Monday Conversation: Michael Byrne December 25, 2006Since 2001, Michael Byrne — straight out of Rockhampton,
Queensland, Australia — has been a mainstay on the AMA
Supercross circuit.
His first real big break came at Anaheim (where he
raced to a highly- impressive fourth on a Honda CR250).
Byrne used that momentum (also racing to fourth place
finishes on the 250 at Anaheim and San Diego in 2003)
to ultimately score a full-on factory ride with Kawasaki in 2004.
And in the ensuing years, he served the green team well.
An injury-induced trip the Asterisk Medical Center at
Las Vegas not withstanding, Byrne placed in the top 10
in every supercross main in 2006.
However, when the time came to negotiate a new deal for
2007 and beyond, it all went sideways for Byrne (we’ll
let him tell you about that). Nonetheless, Byrne landed
on his boots, signing on to ride a 450F for Suzuki’s
official satellite outfit in ‘07: the Rockstar Energy/WBR team.
Just before Christmas, Racer X tracked down Byrne’s cell
phone number and rang him up in Georgia, where he was
hard at work getting for Anaheim 1. (Note: This interview
was conducted last week.) click on ozzy go to the interview
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