Gobert

What a waste . . .
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23703499-3102,00.html

 

Must've been smoking some bad shit on the weekend.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Yeah . . .

What happened to his younger brother? Alex? He was doing well a few
years ago but I don't follow the scene much any more.

I recall interviewing Anthony when he was in Tasmania while I was
making a documentary about Australian Motorcycle Week in 2003.
Anyway, I'm interviewing Gobert in a pub after dragging him out of
another pub up the road and asked him "What do you think of Tasmania's
touring roads?". "Dunno mate, I don't have a road licence'.
WTF? But it seems he has never had a road licence. Weird.
That floored me and totally threw my line of questioning for the rest
of the interview.

My earliest recollection of him was on a Kawasaki I think, at
Donnington (or whichever UK racetrack has a corner called Melbourne)
where he was backing the bike into corners like it was a dirt bike. I
was sure he was going to bin it or **** his tyres but he just kept
doing it lap after lap.

So, yeah - it's a shame to see a talent go to waste like that. Doohan
was a party animal like Gobert in his early days, but Doohan made the
choice to focus. Pity Gobert didn't . . .

 

He had been riding AMA superbikes the past few years I think. He used
to log onto IRC occasionally but haven't seen him there for yonks.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

more like that expensive stuff that goes up your nose

 

Yeah - that's where I recall him from. Seemed a nice kid. That would
be nearly a decade ago though. My, doesn't time fly . . .

 

He's AMCN's chief tester and race gossip reporter now.

Aaron's racing Superstock in the AMA.

 

He writes for AMCN about the australian superbike scene.