Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis Has Left the Paddock

[Johnny B]

from the NEAR List classifieds:

retirement sale... thats right the king is calling
it a career.. forsale 3 sv 650 full race ready 2
supersport and one superbke. see him for the last
weekend at nhis for prices and an autograph session.

Oreo Cookies is now accepting racer resumes for the 2008 season.

[OreoGaborio]

Oreo Cookies is now accepting racer resumes for the 2008 season.

I'M A SHOE IN!!!

Any idea why he's done? Something specific that came up or is it just time?

[joeswamp]

Suspect it was just time. Believe he was trying to sell two of his supersport bikes last winter, so he was already downsizing even then. (I bought the more beat up one -- you may have seen me at TTDs incompetently riding a heavily used SV with a number 6 peeling off the tail).

Rick's an incredibly nice guy to buy a bike from BTW. He's also a bit eccentric -- insists that an SV gets along just fine with the stock rear shock (although you must swap the dogbone), and that the key to improving the front suspension is to use engine oil in the forks instead of fork oil. I thought he was joking but he insisted he was serious.

Unfortunately his bike seems to be a lot slower when I'm riding it. Maybe I need to wear an Elvis costume...

[pasta-rocket]

Sad to see him go....i will miss the battles he had with Brett Guyer. How much Hp does that superbike really have???

[BMFR6]

curious about prices.

[13]

I will own one, preferrably a SS one.

[Doc]

Your getting an SV Chris?

[a13x]

Man, that's epic, Rick has been racing as long as I've been going up there (1996). I remember M.Stone telling me "dude you gotta see this guy Rick, he looks like some wise-guy from Long Island but he fucking honks out there!"

Here's to all the great races Rick, thanks for the show.

-alex434

ps: I loved gridding up with Rick during the 2007 Supermoto race at the Classic (I actually qualified ahead of him). I remember going 'hot damn up on the grid with the big dogs!'. Good fun!

[13]

Your getting an SV Chris?

I plead the 5th.

[SVRACER01]

sweet. that puts me up to 10th place next year maybe ill go talk shop with him.

[daviid]

whats he looking for price? what years are they? im looking for a 2nd gen

[Johnny B]

whats he looking for price? what years are they? im looking for a 2nd gen

Read his ad.........

[KB]

Damn who's going to give Guyer a run for the money??

I love watching the 2 of them battle it out. Good races.

KB

[nt650hawk]

Toad is getting quicker.

[BMFR6]

Toad is getting quicker.

yup. willing to bet he's not retiring now.

[PPS26]

its true its true rick d is doneeeee i publicly want to thank him for all hes done to help me this year with his bikes and knowlage i basically had a full backed ride this season and i had a blast doing it... if you thought these past weekends were fun to watch you aint seen nothin yet this last weekend will be crazyy and looking to do 13`s on his superbike!!!! dont forget the autograph session in garage 8 hahaha

[Doc]

What time will this Autograph session commence?

We should all bring him Oreo's!

[Johnny B]

We should all bring him Oreo's!

Great idea, Doc! note the Oreo cookie to the right of "Elvis" in the first picture.

[BMFR6]

its true its true rick d is doneeeee i publicly want to thank him for all hes done to help me this year with his bikes and knowlage i basically had a full backed ride this season and i had a blast doing it... if you thought these past weekends were fun to watch you aint seen nothin yet this last weekend will be crazyy and looking to do 13`s on his superbike!!!! dont forget the autograph session in garage 8 hahaha

13's??? i have the utmost respect for rick but......... 13's onan SV are effing crazy.