thewitch Wrote:What is your favourite memory of Mike?

I have many favorite racing memories of Mike.
Mostly on Honda fours and sixes.
At Brands and the TT especially.
I will never forget seeing him go through
the slow bends at Governors on the 500 4
in the 1967 Senior.
Then there was the magical return on the Ducati!
Eat dust Mr Read!
I watched him from Cronk y Voddy.
His line down through the 11th is still etched in my memory.
Everythng tucked in and he flew round with hardly a downward
gear change!

But my own personal favourite was when I created
a t-shirt for the TT supporters club
"Mike the Bike Rides On Water!"

I approached him in a paddock and asked for
his approval, and did he like the t-shirt?
"I love it!" said the great man.

Yes there ARE other great and legendary riders, but
for me , and I suspect many others,
SMB is and always will be

SIMPLY THE BEST