That's right, the bevel gears sheared as it crossed the line...but Phil Read's Honda had already blown up, so it didn't matter!

If you can remember a skinny lad with blond hair at 3X...that was me!

The bikes are faster, but more mechanically durable today...the two-strokes of the 1960s were actual killers. By the 70s they would no longer seize-up for no reason. Today's riders benefit from safer clothing and circuits, and a lot of both is actually down to Sheene and Roberts.

Could have been me...we borrowed it off Sports Motorcycles for an 'open day'. It may not actually have been Hailwood's bike though. That got crashed the week before at Donington. The bike, when it arrived, had the rider's name 'Roger Nicholls' on the fairing. Our local signwriter replaced it with Mi...

Yes, we've kidded ourselves that our hollow-out economy (out-sourced, no stock, no capital reserves, fragile supply chain and transient workforce based on zero-hours contracts) was robust and fit for purpose. Jaguar Land Rover for one was exposed as very vulnerable to JIT (just in time deliveries) f...

Great link!

We always had stuff like Le Mans and 900 Dukes to ride, when most dealers didn't even have demonstrators, or used to charge for test rides. You always got one or two wise guys who rode our bikes, then went off and bought from Motorcycle Shitty to save a couple of hundred quid. then we'd see them aga...

Yeah, you could see that RG500 tying itself in knots under the pressure, shaking from side to side as the back tried to pass the front...I'll swear it had a shorter wheelbase at the end of each race than it did at the start. Was it at Donington one year, when Doohan tried to outbrake him and ended u...

Has appointed administrators. Victim of the health crisis. Sad for me, as I started my first job post-school there in 1978 and it formed a first stepping stone on a career path that led me down quite a happy route. I've always been lucky to enjoy at least elements of whatever my work has been, and w...

I had to go into town yesterday to get some bits to repair the garage door.
A far higher bike to car ratio than normal, including a Harley, and a Ducati V4.

Richard, you could always set off the shops and once getting there and seeing how dodgy the anti -social distancing was turn back Just a thought Hope you are doing well BTW Feel great, thanks. Could do with a 'sport' mode switch on the pacemaker, mind. A cable on the garage door broke today...so I'...