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Would have been 60 today.

I'll remember him as super fast on his day and very approachable,down to earth fella.

Skub wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:08 pm Would have been 60 today.

I'll remember him as super fast on his day and very approachable,down to earth fella.

When I was in the pits at 1990 TT he was in the next bay so got a real good look at him

Without a doubt one of the greats IMO- a very fast, if perhaps sometimes fragile character

-I love this pic, one from his slightly earlier days



-And in @Yorick style, how many of the others in the pic can you name, and what's the circuit and corner? (clue- is a circuit that many on here have ridden, albeit I don't think that you can spectate quite that close on that corner these days )

My wild guess is Thruxton?

I remember watching Hizzy in the 1989 F1 TT when he set the first ever 120mph + lap. He was dragging the exhaust can of his super-trick RVF750 all the way round Cronk ny Mona. He was on a mission that day.

tricol wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:54 pm My wild guess is Thruxton?

Not Thruxton- am guessing that not too many of us have ridden there, whereas loads of us have at this one, - it's also a good way north of Thruxton ( although in fairness, what UK circuit isn't.... )

Ah, knockers then

I've raced at Thruxton!

I've raced at lots of places, I don't think it's Cadwell or Donington.

I've never been to Silverstone, so it must be there!

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:29 pm I've raced at Thruxton!

I've raced at lots of places, I don't think it's Cadwell or Donington.

I've never been to Silverstone, so it must be there!

Me too

And nope, not Silverstone, and I think you may be surprised when you learn where it is , I was, but have it confirmed on top authority ( Stuart Higgs), as you will have been around this corner lots and lots (and lots) of times I suspect, albeit nowhere near as many times as @Couchy has or of course, Yozza...

I done lots and lots and lots of Cadwell laps, there is that banking around the Chris Curve/Gooseneck area, but it just doesn't look right and I can't remember that tower and I've been going since the mid 90's.

Coppice, Donington ?

Same corner on my fzr400, kerbs and rumble strip look the same. My photo was 1998 so a few years later

Couchy wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:04 pm Coppice, Donington ?

I thought that too, but surely that tower thing woudn't be good for aircraft, unless it's from a time before the airport?

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:06 pm

Couchy wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:04 pm Coppice, Donington ?

I thought that too, but surely that tower thing woudn't be good for aircraft, unless it's from a time before the airport?

I'm assuming it's from the power station you can see that's not too far away, but i always thought it was further away than that tower looks.

Couchy wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:04 pm Coppice, Donington ?

Same corner on my fzr400, kerbs and rumble strip look the same. My photo was 1998 so a few years later

Yay, Winner!

P.S. you need to stop mincing around and get that bike leaned over more

Tricky wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:12 am

Couchy wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:04 pm Coppice, Donington ?

Same corner on my fzr400, kerbs and rumble strip look the same. My photo was 1998 so a few years later

Yay, Winner!

P.S. you need to stop mincing around and get that bike leaned over more

That was when he could ride.... i've seen him being trounced by 13 year olds now. "How the fuck does he go round corners that fast" was his comment.

weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:19 am

That was when he could ride.... i've seen him being trounced by 13 year olds now. "How the fuck does he go round corners that fast" was his comment.

Aye it's a slippery slope downhill at his age, and he's well and truly on it now he's joined the GS clique

I had an FZR400RR just like that... I say just like that, but mine was an official 4DX UK model and Couchy's in the pic is a 3TJ JDM. You can tell me the mirrors

Mine didn't have a gay coloured screen either

weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:31 am

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:06 pm

Couchy wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:04 pm Coppice, Donington ?

I thought that too, but surely that tower thing woudn't be good for aircraft, unless it's from a time before the airport?

I'm assuming it's from the power station you can see that's not too far away, but i always thought it was further away than that tower looks.

It's not the power station that's too far away, it's from one of the industrial estates

weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:19 am

Tricky wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:12 am

Couchy wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:04 pm Coppice, Donington ?

Same corner on my fzr400, kerbs and rumble strip look the same. My photo was 1998 so a few years later

Yay, Winner!

P.S. you need to stop mincing around and get that bike leaned over more

That was when he could ride.... i've seen him being trounced by 13 year olds now. "How the fuck does he go round corners that fast" was his comment.

That was my first trackday ever in the novice group

Couchy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:47 pm

weeksy wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:19 am

Tricky wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:12 am

Yay, Winner!

P.S. you need to stop mincing around and get that bike leaned over more

That was when he could ride.... i've seen him being trounced by 13 year olds now. "How the fuck does he go round corners that fast" was his comment.

That was my first trackday ever in the novice group

LOL you love pretending you're shit on days don't you