The Rainey Days

[s3fella]

About 8 mins in iirc, that bit of Schwantz on a wide opening up right hander, sliding around then up on the back wheel with that noise, dropping it to negotiate the next right hand kink.......I just kept rewinding it and replaying it! As I did his high side about 30 yards before the corner apex later on! I think there was mention of some of the early carbon rear discs jamming on!

Flipping mad bits of kit!

Miss the old 500s.

[tight5]

500cc picture goodness -






http://www.mcnews.com.au/wallpapers/gallery/yamaha...




a yzr frame was on ebay a while ago for £22000 !

[y2blade]

This is fking brilliant.

[y2blade]

Rainey's last crash was brutal, i still remember it

I'm glad they didn't show it.

[kiteless]

s3fella said:

Flipping mad bits of kit! Miss the old 500s.

What was interesting from last night's doc was that wake up call when HRC introduced the "Big Bang" 2T engine, and the other manufacturers trying to copy it. Scroll forward five years, and Micky D was sick of the other riders getting too close to him on track using the big bang. Hence the 180 degree "screamer" motor.

Talking of Doohan, his Assen crash in 1992 did look