Every time I see Carl Fogarty I can't help thinking he eats 4 steelo's with warm milk & a bit of vim for breakfast.
I honestly don't think there are many that made a switch from the top level of one to another and carried on with the success. At least there hasn't been anyone who won both SBK and Moto GP/GP500 championships. (To my limited knowledge) And I am talking in the last 20 years from Doohan, Spencer, even Mamola years till now
I've spent my money on bikes, booze and babes. The rest I've wasted....
When Rainey, Schwantz, Lawson Gardner etc arrived on the scene, there was no real world superbike series as such. Doohan yes. But he only really rode as a wild card a couple of times if my memory serves me correctly. But those guys certainly went from production based superbike racing to the very top of the gP world. But they're all freaks for sure. There's one common thread with nearly all top road racers though, well before superbikes. Dirt as a kid.
You certainly can tell who has a dirt racing back ground in the current crop of MotoGP. And it definately shows in their cornering techinques. Bikes sideways into corners and all that. Just general bike control. Unreal to watch. Especially when they slow the frames right down
I've spent my money on bikes, booze and babes. The rest I've wasted....
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