One on One - Eddie Lawson & Ben Spies - Part One

[saloei]

Eddie Lawson will always be an Amaerican 500cc World Champion. He won world champion on Yamaha and Honda grounds, Until Rainey and Schwantz came into the track!

[bademployee]

Yamaha made the perfect teaming for this interview.....Spies IS the new Lawson......watch and see

[Dazzler59]

Gratz Ben on the Assen win laid some great darkies too!

[GiulianoGullini]

Nice interview and good to see a great champ back like Eddie... :-)

Greetings from Italy

[sbkarmen]

I guess Lorenzo and Rossi's (over) colorful character compensates for these 2 guys! LOL

[tmgpracer72]

Eddie was my hero growing up. When I was a teenager, I would have given anything to get a red/white FZR400.

[giritablet]

An energetic face of EDDIE was able to be seen and it was good.

[racer500gp]

Eddie is my all time hero !!! Thanks for posting this. What memories.

[dougearlybronco]

Eddie is a class act and an all American hero. His success is almost unbelievable. To see him with Ben, another softspoken gunslinger, is a great thing.

[dunff85]

rossi would never let yamaha do this to him. would he? haha

[tobyeo]

lol, "back then, 2004" that's like still brand new bikes.

[BringBack500s]

Eddie 'The Gunslinger' Lawson.

Folks call Rossi the GOAT, but...'if' he was up against Eddie during the hayday of 500 racing?

Dream front row would be Eddie, Doohan, Rossi, Rainey and Schwantz...and I'd lay down good money on Eddie taking the flag!

Giant, legend, thanks for all the good times, and I know you'll disagree with me here Eddie, but DO bring back 500s!

[andyhyde4545]

I'd back Lawson to win that race.

[cryogeneric]

btw... thats an AWESOME clip of Spies sliding the rear wheel of the R1 at Laguna 03:44

[cryogeneric]

Cool vid... look forward to seeing part 2.

[richardmutt]

myriad is used incorrectly yamahamotorUSA. correct usage would be: ... and racing deity Eddie Lawson sit down together and discuss myriad motorcycle topics - including their ultra-competitive...

[tripleheshy]

Never knew about Eddie being the first on upside down's.....Glad I'm old enough to remember those races because watching Lawson race was a thing of beauty.

[tcrew08]

Wheres part 2???? PLEASE????

[1needacoolid]

I have to agree, pretty corny Yamaha commercial, but it was cool to hear a bit from these 2 champions.

I hope Ben will win some races, and I'm confident he'll see some podiums, but I can't agree with DD. I don't think he'll see another championship in his first year in MotoGP, but I do hope I'm wrong though!

[DDfromMN]

Yamaha has done some really cool PR in recent years, but this has to be the most contrived and corny one I have seen. I 'm suprised that Steady Eddy agreed to participate in this.

[caferacerx]

Part Two, please. Soon...

[MillertimeTV]

Can't wait to see Ben and Colin together this year!!!

[DDfromMN]

@MillertimeTV

I agree, but I think that Ben will relegate Colin to one position farther back in the finishing order on a regular basis.

I believe that Ben will win this year.

As much as I am pulling for him, I think Colin most likely will never win a MotoGP.

(I hope I'm wrong)

[apricotsnms516]

vino wtf

[tobyeo]

Yamaha put a teleporter on the latest bike so it just teleports you to the finish line, makes the race a lot easier.

[urudufusmisrael]

Thank You Yamaha this almost brings tears of joy to my eyes.

A Star established with another Star on the making.

So proud to me a 2009 R1 owner and be part of the Yamaha Family.

Cheers

Daniel

[strontiumdog262]

Vino, lol. Probably still draggin a knee giving the Peace "V" like on the FZR400