GP was Ginger Molloy...from NZ.
In 1971 2nd in the 500GP was Keith Turner...from NZ.
In 1973 2nd in the 500GP was Kim Newcombe...from NZ.
Where are the Kiwi's giving Rossi a fight and only coming 2nd?
One hell of a ride.
2000 miles west - yes. Elsewhere - he'd need to comfortably win 2 or three more maybe.
One for you then; Will Mick be remembered in the same light as Hailwood?
Forum whore
Agostini was good, yes but for most of his career he was on the factory MV when much of the competition was either Manx Nortons or 350 Yamahas. (and the odd Bultaco, or Konig) After he left MV and went to Yamaha, and other riders were also getting access to Yamaha 500s, things evened out a bit.
In Rossis case, most of his opposition has been on more or less equal machinery
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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