Ricky Carmichael's Kawasaki Era Highlights

[@rediron44]

Fastest guy I've ever seen ride a dirtbike. Absolutely the fastest. Unrelenting, and unbelievably driven. NEVER lost an outdoor title. Won 10 straight. Took on all comers and beat them all. Absolute legend

[@BilkoMX124]

He was definitely the best outdoors, James only won 3 overalls and all of them ricky crashed while leading.. he won't 76 out of 90 450 premier class overalls, over a 80% win ratio, was still undefeated in his partial 07 outdoor season. But indoors James had the raw speed, he was willing to bust out things no one else wanted to do and has his forks so damn stiff to get through the whoops as fast as humanly possible, he had the edge in speed for sure. But with ricky like in 06, he won when he could and was second nearly every other round and a 3rd on a bad weekend. That's a hard guy go beat in points over 17 races even if you win over half of the main events. But like I said, outdoors there's no question.. even when James would step It up in speed an win the first moto, ricky somehow came back and would find another gear to win moto 2 for the overall, If he didn't go 1-1. 102 motocross overalls and 48 supercross wins (James has 50 but he raced a lot more seasons than ricky to get those 2 wins, if ricky rode all of 07 title or not he would of gotten atleast 50 wins) and second all by himself in titles with 5. Ricky also had the 125 motocross win record until James, but ricky has one more 125 motocross title with 3, tied in first for titles with a couple guys, RV being the last to win 3 125 motocross titles in a row. 10/10 motocross titles and 5/7 (I don't count 04 since he didn't line up at all) supercross titles. No matter the class, once he won his first title he never let go of it. 150 total wins, 15 titles (125 regional supercross not counted), there's no debate who was the best to do it and his records, especially outdoors, will never be broken.

[@Jb-mp1in]

Never lost a outdoor title and 2 perfect seasons he was unbelievable outdoors

[@mitchellkalina8191]

Fuckin A right man. A straight up bring it on champion that was ready to do battle with anybody. There was no coming near his class without going through him. Once he hit his peak it was going to take the day of your life to get a win against him, and if someone did beat him the next race he was going to just fuckin stomp everyone. Possibly the fiercest competitor in sports history, he was willing to put in the work and do whatever necessary to win. Best ever without question.

[@lifeisgood3589]

@@BilkoMX124 Ricky had 5 SX titles so 07 would have given him 6. Just think if RC would have waited 2 or 3 more years to retire. He would have 13 outdoor titles in all likelihood and at least 1 more Sx title. JS would have probably crashed more due to the speeds needed to beat RC every Saturday. RC had found more speed in 2007 Sx as we all saw JS was no longer stretching out leads over RC indoors. I wish he would have raced a few more years !!!! RC was a moto monster outdoors

[@jayeddleston9486]

The king and the goat was awesome racing

[@pags1981]

Most determined rider ever, inspirational to watch.

[@Rustydog1977]

Thanks for putting this outstanding masterpiece together!

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Much appreciated, more to come!

[@Dan_Minton]

The greatest rider on the greatest sx tracks of all time ...AMA need to take a look back if they want this sport to grow

[@Rubeless]

We don’t need it to grow. That’s what ruined the sport.

[@hondarider2067]

The heart and conditioning Ricky had was so amazing. Never will there be another dominating rider like him.

[@claytonandrews7234]

YOU GOT THAT SHIT RIGHT. NEVER EVER BE ANYONE AS GOOD AS CARMICHAEL. IF THE WORLD AND MOTOCROSS IS STILL AROUND IN 4021 HIS RECORDS WILL NEVER BE BEATEN

[@ryanbarker4422]

It's been a blessing watching you ride.xxx

[@sbhoney5730]

Another outstanding effort!! Man thank you so much for all the hard work you are putting into these awesome videos!!

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Much appreciated, more to come!

[@tylerhunter1410]

Always love your content. Your put a ton of time into this and it is appreciated!!

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Much appreciated, more to come!

[@jaimepalacios788]

WD you are awesome ! Thanks for the video.

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Much appreciated, more to come!

[@MrKdr500]

Awesome! thanks for putting this up.

[@wd840mxhighlights]

No problem, more to come!

[@Naturestheway]

Good old days! But now we have some awsome racing again, finally. Going to be a fun year! Tomac guy here but really would like to see Kenny get 1 after such a tough year in SX. Thanks WD

[@wd840mxhighlights]

No problem, more to come!

