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Dark
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PostPosted: 16:08 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Famous bike racers.... Reply with quote
My missus is starting to collect signed posters of past and present motorcycle racers and has asked me for a list of all the riders i can remember. Help me out people!

I'll point out the ones i've not thought of so far
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PostPosted: 16:09 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why don't you list those you've thought of so far then we can add to it?
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PostPosted: 16:11 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
micheal rutter. got his autograph and did have a date but turned him down Embarassed Embarassed
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PostPosted: 16:17 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fruit'n'nut wrote:
Why don't you list those you've thought of so far then we can add to it?


My other half thought of these:-

abe
bayliss
borciani
brookes j
camier
capirossi
charpentier
checa
chili
clementi
corser
crutchlow
curtain
duhamel
dunlop
eastern
edwards
ellison d
ellison j
emmet
fabrizio
foret
gimbert
gobert
haga
harris
haslam l
haslam r
haydon j
hayden n
hill
hislop
hodgson
jones
kagayama
kiyo
laconi
lanzi
laverty e
laverty m
lavilla
linfoot
locatelli
macelnea
martin
mladin
muggeridge
nakano
nation
nedog
neukirchner
parkes
pedrosa
pitt
plater
pogialli
rainey
rea
reynolds
riba
roberts
rossi
rutter
sarron
schwantz
shakey
smart
smith
sofoglu
spray
stoner
thomas
toseland
tunstall
walker
wilson
wren
xaus

and i added these:-

Agostini
Alzamora
Aoki
Aoyama
Barros
Bayle
bautista
Beattie
biaggi
Bontempi
Borja
Bostrom
brown
Cadalora
Cardus
Carruthers
Casoli
Cecotto
chambon
chandler
clarke
coxhell
crafar
craghill
crosby
criville
davies
deradigues
doohan
Duke
dunlop
frost
fugiwara
gardener
garriga
gibernau
gobert
goddard
gramigni
gresini
guareschi
Hailwood
harada
harms
Herron
ianuzzi
itoh
Ivy
izutsu
jacque
jeffries
katoh
kellner
Kocinski
lavado
lawson
lucchi
mackenzie
mamola
mang
mason
mccoy
mcwilliams
medd
merkel
mertens
Nagai
nakatomi
NIETO
oettl
okada
parrish
perugini
phillis
pirovino
polen
pons
porto
read
redman
regianni
roche
romboni
ruggia
russell
rymer
richards
rolfo
saarinen
sakata
scalvini
slight
sheene
spencer
spies
stigfelt
stroud
surtees
sykes
tamada
teuchert
tokadomu
ueda
Ui
ukawa
uncini
van de goorberg
veneman
Vermeulen
vincent
waldmann
west
witham
yanagawa
zeelenberg
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PostPosted: 16:22 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
wow thats some list to start with at least! you got any already? like that are not on list.
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PostPosted: 16:34 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Depends how far back you want to trawl.

The only name from the distant past that springs to mind is Tazio Nuvolari.
From the fairly recent past there's John Surtees.

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Dark
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PostPosted: 16:49 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
dragonfly wrote:
wow thats some list to start with at least! you got any already? like that are not on list.


We've got 11 so far

James Tosleand
Kirk McCarthy
Aaron Slight
Colin Edwards
Valentino Rossi
Dean Thomas
Ben Wilson
John Reynolds
Shane Byrne
Tom Tunstall
Dean Ellison

So got a few to go Razz
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PostPosted: 16:51 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
map wrote:
Depends how far back you want to trawl.

The only name from the distant past that springs to mind is Tazio Nuvolari.
From the fairly recent past there's John Surtees.

HTH Thumbs Up


As back to the start of bike racing as far as i'm concerned although some of those signed posters will probably cost big money now!

Surtees on the above list already, but i thought Tazio Nuvolari was raced cars and not bikes Confused
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PostPosted: 16:54 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just thought of:-

Bradl
Manako
Tsujimura
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PostPosted: 16:55 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dark wrote:
...i thought Tazio Nuvolari was raced cars and not bikes Confused

Wikipedia wrote:
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 – August 11, 1953) was an Italian racing motorcycle and car driver, known as "The Flying Mantuan"...His career started with motorbikes and he had his first official race on June 20, 1920 in Cremona at the Circuito Internazionale Motoristico. He won his first race on March 20, 1921 in Verona....

So like John Surtees, bikes then cars.

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PostPosted: 17:02 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Carl Fogarty yet.

