Tuesday 14 August 2012

"THR CB350 HONDA VS. HARLEY SPRINT 350 (HENNING VS ROPER)" [BY 'FOOTWORK88' POOTUBE] . . . . AWESOME GO-PRO ACTION AT VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY . . . . ROPER IS A HERO OF MINE GOING BACK NEARLY THIRTY YEARS . . . . ARI HENNING IS A YOUNG DUDE WITH ALL THE GOODS AND HERITAGE . . . . SHITHOT CLASSIC TRACK TIME, SOUNDS AND SIGHTS, LEFTS AND RIGHTS !!!!

DAVE ROPER WAS, AND STILL IS I THINK, THE ONLY AMERICAN TO WIN AT THE ISLE OF MAN, HE ACHIEVED THAT FEAT BACK IN THE MID EIGHTIES AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN A TOP PEDALLER IN CLASSIC/HISTORIC RACING . . . . HE WAS ALWAYS FEATURED IN 'CLASSIC BIKE' COVERAGE BACK IN THE DAY AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS, AT THE POINTY OF THE FIELD . . . .  TEAM OBSOLETE, IS THE WORLDS PREMIER CLASSIC RACING OUTFIT WITH A STABLE OF BIKES THAT IS MIND SNAPPING IN ITS SERIOUS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, MANN'S TRIPLE, MV's, 'THE' RC161 HONDA AMONG OTHERS, LIKE, WOW, WHAT A BUNCH OF BIKES !!! AND THE NEATEST THING IS THEY ALL GET FLOGGED OUT ON THE TRACK WHERE THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE . . . . NOT JUST GATHERING DUST AND LOSING THEIR DIGNITY IN SOME LAME-O STATIC DISPLAY !!!

ARI HENNING HAS RACING BIKES IN HIS BLOOD FOR SURE, HIS OLD MAN, TODD, IS AN AMERICAN RACING LUMINARY, HAVING SWITCHED TO CLASSICS AT THE TIME WHEN RACING CURRENT BIKES STARTED BECOMING IDIOTICALLY COST PROHIBITIVE HE GAINED MUCH SUCCESS AND IT WAS GROWING UP SURROUNDED BY ALL THIS THAT ARI BECAME INFECTED WITH A TERMINAL CASE OF THE BIKE BUG . . . . HENNING THE YOUNGER IS ALSO ONE OF THOSE LUCKY, TALENTED BASTARDS IN LIFE WHOSE DAY GIG IS GETTING PAID TO DO THE THING THAT GIVES HIM THE HORN, RIDING AND REVIEWING MOTORCYCLES, TRAVELLING THE GLOBE AND HAVING A TOTAL HOOT IN BETWEEN RACING, AT WHICH HE ALSO EXCELS, RIDING FOR HIS DAD'S OPERATION.

TO THE FOOTAGE AT HAND, IT'S A FUCKING CRACKER FOR SEVERAL REASONS, THE WAY THE SIMULTANEOUSLY FILMING GO-PRO FOOTAGE FROM BOTH BIKES IS SPLICED SIDE BY SIDE AND SWITCHED BETWEEN BIKES, THE BLOODY NOISE IS FULLY THE SHIT, A TWIN HONDA AT FULL SONG VS THE THREE FIDDY SINGLE AERMACCHI, OOPS . . . . 'HARLEY' . . . . IS A GREAT CONTRAST AND REMINDS ME A POOFTEENTH OF WHAT I'VE HEARD AND SEEN OF THE GLORY DAYS AT THE IOM WITH THE HONDA 6 PAIRED AGAINST THE LAST OF THE SHORTSTROKE MANX'S . . . . LASTLY, IT'S ON A PERFECT DAY, ON A COOL CIRCUIT WITH TWO SUPER TALENTED RIDERS ON TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED BIKE DESIGNS GOING HAMMER AND TONGS AT EACH OTHER . . . . WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED . . . . TURN THAT SHIT UP, PLAY IT AGAIN !!!!

***** DAVE ROPER APPEARS NOT TO BE RIDING FOR TEAM OBSELETE ANYMORE, NOT SURE WHEN THE SPLIT TOOK PLACE, ANYONE WANTING TO INFORM ME PLEASE FEEL FREE . . . . FOR BETTER, AND SOMETIMES, FOR WORSE, I DON'T DO 'RESEARCH' ON MY BLURBS, IT JUST COMES OUT, I'M NOT PUTTING MYSELF UP AS SOME KIND OF NUOVO 'VINTAGENT' OR OTHER IDENTITIES OF SIMILAR CALIBRE . . . . I'M JUST A BLOKE WHO LOVES BIKES, THEIR PLACE IN MY WORLD AND MY OWN RECOLLECTIONS OF HOW SHIT HAPPENED, IF THERE IS EVER A FUCK UP OR A MISREPRESENTATION THEN I CAN ONLY SAY WHOLEHEARTEDLY IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL AND JUST THAT, A FUCK UP.

4 comments:

  1. very cool whitey, very cool indeed, the 'machi h.d. sounds amazing!

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  2. Don't quote me...but I think it's because Rob I. got interested in restoring old P.T. boats...about a year ago That Vintagent fella did a nice post on the collection of racers at Ianucci's place, with Dave Roper there- giving the tour. And there is that bit about lawsuits with a certain historic racing association... A while back I stumbled onto Dave Ropers site,and he's still racing. If I can find that bookmark I'll send it over. Pretty cool vid, wish my laptop had better sound. I remember Todd Henning covering the US scene for Classic Bike mag years ago. Then the horrific crash, and recovery... His son seems to have the "go fast" gene.

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  3. Try daveroperracingblogspot.com Youtube links of him talking about the TT racing. He is currently campaigning a Velocette.

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    1. Thanks heaps for the info mate, had a look at Roper's site, great that he's still out there tearing it up on that Velo. I've still got all my Classic Bike mags, '89 thru to late '90's, Todd's blurbs were always a great read and he was lucky just to be able recover from that ugly get off, regarding Ari, the apple sure don't fall far from the tree. Once again Hairy, many thanks for the input, keep those knees in the breeze.

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