Michael swann announced his retirement with a treble at aghadowey today!Wot a servant to the sport!!Just wish he would have stayed on the Roads!He would have won many more international races and achieved the the status he deserved!

Sorry I will never see him race again. He is a master. Like you I think he is under-rated, because he didn't do the roads.
A great rider, and an amazing blues singer.

swanny DID race on the roads but chose to stop and concentrate on short curcuits.
He was a 350cc road race champion in 1980 soemthing and did the TT as well

I never saw him race on the roads, but I wish I had. I'm a big Swanny fan! (Also, of course, I am a big Cargo fan!!)

Yeah i remember him on the Roads(even though i was a pup)in the late 80s!!i think his final road race was carrowdore 89 when Big sam was killed.

Nearly right Martin it was after Killalane 1989 that Mike finished with the roads.
It was a descision that cost him in terms of bikes to ride for a long time.

True Cargo!True,i forgot about the killilane!

Re Swanny on roads, he rode at Manx gp, and was leading the jnr newcomers , before mechanical gremlins set in , and i recall him riding the TT on 500 rg suzuki for John Rea, with brand new Shell oils Leathers!
Swanny , without doubt one of the most popular guys in the sport, and WILL be sorely missed.