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December 1st, 2020, 10:53 PM | #1 |
Senior Member Joined: Aug 2015 From: Fremantle, Australia Posts: 1,881 Likes: 806 | Wayne Gardener Doco
For all the other Aussies on here it was on the other week but is still on the ABC app. I didn't know if I would enjoy it or not because I have never really liked the guy but after watching it, I went away with a better understanding of him, *perhaps sadly,* saw a lot of similarities in our personalities. It was a good watch and he has grown on me a bit. For guys not in in the land of Oz it's just called Wayne and it's probably out there on the net somewhere. |
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December 2nd, 2020, 12:36 AM | #2 | |
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I will have to watch the documentary. I heard an interview involving both him and his ex-wife Donna when it first came out in which he was self deprecating and as opposed to his previous wont not taking himself very seriously at all. | |
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December 2nd, 2020, 02:00 AM | #3 | |
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December 4th, 2020, 02:36 AM | #4 | |
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Then saw steady Eddie beat him on the same bike. Then along came Mick, who didn't appear to have much time or respect for him and was way better. He was good but others were better and importantly could develop the bike better it appeared to me. | |
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December 4th, 2020, 09:09 PM | #5 | |
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December 4th, 2020, 10:02 PM | #6 | |
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December 4th, 2020, 10:54 PM | #7 | |
Senior Member Joined: May 2007 From: sydney australia Posts: 11,080 Likes: 2363 | Quote:
Nevertheless the bike Gardner rode to a world title was absolutely brutal which he rode with near total disregard for same, and he didn't design that bike as you say. Someone posted footage a few years ago of Gardner saving a prolonged tank slapper on a factory Honda, I am not sure if from the championship year, subsequent to which Wayne proceeded straight on undeterred as though nothing had happened. For me it was also the Gardner vs Doohan thing which put me off Wayne, but more Wayne's attitude to Doohan rather than the other way round. I guess it was hard having won a premier class world title, unprecedented for an Australian obviously, to be closely followed by another Australian winning 5 such titles to come into consideration as the best rider ever rather than 'just' the best rider in 1987. Lately he seems to have mellowed considerably and takes himself far less seriously, with his focus mainly on Remy's career, concerning which he will hopefully have further reason for excitement going forward, rather than how good he was back in the day. Last edited by michaelm; December 4th, 2020 at 11:14 PM. | |
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December 5th, 2020, 12:07 AM | #8 |
Member Joined: Feb 2020 From: Bendigo Vic Posts: 98 Likes: 27 |
This is the first time I saw Gardner race. Not live but watched it in 85 when it was aired. Those slides through the fast right hander after the main straight ![]() ![]() ![]() He crashed in race 2 but faark it was good!! Swann series '85 Crash at the end of this one Last edited by warthog1; December 5th, 2020 at 01:49 AM. |
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December 5th, 2020, 01:04 AM | #9 | |
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I don't remember the NSR of that year being brutal. Well, they were all hard to ride but it was better than the previous years. It was powerful yes but relatively well sorted by then; Wayne had seven victories and scored points in every round on his way to the ’87 title. https://www.mcnews.com.au/1987-honda...wayne-gardner/ Last edited by warthog1; December 5th, 2020 at 01:49 AM. | |
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December 6th, 2020, 12:33 AM | #10 | |
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Lots of dnfs subsequently though, the bike was still sufficiently vicious to bite the all time great Mick Doohan 5 years later, and Mick reputedly did find the bike challenging when he joined the premier class as well. | |
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