At 60, Kevin Schwantz Finally Reveals The 5 Riders He Admired The Most

At 60, Kevin Schwantz Finally Reveals The 5 Riders He Admired The Most Kevin Schwantz raced against the greatest generation motorcycle racing has ever seen — and at sixty, he's finally named the five riders he admires most. It starts with Wayne Rainey, the man he hated for six brutal seasons before calling him the hardest-working rider he'd ever witnessed. Then Kenny Roberts, the blueprint Schwantz spent his career trying to outbuild. Randy Mamola, the veteran whose name in Schwantz's mirror at the 1987 Transatlantic Match Races proved his speed was real. Christian Sarron, the Frenchman who kept racing after doctors warned the next concussion could kill him. And finally Pedro Acosta, the teenage double world champion who reminds Schwantz what pure, unshakeable self-belief looks like on a motorcycle. Five riders. Fifty years of 500cc history. One champion who retired in tears at Mugello and never stopped studying the sport that shaped him.