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Question: Who is the coolest motorcyclist of all time and why?
Steve McQueen - 65 (42.5%)
Evel Knievel - 21 (13.7%)
Valentino Rossi - 19 (12.4%)
Giacomo Agostini - 7 (4.6%)
Stéphane Peterhansel - 0 (0%)
Mike Hailwood - 14 (9.2%)
Other - 27 (17.6%)
Total Voters: 153

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« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2011, 11:52:15 AM »
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« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2011, 12:05:52 PM »
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« Reply #22 on: November 21, 2011, 02:13:33 PM »
Quote from: Mr.Black on November 20, 2011, 05:37:13 PM


It's because of the banana, innit?

You can't buy my vote.....yes, yes it was because of the nanner
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« Reply #23 on: November 21, 2011, 08:26:25 PM »
i just watched "bullitt" again last night.
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« Reply #24 on: November 21, 2011, 08:52:37 PM »
McQueen because of what the movie "On any Sunday" actually did for motorcycling......in a very positive way
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« Reply #25 on: November 21, 2011, 09:51:03 PM »
Quote from: Bad-Dog on November 21, 2011, 12:05:52 PM

Barry Sheene


The guy was super cool
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« Reply #26 on: November 22, 2011, 04:25:41 AM »
Quote from: scott19 on November 20, 2011, 05:55:04 PM

I voted Rossi, but wanna give a shout out to John Surtees, the only man to win both the two wheel and four wheel world championships.



Forgot Surtees. One of the greats and still riding.
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« Reply #27 on: November 22, 2011, 08:13:35 PM »
Surtees had a bit of a pass.

In 1956, the FIM banned Gilera's Geoff Duke for six months because he threatened to lead a rider's strike for more pay, effectively ending his title defense.

In 1957, Gilera wuz back and mopped the floor with the competition, finishing 1-2 in the 500cc class.

Then the Italian factories pulled out of GP racing, save for MV Agusta, which led to Surtees' three consecutive world championships versus a field that comprised mostly of privateers on single-cylinder British machines.

Not that Surtees wasn't a good rider, but had other factory teams been around, things might have been different.
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« Reply #28 on: November 23, 2011, 07:45:16 PM »
Joel Robert, drank beer, smoked cigarettes, never exercised  and still managed to beat everyone..
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« Reply #29 on: November 24, 2011, 04:01:37 AM »
EVEL, watching it on a fuzzy tv while you had your sis on the roof moving the antenna priceless
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« Reply #30 on: November 24, 2011, 06:11:10 AM »
Quote from: Bad-Dog on November 21, 2011, 12:05:52 PM

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Quote from: Stripes on November 20, 2011, 03:54:04 PM

Burt Munro.


 Thumbsup to both of them.

And may I add Dave Barr and any other disabled motorcyclist.
Like those guys with paralysed legs and landing gear on their bikes doing track days.  Thumbsup Thumbsup
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« Reply #31 on: November 24, 2011, 06:25:00 AM »
Quote from: JReazor on November 21, 2011, 11:41:25 AM

Joey Dunlop


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« Reply #32 on: November 24, 2011, 09:35:12 PM »
Quote from: Stripes on November 20, 2011, 03:54:04 PM

Burt Munro.

Plus one. I also don't know who two of those riders are.
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« Reply #33 on: November 25, 2011, 04:13:48 AM »
Quote from: et on November 24, 2011, 06:11:10 AM





 Thumbsup to both of them.

And may I add Dave Barr and any other disabled motorcyclist.
Like those guys with paralysed legs and landing gear on their bikes doing track days.  Thumbsup Thumbsup



Add eddie Kidd.
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« Reply #34 on: November 25, 2011, 09:48:53 AM »
That is a tough call but the coolest has to be Steve McQueen  Thumbsup

Others like Joey, Mike the Bike and Evel all left their mark on motorcycling.
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« Reply #35 on: November 27, 2011, 06:21:59 AM »
Bob Hannah, he loved the fans,rode his butt off,didn't mind speaking his mind,and was a riot to hang at his van after the race.
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« Reply #36 on: November 27, 2011, 01:52:38 PM »
Mike the Bike, because he was such a fierce competitor and brilliant rider no matter what marque or course he was riding.   Followed by

King Kenny, because he was such a fierce competitor and triumphed in road racing, mile, half-mile, short track and tt, and was the first American to win the Grand Prix championship. I thought (still do) the bumblebee livery was the coolest ever, and I rode a lot of Yammies because of Ken. Burnout
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« Reply #37 on: November 29, 2011, 09:47:54 AM »
For me, it's a toss up between Burt Munro, Steve McQueen, and Guy Martin.
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« Reply #38 on: November 29, 2011, 10:37:56 AM »
Quote from: stromgal on November 27, 2011, 01:52:38 PM

King Kenny...

I woulda said King Kenny...if for nuthin else but his ride at the Indy Mile on a TZ750

but Kenny wuz into Merle Haggard back in those days which wuz hardly cool, while Lackey hung out with the likes of John Bonham  Cool
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« Reply #39 on: November 29, 2011, 05:09:33 PM »
Guy Martin, sucking rabbits.... I've got the shirt
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