Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 May you ride eternally Nicky.... Assen 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayarearider Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Salute, Nicky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted May 22, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 Unfortunately this time the statement is true. So sad as he was still very young. Godspeed Nicky, R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 Terrible day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVFR Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Sure is huh... Had the chance to met him once at Laguna , nice kid to have taken the time to say Hi and all. Wow, hard to believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdouvill Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I would have never thought report of his death would make me so sad. Really sounded like a nice guy... RIP.Envoyé de mon SM-A510F en utilisant Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 Ironic: he survives participating in a Very dangerous high-speed sport for quite some time then is killed as a result of a bicycle crash. Moral of the story: Live every day to it's fullest; it may be your last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer sirimiri Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 What sad news, he didn't survive the accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RC36Rider Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 Genuinely sad tonight...   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer luvtoleanit Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 Very sad. Hurts when you've met them many times. Always talked to him and his brothers at the races. Very down to Earth, all 3, and Earl. Feels like when Marco passed. I had just spoken to him several months earlier. Thoughts and prayers are with Earl's family, and Nick's fiancé. She has to be absolutely destroyed. Too young, much too young. He was our last Jedi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted May 22, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 I think Duccmann may have mentioned this before but when we were at the WSBK race and he was signing autographs, there was a cut off time as he was scheduled elsewhere that afternoon. There was still quite a long line when he had to leave and instead of just leaving, he walked down the line and was signing autographs as he was leaving. I was also able to meet him and speak with him briefly at the D-Store grand opening just before he went to WSBK. A lot of people at the event were involved in the industry but there were also many guest who weren't and most were surprised on how friendly and approachable he was. I feel sad that we lost him but even more so for his fiancé and family. This was taken at the D-Store event. You're going to be missed Nicky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer sfdownhill Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 Nicky was a man with class. It was obvious that he always worked his butt off. He never played games or gossiped about other riders, people, or teams. It is unfathomable the level of natural talent required to win an AMA 600 supersport title alone, then Nicky goes up from there. Way up. An AMA superbike championship in 2002 when the class was roaring with mutliple factory entries, Mladin and other greats. Motogp 2006. Nuf said. But the talent and work ethic alone wouldn't have resulted in those accomplishments - he had that something more that we are all chiming in about here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer PairOfAces Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 R.I.P. 69, You are missed by all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer LangoPTC Posted May 22, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2017 Goodbye World Champion. May you rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFR4Lee Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Why does it have to be one of the best quality guys out there? RIP Nicky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 2FAST4U Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 God bless you, brother. You will GREATLY be missed. MotoGP World Champion Nicky "The Kentucky Kid" Hayden. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Marsman99 Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 Still can't believe it. Such a loss to the racing community and humankind. First met the Kentucky Kid at Willow Springs when he was, well, a kid. Sixteen if I recall. Well mannered, polite young man...and fast. Remained so as an adult. His family, fiancé and teammates must be devastated. Reminds us how fleeting life is, enjoy it while you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer auggius Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 RIP Kentucky Kid. I haven't followed racing for a while but always checked to see how Nicky was doing. Saddened to hear about his accident and now his passing. My condolences to his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Grum Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 A terrible loss. Such a Great Champion, so young. R.I.P. Nicky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 I used to rattle some cages with my "Nicky Who?" comments here; rest assured I knew what he had achieved and that he was a good person.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 2thdr Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 God bless you, brother. You will GREATLY be missed. MotoGP World Champion Nicky "The Kentucky Kid" Hayden. RIP. What is the source of this photo? Would like to download a high resolution images for my desktop.Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 18 minutes ago, 2thdr said: What is the source of this photo? Would like to download a high resolution images for my desktop. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk I found it on his tweeter page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer BusyLittleShop Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer wrestler Posted May 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2017 Wonderful Young Man. May he rest with the saints in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosarge22 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Ken Hill shared this. Going to miss Nicky, a truly great guy. What I posted on social media today....The first time I officially met Nick Hayden was at a Freddie Spencer Riding school at the end of 2006. NH had just won the World Championship, next years Moto GP bikes were going to 800cc and NH was there to ride with Freddie, working on his next steps for the new era of displacement. Nicky walked in the instructor dressing room that first morning, and after some small talk said, ‘Hey guys, this is what I’m working on, let me know what I can do better….” So for the next few days, we rode with NH, watched Freddie work with him and had full access to his thought process of his riding. Those few days (and a few more like that later) were instrumental in building the methodology and the language I use today. Sitting on the inside of the track at LVMS with Nick Ienatsch, we watched Nicky ride, lap after lap, later talking with him and decoding his thoughts, simply a priceless experience. Nicky’s thought process to his riding was simple, which became the cornerstone for how I teach today. There was no complication, just a very clear and concise way of hauling ass. His dedication to training, to be better at his craft, was simply unparalleled as witnessed by him running low on gas, coming in, filling up to go ride again and never getting off the bike. He just wanted to be better. Losing Nicky is more than losing a good dude. Losing Nicky is losing a piece of what we all wanted to be. His dream and our dream, that a Kentucky kid, brought up in a great family environment through hard work, sacrifice and dedication, could be a MotoGP World Champion. Losing Nicky seems surreal. It can’t be. He was so much hope and inspiration for SO MANY people, larger than life, yet somehow completely reachable, as witnessed by many of the riders I work with that rode and trained with him. Losing Nicky hurts on so many levels, but I will do as Nicky would do – share what you do with others, never stop working at being better and to keep riding. Godspeed NH. Ken Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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