Ron Lechien is a sad story of what could have been with 44 total career podiums spread evenly among classes he raced in over the years of racing pro motocross nationals 17 on 250s class, 16 on 125s class, 11 in 500s class this is good number of podiums for a pro dirt bike racer & very respectable but Ron Lechien never reached his full potential & had all time greatest talent & riding ability on two wheels. 

Lechien best races where probably when he rode multiple times for Team USA or United States Of America Motocross Des Nations Team & won gold metal for USA motocross racing team of 3 riders on the world stage against all the best MX racers in the world racing head to head against MXGP racers & winning moto's at Motocross Des Nations racing MX. 

Motorcycle documentaries featuring Ron Lechien "Dogger" moto racing legend who rode for team Honda HRC or the Honda Factory Racing Team riding the factory works edition Honda CR125, CR250, CR500 dirt bikes he also rode for Pro Circuit Kawasaki Factory Racing Team riding the factory works edition Kawasaki KX125, KX250, & KX500 dirt bikes Ron rode for these two top racing teams for most of his career. Watch one of the greatest most talented riders who was very exciting to watch on a dirt bike.

De Coster: The Motocross des Nations was in France in 1988, and I remember something about that. Ron Lechien, who was with Kawasaki at the time, was part of the US team. It was Wardy on the 125, Ricky on the 250, and Lechien in the open class.

De Coster: We were staying in this little hotel in the eastern part of France. We were all a little bit worried about Ronnie. We all knew how much talent he had, but he had a wild past. Saturday night before the race, the entire team is to have dinner together. Everyone is there, everyone has started eating, but no Ronnie. So I go looking for Ronnie, and I find him in his hotel room. There are cases of beer everywhere. Beer on the floor. Beer on his night table. Beers here. Beers there. I’m not saying he drank them all, but there was beer everywhere. I said ‘Ronnie, we are all waiting for you! Get over to the restaurant! And what about all these beers?’ Ronnie said ‘Don’t worry, it’s just all my friends. “Don’t worry, I’ll be over there in a minute.’ So he comes over to the dinner, eats really quickly, and before anyone else, he’s gone again! Our hotel rooms were across the parking lot from the restaurant. Before I am even done with my dinner, I go looking for him. As I enter the parking lot, I see Ronnie starting to drive away with a couple of girls in his car. I stopped him before he took off, and said ‘Ronnie! What are you doing? I am going to kill you if you don’t ride great tomorrow!’ He says ‘Don’t worry R.D., I’ll be fine.’ The next morning I make sure to wake him up. He didn’t wake up too easy. We got him to the track. Once the gate dropped and the racing started, he rode so well, it was like he was riding by himself.”