1997 AMA 125 OUTDOOR MOTOCROSS FULL SEASON - CARMICHAEL WINDHAM

[@rafaellerner3901]

Saudades da época das 125, parecia um enxame de abelha, coisa linda de ouvir, boas lembranças 😢

[@ofitstime]

100% ;)

[@cpk313]

This was a great watch! Thanks!!

[@ofitstime]

This is a new channel, so all comments, likes & shares greatly appreciated.

[@spice3767]

Carmichael was unbelievable what a talent

[@timoneill8283]

I met David Bailey and Art Eckman at a pub after Seattle supercross way back when...and i had a beer with DAVID...I will never forget it....i think maybe FX MCRORIES?

[@ofitstime]

Wow. A bit jealous here :)

[@MX-CO]

Good times!

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Today and yesterday. Notice that RC, winning the championship with 4 moto's to go, still gave it his all for himself and the fans for the last 4 moto's, instead of riding around in 7th place like so many would today. IMO, the difference is the true winning spirit that never settles for less. Say what you want about not taking chances, but I was there. We were just like that when we were the best in the world, from Hannah to Villapoto. When we saw that, we knew we were seeing stand alone "greatness", and nothing was better to look up to.

[@FernandoBoechat]

thanks !

[@EarthSurferUSA]

1:08:25 Check that out for the start. The mechanic of #81, gave the bike a push when the gate dropped. :)

[@Gus1966-c9o]

Hard to beat that sound 🎶

[@JokersWild70]

Gatorback looked like the junkiest track on the circuit. At Glen Helen, I was right by that double jump that only RC and KW were hitting. My wife got a great shot of Jeremy coming over it, and the next year I had MC sign it at Chapparals open house. I sure as hell never tried that jump on a 125! Guarantee that pipe on Windhams bike was red hot. RIP Scott "Iron" Sheak

[@moe92870]

RIP Art Eckman

[@johnnycash578]

oh no!!!!! what happen??? such a nice guy everybody's dying!!!

[@ryannance9673]

7:49 that was pretty badass

[@ericwarren7719]

RC changed the face of Motocross…

[@johnnycash578]

he was relentless 10 years of kicking ass if you were a threat he found a way to get you back his training was crazy ! his mother had a lot to do with it...

[@KevinLong-o3u]

125 class was the most challenging

[@EarthSurferUSA]

I think I figured out what motivated RC the most, and it isn't politically correct. When he did the Whiskey throttle show, I got the hint. "I was terrified to lose, scared to death! I am sure no sports psychologist would say that is good, but that is the way I was." How did he get that way? He got bullied in grade school. Every short, fat ginger kid got bullied in grade school, (Yep, every one). Of course this is my speculation, but it makes sense to me. I don't know how bad the bullying was, but it stopped when he started winning amateur championships by the time he was in HS, (maybe before HS). I can see that is why RC said what he said on the throttle show. Unusual motivation, but against all the school rules today, RC became the GOAT of MX because of grade school bullying. How ironic is that? My thoughts anyway. What do you guys think? Doug in Michigan

[@JokersWild70]

Calling Pro Circuit Kawasaki an "independent team" is bullshit. They received factory parts from Kawi and were the official 125 team for Kawi. A real independent team would be Moto XXX, Primal Honda, and others who truly didnt get any factory goodies for their bikes

[@ofitstime]

Ha, you're not wrong, privateer Team with factory parts. I believe some of the parts Mitch hand made for the bikes back then were subsiquently used by the Kawasaki factory on future full factory machines.

[@JokersWild70]

@ofitstime Of course. They were a factory supported team, just like Yamaha of Troy, or Mike Laroccos Factory Connection team in '99. That's exactly what they shouldve been called too, a factory support team

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@ofitstime It is a reply like that, (A real conversation. Not just a one line programmed agreement), that tells me that this is not just another "bot" channel with the lack of moto intelligence as AI has. Kudos, to human involvement! :) Thank you.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@ofitstime Right. I was going to say that. For one example, Mitch had to have his own transmission made because the stock transmissions were breaking. Then I am sure he shared the tranny with Kawasaki. PC did work with the factory, but he was still a separate company, so there is some independence there. Just a thought of reversal to help clarify. Would Kawasaki not be considered a independent factory because they got help from a USA private company? Of course I can see, if you are working with a factory for bike development, well, yea, there were other companies who were more independent. But, I am sure they were also working with other companies. Free enterprise and individualism does not mean you work alone, but you work with others for mutual benefit by free choice. Both win or it is no deal. That is why mixing our free enterprise with communism in china (and other places of communistic rule), where we are losing our butts, is not real free enterprise, but the theft of our free enterprise. Been studying this stuff for 17 years now. Non-union manufacturing in the USA really got smashed starting in the early 80's because of shipping our production to communism in china. Which motivate me to study why? Got a bit off topic, but it is relatable in reality of business.

[@bradleyrogers8137]

If Kevin wanted to train like the the "the kids" he would have destroyed

[@travis3709]

Hahahaha that is one big If......

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@travis3709 He sure had the talent to do it. He is in a group of retired racers who got the talent pretty easily (compared to the likes of RC or Jeff Stanton, or even Bob Hannah), like Ron Lechien and Marty Tripes, (for only 2 examples in history). But for those guys, it is easier to slack on the training, and still win some races. Kevin was one of the best of those guys. :) As Hannah said: "It came too easy for those guys.". They were all super fast, (could win any race they entered), but inconsistent.