Sad new from Australia Eric Hinton has passed away aged 81 pat of the great Hinton dynasty Bill Lawrence
Eric Hinton
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billlawrence
, Dec 17 2015 08:24
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Continental Circus
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Posted 17 December 2015 - 09:18
Sad news indeed, Harry snr, Eric and Harry jnr were great riders who showed their skills in Europe.
This was the era where they came from far away with very little funds, but rose to the top.
RIP Eric.
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Russell Burrows
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Posted 21 December 2015 - 12:09
Yes, surely factory rider material from around the late fifties. I recall Eric in about '69 on what I think was the first TD2 Yam in Australia; he was flying on it at Oran Park, I think in the lead, until it spat him off at the end of the straight after seizing. He was very quick right up until the time he stopped racing, which was around the early seventies.
Edited by Russell Burrows, 21 December 2015 - 12:31.
