Dirt Shark - RC 125 | Ricky Carmichael on a KX 125 2 Stroke 

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That was one of my favorite videos of 2022!!! Thanks Ricky, Mitch, Bones …👍👍👍

He got back in shape man fuck who put it together

@@doctauglyd9861 maybe planning a dungey in 23😂

Please forgive me for asking but......who is the guy in the wheelchair and.....what happened to cause him to be in a wheelchair? I hope I'm not asking an insensitive question....

We don't need music in dirt bike videos, perioud.. I think there was some 'relaxing' outgoing tune playing, but we all come to see and hear the bikes.

Hey, if the garbage kids listen to today is music,---so is a ripping 2-stroke. In fact, it takes much more talent to play a 2-stroke compared to what is called music today. :)

1000% agree…

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He's not even that old... McGrath is still doing it too, he just did a race recently with other known riders

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Dude. Honestly Ive never seen anyone go down it that quick though. Im on the brakes from the top. He was PINNED 😎

@@straightnobraker4677 that thought crossed my mind too. I was actually surprised when he entered the turn that it was so silent. like...wut? he's braking? when did that happen? 😄 A pro on a 125cc 2-stroke is just a marvelous sound. Always pinned. Always in the meat of the power band. just mocking everyone else who gets on the bike. 🤪

AND IT STILL SHOULD BE THIS WAY. CUT OUT CLASSES AND IT'S NOT NEAR AS FUN TO GO WATCH LIVE ANYMORE. NO SMELL LIKE REAL MOTOCROSS BACK IN THE DAY. AND RICKY COULD SEMI UNRETIRE AND STILL SMOKE THE BEST OUT THERE IF HE PUT HIS HEART IN IT. GOAT FOREVER. ANYONE THAT EVER WAS REALY INTO MOTOCROSS AND NEW WHAT THEY TALKING ABOUT KNOWS THIS. HE WAS THE BEST IN HIS LAST AMATUER YEARS. THAN RVERBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD WHO WERE PROS ALREADY. 1ST YEAR AS PRO UNTIL HIS LAST NEVER LOST AN OUTDOOR TITLE. WAKE UP PP PEOPLE CAUSE HEIRLINGS AINT SHIT WHEN IT COMES TO CARMICHAEL. I SAID IT CAUSE I NO, NO NO NO.WHO THE BEST OF ALL TIME IS

You could tell RC was wringing all the horsepower out of that 125 he could.

It sounds a lot faster than it is.

You forgot MC, Lusk, Tortelli and Everts...the good ol days.

Miss js7 more then any of it

@@MyName-yl2ncat his peak

You forgot a few legends Eigo Sato, mike sinq probably one of the best free riders ever🤘

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They need to add a 2 stroke event or supercross. make them kids learn

@Jimmie Hoebob what word can we use that doesn’t hurt your feelings?

@@motoing32 woke

"You know I only like the good shit" - ricky said it best

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Dam straight, I couldn't help but thinking that James needs/has to...............MUST! For the love of GOD..............do something similar!!! Actually I just dusted off my 04' also and so this vid is very specially motivating.............I made a vid of my rig as I was getting it ready just the other day and I ride on the morrow! Haven't ridden it in a year.

Thank dirtshark

Yeah. He was getting tubby last time I saw him.

Back on two wheels where he belongs. Not in a NASCAR or WRC ride. (Although he was pretty badass there too)

RC is also heavily involved in the development and more particularly testing of the new incoming Triumph MX machines so he had to lay off the beer & Burger King….

@@russellbaker9459 makes me wonder if the new truimph is gonna handle like a kx125 😄

He shouldn't have retired so early. He is still fast and very likable. GOAT !

When they drove up, Glen Helen bowed it's head & dropped to a knee. These men are legends in this sport. I'm honored to know all three of them. If you are young, or not, and unfamiliar with their achievements and contributions to Motocross, Supercross, and Off-Road Racing, I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that in their absence the bike you ride/race off-road today would be very different.

3 Unicorns right there, would be hard to find another 3 who have contributed so much to modern mx

That's what I was thinking. Bike sounded crisp and just ripping.

Next level that was 24 years ago. Of course it could be tuned better. It runs great, but everything can be improved. "I don't think it can be tuned better" was always said before the next bike that was tuned better. :)

my favorite part

@@cjsmreks I hate that hill. especially when it gets gnarly braking bumps. Makes me feel like I shouldn't be riding, everytime.

@@stickythrottle5259 😀😀

It's a 125.. you have to stay pinned like a chainsaw or it doesn't move.. nothing special

I could do that. And crash. And probably die. Cool RC wring out that smoker.

Flipping awesome

What Bones said was probably true too, Mitch would re hire and they’d probably win a championship again, almost a thought in RCs mind, almost, it would be even sicker than Dungeys return to see the GOAT come back and school the young guns, I bet the crowds would triple as well if he rode that bike, the world and internet would go mental….

Mitch has his problems talking with people too. I tried to help him, but that is why he is out of stock with 2-stroke pipes. He treated a good friend of mine who could have made them for him with his state of the art shop, like he was not worth talking to. He can stay out of stock as long as he wants if he does not know how to talk with people.

I think the GOAT debate may never be settled between Ricky and Stefan. I can also throw a spanner here... Jeffrey should be in that discussion as well.

@@juanpablohinestrosa7929 Hmmm---I don't think so. RC retired with over a 83% win average in 10.5 seasons as a pro. Two of the big bike series, he won all 24 motos, and missed a 3rd perfect season by one moto. RC had a different motivation that he rest of us, and I figured it out in an interview (Whiskey throttle show), when he said, "I was terrified to lose, scared to death. I know no sport psychologist would say that is a good thing, but that is the way I was.". He was scared to lose, like we were sacred to crash on a big triple we have never cleared yet. What kind of environment would there have to be in grade school to make RC terrified to lose? He as a short, fat, red headed ginger kid,--and they all got bullied. He got bullied in school until he started winning amateur championships, and the bullying stopped. School bullying motivated RC to be the GOAT of MX. Isn't that ironic? Should we tell the teacher about it? :)

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Just like old times. Beers at the end of a session. Awesome days.

Me too👍

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Then she doesn’t understand the greatness of it

@dirtshark @monsterenergy Next video in development??

@motoing32 No one will be able to get James on a bike again, he's back around the sport but he's done with riding... it's a shame cause with his name and someone like 'DirtShark' filming and doing the edits, he could make a career just off having fun on a bike and doing 1 or 2 freeride videos in the hills each year.

...looks like a smooth BMX track, yes.

Yeah that was nuts

I'm pretty sure that when high level activitys athletes retire they gain weight due to reduced intense workouts. Nice comeback Ricky.

Peak Carmichael compared with today's riders?

James was fast. But fast does not win Championships. Carmichael was not always the fastest. He was always out thinking the competition. He was always riding for the points 👉 and that's how you get titles.