Graeme Crosby's retirement

Why did Graeme Crosby retire, and what did it have to do with Randy
Mamola? I found this posting from 1996 and don't know the story.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec....79fc?lnk=gst&q=crosby&rnum=2#e53e2e5cbcd579fc

 

Dunno - thought it was through injury & age

X-posting to aus.motorcycles as knobdoodle is a good chance of knowing this

 

points to:

Dr. Reid, you're up. What's the dirt?


Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.

 

I dunno nuffink but the scuttlebut was that Randy wanted him gone.
Pretty bizarre that the No2-in-the-world Grand Prix finisher would suddenly
retire at the very peak of his career but that's what happened with Croz in
1982.
He entertained us with some legendary Castrol 6-Hour rides (and a few good
Bathurst drives) and even a Suzuka 8-hour win or two but he never went back
to the GPs.

 

Dude must have hands like a gorilla. 3x2 for normal folks.

 

Hi, Sturd. Thought that might have been one of my posts...

As I remember it, Randy supposedly wanted to be top dog in the
camp and refused to sign unless Cros was given the boot (or not taken
on?). Speculation is that this happened and Cros said "fuggit" and walked
away completely. After all this time, I can't prove it, nor even quote a
source, though it's a fair bet it was articles in the now-defunct "Revs"
Australian fortnightly. Google is proving unhelpful. Bummers might
remember more.

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Tee hee; what's that big fluoro "W" on your cape?

 

Oh yes; and this post reeeaaaalllly identifies you as a non-wanker then
doesn't it!

 

How do you disagree with a question?

 

Shows you how eagre I am to help youse wanker-types!

 

Me too!

 

but it worked, I notice.

Bruce

 

Do you remember that US magazine, Cycle World I think, that used
to have a moto-related picture inside the back cover each month, with a
humorous caption? One time it was a picture of a steep hill with a guy
(on foot IIRC) talking to a bloke on a motocross bike, "I bet my kid
brother can beat you to the top of the hill!" Meanwhile, on the other
side of the bike kid brother is sat on his minibike, turning the
motocrosser's petrol tap...

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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

Well you're comprehension must as good as your reading then Bruce.
Nothing changed except another wanker identified himself.

 

According to Mat Oxley, it goes back to Crosby and a couple of other
Kiwi racers dunking a much younger Randy's head into a pub toilet after
he got a bit too big for his boots the night before a race in New Zealand.

 

~
No THAT's a story I have to remember!

 

Turning a poster's .sigs into discussion is lame.

Nev..

 

I think that bait's getting a bit smelly, now Clem.
It only seems to be attracting rubbish.

Moike

 

Taking harsh eon to a new level....

 

I didn't even UNDERSTAND the last attempted-one Moike!