Freddie Spencer talks about Moto Guzzi

Freddie Spencer talks about his Racing experience with Moto Guzzi at the Classic Superbikes Museum in Germany. See other amazing videos with Freddie Spencer and other bikes in our museum in our KZbin Channel, Facebook and Instagram. Please follow Classic Superbikes Museum

[@lovethecarrib]

I bought Freddie's Yamaha RD400 from his father after he won a box stock race on it. Freddie, if you read this, I worked at the bowling alley behind your house.

[@cbcacbca]

Back when you won the 250 and 500cc world championship in the same year, you were the man Freddie.

[@cpuuk]

What a great looking bike.

[@crossundreisen7324]

Freddie Spencer 🤩 my Idol in the 80's when i was a Kid in east Germany. I Had a lot of Poster of him in the wall. Thank You Freddie 👍🏻

[@monteiro5306]

Thanks Freddie. I follow your trajectory since 1980. Greetings from Brazil.

[@m.f.m.67]

Nice bit of nostalgia. Freddie talking about "shaft effect" on the Guzzi. Didn't know Freddie ever raced a Guzzi!

[@mikeyerke3920]

I saw Freddie and subscribed instantly! 🏁

[@Purepresa]

I met Freddie when I was a Honda rep years ago…great guy!…I also delivered his NS-500 GP Bike in a rental van to his old school in Vegas back in 2000…such great memories!!

[@josvandencamp8441]

I remember Freddie winning the double world championship in both the 250 and 500 in 1985. The last time this happened ever.

[@wan4891]

Ahh, "Fast Freddy": saw you racing in Spa Francorchamps in (I believe) 1984 where you won the race 🙂 Was a very sunny and warm day.

[@tonypalermo5796]

I watched Freddie race at Laguna Seca back in the day with King Kenny, Eddie, Wayne, Kevin , etc.

[@practicalplinking6133]

You too ??

[@MrLeslloyd]

those were the days eh! started watching GP bikes after the classic Gardner Phillip island shootout in '88.

[@jamesschneider3828]

Watched them all in Daytona.

[@user-mj1tq9lf7n]

Hello, I saw you for the first time in about 30 years. I started the race because I admired you. You are our hero.

[@andreasdendrinos9404]

One of the best racing drivers ever

[@zerkfiter]

Early 90,s I drove my 87 IROC Z from CT to Heartland park Topeka Kansas.Super highlight was bumping into Freddie, best handshake I've ever experienced.

[@vidright]

What a beauty the guzzi is! 👍

[@copperaudio9664]

Nice Freddy! That thing looks huge.

[@GeorgiaGrowGuy]

that's the camera lens.

[@bcgraham3512]

...and it's on a plinth. They are quite low, but they are very long. Great engine.

[@danweyant4909]

And, well....Freddie is not a real big guy either - like many racers, actually

[@northcoastdyna]

No, seriously they were huge. Looong, not overly tall.

[@paulscountry456]

That is one ugly bike lol, nothing that company made ever appealed to me .

[@javiervazquez-vm4ug]

Lo vi competir en directo, en el Jarama, ere un auténtico fenómeno, el lawson, y mamola, marcaron una epoca

[@donbrashsux]

Is Freddie tiny or that Guzzi massive

[@user-ix9hl4uw5i]

Freddie is 5'10"... Guzzi is preatty masive

[@NisseOhlsen]

Moto Gutsy

[@alangolightly9850]

Chain drive extends rear suspension under acceleration. Watch a dyno run.

[@joeblow5037]

My buddy Keith restored a Daytona 1000 here in OKC. it was a Canadian spec that was EXACTLY like that, except it had the Termignoni's. His back was messed up so I took it for the shakedown run around Draper lake. I'm six four, so it had me folded like a pretzel. But on the way back, I let it breathe......My goodness, not a sexier sound. I've got the pics if you need proof. lol beautiful ride. I was sure to stop at the lake and get some pics.They turned out marvolous.

[@larryt.atcycleitalia5786]

Moto Goot-zee. With shaft drive, "when in doubt, gas it!" in a curve so it raises up, giving you MORE ground clearance instead of less. Mike Baldwin was the master on the Guzzi's saddle while Leoni was the master with the wrenches.

[@grahamsmith2022]

It's Fast Freddie! ❤👍.

[@argentosebastian]

I bet you the people talking in the background didn't have any idea who he is 😂

[@crossundreisen7324]

Thats was my thought too😂. But to be honest. I woldnt know who he is 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@alanstrong55]

That looks like a winner. Takes even better skills to race a bike. One slip and you are dead. Zoom Alley is your home.

[@sibbolo9204]

from a daily driver that use to trip around europe with passenger and everything for camping on a Moto Guzzi V35 thanks for sharing the best of this bike: how they handle because there's no chain drive. Magnificent even with less 40 horse power fully loaded. Fix it with few tools, if needed, and thanks to modern tech for spark plugs coil and so on, reliable as hell, with a granitic gearbox!

