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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/7413078.stm

BBC Sport's Steve Parish visits the Brooklands race circuit and museum in Surrey to ride some of the oldest surviving racing motorcycles.

Steve gets to ride Mike Hailwood's HONDA RC162 250cc 1961 TT winning bike!

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Re: Motorcycle racing centenary celebrated - Brooklands on a RC162
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2008, 08:52:01 AM »
Thanks, I enjoyed watching that a lot!

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Re: Motorcycle racing centenary celebrated - Brooklands on a RC162
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2008, 09:03:20 PM »
I loved this, thanks!!

Maybe we could have a centralized video library of historical footage and bits like this?
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Re: Motorcycle racing centenary celebrated - Brooklands on a RC162
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2008, 04:39:52 PM »
I've been on track with that! It came out for a shakedown at a Donington classic track day. I as on my 350 K4 and as it approached you were deafened. It was really unnerving because you heard a bike coming up behind and expected it to pass any second then when you looked it was still a distance away but soooo loud. Geat stuff thanks for posting it.
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