I remember this day so vividly. My uncle was super close with a ton of the riders and he knew Travis's parents. We got to talk with them before the race. I remember me and my cousin (we were 10 and 12) walking around the pits with Kevin Windham and Ezra Lusk. Also remember jeremy taking extra time talking with me. He really made you feel special and was so in the moment. That dude was my hero.
Lucky you for sure! As someone who just watched the races on ESPN2 and had not gone to an actual event, I can only imagine how wild the pit parties had to be.
The sound of the two stroke as it hit's a triple jump face is so good, always loved the two stoke bike to ride but the 4 strokes have lots of advantage on drive and grip. When I saw the first 4stroke Honda 450 and it was a wet race and I was on a Kawasaki 2 stroke I had no chance. So bought the Yamaha 400 and I was shocked how good it was other that hot starting was fun.
No arguments from this corner on the 2-strokes hitting a triple. My dad was intrigued on getting a 450 Honda, and he did -- 2005; today, I ride it. I don't think anybody would've predicted that 4-strokes would dominate the sport from 2006 on.
Man, Davy Coombs was sooo right, it took a awhile for me to embrace the situation that MC was no longer king, but I did finally start liking RC. You may love him or you may hate him, but you will respect him, and his skills!
No doubt he was. It took me a long time to accept Ricky as the new king of SX, but I liked RC outdoors -- no question about it. I respected Ricky back then, and still do today. I wish I could say the same for James Stewart, but after he caused SO many incidents on the track (with at least 80 or 90% of them being prevented), I couldn't respect a rider like him. I do admit I was beginning to change my tune about James in '13, but after he burned so many bridges with 3 different teams in the past several years, and the fact that he's still playing this "hide-and-seek game" of his, I find no reason to respect him again.
Same here. Although, the 250cc 2-strokes have made a comeback in Canada's MX2 class, but my only complaint is that move considerably discredits the motorcycle because during the early-mid 2000s, the 250cc 2-stroke was considered a bike for the premiere class and went head-to-head against the 450cc 4-strokes.
At the same time, you can't help but feel it was sort of the only option left since the 450cc bikes have become SO advanced from before (when Ferry rode the 426F in 2001 and Hughes the new Honda 450F that same year).
Yep. I liked the Supermoto races myself. I really wish that the X Games didn't do away with it, too. That's the one motorsport that I'd REALLY like to try myself besides motocross.
Travis is faster through the whoops because he's taller... me, I moved up to 125 after I dominated in 80A & the class NOW known as *_SuperMini_* when I was 12 years-old...I was 110-Lbs of almost 5-foot tall fury back then [rolling eyes] and I was fast because I was 110-Lbs on a 1998 Yamaha YZ125 with head work done to it, pro circuit pipe/silencer, Wiseco high compression piston, Boyesen Rad Valve & Reeds, Hinson Clutch w/ Barnett clutch plates, pro taper bars, pro circuit aluminum throttle tube, progrip grips, applied triple clamps, factory connection suspension set up for someone who weighed 135-Lbs (even though I was only 110-Lbs), Takasago Excel rims, Dunlop tires, made over 40 horsepower...thing's a rocket...still have my 2001 race bike...hasn't even been started since 2003... my point being... I wasn't big enough for a 125 when I first moved up to 125 class, but I caught up by 2000...then I was 6'1" tall, well over 150-Lbs...and in the motocross racing world around where Im from at least back then... 6'1" tall made me look like *_the Big Show_* compared to the inch above dwarf sons of bitches I raced against and I was the MASTER of Whoops...
Personally, I liked the whoops myself. Back where I ride, there was a whoop section that I jumped through like Vuillemin instead of stuttering through. Just to myself, I felt that since I was tall myself (like Vuillemin), that whoops were my specialty. This was the time of Supercross where if you were tall, it was a big advantage, especially in the whoops. Unfortunately, being tall on a 125 was beginning to die, but don't tell that to Travis Preston because he won the 2002 125cc West Supercross Championship.
Can you imagine how many boos the AMA would have gotten when you consider that Vuillemin was the points leader at that time??? In hindsight, I don't agree with Vuillemin slapping Roncada's helmet after the heat race, but Roncada instigated the contact first (on the opening lap), so I'd call that even. Nobody wants to see a title be decided by the AMA suspending the points leader. Sure, Ricky was on a role having won 2 in a row coming into this race, but nobody would've guessed Vuillemin would outright skip Daytona due to a shoulder injury during a photo shoot either.
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I remember this day so vividly. My uncle was super close with a ton of the riders and he knew Travis's parents. We got to talk with them before the race. I remember me and my cousin (we were 10 and 12) walking around the pits with Kevin Windham and Ezra Lusk. Also remember jeremy taking extra time talking with me. He really made you feel special and was so in the moment. That dude was my hero.
Lucky you for sure! As someone who just watched the races on ESPN2 and had not gone to an actual event, I can only imagine how wild the pit parties had to be.
The sound of the two stroke as it hit's a triple jump face is so good, always loved the two stoke bike to ride but the 4 strokes have lots of advantage on drive and grip. When I saw the first 4stroke Honda 450 and it was a wet race and I was on a Kawasaki 2 stroke I had no chance. So bought the Yamaha 400 and I was shocked how good it was other that hot starting was fun.
