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clutchslip · 04-17-2006, 4:55 PM

I just saw this:
The Honda RC166 - 250cc with junk tires (by today's standards).
A big

to who ever recognizes this early knee-down-dude.

sheepofblue · 04-17-2006, 5:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clutchslip

I just saw this:
The Honda RC166 - 250cc with junk tires (by today's standards).
A big

to who ever recognizes this early knee-down-dude.

Dick Mann

seamus · 04-17-2006, 7:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clutchslip

I just saw this:
The Honda RC166 - 250cc with junk tires (by today's standards).
A big

to who ever recognizes this early knee-down-dude.

BDA

phobiaphobe · 04-17-2006, 7:30 PM

Mike the Bike.

That was Allred's avatar for a while I think.

Mojave954 · 04-17-2006, 9:29 PM

Dick Buckus

Heavy-Dee · 04-17-2006, 9:56 PM

IT'S AN ELBOW!!!!

clutchslip · 04-19-2006, 8:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

Mike the Bike.

Yeah - Here's the

Mike Hailwood
World Championships:
3 - 250
2 - 350
4 - 500
______
9 - Total

And a bucket full of almosts.

phobiaphobe · 04-19-2006, 11:50 PM

But I thought King Kenny invented putting your knee down.

tigerblade · 04-20-2006, 9:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heavy-Dee

IT'S AN ELBOW!!!!

clutchslip · 04-20-2006, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

But I thought King Kenny invented putting your knee down.

Alright, smart-arse - I should have said knee OUT for the above picture.
I still say that Roberts was the first known "pro" to go knee DOWN.
Dick Mann also threw his knees around, but I don't think he went DOWN with them.

So there -

phobiaphobe · 04-20-2006, 12:46 PM

I was rolling my eyes at Roberts, not you.

SPY · 04-20-2006, 1:11 PM

I thought it was Baccus!

G-Force Junkie · 04-20-2006, 3:17 PM

Honda had that bike at the Laguna Seca Moto GP race last year and fired it up...****ingamazing!

Nimrod48 · 10-01-2007, 4:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clutchslip

I just saw this:
The Honda RC166 - 250cc with junk tires (by today's standards).
A big

to who ever recognizes this early knee-down-dude.

Mike the Bike in 1967 @ Clermont Ferrand on the six cylinder RC166 Honda, his style was knee out not knee down, the bikes & tyres then did not require or encourage knee down styles though Renzo Pasolini riding the 250cc Benelli 4 at Brands Hatch in 1968 did it consistently round Druids hairpin, another spctacular racer from the early 1970s was Jarno Saarinen who transfered his skills as an ice racer to the tarmac with spctacular results....knees elbows you name them he used them.

It was not until the advent of the 500cc 2 stroke multi that the knee down style was realy required the high horsepower, fat slicks & relatively decent chassis allowed a rider to keep the bike more upright & hence more rubber on the track & of course ushered in the era of rear wheel steering.