Wednesday 24th July 2013

Rossi's Ranch: Time For Tea?

Valentino Rossi shares his private race track with Guy Martin and Thomas Chareyre

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With summer in full swing and the school holidays looming quite a few of us can probably look back on younger years mucking about on BMXs on some dusty handcrafted circuit lovingly hewn from some old quarry or forgotten corner of the woods.

Overgrown child that he is, Valentino Rossi is still doing just that, albeit with motorbikes and his own, rather more extensive, private dirt bike track. Anyone who had their track flattened by 'the man' back in the day can only look on and wonder at how Rossi managed to get away with such a construction in the middle of the beautiful countryside outside Tavullia but when you're a motorcycling god you can clearly get away with such things.

This video is a promo for Dainese and there's no earth shattering conclusion to the supposed 'race' between Rossi and invited guests Guy Martin and Supermoto World Champion Thomas Chareyre - they're just there for a hoon basically. The grins and dust-caked leathers tell the main story; the love of mucking about on bikes is as sincere as you could hope for and Rossi's passion for his sport totally infectious. Good luck to him!

 

 

 

[fatboy69]

Epic.

Grown up children at play!! Love the fact the Rossi has this in his back garden to play with.

[V12 Migaloo]

How cool is Rossi...

[Yazza54]

I'd love to see a clip of Guy just yabbering on and Vale looking totally puzzled

[Charlie Foxtrot]

If we struggle to understand Guy how on earth does jonnie foreigner manage?

[Monty Zoomer]

Charlie Foxtrot said:

If we struggle to understand Guy how on earth does jonnie foreigner manage?

I bet they can't understand what he's saying but they can understand his smile.

He nearly always seems to be happy and smiling

...and fast.

[dapearson]

Love it!

[Ved]

Yazza54 said:

I'd love to see a clip of Guy just yabbering on and Vale looking totally puzzled

Would have been funny with subtitles

[SteveSteveson]

Charlie Foxtrot said:

If we struggle to understand Guy how on earth does jonnie foreigner manage?

Dose it matter with Guy? I don't think he stops long enough to find out, or care, if you understand. As long as someone give him a brew I think hes happy.

[NAS]

Fantastic

[Lordbenny]

I'd like to see Rossi take on Martin on The TT course!

[LordFlathead]

Epic to see Rossi in his own back yard and some yard that is!

Guy will always be my hero and as always is happy to turn up anywhere and have a go. Shame the clip was not longer.

[ellisd82]

That is class! Would love something like that at the back of my house. Guy Martin and Valentino Rossi on the same track, always going to be a good thing!

[philis]

Shamelessly ripped off from the texas tornado boot camp aka Colin Edwards house, you go here for the week and drink all his beer

http://texastornadobootcamp.com/videos/

Still love it non the less

Go Vale!

[smilo996]

Apparently Rossi had a translator Guy to English. Reckon they would get on pretty well.

I wonder how long it took before Guy asked to see the tractors and get under the water truck.

That is a lovely track though.

[moanthebairns]

I'm having a mx taster day on Sunday this has got me in the mood

[VonSenger]

moanthebairns said:

I'm having a mx taster day on Sunday this has got me in the mood

You'll love it,its hard work though!

[moanthebairns]

VonSenger said:

You'll love it,its hard work though!

I hope I hate it two wheels is financially killing me.

[epom]

:-) big kids that can afford to have fun, why not? Lovin it

[Dare2Fail]

moanthebairns said:

I'm having a mx taster day on Sunday this has got me in the mood

Where about are you doing that? I've always wanted to give it a go, even more so after playing around on short track bikes earlier in the year.

[Prof Prolapse]

Dare2Fail said:

moanthebairns said:

I'm having a mx taster day on Sunday this has got me in the mood

Where about are you doing that? I've always wanted to give it a go, even more so after playing around on short track bikes earlier in the year.

I seem to remember you being quite the off road expert?