Hello, here some pics of Volker Rauch on Mike.
Enjoy :yawn:

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Thanks, the second-last picture, with MIke flat on the tank, is just stunning!

It is a ripper, Barry. I suspect it is from Montjuich Park, 1967, but am happy to be corrected...

And before anyone enquires, that's Ian Richards going off the line with Mike at the amazing TT of 1978.

THE GREAT MAN
I had the great pleasure of workng with him. A funny and great man

Great pics and a classic.

Hello John, could you tell us more about that ?
Here the two other pics which do not appear on the first message.

Two greats - taken at Mondello

I had the pleasure of talking to him the pits at Watkins Glen in 1972. I congratulated him on winning the F2 title. He was genuinely stunned that I even knew about it or even cared. He was very humble to the point of being almost embarassed like a shy schoolboy. I got the impression he a was very down to earth kind of guy.

I was very impressed.

I never saw him race a motorcycle, but I have some records of the Isle of Man which set my imagination loose.

A previously posted pic of SMBH by Eddie Whitham, taken at Oulton Park in 1959/60. Mike's mechanic Jim Adams is sitting on the bike, while the far rider, with the white helmet, is Bob Anderson.

As we all know, Mike raced on both 2 and 4 wheels. I don´t think I´m alone in saying he was first a bike racer, and then a racer of cars. I don´t mean that in the sense that he raced bikes before he competed in cars, but rather, he will always be remembered primarily because he was one of the greatest exponents of racing on two wheels.
He once said his failure (if you could call it that) to shine on 4 wheels was a result of his inability to set the car up. He actually never understood how to set a bike up either, if certain people are to be believed, but he was able to ride around the problems, which was something very few riders were able to to do.
Mike was seen as the man who could tame any sort of machine given to him, and he proved that with his rides on the MZ´s, which were absolutely awesome, as were his outings on the big Honda, the Ducati and 4 pot Suzukii in the IOM.
He was a definitely a one off.

Can someone pls tell me where the 3rd pic is taken (from behind) - is that also Montjuich Park ?

It's a picture i saw years ago and it's stayed so vividly in my mind.

I was at Quarter Bridge in '78 - awesome !

Clermont-Ferrand '67

Thanks Rennmax - I'm now a much happier man

... and Mike has taken over from a certain Doctor as my wallpaper !

Don't watch Dr. Who meself...................

You got me there - i'm not into rock bands much

That was The Who or What or When

Dr Watt ? - shocking performances i hear - had difficulty in staying on the circuit .....

Anyway, i think we are moving away from the subject - it's my fault and i apologise.

My only excuse is my youth - as far as the forum is concerned i hasten to add.

Hailwood finished third that day behind Ivy and Read...wouldn't have sounded bad echoing around Clermont !

No reason for this. Just thought we ought to have his name at the top of the forum for a while

And quite rightly so !!!!!!!!!

Found a lot more photos of SMBH. Here's a trio of images.

By landrovereditor at 2009-10-16

Where have you hidden my bloody bike?

What a great informal pic of a wonderful guy with John Surtees , another great !! sorry don't know the other I think
Thanks C P

I don't know who he is either. Obviously Mike was driving the Surtees car, F2 If I remember, could well have been the year he won the European Championship.

John

Just a little anecdote I remember about The Great Man...from what I remember as reported in The Comic...

I think it was about '71 when he had a test ride at Mallory on John Cooper's Yamsel, he came back into the pits after about 3 laps and complained: "It's a bit low, isn't it?" The fairing and exhaust were ground away on the right hand side.

Mike could lean a bike further than most in the days when tyre technology was in it's infancy and chassis development was inspired guesswork.

A class act.

Never seen a pic of Mike on a TZ until now. I hate to say anything negative about the great man, but somehow he just doesn´t look at home on that bicycle. I´m sure he was as fast as lightening on it though.

Found the Programme. 19th September 1971, Race of the Year, Mallory. No. 3 Mike Hailwood.

Junior race heat one won by Barry Sheen, 2nd Barry Randle, 3rd Derek Chatterton, 4th Rex Butcher, 5th Barry Ditchburn, 6th Jarno Saarinen, 7th Mike Hailwood, all 350 Yamaha's

Final: 1st Agostini MV, 2nd Barry Randle, 3rd Barry Sheen, 4th Mike Hailwood, 5th Jarno Saarinen.

I think he didn't start the Race of the Year, but we all remember who won that one!

Cadwell, loooooooooong time ago, can't even remember when

Have a search on Facebook for Mike Hailwood... some great pictures especially the very early ones.

A couple of pics taken by me in my misspent youth. Both at Castle Combe. I think it's Tony Godfrey in the Background
in the second one?

I reckon. Looks like 1961, Rodders. Chrome meggas on the 250 ?

Just found a box of slides in the loft.

21st March is the anniversary of Mike's death.

Great pics , thanks for reminding us of that fateful day