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Sometimes the body tells you when enough is enough!!!!!!!!!!Good luck for the future Neil

Thanks Neil

Neil was always a gentleman, possibly under-rated by a few, and a great ambassador for the sport. I enjoyed watching him in BSB, WSB and AMA (not so much in GP! ;-)).

I wish him all the best in whatever future direction he chooses and I am sure that we'll still see him as pundit on the TV.

Thanks for the entertainment and ciao for now.

Shame

A sad day, but a good decision. Have enjoyed watching and supporting Neil for many years. Hope to see him more as a TV pundit.

Real shame.

It is strange but when I was talking to him and wishing him all the best for this season during the Winter there was something in his manner which made me wonder what was wrong, I was thinking the missing electronics package (£150K) and two technicians because it wasnt quite the whole last year's winning bike without these.

Clearly it wasnt the elctronics, he was worried about his shoulder.

I wasnt one of the people who wrote him off as a rider, anyone who has the stats to prove they have done the job and provided the results is ok in my book.  That said he isnt the easiest rider to get on with unless you are in to motorcross in a big way, I have done a bit of Enduro so we were ok!

If he reads this I wish him all of the best for the future and hope that he makes a similar success in whatever else he does, the Isle of Man is a good place to work, I am there regularly and have worked there, so he should be ok.

what a shame

How unfortunate to have to retire this way however as everone says Neil has given us some great racing over the years and has a career to be proud of.
Funny you should mention meeting him on the tube wildchild69 cos we met him on the tube after the ally pally show the year he was crowned WSB champion and moving to GP and he was such a decent bloke to speak to.Hope all goes well for him in the future.