Best 125 racer ever?

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This was a pretty good day in history
Vitarded180 12/19/2012 10:30am
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Stewart with no contest
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I am not dead.
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Three time 125 champ, Mark Barnett.

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Frodad78 12/19/2012 11:58am
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125 wrote:
I am not dead.
Me either, I may not be a Pro but I ride the wheels off my tiddler every chance I get. Love the 125
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125 wrote:
I am not dead.
Frodad78 wrote:
Me either, I may not be a Pro but I ride the wheels off my tiddler every chance I get. Love the 125
Thanks, I love you too.
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LappedU 12/19/2012 12:21pm
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Barnett was in a totally different league than anyone on a 125.
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125 wrote:
I am not dead.
Frodad78 wrote:
Me either, I may not be a Pro but I ride the wheels off my tiddler every chance I get. Love the 125
125 wrote:
Thanks, I love you too.
I'm old and getting fat. It's a 150. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?

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bayodome 12/19/2012 2:47pm
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Stew. No doubt about it. The 2003 and 2004 125 Nationals were lessons in how to go fast on a dirt bike.

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Trying to find vids of 125 Nats at Budds Creek or Southwick from 2004. Anyone?
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Frodad78 wrote:
Me either, I may not be a Pro but I ride the wheels off my tiddler every chance I get. Love the 125
125 wrote:
Thanks, I love you too.
newmann wrote:
I'm old and getting fat. It's a 150. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/12/19/2013_ktm_007_765971.JPG[/img]
I'm old and getting fat. It's a 150. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?

Yes, as long as you are taking a knife to a gunfight and winning, you have the buck and a quarter spirit.
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125 12/19/2012 3:42pm
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The best 125 ride in U.S. history is Jimmy Stewart, Budds Creek, 2003. I would make a joke about David Bailey shitting his pants but given his injury, I think that would be off-color, but he made an ejaculatory noise when Stewart scrubbed Big Gulp (backwards config)

the best 125 ride in the world....Johnny O, pretty sure he passed Dave Thorpe who was a world champ and 500 mounted at the MXdN. That would be like Blake Bagget on a 125 passing Cairoli on a 450....except the 500 made even more power over the 125 than a 450 does.

Honorable mention goes to Steve Lamson, whom, if I'm not mistaken did the same thing in 94?


Oh yea, how can no one mention Lamson? Untouchable on a 125 for a couple years.
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125 12/19/2012 3:57pm
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Yea now I remember that race. MC was talking about how team strategy was an issue, (i.e. we are leading, just stay up and we got this in the bag) but Lamson wanted to beat the current 125 GP champ to show everyone he was the fastest 125 rider on the planet.

That was a good race. Emig was doing that big downhill quad on the KX5-Hundo. I think it was Jerez 96.
Motocross83 12/19/2012 4:03pm
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Yea now I remember that race. MC was talking about how team strategy was an issue, (i.e. we are leading, just stay up and we got...
Yea now I remember that race. MC was talking about how team strategy was an issue, (i.e. we are leading, just stay up and we got this in the bag) but Lamson wanted to beat the current 125 GP champ to show everyone he was the fastest 125 rider on the planet.

That was a good race. Emig was doing that big downhill quad on the KX5-Hundo. I think it was Jerez 96.
Yeah that was 1996. Unbelievable.

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Going to have to go with Steve Lamson actually beating everyone in the world on a 125, final answer Regis.
premixwhip491 12/19/2012 4:43pm
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Why has no one mentioned Brownie? I know Bomber, RC and James all won more races and titles than him obviously but I think he was the best all-around 125 rider yet. He had a style that was perfect for it but it was nothing like the other 125 greats.
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Frodad78 12/19/2012 4:47pm
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Frodad78 wrote:
Me either, I may not be a Pro but I ride the wheels off my tiddler every chance I get. Love the 125
125 wrote:
Thanks, I love you too.
newmann wrote:
I'm old and getting fat. It's a 150. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/12/19/2013_ktm_007_765971.JPG[/img]
I'm old and getting fat. It's a 150. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?

This is seriously Moto-porn for me. I plan to own one soon I hope!

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Frodad78 12/19/2012 4:48pm
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125 wrote:
I am not dead.
Frodad78 wrote:
Me either, I may not be a Pro but I ride the wheels off my tiddler every chance I get. Love the 125
125 wrote:
Thanks, I love you too.
HA. I see what you did there.

I'm going to agree with you on Lamson as well. I looked up to him a great deal when I was young.
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Prairieboy43 12/19/2012 7:37pm
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Hut wrote:
This was a pretty good day in history[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/12/19/oshow_760379.jpg[/img]
This was a pretty good day in history
Lamson beat all the 500's on a 125, at the MXDN. in 95 or 96, with tortelli a close second.
There were many great 125 stars. I do think that RC was dominant. He simply had his competition beat before he even lined up. Mind games dude.
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Parks65 12/19/2012 7:53pm
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Here's a 2002 RM I put together. I bough this little baby for $200 blown up and in pieces and spent a winter building her back up, quickly realized I had lost the ability to ride a 125 like I wanted to. Maybe it was my bud light diet and the extra lbs. I now carry!
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FreshTopEnd 12/19/2012 8:22pm
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Brown's a great, great racer, but he doesn't make the top ten of best 125 riders of all time from mid 70's until the demise of the class. Stewart owned him no less than any other rider in that class when he was on the track.

Stewart
RC
Barnett
Lamson
Henry
Chiodi
Rahier
Everts (x2)
Tortelli
Hannah
Smith
Glover
Johnny O
Lechien
JMB
Kiedrowski
Parker
Rinaldi

There's were a handful of extremely fast European guys in the 80's as well that with those guys above crowd Brown out of being in the top ten.

IMO, and its bench racing.
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On a 125 its Bubba by a country mile!!! In 3 years he lost 3 nationals, in 2003 and 04 the only moto he lost was a dnf.... and were was the next two stroke rider in the 04 series points? Some debates are close, this one is not one of them.
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Hando 12/19/2012 9:03pm
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Racer...Stewart hands down...but dudes like Robbie Reynard, Branden Jessemen were pretty epic as well.

Reynard was a fast big bike racer too..but too many injuries.


Talon Vohland was pretty damn quick too...Steve Lamson...hmm..

tp199....


Can this list include guys who went on to be succesful big bike racers too or just 125 specialists??
Clutchy BeeGood 12/19/2012 9:16pm
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FreshTopEnd wrote:
Brown's a great, great racer, but he doesn't make the top ten of best 125 riders of all time from mid 70's until the demise of...
Brown's a great, great racer, but he doesn't make the top ten of best 125 riders of all time from mid 70's until the demise of the class. Stewart owned him no less than any other rider in that class when he was on the track.

Stewart
RC
Barnett
Lamson
Henry
Chiodi
Rahier
Everts (x2)
Tortelli
Hannah
Smith
Glover
Johnny O
Lechien
JMB
Kiedrowski
Parker
Rinaldi

There's were a handful of extremely fast European guys in the 80's as well that with those guys above crowd Brown out of being in the top ten.

IMO, and its bench racing.
Add Coop to that list and it's good good.
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mooremoto 12/19/2012 9:24pm
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Lowlander wrote:
Stewarts ability to demolish his 125/250f competition at will for me wins hands down.
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zlowery 12/20/2012 4:58am
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Honorable mention.

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