Giacomo Agostini

  • The day I didn’t say hello to Mike Hailwood: a Daytona opportunity missed

    The day I didn’t say hello to Mike Hailwood: a Daytona opportunity missed

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    You know those moments when you later think “Why didn’t I do that?” Philip Ridley recounts one of those incidents in his life. I lived in Toronto, Canada, for ten years throughout the 1970s. I was then and still am interested in motorcycle road racing, as is my brother, Ralph. Ralph went to live in…

  • Bazza’s first!

    Bazza’s first!

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    Words: Bertie SimmondsPic: Mortons Archive Some Fifty years ago Barry Sheene took his first 500cc Grand Prix race win. It was just months after his near-death crash at Daytona and his victory set the scene for his two world championships in 1976 and 1977. Suzuki’s iconic RG500 would eventually win 49 races, four riders’ titles…


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