A look back at Foggy`s career......
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A nice long look back at Foggy`s career with some great archive race footage. Used to love watching him race. Just what you need in a motorcycle racer...talent,determination,crazy eyes peeping out his visor & a total refusal to play 2nd fiddle to anyone.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xidrg_foggysuperb...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xif31_foggysuperb...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xidrg_foggysuperb...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xif31_foggysuperb...
Used to adore the guy, even done a presentation on Fogarty on a course I was on in 1999, then I made the mistake of reading his book (not the one by Julian Ryder) decided he had an arrogrance problem. However still respect him as a rider and he held the lap record for years on a OWO1, awesome.
Could he have done it on a 500 full time?
I know he got a 4th at Donny after running out of fuel.
Could he have done it on a 500 full time?
I know he got a 4th at Donny after running out of fuel.
The guys a legend! I remember the WSB at Donington and crawling uder the fence at the Old Hairpin to get pictures on his celebration lap. Ripped my coat and shirt but didn't care - got the picture signed by him last year and he recognised the circuit/bike/year straight away.
Loved the way at the TT this year he pushed the travelling marshall all the way round on the parade lap. If he overtook him they'd have red-flagged the lap, so he just pushed him until after the Govenors and then nailed it. Top class!!
Loved the way at the TT this year he pushed the travelling marshall all the way round on the parade lap. If he overtook him they'd have red-flagged the lap, so he just pushed him until after the Govenors and then nailed it. Top class!!
Loved the way at the TT this year he pushed the travelling marshall all the way round on the parade lap. If he overtook him they'd have red-flagged the lap, so he just pushed him until after the Govenors and then nailed it. Top class!!
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Mate I never see or heard about that! Would have loved to have been there the year of Foggy and Hizzy!
996 sps said:
Loved the way at the TT this year he pushed the travelling marshall all the way round on the parade lap. If he overtook him they'd have red-flagged the lap, so he just pushed him until after the Govenors and then nailed it. Top class!![quote]
Mate I never see or heard about that! Would have loved to have been there the year of Foggy and Hizzy!
i bet the TM was impressed ...Mate I never see or heard about that! Would have loved to have been there the year of Foggy and Hizzy!
...sounds like he's turing into an even bigger pr-ck as he gets older
dont get me wrong i idolised him as a racer
slim_boy_fat said:
Funny how many people form opinions about others they have niether know nor met.
Makes me laugh.
All i know is that he was clearly one of the best racers ever to come out of the UK.
True but everyone has opinions to what someone appears to be like, all I know is what i've read and had him say, slagging off Hodgson, Walker and any other talent we had at the time. I admire his riding his aggressive style and he awesome at the TT, which takes balls of steel.Makes me laugh.
All i know is that he was clearly one of the best racers ever to come out of the UK.
End of the day Jamie Whitam is a top bloke and best mates with Fogarty so he may be sound as a pound outside of interviews.
I used to get up to watch telly early hours for Philip Island and Sugo races just to watch Foggy so was always a fan!
Daftlad said:
y2blade said:
foggys race career was awsome..he turned into a arrogant prick when he became a team boss though
He did that long before he became a team boss...Edited by y2blade on Tuesday 31st July 09:55
PS, apologies to author, I am a fan [sort of]
macdeb said:
Daftlad said:
y2blade said:
foggys race career was awsome..he turned into a arrogant prick when he became a team boss though
He did that long before he became a team boss...Edited by y2blade on Tuesday 31st July 09:55
PS, apologies to author, I am a fan [sort of]
we met him at the bike show one year and he was a miserable tw@t,didnt have any time at all for his fans ,but then that was during the FP1 embarrisment of his so maybe i should have felt sorry for him
Dave80s said:
do you reckon Foggy could have been Moto GP champ?
Blokes in work love Rossi and hate Foggy.
It's a big shame that Foggy never switched series or teams to finally show how good he is, not just the Duc he was sat on. Of course, he showed how damned good he is long before he sat on a Duc, but he should have made that final switch to flick the V's at his doubters.Blokes in work love Rossi and hate Foggy.
A superb rider.
A flawed team boss.
A shit awful TV pundit...
"So Carl, a great victory for Hodegson there..."
CF "Yeah it reminds me of the time when I won here back in blah blah ..."
"Er... indeed, and Walker a magnificent ride for 2nd"
CF "He must be gutted, much like the time when I was riding blah blah blah"
Remember when he emptied his RV's sceptic tank by mistake? hehehehe
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