Rick Johnson uncut!
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- čas přidán 28. 09. 2018
- Outspoken seven-times AMA Supercross and Motocross champ Rick Johnson talks about the 2018 Motocross of Nations with Travis Pastrana, the Vets Motocross des Nations in the UK, his favourite bikes he used to race, his old rivals and tells a great story about GP supremo Guiseppe Luongo in this exclusive interview.
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No name is more American than "Rick Johnson" lol. You gotta love this dude. A straight up badass and a cool guy.
What about Ronald raygun
@ Is it harder to find a good job?
Is it as easy to buy things in the store?
Are you better off then you were four years ago?
Ronald Reagen
The absolute best, and then there was Jeff Ward and dogger… God I miss the generation I miss the times I miss the riders, I love everyone of them! God bless them
Rick was the reason I bought my first CR back in 86. My bedroom walls were plastered with all his "Motorcross Action" shots. Super awesome inspiration and what a great guy all these years later. Hope to meet him someday.
Such an awesome time for motorcycles and the sport! I don't think I could have fit any more posters or pix from motorcycle magazines on my walls either growing up haha!
@@yoboo6167 agreed 👍
Amen brother. I had a1989 CR500, Red Alpine Stars boots, Red JT pants and chest protector.
RICK JOHNSON WILL ALWAYS BE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MOTOCROSS RACER!
Motoworld clips were all we had back in the day!! I loved how he rode!
This guy is such a badass!! My favorite rider growing up.
Me too . Too hip !!! Bad boy
mine too dude was fun to watch and still is not taking you know what
Rick was one of the greats of that era and the competition was fierce !
Him and that Honda were a marriage in heaven, timeless.
He took a stock Yamaha yz250 and won the supercross race on it.He could have won on anything.
concur
Brutally honest! This guy was and always will be such a badass. Sucks that the sport he loved so much left him bitter at the end. This guy was my hero back in the day.
I met RJ 2 weeks ago at the 50th anniversary of Unadilla... until then i had only ever seen him in magazines, on tv and posters on my wall... Ricky was AWESOME! He was WAY approachable!! He made my son and i feel just as cool as he is! He gave us all the time we wanted .. he’s a legend for many reasons! He is also correct in saying the current riders are boring.. (not you Stank Dog or Ryan Dowd lol) we caught glimpses of the top guys but they had no interest in meeting fans.. meanwhile we were meeting and greeting others like Rick, the real guys that made mx what it is. Henry, Dowd, Keller, Glover, DeCoster, Emig etc... it was a weekend i won’t soon forget.. thanks again to all the founding fathers of our sport that came out
0:29 seeing you on that Honda its like NO time has passed. You're still a badass and you know it RJ!! You were my idol in the 80's when I was racing CR 80's!
A great interview with Rick Johnson. We need to see more like it!
I remember being ten years old and so proud and excited because the honda dealer gave me a Rick Johnson HONDA HRC poster.
They had this thing at the dealership, if your the first kid to sign the poster on the window, it's yours. I scored the Rick Johnson, David Bailey, and Johnny O'mara posters. Man I wish I still had them today.
I love it. Thanks you did it & BIG THX to RJ!!!!
He mentioned “ it’s crazy to see these old bikes in such good shape “ at 45 myself I just chuckled and said “what about the guys riding them” personally I’m gassed after 4 laps but still get out there.
I am absolutely stunned and amazed that motorcycle parts companies don’t see the immense value of Rick Johnson. He is a man with immense experience that can offer a company a unique story, one that transcends generations. To be associated with his story is money well spent. Fools they are !
Rj is a legend.
I freaking love Ricky Johnson...
Hannah was the original bad-boy, but RJ was definitely in there..
It seems I’ve been clickbaited. With the words “Johnson uncut” I was expecting something else entirely
Rick Johnson
In the BAJA 500 in 2006 you were driving a truck , I jumped in front of you waiving a lawn chair , you swerved off the rutted road , that was filled with deep silt , and missed the down motorcycle rider that was hidden in the dust .
Thank you for your quick reactions !
We saved that rider together . KJ
You have been and always be my favorite Rider🏁🏋️🏁😎👍🏽👍🏽🏆
Best Ever. Sad career cut short. Lucky I got to speak to him in 89.
Ricky Johnson. I sat across from you at the Washington Supercross afterwards with Dean Matson and Ricky Ryan. I was a 11 year old kid back then, it was at the Blue Oyster. I was a little kid, sponsored by Yamaha and Pj1 oil and racing against Jeremy McCgrath at th the time in the mini's. I ate oysters with the MAN, Roger Decoster as a kid. Saw Roger a few years ago here in SF as I am 46 now and shared some times. Was a privilege to sit right across from you as a little kid back then.
