Who Retired Best?

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I think Ricky is the easy answer. Went out on top, fan favorite, beat all his rivals, farewell tour, then all the one off stuff like X Games.

But Villopoto's exit was awesome too, I think we all wish it didn't end with a coccyx. I hope more riders do the same in the future, crossing the pond in either direction.

James and Chad come to mind as fizziling out. Bummer to see such great careers just kind of fade off into oblivion.

What cha'll think, and how do you think Dungey will bow out?
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Dungey will go out like Ricky, on top of the sport IMO. He's got nothing left to prove at this point, and it would make sense to bow out on top without risking life and limb for another year, even though he would have another good shot at at least one championship next year.
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Dungeys gonna sail off into the sunset with his women and millions a and be thankful he never has to do another interview with Ralph again

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AHRMA361 5/2/2017 5:31pm
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jj welks wrote:
Dungeys gonna sail off into the sunset with his women and millions a and be thankful he never has to do another interview with Ralph again
Wait. What? When did Dungey become a Mormon!?
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JW381 5/2/2017 5:33pm
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DeCoster and JMB were before my time, fill me in. I know Bayle got into road racing.
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RC for sure, Dungey will have many options in or out of the sport.
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IWreckALot 5/2/2017 5:39pm
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I gotta say windhams transfer tour was pretty memorable.
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I would love to see RD pull a Villopoto and go race the GP's for a year, I think his consistent nature would be an even bigger asset there with how long the series is.

But RC for sure the best, I would say JS is looking to be the worst.
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JW381 wrote:
DeCoster and JMB were before my time, fill me in. I know Bayle got into road racing.
DeCoster went 1-1 in his last race. I think he finished like 5th in points in the 500 World Championships that year . On a side note Broc Glover won the last SX he ever competed in and also the last moto of his career in the 250 GPs on a KTM . It was a less than stellar year for him overall though.
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TeamGreen 5/2/2017 6:16pm
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Roger retired as a rider (Winning!) and went on to help build Amazing race programs at Honda, Suzuki and KTM.
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Windham with his transfer tour in sx is my no.1

It had to be seen in person to be truely appreciated
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JW381 5/2/2017 6:28pm
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I thought guys like Henry and Dowdy and Carsten doing one race a year was cool, the gnarliest race, at that.
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K Dub was a cool way to do it, Especially that TGO video where he retired with his last race, Then showed up the next weekend

Then he transfers for the fans
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J Law for sure. Who pulls off during a moto and takes a lap around the night track ?? LOL
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DeCoster, 1980 on a Honda I believe,
Won both motos.
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Spagina767 5/2/2017 6:54pm
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RC retired while leading points, mid season. Almost like a "I'm not even training 100% and I still have you all covered, but I've won so much I just don't care". You can't possibly beat the way he went out.
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ga_pike 5/2/2017 6:56pm
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Jeff Ward didn't do too bad... retired from MX and became a successful driver in other motorsports.
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Stoneface 5/2/2017 7:06pm
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DeCoster's last race was an almost unbelievable way to go out. 1,1! That wasn't exactly a low stakes race either. Didn't Malherbe and Lackey take it to the last moto to decide the championship that year?



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mb60 wrote:
J Law for sure. Who pulls off during a moto and takes a lap around the night track ?? LOL
Lmao such a legend.
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JW381 wrote:
DeCoster and JMB were before my time, fill me in. I know Bayle got into road racing.
Bayle won everything he rode in 1991 (250SX, 250MX, 500MX). As I recall he tried to walk away as he had done what he set out to do in the US. However, Honda wasn't having it and made him ride '92 anyway. Although he rode fairly well by most people's standards he was just going through the motions. If I recall correctly he couldn't leave fast enough after the last national. Had some success in road racing but had a bad get-off and messed up his head.

I know at some point a bone of contention was that Honda also refused to help him transition to road racing including denying him a CBR to practice on.

MXA (I think) did a good article on him. One thing that bugged him was apparently when he came to the US part time in 1989, Honda refused to help him out with any parts, etc. Then he came over in 1990 on team Honda and saw the wasted parts and the sheer number of good parts they threw away (that he could've used the year before) and it left a bad taste in his mouth.

I never cared much for him, but there was no denying that he was one of the smoothest, most talented people ever to throw a leg over a motorcycle.
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kevin204 5/2/2017 7:42pm
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JW381 wrote:
I think Ricky is the easy answer. Went out on top, fan favorite, beat all his rivals, farewell tour, then all the one off stuff like...
I think Ricky is the easy answer. Went out on top, fan favorite, beat all his rivals, farewell tour, then all the one off stuff like X Games.

But Villopoto's exit was awesome too, I think we all wish it didn't end with a coccyx. I hope more riders do the same in the future, crossing the pond in either direction.

James and Chad come to mind as fizziling out. Bummer to see such great careers just kind of fade off into oblivion.

What cha'll think, and how do you think Dungey will bow out?
RC and RV for sure went out the best, but when did Chad retire? I didn't get that memo. Even IF he retired after this year, he got a podium and a few top 5s... I don't really classify that as fading into oblivion.

Even Stew hasn't OFFICIALLY retired yet, so I feel like we should give him a bit of a pass for now.
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Spagina767 wrote:
RC retired while leading points, mid season. Almost like a "I'm not even training 100% and I still have you all covered, but I've won so...
RC retired while leading points, mid season. Almost like a "I'm not even training 100% and I still have you all covered, but I've won so much I just don't care". You can't possibly beat the way he went out.
I'm going with this
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gerg 5/2/2017 7:46pm
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James Stewart IMO.

I'd love to just not show up for work without any reason.
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mb60 wrote:
J Law for sure. Who pulls off during a moto and takes a lap around the night track ?? LOL
Woohoo
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kzizok 5/2/2017 8:11pm
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I guess it depends on the criteria but Im gonna go with RC.

I agree, it would be cool for guys, like Dungey, to run the GP's. However, I wouldn't consider that a "retirement" thing to do. I think, to do it right, it would be a considerable amount of more work than racing in the US.

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