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posted August 12, 2004 05:20 PM        
Are aussies better riders than yanks?

Let's look at it. A few Aussies out there at the moment:

Matt Mladin
Troy Bayliss
Troy Corser
Gary McCoy
Chad Reed
the Gobert boys
Me (haha)

Then of course there was Mick Doohan.

Maybe there is something in our water...

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posted August 12, 2004 05:35 PM        
Awesome? - Yes!
Better? - No!

The Bostroms
The Haydens
The Roberts
Ricky Carmichael
Kevin Windom
Me (..... )

Then of course there was Freddie Spencer, KR Sr., Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Randy Mamola, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, ............

There is DEFINETLY something in our waters!

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posted August 12, 2004 06:15 PM        
I think some of these Aussies and Yanks are faster than me. Not sure though. We've never gone head to head on a racetrack.
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posted August 13, 2004 12:12 AM        
I'm better than all you MoFo's.

Think its pretty even, the US riders that I thought were really good came from the 80's, Edwards is probably my favourite rider at the moment, amazing watching him when he was in the superbikes, Hayden to.
Doohan is just a dead set legend, a little bias I know but he was awesome playing with peoples minds and superior at looking after his tyres.
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posted August 13, 2004 12:21 AM        
please understand who I am@!
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posted August 13, 2004 05:14 AM        
Hmm?

What about the Italians? The Spanish? Why do they regularly kick ass in MotoGP?

Why do Germans seem to excel in Formula 1?

Why to the French suck at everything except croissants?

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posted August 13, 2004 06:09 AM        
I see this is one of those Bait and Hook posts!...lol...I'll bite...

Aussies are better???....I never heard of any great Aussies in DragRacing!!!
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posted August 13, 2004 06:17 AM        Edited By: swft on 13 Aug 2004 07:20
Oh sure!

Haven't you seen Priscilla The Queen of the Desert??


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posted August 13, 2004 07:02 AM        



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posted August 13, 2004 07:08 AM        
quote:
I see this is one of those Bait and Hook posts!...lol...I'll bite...

Aussies are better???....I never heard of any great Aussies in DragRacing!!!


There's a Aussie guy I think who is going to be racing over there next year on a triumph power machine. some specs: http://www.topfuelpro.com.au/specs.html
suppose to do low 6's




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posted August 13, 2004 08:06 AM        
quote:
Awesome? - Yes!
Better? - No!

The Bostroms
The Haydens
The Roberts
Ricky Carmichael
Kevin Windom
Me (..... )

Then of course there was Freddie Spencer, KR Sr., Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Randy Mamola, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, ............

There is DEFINETLY something in our waters!


Hey........ don't forget about James "Bubba" Stewart !!!!!!
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posted August 13, 2004 08:14 AM        
quote:

Hey........ don't forget about James "Bubba" Stewart !!!!!!


Absolutely!

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posted August 13, 2004 11:16 PM        
quote:


There is DEFINETLY something in our waters!


For sure there is, 'cause you're hallucinating!

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posted August 14, 2004 04:45 AM        
Yeah us aussies can ride pretty good but i reckon you yanks can mach us.
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posted August 14, 2004 11:47 AM        
Leave it to a Rookie on this site to start this
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posted August 14, 2004 02:25 PM        
That ain't a bike, it's a fuggin shopping cart!
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posted August 14, 2004 05:04 PM        
LMAO! That was the first impression I had!
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wwwrxxx


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posted August 14, 2004 06:44 PM        
Me rookie ?? Suppose so....

That James "bubba' Steward is amazing. I see him waste the field regularly. We don't get our own motocross rounds on TV but we do get the US stuff.

Who runs the world again?

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posted August 14, 2004 08:01 PM        
I pushed my kids around in that thing at WAL MART...................
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posted August 15, 2004 03:46 AM        
don't we all want to get out the shops faaaast.
actually he's from the UK but has moved here, so he's now an honorary Aussie.
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posted August 16, 2004 02:45 AM        
wow. here is one for the yanks. Doug Damokas (think it's spelt that way)

For us : Wayne Gardener, Andrew Pitt, Chris Vermuelin, Karl Muggeridge


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posted August 16, 2004 10:05 AM        
question should be: who would win in a no-rules bare knuckle boxing on the blue line.

Lets put the two sides on skates in a good 'ol Canadian game of hockey.


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posted August 16, 2004 11:42 AM        
Don't forget about Doug Chandler and his 3 AMA Superbike titles.
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posted August 16, 2004 12:55 PM        
John Koczinski.

The fact that he's also an Arkie (despite his attempt to run away) has nothing to do with my posting his name here.

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posted August 16, 2004 01:00 PM        
quote:
Let's look at it. A few Aussies out there at the moment:

Matt Mladin
Troy Bayliss
Troy Corser
Gary McCoy
Chad Reed
the Gobert boys
Me (haha)

Then of course there was Mick Doohan.

Maybe there is something in our water...

K Bryant:

Awesome? - Yes!
Better? - No!

The Bostroms
The Haydens
The Roberts
Ricky Carmichael
Kevin Windom
Me (..... )





So, let's take the number of great riders and compare, shall we?


Matt Mladin 1
Troy Bayliss 1
Troy Corser 1
Gary McCoy 1
Chad Reed 1
the Gobert boys 2(?)

Total: 7

The Bostroms 2
The Haydens 3
The Roberts 3
Ricky Carmichael 1
Kevin Windom 1
Bubba Stewart 1
John Koczinaki 1
John Chandler 1

Total: 13

Germans: Besides Alex Hoffman? Ummm...none.

Know why Mladin isn't in MotoGP? 'cause he knows he can't hang.

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