[@claytonandrews7234]

I HOPE TOMAC TAKES THAT YAMAHA AND DOES WHAT HE DID 3 YEARS IN A ROW ON THE KAWI. OUTDOORS OF COURSE. BECAUSE HONESTLY SUPERCROSS DOESN'T DO JUSTICE FOR THE BEST. IT'S ALL TIMING AND ISNT WIDE OPEN FOR 30 PLUS 2 ON TOUGH ASS TRACKS A MILE AND A QUARTER LONG. MCGRATH WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST SUPERCROSS RIDER EVER. BUT ONLY WON 1 OUTDOOR TITLE AS MY MAN BACK THEN, JEFF EMIG SHOWED HIM WHO WAS TOUGHEST IN MOTOCROSS

[@claytonandrews7234]

ONLYONE OTHER RIDER IN MY MIND THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN CARMICHAEL ALL HE WANTED AND POSSIBLY KEPT HIM FROM WINNING THE TITLE YEAR AFTER YEAR AND NEVER LOST AN OUTDOOR TITLE. BUT IT WAS A WAY DIFFERENT TIME AND HANNAH DIDN'T EVEN START RACING UNTIL 17. BUT WAS WINNING PROFESSIONALY FROM THE START. BOB HANNAH MY ALL TIME FAVORITE

[@buffetline2605]

Thanks you for putting this together!

[@wd840mxhighlights]

No Problem! More to come

[@DP-381]

Thanks again WD🤙🏻

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Yeah buddy🤙🏻

[@Floridawoodsbanshee]

@@wd840mxhighlights I'm in mid 50s now. This brings back lots of memories. Sold all my bikes. Had a bunch over the years. Four strokes are good but my two favorites 2000 kx250 and 2001 cr250. Only bike I kept was new 2006 banchee. Still runs amazing. Old guys like four wheelers 🤣🤣🤣

[@jumpinpics2414]

Thanks Wd840 this is a great upload all of them are

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Much appreciated, more to come!

[@joel387ktm]

The respect between dowd and ricky was awesome to see

[@timhyatt9374]

I’ll never forget meeting him for the first time in 91 at Loretta Lynn’s and after that meeting him every year in his professional career and I’ll never forget watching him in his first professional race in 97 at Atlanta Supercross it was awesome watching him every year till he retired great memories #RickyCarmicheal #WD840MXhighlights

[@rickrossi4468]

Great edit. Lots of work there. Appreciate it. Enjoyed every minute. Recognized Kenworthys pro nationals, was at those races! Wish they still had those races on the outdoor schedule.

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Much appreciated, more to come!

[@rickrossi4468]

@@wd840mxhighlights hope lots and lots of people watch these edits with as much enthusiasm as I do!

[@wd840mxhighlights]

@@rickrossi4468 much appreciated, more to Come!

[@40beretta1]

This was the best era of MX / SX. I still think Ricky looked best in green. I'll never forget '99'... Ricky's rookie 250.... yikes. It wasn't because he couldn't handle the 2fiddy... 90% was his team not having the dirt bike setup for him. 99 season the bike was setup with the A** tuned to high... it would literally spring him off the bike. Certainly there was a learning curve. It wasn't until there was a team meeting that Ricky was asked what he need and he told them how he wanted his bike setup...the way his Dad set him up.. McGrath didn't win another SX after

[@Rubeless]

Man, where did you go to school

[@EATSLEEPFARM]

Really enjoying this bike and championship series you’ve got goin👍 Keep um comin!!

[@Chaseracer]

@WD840 MX HIGHLIGHTS Best moto channel on youtube in my humble opinion. We don't deserve you, but we damn sure needed you - Cheers!

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Much appreciated, I’m a big moto fan and I try to do my best. More to come!

[@spice3767]

Just an INCREDIBLE rider and person, so miss him racing, his will to win was crazy. What a rider 💪💪💪 🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@JustinMentionedIt]

Track designs were so much better back then what the hell has happened few

[@stevend3753]

The names. So many names I’ve forgotten about. So many great races I’d forgotten about. It’s not the same. It’s just not the same today.

[@wd840mxhighlights]

100%

[@triple6758]

Ricky was the end of an Era and also the beginning of a new one. I really did enjoy it before the change though. #4 made it completely professional.

[@ktm17x]

Awesome video. It would be cool if you did a James Stewart career wins video

[@wd840mxhighlights]

That’s my plan!

[@wd840mxhighlights]

@@jaysmokey there’s a James Stewart biggest crashes vid on our channel

[@zacharyradford5552]

Art Eckman made racing sooooo much more entertaining. THEY’RE BAR TO BAR!!!!!!

[@Rubeless]

New guys suck.

[@crazypolite]

I'm like.. 85% confident Ricky Carmichael is an alien from a different planet. From his riding to his interviews.. neither are typical human behavior 😅. He always says he will be excited later or it will hit him later, etc. He has NO fear and is potentially a psychopath. FYI ,1 in 100 people are psychopaths, and less than 1% OF psychopaths are violent. But Ricky.. something is exceptional about him. Something extraordinary, no doubt. He's like a saint. My guess is you would find similar traits in the people who are the 'best of' whatever respective thing they're doing. To be that fearless is not normal (in the best way), albeit certainly found in other people. If RC wasn't a motocross rider he'd have been a special forces guy like a SEAL or something top-tier i.e he was born for greatness

[@Rubeless]

Special Forces is the army, navy seals ain’t the special forces, how hard is it to get

[@crazypolite]

@Rubeless no.. special forces are in all branches. Army is Green Berets and CAG, navy is SEALs/SWCCs and DEVGRU, etc

[@Floridawoodsbanshee]

At times riders may have had moments against Rc. But Rc was the all around rider. Always thinking, strategizeing, keeping the bike safe, keeping his body safe for the next race. He was great at forcing mistakes!

