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A sound dude an amazing rider (average speed of roughly 130 mph over more than 30 miles of open roads is worthy of anyones respect in my view). Also Jim Moody, one of mt heros, was seriously hurt after hitting the wreckage of jeffries bike, hope he gets better soon. Many heros are dying off and its really sucky. 
You can count me as one who did know. I saw it in a paper this morning when I was waiting to get my hair cut (or what remains) and I couldn't beleive what I was reading.
He certainly took the Isle of Man TT by the scruff of the neck last year (and as you mentioned set the fastest overal speed for a single lap). He had my respect not only for his talent, but for the fact that he wasn't your typical motorcycle racer's build - small, light and agile where not applicable to him, but by god could he ride a bike!
With the loss of Daijro Kato in the MotoGP class only a few weeks ago it hasn't been a good time for the racing fraternity.
Given that I am off tomorrow (with 7 others) on a 5-day bike trip to Wales, you can imagine that I haven't mentioned this piece of news to my already paranoid mum.
He certainly took the Isle of Man TT by the scruff of the neck last year (and as you mentioned set the fastest overal speed for a single lap). He had my respect not only for his talent, but for the fact that he wasn't your typical motorcycle racer's build - small, light and agile where not applicable to him, but by god could he ride a bike!
With the loss of Daijro Kato in the MotoGP class only a few weeks ago it hasn't been a good time for the racing fraternity.
Given that I am off tomorrow (with 7 others) on a 5-day bike trip to Wales, you can imagine that I haven't mentioned this piece of news to my already paranoid mum.
Posted: 16:43 May 30 2003