Originally Posted by Six jours
A lot of folks -- myself included -- think "Fastest Indian" is the best motorcycle movie ever made. If the Obree film is anywhere near that good it'll be amazing.
So what happened to Obree anyway? I read his book and know that he tried to kill himself a couple of times. Have things improved for him since?
Graeme is still riding his bike
, and racing occasionally.
He rode the British national track champs in 2005 and did a very respectable 4:41 for a 4km pursuit.
Last year he just missed out on winning the Scottish 10 mile time trial champs (11 seconds behind the winner who, a few weeks later, won the British 25 mile champs). Over the winter he did a demonstration pursuit against the GB junior team pursuit team in front of 3,000 spectators!! (The juniors caught him with 1 lap of the 4km to go). So Graeme is still very fast
but he's not taking things as seriously as he once did.
As for his mental state, well I really wouldn't want to speculate on such a private matter but he's seemed very cheerful on the couple of occasions that I've spoken to him (very briefly) in the last couple of years. I'm sure that anyone who's met Graeme, or read his superb book, will wish him well.