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Title: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: ohiorider on June 05, 2020, 06:28:51 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_SLOiYLe9I

Bob
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: grebmrof on June 05, 2020, 08:34:53 PM: WOW, pre GoPro days, nice photography...and editing.
Thanks!
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: oldbike54 on June 05, 2020, 09:01:13 PM: Still the greatest gp road racer ever .

Dusty
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: SmithSwede on June 05, 2020, 09:20:18 PM: Mike was such a smooth and elegant rider
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on June 06, 2020, 05:49:28 AM: Quote from: oldbike54 on June 05, 2020, 09:01:13 PM
Still the greatest gp road racer ever .

Dusty

Yeah, baby.. :thumb:
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: bodine99 on June 06, 2020, 07:08:40 AM: Thanks for the video!!! Just now finished listening to the 78 TT Mike just won on his Ducati. His comeback to IOM after 11 years. Waiting to hear the post race interview. This week Manx Radio has Mountain Memories. The station has the list of times posted. Neat part too is all the motobike ads from back in the day!! For TT fans the ADV forum in the racing section has tons of stuff posted by Gone Troppo
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: bodine99 on June 06, 2020, 07:15:02 AM: Forgot to mention. Lots of stuff on IOM TT official website 6pm IOM time
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: Muzz on June 06, 2020, 09:39:39 PM: Quote from: oldbike54 on June 05, 2020, 09:01:13 PM
Still the greatest gp road racer ever .

Dusty

Too true Dusty.

Hailwood on the Honda 6. Poetry in motion. :thumb:
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: oldbike54 on June 06, 2020, 10:07:54 PM: The only motorbike racer ever be paid to NOT race for another factory . Mr Honda believed Mike was that good . Some say Surtees because he won titles in f1 and 500 gp motorcycles , some say Rossi , Marquez is likely going tow own all the records before he is thru, heck , I can make an argument that Joey D or Doohan were as good . Angel Nieto won all of those small bore titles , Roberts changed the sport as did Bazza , no argument from me as to how great all of those guys were/are .

BUT ...Mike is still the only racer to be paid not to race for a different factory .

Dusty
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: ohiorider on June 07, 2020, 06:43:05 PM: I didn't know that. I'd like to be so good at anything that my previous boss would pay me to not do what I do well. That's a great story, Dusty! Hailwood rules!

Bob
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: oldbike54 on June 07, 2020, 07:04:27 PM: Quote from: ohiorider on June 07, 2020, 06:43:05 PM
I didn't know that. I'd like to be so good at anything that my previous boss would pay me to not do what I do well. That's a great story, Dusty! Hailwood rules!

Bob

It was 50,000 lbs , about a million bucks now .

Dusty
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: ohiorider on June 07, 2020, 08:39:55 PM: Quote from: oldbike54 on June 07, 2020, 07:04:27 PM
It was 50,000 lbs , about a million bucks now .

Dusty
That's the kind of job I want!

Bob
Title: Re: NGC - Hailwood 56 years ago
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on June 08, 2020, 02:05:03 AM: The guys were tough back then, notice how they had to push start the bike from start or after a pit stop, no calling for the trailer for those guys lol