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It was said they were always skint. Brad Lackey said he would have won the world title sooner if he was on a Maico He was over in Scotland last summer as somehow a club managed to persuade Scotlands largest land owner to let them run a meeting on his front garden at his castle He has got a large garden! Brad was doing a Q and A session in the beer tent and I wish I had asked him about saying that about Maico years a go Never thought about it at the time Brad said that night that he wanted $1million to defend his title in 1983 Suzuki offered $750 000 and he turned it down and retired So with the money involved you can see why Maico could never afford one of the very top riders"