I suppose I'd better do it. Carl Fogarty.
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PostPosted: 17:09 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
map wrote:
Dark wrote:
...i thought Tazio Nuvolari was raced cars and not bikes Confused

Wikipedia wrote:
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 – August 11, 1953) was an Italian racing motorcycle and car driver, known as "The Flying Mantuan"...His career started with motorbikes and he had his first official race on June 20, 1920 in Cremona at the Circuito Internazionale Motoristico. He won his first race on March 20, 1921 in Verona....

So like John Surtees, bikes then cars.

HTH Thumbs Up


Well i never knew that Shocked
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PostPosted: 17:10 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dot_Comm wrote:
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Carl Fogarty yet.

I suppose I'd better do it. Carl Fogarty.


I can't believe we overlooked Foggy, cheers mate Thumbs Up

Thought of a few more:-

Giancarlo Fallapa - One of all time favourite WSBK riders, ended up in a coma though and was never the same or rode again

A few TT riders:-

Jim moodie
Ryan Farquhar
Ian Lougher
Iain Duffus
John NcGuiness
Adrian Archibald
Ian Simpson
Steve Spray
Trevor Nation
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PostPosted: 17:44 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got a signed pic of Corser on the Corona Suzuki when he first joined a few years ago, saw him at Ally Pally bike show. Thumbs Up

But your not having it! Wink Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:46 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Barry_MC21 wrote:
I've got a signed pic of Corser on the Corona Suzuki when he first joined a few years ago, saw him at Ally Pally bike show. Thumbs Up

But your not having it! Wink Laughing


Are you sure? i'll give you a round pound for it Wink
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PostPosted: 17:51 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's hanging from my garage wall and is gradually going to get more and more track day stickers on it.

(Only has two at the moment!). Embarassed
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PostPosted: 18:07 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
John Hopkins FTW Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 18:11 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
chris_biker wrote:
John Hopkins FTW Thumbs Up


Good call, another major oversight corrected, thanks Chris Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 18:29 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bill Swallow.
Bob Heath.
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PostPosted: 18:38 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
Bill Swallow.
Bob Heath.


Bill Swallow was a TT racer wasn't he? Not sure i regognise the name Bob Heath though Confused
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PostPosted: 18:39 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
A couple of GP riders from yester year:-
Jack Findley
Virginio Ferrari

Some MotoGP riders from the last two years in all classes that i recognise :-

Randy De Puniet
Jorge Lorenzo
Alex De Angelis
Hector Barbera
Sylvain Guintoli
Marco Simoncelli
Mika Kallio
Mattia Passini
Gabor Talmasci
Juian Simon
Thomas Luthi
Mike De Meglio
Fabrizio Lai
Hector Faubel
Toni Elias
Franco Battaini
Alex Hofmann
Andrea Ballerini
Alex Debon
Hugo Marchand
Steve Jenkner
Simone Corsi
Alex Baldolini
Dirk Heidolf
Mirko Giansanti
Andrea Dovizioso
Martin Cardenas
Taro Sekiguchi
Yuki Takahashi
Jacub Smrz
Joan Olive
Alexis Masbou
Federico Sandi
Sandro Cortese
Raymond Shouten
Nicolas Terrol
Vincent Braillard
Jordi Carchano
Andrea Iannone
Sergio Gadea
Raffaelle De Rosa
Aleix Esparago
Manuel Hernandez
Karel Abraham
Imre Toth
Angel Rodriguez
Lukes Pesek
Julian Miralles
John Hopkins
Jose Luis Cardoso
Michael Ransender
Arturo Tizon
Joey Litjens
Franz Aschenbrenner
Jules Cluzel
Alvaro Molina
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
My childhood heroes, Freddie Spencer & Wayne Gardner! Many a weekend was spent with the old man drooling over the NSR500!
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PostPosted: 21:30 - 01 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dark wrote:

Bill Swallow was a TT racer wasn't he? Not sure i regognise the name Bob Heath though Confused


Bob Heath, TT racer and purveyor of helmet visor accessories. 16 top 10 finishes in the IOM TT.

Regularly places highly/wins in the Manx GP senior classic, holds both lap and race records in the 500cc class.
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PostPosted: 10:49 - 02 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
Dark wrote:

Bill Swallow was a TT racer wasn't he? Not sure i regognise the name Bob Heath though Confused


Bob Heath, TT racer and purveyor of helmet visor accessories. 16 top 10 finishes in the IOM TT.

Regularly places highly/wins in the Manx GP senior classic, holds both lap and race records in the 500cc class.


Well you live and learn, thanks Stinkwheel Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 10:57 - 02 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
What about

Steve 'hizzy' Hislop
Niall Mackenzie
neil Hodgson

They are all i can think of out of the list given so far.
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