Fastest I've ever been on a bike is 155mph. That was more than enough for me. To imagine someone passing me doing 75mph more than I was doing is mind-blowing. Lovely RGV, by the way. Absolutely gorgeous. The modern MotoGP bikes are impressive machines, but by god are they ugly!!!!!
@alistairhoughton350717 күн бұрын
Who says you can't smell a video 😉
@TheBezaleel17 күн бұрын
Gem of an interview.
@CS_24718 күн бұрын
Gawd, that thing is probably the most beautiful bit of engineering I have ever seen.
@CS_24718 күн бұрын
Me and my ol'man were GLUED to the TV for the whole season, what a year. These bikes were incredible, and the guys that wrestled them even more so! Just listening to that monster get on the powerband, even for a brief few seconds, gave me goosebumps, and misty eyes. I miss you, Dad.
@blakedawson212921 күн бұрын
what's that smell?
@Simone-b5y21 күн бұрын
The most beauriful motorbike i’ ve ever seen in my 48 yrs life
@luke991121 күн бұрын
I had one of Graeme crosbys track 500s. I actually got it back to being road worthy (licensed to ride on public roads) it’s was ground up rebuild. I sold it to go towards Troy Baylisses 1098R Track bike. Now the 1098R track bike was way harder to tame. I still have the 1098R in my lounge room. Edit. To add. Yamahas new 700 should have been a 700 fuel injected two stroke. I would have been first in line.
@thebaron905924 күн бұрын
I met Kevin twice, once at the British GP in 91 and then again when, as a chancer, I walked into the Suzuki GP HQ in Edenbridge, a couple of weeks after he retired, with the pretext of grabbing some Suzuki stickers for my bike for the British GP. As I walked in Kevin was, unexpectedly, sat on a sofa in the reception, looking very relaxed in a pair of cowboy boots talking to Garry Taylor. After I babbled some rubbish about wanting stickers, with my jaw on the floor, Taylor and Schwantz took me on a little tour of the HQ, including an upstairs loft with previous years bikes stored there. I left with a personally signed photo of Schwantz and a large, signed cardboard invitation to his leaving party in Assen a week or so earlier, which I still have. Both Schwantz and Taylor were perfect hosts, to some chance who just loved their work! Oh, and I was there as a spectator at Donington when he slid off and did his marshall moment. I did collect some fragments of a front screen after the race, but I can't be entirely certain that they were from Kevin's bike, as so many others crashed in the same place! Thank you Kevin, for some fantastic memories. The greatest showman!
@scrunchy7225 күн бұрын
This bike needs no introduction…. but the 1st thing I’m going to do is give it a introduction
@RM-tz7qh26 күн бұрын
I can smell it from here. Theres another one of this exact bike owned by a private owner,i shared a pit with him at Brands in 2014 ,he goes round shows etc ,So i spent most of the day riding round behind this beast just breathing it in :)
@filthyusratus27 күн бұрын
Bring it to a proper circuit not a go.kart track
@Doggin-s8hАй бұрын
Lucy Nicholas lisean❤
@fabrizioburzachechi9828Ай бұрын
I want one😮!
@Miguel_and_The_MicrobesАй бұрын
uhhnuvvuhhhh
@disvert9355Ай бұрын
Your video says Kevin Shwantz talks about the ridability of the 90s 500cc. I dont want to see you baby it around a corner. Fuck you. Kevin Shwantz is a legend. I want to hear from him. You're a fuck wit, i dont care about your worthless opinion.
@moriwaki1105Ай бұрын
Legend....won the 1984 TT .....and then copped off with Linzi Drew .....Brilliant times. lol
@AldosatriaAmana-s1vАй бұрын
😮😮😮..... wwwooow
@AldosatriaAmana-s1vАй бұрын
Full power engine cllasic
@AldosatriaAmana-s1vАй бұрын
❤
@robertomoers8261Ай бұрын
2stroke never disappoints.
@salazamАй бұрын
2:39 I like seeing the dashed road-stripes turn into a solid white line
@MyFatty69Ай бұрын
imagine seeing this on the road, let alone heat it. damn
@brandonsayer7631Ай бұрын
Mean machine
@jamievanderzee8642Ай бұрын
SUZUKI Ledgend
@elioalexanderlabradorduque799Ай бұрын
Jonny secoto y Carlos lavado de Venezuela campeones mundial en 2 tiempos 250 y 500 cc
@mick998rАй бұрын
Frankie Chili rode that back some years back, possibly around 10 12 years ago. 750 GSXR actually put out 100bhp on a good day. 1100 officially 125bhp, although I believe it was over 135 ish.
@hendijokerentertaintАй бұрын
Bukan nya Aprilia RS 125? Emang ada Honda RS 125?
@BiketunerfyАй бұрын
I can hear the tell tale whine of the engine main bearing complaining. Need to change the mains on the engine. Had to do this on mine.
@boris38862 ай бұрын
I have number 34 on my bike..:)....I'm actualy Honda guy,but he's my favorite rider of all times...thank you Kevin!
@barrycoomer81372 ай бұрын
My wife and I were at Redgate corner at Donington for THAT incident with the flag. They’ll never know how close we came to a track invasion. Feelings were running very high.
@thebaron905924 күн бұрын
Me too!! I grabbed some fragments of a front screen after the race, when the track was invaded, but I can't be entirely sure that they were from Kevin's bike given the number of other bikes that went down in the same place!
@barrycoomer81372 ай бұрын
Schwantz on a Kanemoto Honda ? Surely that would’ve been awesome ? But I think we can all be happy with the way history worked out. Worthy of a Hollywood film, if they could be trusted not to mess it up. 😂😂
@whiteknob79442 ай бұрын
Europe loved those Americans.
@robertwoods-dc4wo2 ай бұрын
Mental❤
@ryanturner95092 ай бұрын
Oh my word!!
@JulianLusby-g6s2 ай бұрын
Omg! Schwantz was the greatest, so was his bike! Julia Stockings ❤😊
@JerryFincher-j9y2 ай бұрын
Met Kevin and his father at the bowling ally at Suzuka circuit in 1988, They were bowling in the next lane over. Both Kevin and his father were such nice folks. And the whole weekend was one of my fondest memories. Went to the track three days before the race. Met a British moto journalist and he gifted me and my buddies press passes. So got to hang out in the team pepsi pit garage and have breakfast with all the riders every morning. After all these years. I still have that pass with Kevin's autograph on it. All the riders were so unpretentious. They all seemed to be genuinely having a lot of fun. Of course as I rode the old square four Gamma while I lived in Japan. I was def a Kevin/Suzuki fan.
@Guitarist7892 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating.
@jondor10122 ай бұрын
i cant believe the rain out the kitchen window
@jimbohilo2 ай бұрын
Schwantz was a great rider I was amazed how he would push Soo much till he crashed. But hey that's what it takes
@MeYou-yz2yz2 ай бұрын
Mad lad in his day. Seen him a few times.
@MeYou-yz2yz2 ай бұрын
Does anyone else remember seeing Barry Sheene do a few laps of Donington on Schwantz's Suzuki before a GP?
@philnewcomers91702 ай бұрын
i didnt know you were a hertfordshire edgog like me hatfield iserved apprenticeship at ICL letchworth i got to know a chap called john sole great crafsman he gave me anMAC velo hed used it for grass track i read phervings tuneing book(phlerving)and got it going better still his dad had a farm near Royston did you know him? ttfn&ty