nice to be here

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (vespix @ Jun 12 2006, 07:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>can I ask you something; what do you have against KR? He can't be that ignorant about who is Mexican and who isn't. OK, he still has this funny arrogance but c'mon, he's from Californai at the end of the day, he should know better. He began to compete in Europe in the 70's and he shares his residence between his house in Spain and his ranch in the US!

I don`t know why you think I`ve got anything against KR. I think Kenny Roberts Senior is one of the greatest racers in history and he`s one of my personal heros. I put that quote in my siggy because I thought it was hillarious and I think you`ll find that he did say that. He probably meant it as a joke. But I have nothing at all against Kenny Roberts

yeah vespix richo's right. twas a joke that's kr for ya! oh & welcome

ok, but my point is that KR is not stupid. And he is still doing a lot for the sport.
Thanks again for the welcome, this forum is really active

Stupid? When did I say he was stupid? You don`t beat Sheene, take home a swag of titles then come back and run a sucessful 500 GP team if youre stupid. I`ve got nothing but respect and admiration for KRSR

richo, no, sorry, you didn't actually say that Kenny Roberts is stupid. I thought that you implied that he is a geography-challenged guy when he's travelled around the world more times than many astronauts . Since I was intrigued about the 'quote', I googled it and the saerch returns zero results but hey, that's your siggy all right and we all respect Mr. Roberts, end of the story. Btw, some Mexicans do superbly well in some US car competitions. When will there be a Mexican champion in AMA SBK or anything?

No probs, I was just surprised that someone would think I lack any respect for the guy when he`s in my top 3 all time favourite riders list. And I got the quote out of a magazine, so it might not be anywhere on the net.

My Top 3 Ever Riders:

1. Rossi
2. Agostini
3. Doohan