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Author Topic: RIP Nicky Hayden  (Read 2738 times)
Boorish Grobian
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« on: May 22, 2017, 08:25:11 pm »

Sadly the 2006 MotoGP champ has succumbed to his injuries after being struck by a car while bicycling with some friends near Rimini, Italy last week.  The Kentucky Kid was only thirty-five.
Godspeed Nicky.
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2017, 09:08:34 pm »

Just read this totally gutted. Great bloke, beat VR's run of championships. Bollox. A few Lemmy's to calm down.
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« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2017, 02:55:30 am »

John,
A truly awful outcome.
Competing in the environment in which he did, it seems almost perverse that he should be struck down, whilst riding a bicycle.
Rest In Peace, Nicky.
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« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2017, 06:22:50 pm »

Competing in the environment in which he did, it seems almost perverse that he should be struck down, whilst riding a bicycle.

Indeed. First, one of your side's (of the pond) over here (Bob) And now, one of our side's over there.

Very sad. Sad
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« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2017, 07:44:30 pm »

I have so many great memories of Nicky.  Probably my favorite was from back in 2007 when some buddies & I were camped at Mid-Ohio for the AMA Superbike weekend.  After the track activities for Saturday were wrapped up we took a stroll through the paddock and we heard that familiar thick Kentucky drawl.  Here's the reigning world champ standing there in a t-shirt & shorts, just shooting the bull with the guys.  His brothers Tommy, and Roger were both racing that weekend, and since it was a off weekend for MotoGP, Nicky flew in to hangout with his brothers (and the rest of his old AMA colleagues) for the weekend.
I was wearing (and still have) a ball cap that was produced by Arai helmets decorated in his 2006 helmet colors, and he, Tommy, and Roger all signed it for me.  It was a regular part of my race day strip when attending a motorbike race, sadly now its been retired.
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