A blast from the AMA past

Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:55 pm

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

U like?

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Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:11 pm

dont start me

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Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:12 pm

again

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Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:13 pm

my fave

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Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:14 pm

check out the tape on the knee......WTF

Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:21 pm

That is so cool.

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:

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...

Cheers,
Pete

Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:37 am

Hey Tony, where you been hiding???

PC

Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:07 am

SWEET JESUS!~!!

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

AAAIRTIME!!

Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:29 am

nah dude, #60 is just at the crest of the hill behind the other rider.

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...

Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:08 am

U like?

Love 'em -

Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:35 am

HemiDuty wrote:That is so cool.

what he said !

thats just sensational !!

Matt

Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:30 pm

Great shots of Eddie

jee we are getting old