A person that I used to race against back in the days was Jeremy Albrecht who becalm the tech for James Stewart. Saw him pushing the bike at the SF Stadium and blurted out to him. Nice too see my old school motocross buddies are still win the game. Still have a couple of people involvelved with FOX Racing as well
Rick #1
thanks from Italy
Ricky Johnson is still the best! GOAT! He is the reason I got into the sport. He is the a true class act! I love his honesty. "Tomac is a boring, rice cake eating Robot!" 🤣
Ricky Johnson was my idol in the 80’s
I’ve got to make some of these vintage events. My hero’s and bikes from my riding days, couldn’t get better. 👍🇺🇸
Rick was my first motocross hero. No wonder ha was such a great champ, still has his head screwed on straight after all these years!
My first time seeing RJ at a outdoor national was amazing. Great memories. Thanks RJ
1985 rj on his white yz red bud national i have video i taped at the race and at the 1986 pontiac sx i jumped out of the stands onto the deck while rj was walking the track i got his autograph yeah that was me
Yeah Ricky Johnson is at the top of my list I’m a huge fan always love this guy
How the hell are the brands now ignoring this mans legacy and contribution to the sport.
Theres only one brand now and it involves 3 green puke marks ..
Johnson is my all time favorite motorcross rider; past, present and future! As a kid, I had all the motorcross magazines and loved all the battles, Glover, Ward, Bailey, Hannah, etc…Good times!! I’m 51yo, btw..
Great interview! Good luck with Team Puerto Rico
Gave him his watch back, too cool.
Class guy, nice to see him involved with MX again.
this guy is a legend, he's the reason i got into honda's, much love and respect from england.
Always a good interview when RJ is telling the story!
As an Aussie I remember watching this guys video tape , profile of a champion ! I watched that so many times I chewed it up 😤. RJ was and is awesome .
Excellent interview with an American LEGEND BadBoy RJ Maddog Flash
this is my childhood hero. thanks rick
Awesome.
I met him in an airport in Indianapolis and he gave me great advice on mx. I was on crutches at the time from broken femur from jumping natural terrain jumps. He said quit doing that and stay on the tracks lol. Great guy
Had an entry for this fantastic event ..alas broken ankle forced retirement from said event ..made it in to the entry list though ! met RJ along with junkyard Dowd and most of the US team .
Gutted I couldn't race ,may be next year
Rice cakes!! No shit man!! Love this guy and his straight forward honesty.
i was in Villars sous ecot in 1988, Ricky!! you blew my 10 years old mind that day
Great and best rider met him and got his autograph at southwick mass true legend! God bless Rick Johnson!
That was really cool, and being just under Ricky Johnson's age, maybe 5 years under, I have to say it is VERY refreshing and inspirational to see that he has a clear air of humility now. To hear him say "I've put myself out there for a couple years now to the Big Four Motocross teams and all I get is "Eh"". you would never have heard those humble words come out of his mouth even 5 or 10 years ago I don't believe. Really great because I feel that means all of us have the chance to redeem ourselves and become real people so that we can Inspire real people 😁
What a great guy
Last race ever at Carlsbad Johnson was a maniac talkin 75 mph + on the Carlsbad freeway downhill
I remember the first time I raced him like it was yesterday. I had just turned pro and it was a CMC race at Carlsbad and I hated Carlsbad. I just never felt it and too be honest a top 10 was a good day for me. I knew this was Ricky's home track and knew he was fast on it. He lapped me mid way through and it was like I was pushing my bike around. He was nice and he always walked around Carlsbad like he owned the place. He did.
Rick Johnson, Bad Boy Club...lol
...most dominant champion of the 1980s...😎👍
Love RJ! The magic man of motocross!
Bad boy Ricky Johnson!! Legend 😎👍
Apart from being the greatest. Rider ever, Rick is one decent bloke.
RJ's holeshot of the USGP is(IMO) the greatest photo ever taken.
Childhood hero he was my Superman he's a real badass and still is could listen to him tell stories over and over a real American icon
went to go see my very first Supercross New Jersey Giants stadium around 1987. RJ was leading given the audience a two handed finger pistol over the triple. can't even describe how high and amazing that looked to me. I remember seeing Wardy breaking his ankle in the heat race after coming up short I think.
my idol since I was a child motivated me
Thanks Rick i grew up on Motocross , did you ever race Zoar Vally in Springville New York ? ok thanks for the Vid !
My favorite rider of all time. Dude was so good he would lap second place some times
I remember he is The Champion, He's legend.