No arguments from this corner on the 2-strokes hitting a triple.
My dad was intrigued on getting a 450 Honda, and he did -- 2005; today, I ride it.
I don't think anybody would've predicted that 4-strokes would dominate the sport from 2006 on.
Man, Davy Coombs was sooo right, it took a awhile for me to embrace the situation that MC was no longer king, but I did finally start liking RC. You may love him or you may hate him, but you will respect him, and his skills!
No doubt he was. It took me a long time to accept Ricky as the new king of SX, but I liked RC outdoors -- no question about it. I respected Ricky back then, and still do today. I wish I could say the same for James Stewart, but after he caused SO many incidents on the track (with at least 80 or 90% of them being prevented), I couldn't respect a rider like him. I do admit I was beginning to change my tune about James in '13, but after he burned so many bridges with 3 different teams in the past several years, and the fact that he's still playing this "hide-and-seek game" of his, I find no reason to respect him again.
I am getting old..
lol -- I would hope not. I still remember this season like yesterday.
Haha -- McGrath's unexpected final full season and Chad Reed was making a name for himself in the 125s.
I notice the difference in crowd size, Back then it was a packed house and now its maybe 75 percent.
Hmm... never really paid attention to the attendance.
4 strokes killed the sport. It's not the same without 2 strokes.
In a way, I totally agree. Mitch Payton said it best: "All 4-strokes did was make racing 5 times more expensive."
I miss this era and I miss 2-strokes.
Same here. Although, the 250cc 2-strokes have made a comeback in Canada's MX2 class, but my only complaint is that move considerably discredits the motorcycle because during the early-mid 2000s, the 250cc 2-stroke was considered a bike for the premiere class and went head-to-head against the 450cc 4-strokes.
@@MathewVsSportsMediaandGames I agree 100%.
At the same time, you can't help but feel it was sort of the only option left since the 450cc bikes have become SO advanced from before (when Ferry rode the 426F in 2001 and Hughes the new Honda 450F that same year).
@@MathewVsSportsMediaandGames True. Plus those 450's make a awesome Supermoto that can easily be made street legal.
Yep. I liked the Supermoto races myself. I really wish that the X Games didn't do away with it, too. That's the one motorsport that I'd REALLY like to try myself besides motocross.
DV12 must have busted his case when he tossed his bike at :38
Probably, but I was surprised to see that reaction from Vuillemin; I'd like to think that $500,000 VANS Triple Crown had a lot to do with it.
Travis is faster through the whoops because he's taller... me, I moved up to 125 after I dominated in 80A & the class NOW known as *_SuperMini_* when I was 12 years-old...I was 110-Lbs of almost 5-foot tall fury back then [rolling eyes] and I was fast because I was 110-Lbs on a 1998 Yamaha YZ125 with head work done to it, pro circuit pipe/silencer, Wiseco high compression piston, Boyesen Rad Valve & Reeds, Hinson Clutch w/ Barnett clutch plates, pro taper bars, pro circuit aluminum throttle tube, progrip grips, applied triple clamps, factory connection suspension set up for someone who weighed 135-Lbs (even though I was only 110-Lbs), Takasago Excel rims, Dunlop tires, made over 40 horsepower...thing's a rocket...still have my 2001 race bike...hasn't even been started since 2003... my point being... I wasn't big enough for a 125 when I first moved up to 125 class, but I caught up by 2000...then I was 6'1" tall, well over 150-Lbs...and in the motocross racing world around where Im from at least back then... 6'1" tall made me look like *_the Big Show_* compared to the inch above dwarf sons of bitches I raced against and I was the MASTER of Whoops...
Personally, I liked the whoops myself. Back where I ride, there was a whoop section that I jumped through like Vuillemin instead of stuttering through. Just to myself, I felt that since I was tall myself (like Vuillemin), that whoops were my specialty. This was the time of Supercross where if you were tall, it was a big advantage, especially in the whoops. Unfortunately, being tall on a 125 was beginning to die, but don't tell that to Travis Preston because he won the 2002 125cc West Supercross Championship.
The wizard of Oz movie is better quality then this video and it was made in 1939...
And I've seen people that are 10 times more appreciative than you are...
MathewV21688- what gives, why is this video so blurry? I remember watching these races years ago and it was better quality then.
@@Community-Action Simple, I put this on a blank DVD with an SLP speed.
This was the year that slinky mcgurdle was the first transgender to jump 2 hula hoops on a vegan plant based bicycle.
No idea what you're talking about.
son? Is that you? It's me, grandpa seth.
That's not saying anything about what your original comment even means.
MathewV21688 the goblins billy!!!!!!
I still do not see your point.
Vuilleman should have been ejected from the race.
Can you imagine how many boos the AMA would have gotten when you consider that Vuillemin was the points leader at that time???
In hindsight, I don't agree with Vuillemin slapping Roncada's helmet after the heat race, but Roncada instigated the contact first (on the opening lap), so I'd call that even.
Nobody wants to see a title be decided by the AMA suspending the points leader. Sure, Ricky was on a role having won 2 in a row coming into this race, but nobody would've guessed Vuillemin would outright skip Daytona due to a shoulder injury during a photo shoot either.