Thanks for the reminder.
Good rider was John.
It also made me think of the Heron Suzuki days and how many riders had big accidents. We lost the great Tom heron and Pat Hennen had that awful crahs at Bishopscourt. Wasnt John Newbold with Heron too?
I will never, ever forget Tom Herron and Pat Hennen going down Cronk y Voddy side by side! Tom was pretending he had a riding whip! I think it was the same lap on which Pat crashed.
Getting back to John Williams, can it really be that long?
I have another memory of the great man to.
Remember the year when he couldnt get the bike started? A rag in the carb? He finally got going but with the red haze down! He crashed st the Creg. I was sat there and it was quite a crunch. However, on that occasion, he was badly winded and walked away.
A very determined ride, sadly missed.
Mike