I met John and his Dad at Hallet Raceway in Oklahoma not long before this pro career started. He rode a Honda 125gp , a TZ 250 and a Honda 550 interceptor. He swept all three classes , Then rode his 550 against open class bikes in some one off run whatever type race and finished 3rd in that race. He was 15 at the time , super fast little guy.
Yes. John took a Yamaha that was 18kph slower than the Honda and with Bud Askland tuning it beat them and won the 250 Championship. It’s such a shame that King Kenny forced him to move to 500’s the next year and didn’t devote another year in 250 for John to polish his skills and learn more about chassis setup. Watching him win in WSB and Flatrack after those years in MotoGP was great and his emotional speech at his induction into the Hall Of Fame was really something.
@@cavscout62 Yes..Johnny K fan since 1988. Think Im his age>? Only similarity we have. Oh, he is American. That is it I guess! The original "ALIEN"..b4 the Lorenzo, Rossi..Pedrosa etc Nickname. I was a Bug in a former Life, and Johnny K. stepped on me.
The old Assen layout was much better than now 😢
It was so much better!!!
I felt ill when they changed it.
Agreed ,. Glad I was able to race the old layout soooo Many times.
Xbox Motogp 2003 .....LOL!
Harada San style - lovin it!
No matter the year bikes are sooo graceful. They really make it look easy and it's not.
Great move by Harada !
You can hate em, but Kocinski could ride a bike, one of the greatest!!
I met John and his Dad at Hallet Raceway in Oklahoma not long before this pro career started. He rode a Honda 125gp , a TZ 250 and a Honda 550 interceptor. He swept all three classes , Then rode his 550 against open class bikes in some one off run whatever type race and finished 3rd in that race. He was 15 at the time , super fast little guy.
Yes. John took a Yamaha that was 18kph slower than the Honda and with Bud Askland tuning it beat them and won the 250 Championship. It’s such a shame that King Kenny forced him to move to 500’s the next year and didn’t devote another year in 250 for John to polish his skills and learn more about chassis setup. Watching him win in WSB and Flatrack after those years in MotoGP was great and his emotional speech at his induction into the Hall Of Fame was really something.
@@cavscout62 Yes..Johnny K fan since 1988. Think Im his age>? Only similarity we have. Oh, he is American. That is it I guess! The original "ALIEN"..b4 the Lorenzo, Rossi..Pedrosa etc Nickname. I was a Bug in a former Life, and Johnny K. stepped on me.
Oh, and watch his Bob Starr interview ua-cam.com/video/mobMxtfChboo/v-deo.htmln You tube.: MotoStarr podcast clips.
John Kocinski = little dynamite
great battle!for my personal opinion the 250cc was the most spectacular class!W the 2 stroke engine!W my two custom rd350 bikes!gasss4ever
Reggiani o Ruggiani?
Certo che lo spettacolo era assicurato in quel periodo. OLANDA..👍💪
Say what you will but nobody - nobody else got anywhere close to getting that kind of performance out of that bike.
I asked president Putin and he said it wasn't Russia
Visto in diretta tv
カピロッシを俺は許さない
同意！カピミサイルがなければ・・・
原田は早い段階で500に乗るべきだった
イヤイヤ
違うクルスのマシンかと思うくらい
原田のマシン差が…
原田のマシンはパワーはない
代わりにすごい旋回性能だった
一人だけ、やたら小回りして立ち上がっていった
このあと、コシンスキーがスズキのマシンを観衆の前でボコボコにして、表彰台ボイコットしてクビになった記憶がある
すげぇレースでしたよね～。
マジで!?知らんかった。コシンスキー好きやったからもっと活躍して欲しかったなぁ…
６速からローギヤに無理に落としてクランクケースにクラック入れて戻って来たらしいよ！
The engine sprocket came off of the engine. John did not purposely damage the motorcycle.
Kocinski was on a SLOW Suzuki.
Even the TZ-M Yamaha of Harada was faster than that Suzuki.
Kocinski Vs Suzuki
where luggia??
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oaku dewruo
Ma come "Chili handicappato"? 🤣
Penso e spero che Cereghini l'abbia detto per errore, ma in realtà Chili è solo andato largo alla chicane..
Oggi lo avrebbero crocifisso
翌シーズンの原田が、言った一言。
カピロッシに勝てないんじゃない。アプリリアに勝てないんだ！
カピにじゃないビアッジだよ！カピにはTZMで十分勝てるよ当時の原田は。
御指摘ありがとうございます。
古田健太郎
原田がアプリリアに移籍した時、ビアッジはこんなに楽なレースをしてたのかって言ってたしね
@@user-th4dc3vs1x コメントする前に私は当時、熱狂的原田哲也ファンだった事を言っておきます。
アプリリアに移籍する事によってRSVを手に入れた原田はTZMやYZRの時の様に短いストレートでも勝負に為らない状態を脱したが予想した程のエンジンパワーではなかったとも秋のテストで語っている。
これは多分日本勢のマシンNSR.YZR.RGVΓがケースリードバルブのエンジンでエンジン特性的に使い易くアプリリアのRSVは高回転で効率が良いがエンジン特性的に扱い辛いロータリーディスクバルブだった事が大きいと思う。
これを含めて考えると、ビアッジは相当RSVを巧いアクセルコントロールで走らせていたと思う。
まぁ、原田がアプリリアに移籍した時にホンダに帰っていったから比べられないけど。
でも原田は、レースコントロールもコーナリングも勝ってた！原田哲也は僕のヒーロー！
@@user-sq2ss6dj4uさん
よくわかります！
ロータリーディスクが故の扱いにくさで、スタートでトラブルが起きたりしましたよね！