The best Eddy Lejeune Interview ever Page 6
I first ride this bike at Rob Shepard’s when I am 17 or something
Do you know how much that bike cost to develop?
No it is impossible to say, perhaps 25,000 euro they say for the Japanese to make, but it impossible to make. I sell this bike for ………….euro. Now it is impossible to say. Me … I don’t like to have. I have good spare and without spares parts it is impossible to have a good bike and I don’t practise anymore and I don’t like to practise with the old bike and I don’t try it. For me it is finished now the trial.
You are here but I say yes or no, yes or no. I don’t care. Trial is a long time ago. 30 years ago and I say to my wife I say why do I do this but I don’t want to be non sociable. I say yes I make and we decide ok. Maybe this is the last I make………….
Do you know how much that bike cost to develop?
No it is impossible to say, perhaps 25,000 euro they say for the Japanese to make, but it impossible to make. I sell this bike for ………….euro. Now it is impossible to say. Me … I don’t like to have. I have good spare and without spares parts it is impossible to have a good bike and I don’t practise anymore and I don’t like to practise with the old bike and I don’t try it. For me it is finished now the trial.
You are here but I say yes or no, yes or no. I don’t care. Trial is a long time ago. 30 years ago and I say to my wife I say why do I do this but I don’t want to be non sociable. I say yes I make and we decide ok. Maybe this is the last I make………….
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When you had the Honda RTL 360 did Honda send you many parts to change the bike
The first year no, (he laugh) just the minimum but the year after when I received 3 bikes I get a lot of spare parts.
Would you work on the bike and fits the spare parts
No, my mechanic
Where would your mechanic work on the bike
At the mechanic house, Andre Simons all of the time. After one or 2 years it was Eric Edmondson from England
The first year no, (he laugh) just the minimum but the year after when I received 3 bikes I get a lot of spare parts.
Would you work on the bike and fits the spare parts
No, my mechanic
Where would your mechanic work on the bike
At the mechanic house, Andre Simons all of the time. After one or 2 years it was Eric Edmondson from England
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In 1980 you win at Bilstain on feb 24th . Do you remember this?
No, he laughs
Yes, I remember and everyone say he win because it is in Belgium
I make 4th in Belguim in 1979
In 1980 I come 16 in Ireland. The bike was too powerful and ride shit and after I make 10 in England
1980 was a good year for you. Why did you ride so badly in Ireland?
In Ireland the bike was to much powerful and it was slippy. The year after in Ireland I win
In 1980 you ride the Scottish Six days trial on the Sealey. Why didn’t you ride your main bike?
They decide, they want I drive. I prefer the 200 than the 250 Sealey. The frame is no good. All time wheelie, wheelie wheelie and in Scotland you climb all the time. All time like this and all time wheel high
Did you do lots of fitness training when you were at the top?
Yes I did but not a lot a lot a lot. 3 time a week I go to Prevonce there and I run a little 4 ,5 kilometer and the weights a little, not a lot a lot a lot
You were not a smoker ?
No, no some, no drink
His wife shouts “No drink?”. I look through to the kitchen at the bottles of wine she is referring to we have a chuckle.
No, he laughs
Yes, I remember and everyone say he win because it is in Belgium
I make 4th in Belguim in 1979
In 1980 I come 16 in Ireland. The bike was too powerful and ride shit and after I make 10 in England
1980 was a good year for you. Why did you ride so badly in Ireland?
In Ireland the bike was to much powerful and it was slippy. The year after in Ireland I win
In 1980 you ride the Scottish Six days trial on the Sealey. Why didn’t you ride your main bike?
They decide, they want I drive. I prefer the 200 than the 250 Sealey. The frame is no good. All time wheelie, wheelie wheelie and in Scotland you climb all the time. All time like this and all time wheel high
Did you do lots of fitness training when you were at the top?
Yes I did but not a lot a lot a lot. 3 time a week I go to Prevonce there and I run a little 4 ,5 kilometer and the weights a little, not a lot a lot a lot
You were not a smoker ?
No, no some, no drink
His wife shouts “No drink?”. I look through to the kitchen at the bottles of wine she is referring to we have a chuckle.
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No, before Eddy shouts
In 1982 this was a very good year for you when you win. It all goes great and you win win win. What happened that made the year so good for you or did it just go click and it happened
Eddy’s wife Dominique shouts from the kitchen “ because I am there now in 82 “ and laughs and explains that they married in 1982
In 1982 this was a very good year for you when you win. It all goes great and you win win win. What happened that made the year so good for you or did it just go click and it happened
Eddy’s wife Dominique shouts from the kitchen “ because I am there now in 82 “ and laughs and explains that they married in 1982
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