I believe you just as much value now Rick off the track as when you we're on the track you entertained us all and we all learn new things when you where on the track but there's a whole nother chapter that you can teach us off of it stay in the Motocross world please !
Theres a race on his white YZ250 where he did a no foot scrub over a finish line jump.
The race is here on YT from some SX 1985??
Rick magic man johnson
The bad boy of supercross/ motocross
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
80s/90s bad boy..white boots ward.the machine brits at that time loved the supercrossers.still do 👌
So true all interviews "it was great but i wanna thank (insert sponsors)" no emotion after any races it feels
Only this: Legend, from Italy
I had a massive poster of Rick Johnson in my bedroom as a kid and teen ,I used to do motocross in the UK and wanted to be Rick Johnson ,I fell short ,don't know why ,even my son is called Ryan James I call him RJ all the time
Best wishes Mr Johnson.
7:07. . . Travis Pastrana. . . Now there is one racer that nobody (past or present) that can beat in terms of sheer metal parts screwed into his skeleton!! ;-)
Rick is an awesome guy
Legend
The Legend The Goat 🐐
It's not current riders don't have personality. They just are not allowed to show it. You see it in 250 guys but when they move up their mouthes start to close. Anderson keeps it real. Love RJ!!!! Can't believe industry peeps had no interest in him. They all seem to think MX fans are all under 30.
Agree 100% when you are getting paid 6 figures by a company to represent them you sure as hell aren't going to do or say something stupid or off script and risk the endorsement.
Excellent point. I loved the Cooper Webb - Tyler Bowers rivalry when they were in the 250s. You'd never see that in the Premiere class. And guess what? I happened to catch an old 250s interview with Ryan Dungey. The guy really did have a personality back then. Quite the shocker, right?
Showtime ❤️
Loved RJ in moto! Funny, he was nicer to me as a kid than the guy I grew up knowing that was friends with my family in a small town in Michigan.
The race where he comes back to catch Guy Cooper epic!
Everyday Joe 1987 LA Coliseum if memory serves me right! Fell at the first corner but come back to win it, awesome!
@@kartman2267 I was at that race, Fell on the first turn, last to get up and get racing, passed Guy Cooper with 100 yards to go for the win.
Ricky opened his empire to me in 2008 and gave me a second chance ,I'll never let history forget the size of Ricky heart, deadwood out....
Anybody who knows Motocross in San Diego.
Raceway 117.
Rick Johnson was as is still my idol.
I seen him as a teen ride the 125 expert class and blow everybody away,His mechanic would be warming up his 250 Yz on the line..Ricky would jump off his 125 onto the 250 and he'd blow away the 250 expert class.
His mechanic again would be warming up his 500 Yz in the line ready too go..Same thing he'd blow them away..
Ricky Johnson wednesday night at 117.
Superman!!
My hero growing up
Watch story is great.
The term "Bad Boy" was started about him I think?
I believe you are right.
Too Hip, although his protesting of the staggered start in Anaheim put him on the map as a rebel..
I still have a mud stain from rj at millville on my igloo cooler. Travis will fight anyone anytime on any track. Awesome.
I'll pay you 1000 dollars for that mud stain.
He was chasing down jeff ward on a rainy day. Standing on the pegs he wheeled through some standing water and showered me with mud.
Still got a true zest. For life . . genuine Merican icon.
The man's a gent ! King of the roost :) long stroke BRAAP..
RJ is synonymous with motocross. Honda needs him as an ambassador..Hope the two can heal old wounds.
Forever Fan of RJ. 👍👍
Team Puerto Rico eould of had a chance with Villipoto.At least really fun to watch
I still have a picture of his holeshot from 86.
I snatched RJ's Oakley goggles at the last Carlsbad 500 Gran Prix which he won 1st place an still have them
8:32 this is very true in modern motocross.
That has to be the least annoying interview I've ever seen with Rick. He grew up! It was always fun to watch him race though.
Oakley and fox would not be household names if not for this man.
PERSONALITY!!!
Johnson uncut? The european version?
Great hearing from " the bad boy".
Can I get this to puit on my youtubr channel?
Bad boy
Doesn't it seem like rick could show up at your campsite grab a beer and sit down and be family in 1 minute
Started following MX about '85, RJ was my first favorite rider. Today I appreciate other riders' skill and talent since (like Bayle, Bailey, or Carmichael), but Johnson in his prime would have given anyone a run for their money.
Some reason Rick looks just like McGrath with clean shave. Lol two of the best looking like twins
Stud!
I like RJ, but I thought it would show him riding.