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Postby TopCat » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:55 pm

Found this on the net and thought I'd share it with you .... :D

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Postby hoffy » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:11 pm

dont start me
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Postby hoffy » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:12 pm

again
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Postby hoffy » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:13 pm

my fave
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Postby hoffy » Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:14 pm

check out the tape on the knee......WTF
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Postby HemiDuty » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:21 pm

That is so cool. :D
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Postby Phil » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:31 am

hoffy wrote:check out the tape on the knee......WTF


leather grips....tape doesnt.

this is knee sliding in its infancy....the "king" had just invented it :wink:
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Postby plane » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:33 am

hoffy wrote:check out the tape on the knee......WTF


Back in the good old days, they hadn't figured out knee sliders, but they new that the leathers gripped the tarmac and eventually ripped apart. So they stuck heaps of race tape to their knees so that their knees slid over the tarmac.
That's what Kenny Roberts reckoned, anyway...

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Postby ronster » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:37 am

Hey Tony, where you been hiding???

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Postby Stereo » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:07 am

SWEET JESUS!~!!

Check out number 60 in the second picture down!!!!

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Postby mike-s » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:29 am

nah dude, #60 is just at the crest of the hill behind the other rider.
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Postby Stereo » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:59 am

Im looking at it and looking at it.....

It still looks like he is in the air.... must be an optical illusion...
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Postby balanse » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:08 am

U like?


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Postby matchan » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:35 am

HemiDuty wrote:That is so cool. :D


what he said !

thats just sensational !!

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Postby Pabs » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:30 pm

Great shots of Eddie 8)
jee we are getting old
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