A depressingly predictable coterie of dullards tweeting how happy they are that MM93 isn’t riding for foreseeable future. Some advice: if you can’t enjoy one of the best riders ever to sit on a motorcycle, maybe you’re watching the wrong sport
Julian Ryder
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Julian Ryder
@MotoGPJules
Ex journo now dealing in motorcycle memorabilia. Find my bike stuff and old toys on Instagram - julesrydermotogp
Cheshire, UK
Joined April 2010
- RIP NIcky Hayden; Champion of the USA, Champion of the World, and the finest example of a sportsman it's ever been my fortune to meet
- Thanks to everyone on the BT Sport crew but especially to my great friend @KeithHuewen for throwing to me for the last lap of the MotoGP race.
- This is ace! @calcrutchlow is running this livery to celebrate 60th anniversary of Yamaha’s first GP entry. More celebrations planned, but I really hope this scheme gets raced
- Thisis probably too soon, but I wrote about my memories of Nicky. On Soup superbikeplanet.com/ryder-notes-im…
- Incredible news. @WayneRainey60 will be riding his 1992 500 Yamaha at Goodwood in June. The factory have restored and modified the bike and Wayne will be at the Festival of Speed in June
- My god. What a pictureThe late F1 commentator Murray Walker, right, in 1945, as a 21-year-old tank commander, in the 4th Armoured Brigade. He had just crossed the Rhine, when who should be bump into, but his dear old dad, left, who was covering the advance for the British newspapers.
- I’ve given up being polite to the sort of person who thinks Laurence Fox, Hartley-Brewer or Farage are anything other than idiots
- So, so delighted for Tech3 and especially Herve Poncheral. And great last-lap commentary from @NeilHodgson100
- Marc’s just taken his Shoei off after his first run. Haven’t seen him smile like that for a year or two
- Thoroughly enjoyed my World Superbike comeback over the past couple of months. A privilege to commentate on Johnathan Rea’s sixth title; a pleasure to see the emergence of young guns like Gerloff, Rinaldi, Locatelli and Buis
- Honda have released some data on Marc Marquez’s Valencia save at Turn 1. He braked 30m later than usual, lost the front at over 95mph, slid the front for over 50m, and reached a max lean angle of 64 degrees. I think the first number is the scariest
- In a surprise last-minute substitiution I shall be coming off the bench to commentate on World Superbike tomorrow and Sunday with @GregHainesTV Looking forward to a bit of Rea v Redding
- Sad news, anyone who’s ever had anything to do with Frankie wishes him strength. A really nice man and a proper racer of the Italian old schoolFrankie Chili: "Ho il Parkinson, ma sono un pilota e lotterò": Il popolare 'Frankie' ha confessa di essere vittima della malattia degenerativa, ma non si è dato per vinto: "il corpo umano è come una moto, se non funziona qualcosa vibra", ha scherzato gpone.com/it/2020/09/17/…