[@jamesschneider3828]

Good to see Freddie, I wasn’t a big racing fan but got to watch him race a couple of times at the Daytona 200.

[@daniellang6112]

Me too

[@rcnelson]

Holy moly, I remember him as a peach fuzz-faced kid. Great road racer.

[@allandrake4426]

Fast Freddie!

[@anekox2]

Freddie、You are my hero forever.

[@guzzibrauner24]

Ganz spezieller Besuch im Museum . Klasse

[@user-jc7jb3bu5s]

Beautiful Daytona.

[@SoulDaddy33]

Actually it's a Daytona but you're right it is beautiful

[@spudnikkx1112]

Gotta wonder since Freddie rode for Reno in superbike at Loudon at that time...........was he on the track with Jimmy Adamo on the big bevel drive Duc ? My gawd that would been Italian twin battle of the American Hotshoes !!

[@paulscountry456]

I used to see those in the 70s but not now , when I lived in Germany I had a FJ 1200 and it would cruise 110 great but I would get passed by Mercedes and BMW automobiles like a stick in the mud .

[@Roger_Ramjet]

It's easy to sit in a car and travel fast ...

[@Happy-wb8gi]

Great company. V8va Italia and Freddie

[@DavidWilliford]

I bought my 84 VF500F Interceptor from Freddie Spencer Honda in Shreveport, Louisiana.

[@daniellang6112]

And you're still alive?

[@DavidWilliford]

@@daniellang6112 the last time I checked....yes. Was your question in reference to my age or the dangers of riding a motorcycle? Or both?

[@motorfab7014]

Caro Fast Freddy... è sempre un piacere ascoltare la tua opinione 👏

[@MrTonyharrell]

Funny, I had just bought a 1978 Yamaha XS11 and it too was shaft drive and I learned those things myself. In addition, just letting off the gas wears the back tire because of the drag from the driveshaft. Cornering under power was strange because the bike wanted to stand up.

[@danweyant4909]

Yeah, it was all the slowing down you did that killed the tire on your 1100.

[@kramnam4716]

Wow thanks for the tip about the shaft drive. Just got a V7!

[@michaelhayward7572]

They aint nowhere as noticeable as the older models.

[@MSchrei]

i love that bike.

[@zefini7397]

Essa Guzzi tem um motor muito parecido com o motor boxer da BMW, mas em V, que adotou o comando DOHC antes que a BMW.

[@marcocerioni8353]

Quanto è bella!

[@blengravers]

Question for you Fast Freddie. Do you recall the year in Daytona your team had installed air scoops on your bike and the other teams forced your team to remove them?

[@sbsb4995]

Moto Guzzi is perfection

[@markmark2080]

Hi ya Freddie, best wishes.

[@josedimas3947]

Outro ícone italiano.

[@TheHkluivert]

Freddy looks tiny compared to that Guzzi! How tall is he?

[@marcofreddi4831]

Prospettiva,è 1,80 cm

[@daniellang6112]

3foot 5

[@michaelharris5370]

@@daniellang6112never knew Fast Freddie was a midget .🤣. Cheers Daniel 👍🇦🇺

[@ShaunHensley]

All those top racers in the golden age were midgets

[@daniellang6112]

WHY WHY WHY Shaft drive? Really....

[@michaelhayward7572]

Duh, why not? Every Beemer ever made, and every Guzzi since 1967....something to do with longditudinal crank rotation....

[@deborahchesser7375]

Shaft drive is great for longevity but the jacking effect created by them isn’t very desirable for racing.

[@michaelhayward7572]

@@deborahchesser7375 that has been sorted in the last 10-15 years.

[@ShaunHensley]

Because the output shaft is pointed directly at the rear wheel

[@brucemitchell2320]

Too bad he doesn't know how to pronounce it.

[@livebyreason]

1:17 "de-acceleration" - you can't really expect him to get Guzzi correct either.

[@paulm749]

That's perfectly fine in Louisiana.

[@allenhanford]

I remember when Freddie stole all tgat money

[@gs1100ed]

Please! Tell us more!

[@FABECINATION]

a champion who wastes his time presenting something that runs for 15 minutes and 2 weeks in the garage. very bad race commissioner

[@joe-g1749]

Freddie was/is my first motorcycle racing “hero” back in the 80s when I lived in Louisiana. He was at the time the best. He was too fragile as it turned out though. Burnt himself out physically, bit more importantly, mentally with that double championship year. It was spectacular to watch, but terminal to his racing career. Today, I’m so disappointed in his effort in the MotoGP stewards work, but hoping it gets sorted soon. I still have great respect for his accomplishments, but also bit sad for him as well.