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Swearing like george busch at a un conference had me weak

Thank you for this gem. Love watching these old races from the era that I grew up watching racing in. 💪🏼 villo was a beast

Good racing, mike seemed to still be pretty humble about villapoto beating him

441 Moto: always fantastic content. You can tell dude is truly passionate about dirt bike racing 🤙🏻

Back when outdoors really meant something 🤟

Awesome video thanks for putting it together. RV2 was incredible on 250f's

Hype Kills Careers. Villopoto was overlooked as he didn't win as much in the amatuers but he turned it around. Such a badass, his time was coming and it came at the right time.

One of the most memorable races I've ever been too. Thanks

Ryan is a super human four 450 supercross titles in a row danm

For me one of Best if not Best battles are 07 Villopoto vs Townley...man i love that race.

Hate the way his career ended Ryan is goated ❤

Alessi had the talent coming through the amateur ranks for sure, but it almost seems like he “walled”. When he hit the pro ranks he just kind of “ plateaued”, and he was plagued with bad luck and severe crashes/injuries/surgeries . It just wasn’t in the cards for Mike. I think that was super tough on him. And I don’t think it was from a lack of physical training either, just maybe a lack of “the right training”.

Been riding and following the sport for nearly four decades. Been many many greats including the GOAT but RV rose to became my favorite. Love his style and the fact he was with KAWASAKI his entire career really says quite a lot for me. VILLOPOTO FOR EVER 💪😎👍

I remember watching all of this. Alessi handled it better than I thought

What a great era of racing! I find myself bored watching SX this year.

Mike is the greatest holeshot king ever Ryan one of the greatest mx riders ever period

The way RV walks up behind his bike and hops on just shows he was there for business.

When a laser meets a eye

Great racing and was happy for Ryan Villopoto. Sadly I disliked Mike so much because of his father and brother. In retrospect he seemed to be a really good guy.

I wonder if Alessi was on a Japanese bike if he would have had the little bit extra speed to keep up with Vilopoto. You can see that KTM dancing through the chop where the Kawasaki was much more stable. The PDS system doesn't fair well against a linkage system.

Villapoto was the beast, but Alessi was the holeshot hero! Two of my all time favourite riders.

This was such a awesome era, without watching this video yet i have some memory of i believe buds creek that year where Ryan catched and destroyed Alessi lol.

I remember hearing Mike's Dad bragging that "RV never beat us in amateurs, never could touch us" but once RV went pro, and got on equal equipment. It was over RV, smoked him every year..

Let’s just say RV2 has the more will to be a champion.

Nice One as Always 👍

Video title should have been "12 minutes of RV waxing Mike Allessi"

Villopoto was like a hungry pitbull in this years and in lites...in general in his career! My fav rider,ever Even adopted 51 number on slovenian tracks hehe

Alessi greatest hole shot King ever just not made for the pro ranks his dad was probably his biggest hold back

Mike comes across really good in this vid. I literally couldn't stand the dude i feel bad now.

the end of a great rivalry. alessi had no chance to compete as he used to in mini classes, cause he was riding a bike with pds... if only his dad havent signed his boys with a multi year ktm contracts...

2:15 “well… until now actually” lol

That ktm suspension looks like thrash

I remember seeing Mike's dad on the t.v. fairlt often for his emotional flare ups lol yellin at this or screaming at that lol

Man the bikes look a lot slower compared to today

Great video 😁

The start of one of the greatest rivalry of all time

Mike met Ryan when they were riding little bikes

I wish Mike would have won a Pro Motorcross or Supercross.

3:28 if that happen now everyone in the comments would complain that was too aggressive and uncalled for 😂😂

Mike was like a beat dog already at this point with his demeanor and body language and Ryan was the exact opposite with so much aggression because he was probably pumped up by everyone around him. You become the environment you’re in so to say.

Dude, how old are these kids, they look like they're 12

problem with always getting holeshots is you never learn how to win races from grit and raw speed, you never learn how to pass, you never learn how to turn desperation into results. So when you are finally put in that position and a guy that was forced to compensate with speed learns to start, or has the time to catch you, it's obvious who is better prepared to win. It's also discouraging when you holeshot but fall backwards, so this takes a toll on confidence and self belief.

First I’m a very big RV fan but Iv always has lots of respect for mike for his skills and honestly .. I think if he would’ve gave up the supercross he would’ve been a 450 outdoor champ.. I think either he wasn’t in the best shape or atleast at times couldn’t go the same speed for most of the race for what ever reason but the speed was there a lot of the time indoors and outdoors especially and that plus being a fucking awesome starter he could’ve definitely accomplished more .. he was always very humble about getting smoked so ya definitely respect him and a fan for sure .. RV tho I mean dude was just awesome period ..

The pics of them in the thumbnail are max goofy lol.

RVs voice hasn’t changed a bit

One of these guys 4 peated in super cross take a guess which one did

Mike always was good at holeshots but could never hold first

I didn't catch that, were they rivals in their amatuer days?

Mike never Had a chance with that shock man like a bucking bronco

Mike seems like a gentleman. Very nice guy.

That George Bush comment had me cracking up

Anyone here after gypsy podcast with randy Lawrence?

What yal think Mike was listening to on the people ear buds

Like a college player that never made it in the pros!

Calling it the lites class remains the dumbest thing ever

Villopoto just psychologically ate Alessi!

Always bothered me how some riders look back every chance they get.

They both wanted it bad...it was inevitable lol

What’s so stupid is he called him a “ good kid” literally the same age

Well, they already raced for years in the amateurs

Mike needed more balls to fight

I remember all the announcers going on over how dominant Alessi had always been in the amateur ranks. Too bad that never transferred to any of the professional series. "Believe The Hype"... LOL.

alessi is so washed up. hard to belieb this guy was a 'contender'

Seems like Alessi had a better attitude about it all. On camera anyways.....

Mike spends too much time looking over his shoulder. Race forward!

Oh my god he was tiny

Mike is the biggest DB that came through the sport. That family has been garbage since riding with them back in the day in Santa Clarita.

People act like alessi had a bad career. Dude won a LOT of races and made A LOT of money

That KTMs suspension looks really odd and looks like it sits really high in the stroke. Looks bouncy and hard to ride

I can't place the commentators, Dave Despain? who else? I recognize the voices, just can't place them.

I never believed the hype!

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Alessi ran out of talent.

Lol mike is such a sloppy rider. He can't control the bike nor stay straight. Haha

They actually raced each other all the time in amateurs , and Alessi always won. It’s all in the Ryan villopoto documentary . So they already knew each other plenty well

Man Alessis bike looks like absolute junk, and I'm a KTM guy. Wonder if it would of been different if he was on a jap manufacturer at that time

villopoto is an angry little ginger. that pass was as dirty as it gets

i never like Ryan V.

5:45 If this was today's time the commentator could say that rv has mentally destroyed Alessis mind almost as bad as president Brandons

Ya if the way mike handled that entire situation didn’t make you a fan idk what could .. just mad respect for Rv .. he knows he was trying, throwing everything at it, getting the starts, still Rv was just on a different level.. idk how you could respect it .. even Rv who you could tell as a kid here really didn’t like mike he still after he wins the title probably said congrats on second in the championship, good race, what ever .. as a kid Rv knew mike has been super respectful and I’m sure he appreciated it .. ya they had amateur beef and it took time to let it go ..