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General => In General... => Topic started by: stewart on November 24, 2008, 01:16:06 PM

Title: danny hammel vid
Post by: stewart on November 24, 2008, 01:16:06 PM

danny hammel  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD--2V8o_uE&eurl=http://www.motoutah.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=30&func=view&catid=2&id=24421&feature=player_embedded

Title: Re: danny hammel vid
Post by: stewart on November 24, 2008, 01:27:50 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlwBvrqP1Yg      the fastest   

Title: Re: danny hammel vid
Post by: BDI on November 24, 2008, 02:11:50 PM

Danny Hammel grew up in Boulder City NV about ten minutes from my house in Henderson NV. I have grown up riding the same trails as him. Its a shame he had to go.

Title: Re: danny hammel vid
Post by: GDubb on November 24, 2008, 07:55:57 PM

I heard he passed but still have not heard how. Can someone fill me in please? Thanks.


-G

Title: Re: danny hammel vid
Post by: stewart on November 24, 2008, 09:42:14 PM

los angeles times news paper said this,,June 1995: Motorcyclist Danny Hamel, 23 years old and already a five-time Baja champion, has covered about 10 miles of the Baja 500 when an off-duty policeman steers a vehicle onto the course, hits him head-on and kills him immediately.

Title: Re: danny hammel vid
Post by: dans89kx500 on November 25, 2008, 02:06:19 AM

Awesome clip!!! A true legend. Hammel and Ward were my favorites. Watching Hammel ride that k5 wide open put chills down my spine. That is what the bike was designed to do. I dont think Hammel ever asked for a "rider friendly power or lug in low gear," KX500....

Title: Re: danny hammel vid
Post by: bunk on November 25, 2008, 02:19:44 AM

Cool video!  My favorite part was at 1:49 when he was runnin tapped out past the camera man.  Sad that hes not around anymore.