Who Wore It Best???

After “The Champ”, Ryan Dungey, was featured in ESPN’s “The Body” issue, Moser decided to take a look at where Dungey might of inherited his “style” in those new photos gracing the interweb.

By: Moser

Photos: Thee Blazier

With all the current hype about Dungey being featured in the “ESPN Body Issue”, I felt it was a fitting time to take a look back at nudity in moto. For starters, nudity in general gets blown way out of proportion in our culture. Love the skin you’re in, promoting a positive body image to kids and all that. Europe may not do deodorant or ice right, butt they take nudity at face value, and realize it’s just a fact of life. I consulted an expert in the history of moto nudity to ensure I wasn’t missing any naked moto icons; one Tony Blazier.

This is the short list of nudity in moto we came up with.

1. Steve McQueen

2. Marty Smith

3. Ricky Johnson

4. Tarah Gieger

5. Travis and Lyn’Z Pastrana

6. Ryan Dungey

Maybe the most influential picture in the history of moto. It doesn’t hurt that “The Great Escape” was a mainstream movie, and Steve McQueen was a badass. Sure Steve isn’t naked in this picture, butt in 1963, not wearing a shirt wood be the equivalent of wearing a thong today.

I had not seen this ad before, butt if you have of the California Boy Smith, with his long curly golden hair and surfer body, it only makes sense to come up with an ad slogan to justify removing his shirt.

A timeless Fox ad…maybe their best ever. If you haven’t listened to the podcasts Matthes has done with Pete Fox, stop reading this and go listen to them right now! Lots of great stories on a long list of their designs and ad campaigns, including the idea and concepts behind this “Thinking Man” ad.

It takes balls to ride naked, especially knowing it’s going to be featured in an ESPN magazine, or as Gieger proved, it doesn’t take balls. Tip of my hat to Geiger for being brave enough to take advantage of this opportunity not only for herself, butt also moto in general.

What kind of girl marries Travis Pastrana? One willing to ride double, naked with her husband covered in mud. They seem like a match made in heaven!

Outside of the Godfather part II, it’s damn near impossible to beat the original. This was a well-done remake; butt couldn’t top the Bad Boys version. I did like the fact that out of all the Fox riders, Dungey was willing to do it. Seemed very out of character for him, and that maybe he’s not as straight laced as he comes across in the media.

We can’t be for certain where they got the inspiration for Dungey’s naked riding photo shoot, butt it looks eerily similar to a picture of myself at a group ride day from 3yrs ago. ESPN, if you need to get in touch with me for a future body issue, use the contact form at the bottom of this column. Now, how do I convince my wife to ride naked with me, or better yet Shorty???

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