The Rise of Steady Eddie - The Unrideables! 1980s Bike Grand Prix Racing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- The 1980s were a high point of factory involvement in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Suzuki, Honda and Yamaha battled for technological dominance in the high-powered world of 500cc two-stroke racers - and to ride these beasts they employed the very best riders in the world.
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The likes of Rainey, Schwantz, Lawson and Mamola struggled to tame the raw power and brutal handling of bikes built without constraints and without any of the modern rider aids which make today's MotoGP four-stroke machines seem bland in comparison.
The riders might have been paid handsomely for their efforts but as this film shows they paid a heavy price for their fame and stardom.
With loads of great action shots from the archives and revealing, frank interviews with many of the top riders this incredible documentary looks at the men who had to ride the unrideables.
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I have had the good fortune of hanging out with both Lawson and Roberts in the 90's back when I used to race. Both of these men are class acts and masters of their craft.
I need to look into this Eddie dude.....seems pretty fast.
Awesome Lawson? Never heard of him.
If Eddie were in his prime now, he would be MotoGP champion, regardless of the bike (2 Stroke or 4 Stroke). It wasn't about the bike. It was about learning fast and adapting to the situation as best you can. Eddie, Wayne, Kevin, Roberts and Spencer made careers out of it. Eddie was one of those unique riders who was naturally able to manage tire wear on machines which were built to destroy them. All of his contemporaries had episodes where they ran their tires to failure, many times while leading; I cannot recall once when Eddie was in Europe did a tire failure cost him a race win, even on the fearsome NSR500 of '89.
Careful rider. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
You have to be in shape, confident, and have experience. But, above all else, racing on two wheels, more than any other motorsports, is a mental game.
Steady Eddie ... 500cc two stroke Master ..
Wow they don't build em like they used to attitudes that is each word is like steel forging legendary riders
This was much before the era of social media, when an air of mystique still surrounded the big stars. Guys like KR, Eddie, and Freddie were largely enigmas to the American public. Today, I'm surprised social media doesn't follow MM93 into the crapper while he does the morning constitutional.
So Kenny was Eddys mentor for a time? Wasn’t Eddy racing for team Agostini that era? Was Kenny working behind the scenes with Ago also?