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    There IS hope!

    All of these guys are older than me!

    Sete Gibernau, 36
    Steve Rapp, 36
    Carlos Checa, 36
    Larry Pegram, 36
    Mat Mladin, 37
    Troy Corser, 37
    Jamie Hacking 38
    Max Biaggi, 38
    Troy Bayliss, 40
    Miguel DuHamel, 39
    Carl Fogarty, 44
    Aaron Slight, 43
    Frankie Chili, 45
    Kevin Schwantz, 45
    Bubba Shobert, 47
    Freddie Spencer, 47
    Jon Cornwell, 48
    Rich Oliver, 48
    Niall Mackenzie, 48
    Jamie James, 48
    Robbie Peterson, 48
    Wayne Rainey, 48
    Doug Polen, 49
    Scott Gray, 49
    Randy Mamola, 49

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    Re: There IS hope!

    midlife crisis?
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    Re: There IS hope!

    Yeah, but many dont have much mobility anymore, ie broken EVERYTHING.
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    Re: There IS hope!

    And I bet they all have FABULOUS hair!
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    Re: There IS hope!

    Quote Originally Posted by rforsythe View Post
    And I bet they all have FABULOUS hair!
    "Its all about the motorbikes, always has been and always will be.". ~~ Ewan McGregor 2007

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    Re: There IS hope!

    But is that how old they were, when they were in their prime?

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    Re: There IS hope!

    I thought this was going to be a trackday announcement. BAH
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    Quote Originally Posted by sprtbkbabe View Post
    Yeah, but many dont have much mobility anymore, ie broken EVERYTHING.
    It's better to burn out than to fade away!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    It's better to burn out than to fade away!
    Whoa! Rybo isnt SO old we gotta start using Neil Young quotes now!?!? (Kurt Cobain used that too...and ya see where he is now...eek)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zach929rr View Post
    I thought this was going to be a trackday announcement. BAH

    ^^^

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    Re: There IS hope!

    I did not know Pedrosa was only 23 and Simoncelli 22. Thought Pedrosa would be older and Simoncelli younger
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    Quote Originally Posted by kawasakirob View Post
    I did not know Pedrosa was only 23 and Simoncelli 22. Thought Pedrosa would be older and Simoncelli younger

    very true...as these young bucks make me feel very unaccomplished in my life

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    Re: There IS hope!

    Quote Originally Posted by sprtbkbabe View Post
    Whoa! Rybo isnt SO old we gotta start using Neil Young quotes now!?!? (Kurt Cobain used that too...and ya see where he is now...eek)
    Haha, so did the Kurgan in Highlander. That is where I first heard it, not the old timer Neal Young. And you see where the Kurgan is as well (if you know the movie).
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    Re: There IS hope!

    Quote Originally Posted by sprtbkbabe View Post
    Whoa! Rybo isnt SO old we gotta start using Neil Young quotes now!?!? (Kurt Cobain used that too...and ya see where he is now...eek)


    RYBO was probabaly concieved to a Neil Young song! (or Neil Diamond)


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    Re: There IS hope!

    Mick Doohan 44

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    Re: There IS hope!

    Quote Originally Posted by DorJammer View Post
    RYBO was probabaly concieved to a Neil Young song! (or Neil Diamond)
    Undoubtedly Neil Young

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    Re: There IS hope!

    Well to point out the obvious

    Duhamel has been 39 for what 10 years or so?

    And there is no way Schwantz is 44

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    Re: There IS hope!

    Quote Originally Posted by jplracing View Post
    Well to point out the obvious

    Duhamel has been 39 for what 10 years or so?

    And there is no way Schwantz is 44
    Schwantz was born June 19th 1964

    Miggy was born may 26th 1968
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