[@evo5349]

The G.O.A.T

[@sickair45]

Lets keep it going!

[@joelanthony4114]

Can you please do a Honda one?

[@wd840mxhighlights]

that will be coming out sometime in the future

[@fiftyin07]

150 overall ama wins. The next closest is under 100…. 24-0 perfect season seemed impossible. He did it twice in 02 and 04…. Never lost an outdoor season, 10 straight 5 Supercross championships (would’ve been 6 straight if he wasn’t injured in 04) Pick any rider past or present in their prime to go up against prime RC. I’m taking Carmichael every single time. Don’t care what anybody says, nobody else even comes close. GOAT 🐐

[@Rubeless]

He didn’t do it twice. He won the overalls the second time, but not all the motos

[@Floridawoodsbanshee]

Rc's first season on 125 i had taped every race vcr. His career was amazing. Felt bad for him his intro to sx 250! Absolutely nasty crashes. Kid was so tough he just kept getting up. Normally people like me would have been in a hospital. 🤣🤣🤣

[@JimBob-gf7zn]

Like how david bailey was always againist the Goat !!!!

[@crazypolite]

1:12:19 - That's just it. He was fully pinned anywhere it was physically possible within the laws of physics. Only one man could challenge that prodigious talent who was a prodigy himself, of course no other than James Bubba Stewart. Point is these boys just run at LITERAL full throttle at ALL times. You can't imagine the talent and BALLS it requires

[@ryanbarker4422]

It's Seller's home track I watched him from the little bikes to the big bike's.

[@genesis2187]

Can someone tell me why fox always had the X's on the back of the jerseys? I remember when ricky had 100 on his jersey to signify his 100th overall win? what else did they do it for ?

[@wd840mxhighlights]

Just individual wins

[@charleshadley4048]

24:00 you should have included the first moto of Dilla. RR put the hammer down.

[@zackk695]

Ricky C is by far the best in motocross and Jeremy M in Supercross. I feel with they both should race again for people to see that age does not matter. I know that in 6 months of training Jeremy can be ready for Supercross and Ricky ready for motocross. The reason they retire is they get burned out of many years of race no and all the hell that goes with it. It’s not age! They loose the eye of the tiger and just don’t care as much if they win or loose. I just think it would be awesome to see them do what Mike Tyson is doing. Motocross is so similar to boxing by having to be fit as well as being able to think quick. I would say they need to race maybe every other race and I’m sure they would get paid huge money to do so. People would show up just to see them race even if they didn’t do very well. No one expects them to win every race. That’s not realistic but they still have what it takes to fight to the front

[@Rubeless]

If Jeremy was the best, he would not have lost the title to RC. Jeremy could not match his conditioning and drive.

[@zackk695]

@ Jeremy was at the end of his career and not the beginning which had a lot to do with it. Burned out

[@KowboyUSA]

Whoever said _Kows can't fly_ never saw Ricky Carmichael ride.

[@FalseHope61]

Man David Bailey was terrible. “There goes Carmichael grabbing his helmet again, nobody knows why” It’s called a tear off David.

[@CR250rSMITH]

i believe carmichael went to honda because he knew stewart was coming, same situation with Jett and Chase. That just my opinion

[@hunterpendley7723]

wonder how many championships windham would have if carmichael didn't exist

[@lifeisgood3589]

Yea I've allways thought about that as well. With no RC or JS he would have at least 5 outdoor and a few Sx to boot. His main comp would have been Reed and Villo but he would have been the one to take down McGrath for sure until Reed showed up followed by Villo and Dungey

[@ryancuda45]

ricky lapped me one time. i sold and gave away all my bikes

[@boobymonster8486]

then you woke up

[@jontarasiahaan3144]

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[@MrRacer7111]

Crap! Why did you cut everything so hard ??? Would have done a few parts, but for that in more detail! And then just start finish start finish!

[@wd840mxhighlights]

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[@mikeybigfoot1354]

Omg Ricky gets blood drained from arm pump wtf

[@jontarasiahaan3144]

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[@seblefrancais3942]

Malheureusement j’aurais aimé voir les grands champions américains venir se mesurer sur aux moins une saison entière en Europe sur les grands prix,pour voir si ils auraient dominés,car les européens le font et notamment les français qui sont venus gagner des championnats aux États-Unis,car à part villopotto aucun champion américain ne l’a fait et d’ailleurs villopotto n’a pas remporté le championnat du monde,et j’aurais aimé voir les belges comme Stefan everts venir faire le AMA MX ou Jeffrey herlings j’espère qu’il viendra aux moins une année aux usa

[@jontarasiahaan3144]

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