Graeme Crosby

Quick Facts

Full Name	Graeme Crosby
Occupation	Motorcycle Racer
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1955(1955-07-04)
Age	69
Birthplace	New Zealand
Country	New Zealand
Horoscope	Cancer

Graeme Crosby Biography

Graeme Crosby is one of the most popular and richest Motorcycle Racer who was born on July 4, 1955 in New Zealand, New Zealand.

Crosby moved from his home in Renwick, New Zealand to Auckland in the late 1960s and began a motorcycle apprenticeship at a local Kawasaki dealership. He began racing on a Kawasaki H2 learning to race on New Zealand’s street circuits. By 1979, he was racing in the Australian Superbike championship for the Australian importer for Pops Yoshimura’s motorcycle racing parts company. He was then contracted to race for Yoshimura’s son in law, Mamoru Moriwaki another talented motorcycle engineer.

In the inaugural Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race in 1978, Crosby and co-rider Tony Hatton had an opportunity to win the race on a Moriwaki Kawasaki Kz1000 before running out of fuel relegated them to third place. The following year, Crosby qualified a Moriwaki Kawasaki on pole position at the 1979 Suzuka 8 Hours, ahead of all the major factory racing teams. Moriwaki provided Crosby with Kawasaki motorcycles to compete in the Formula TT world championship and the Isle of Man TT. He placed 4th in the Formula 1 Class at the 1979 Isle of Man TT and finished the season ranked third in the Formula 1 Class of the Formula TT world championship.

Graeme Crosby Net Worth

Graeme Crosby is one of the richest Motorcycle Racer from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Graeme Crosby 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Graeme Crosby (born 4 July 1955) is a former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand. A versatile rider, Crosby was equally capable on either four stroke Superbike racers or two stroke Grand Prix racers. He holds the distinction of being the only person to have won the Daytona 200, the Imola 200, the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, and the Isle of Man TT.

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While Yamaha had put all their efforts into developing their new V4 engine, they had stopped development work on Crosby’s square-four Yamaha allowing it to lose ground on the opposing teams from Suzuki and Honda. When Roberts was forced to withdraw from the championship due to injuries sustained at the British Grand Prix, his V4 Yamaha was given to Crosby for the San Marino Grand Prix however, after he suffered a high speed crash during practice he decided to race on his familiar square-four Yamaha, finishing in third place behind Freddie Spencer and Randy Mamola. Crosby attempted to ride the V4 Yamaha during practice for the season ending German Grand Prix but, he declared that the experience had taken years off his life. He reverted to his square-four Yamaha for the race but, crashed while trying too hard to keep up the pace on the under powered motorcycle. Despite competing with an older and slower motorcycle, Crosby was able to use his riding skill and determination to finish second overall in the championship behind Franco Uncini. Frustrated by the internal politics of his race team, Crosby quit the Grand Prix circuit after the 1982 season.

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Dmitri Ranked on the list of most popular Motorcycle Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Graeme Crosby celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.

Crosby believed that he was contracted with Suzuki to race their latest RG500 motorcycle in the 1982 500cc world championship however, whether he was misinformed or misunderstood the contract, it became apparent that Suzuki would only provide him with year old motorcycles. He had tentatively agreed with Honda to compete in the AMA Superbike Championship when, Giacomo Agostini offered him a contract to race for the Yamaha factory racing team with Graziano Rossi as his teammate.