Very true meet him two times I was a kid racing YZ 80 ,he Speaks his mind and true blue & one hell of a rider

I totally agree.

I was there too fantastic time I just remember all of it

Love his honesty.

And they both had the coolest looking riding gear ever , particularly Marty , and Tommy.

Doug hung a wheelie across the Sydney Harbour bridge, for an 'Australasian Dirt Bike ' magazine articlle, back in the '80's on a Kwaka KLX 650. The guy was a legend. 🇦🇺👍

I remember reading about him in 'Motocross Action' magazine in the 80's.

@@mort8143 I think he also road a KDX 2 stroke over there too. I think it's on YT.

Hannah was the man !!!

100 % agreed 👊🤟 !!!!!

Last thing we need is someone who supports a Republican or Democrat as President. 'Course the Republican or Democrat doesn't understand the problem.

Secretary of Defense.

@@bikersoncall Why?

@@johntomasik1555 His; ''I don't fk around'' attitude.

Working on it. Should drop by Monday.

This interview is from five years ago, find it elsewhere on KZfaq.

Ditto from Canberra, Australia. I read great stories about him, but had to wait for videos before I could appreciate his wild style. Always my #1 rider. 🇦🇺👍

Hannah would be a great VP next to Trump.

Exactly, the interviewer was muffled the whole show. Us 70 year old still loyal Hannah fans can't hear that well anymore. Go Trump- Hannah.

You lucky, lucky bastards!! 🇦🇺👍

I can't believe anything the pummy says now. He blew it at the beginning. There are more too. All he had to do was YT search,-------like the rest of us have.

My interview with Bob was recorded two years before the Whiskey Throttle show with Hannah. Kudos to Pingree for getting Bob to sit down again and talk.

Thanks. Stand by for episode two of Hannah and a bunch of other interviews come ng soon.

Craig you need my coffee table book, Motocross the golden era on that coffee table of yours.

Thanks Edwin. It's all about the subject. Hannah doesn't need anything flashy to make him interesting.

Thanks for the kind words. We're doing it old school. No flask and dazzle, just straight up interesting content.

Totally agree. The tracks today have become so unremarkable. I don't miss the dust, but I miss everything else about the great old tracks.

I'm thinking somewhere between 15 and 20 years

This video was recorded in 2019, right before Covid, while I was researching for my book.

Love him or hate him, Hannah always tells it like it is.

Subed 😎

You're ill informed on what the current riders get paid. Who's coasting around in 19th and getting paid a million dollars? LoL what?

@@chrisbuehler6868 Every rider who makes the main in SX or MX. It gets paid through sponsors. Way more then what you can phantom.

You must be listening to it on second rate equipment.😅

@@motocrossthegoldenera I assure you it is not my equipment when I can hear Hannah perfectly, yet the interviewer sound like he is in another room.

Mark, this was never intended to be a a broadcast video. It was only intended as a reference for writing the book. That's why I was not miked up. All we were recording was Hannah. However, now three years later, many people have asked to see the full interview. So here it is, with the only audio we have. I think most people are happy with it.

Ok that makes more sense then.

Ohh, I may be realizing this is a old interview.

Actually, it was the government force of a dictatorship called the EPA that forced the 4-stroke engines on the industry, and kill the "dirty 2-stroke", (The 2-stroke is still alive because it is actually hard for communism to kill free enterprise in a mixed economy, as free enterprise is our lives.). The FIM is the boss of the AMA (learned that during the 2001 SX promoter scandal, between Clear Channel, Jam Sports, and the AMA, that opened the door for the FIM to get more involved in USA racing). The only thing 'better" about the 4-stroke is the fact that they hook up to the ground better, so they can use more power, (Try to ride a 70hp CR500 and stay in control. A 70hp 450 4-stroke makes it easier.). So the FIM, kissing the butt of the EPA as the factories had to, (again, force is used), eventually filled up the starting gates with 4-stroke (took 8 years since Doug Henry, 1997, to do so actually). Now---that the bikes are faster, pull a gear much longer,---the tracks got faster. Here comes the multiple injuries, and even deaths on the tracks, (which was very rare when the sport was 10 times bigger than today.). Guess who we can't sue for all this cost and dysfunction that is killing the sport for the masses? The dictatorship called the EPA. This is a prime example of a government taking over or directing (by force every time), our free enterprise. This is how communism works in the USA today.

You are absolutely right. 4-strokw technology has gone crazy and few people can safely ride a 450. It will be interesting to see what happens when 80hp electric bikes hit the mainstream.

"never half ass it." Like your punctuation and sentence structure so people can understand what you are saying. Dude, I almost failed HS English in a public rural school around 1979,-----------------------------------and I am correcting people today??????!!!!!!!!! You guys need to sue your schools. No offense to you personally, but seriously. We need to know what we are saying to each other.

Hah. I didn't even see it.

Airspeed, the original recording was never intended to air to the public. It was recorded as reference material for my book. So many people asked to see and hear the interviews that I finally decided to air them. Sorry for the audio disaster on my side.

@@MotocrossTheGoldenEraBook got it - thanks for the explanation....i apprecaite it.