I first raced a 125 M.V. one of two ex Ubialli bikes bought by the late Pat Walsh off bill Webster, I sold it pretty quick but Pat kept his, even afer he had Bultacos, Was with him at my first Oulton Easter International.

This is what happened when Pat said, "lets go and see Mike and see if he can get my some bits",
Mike was works M.V rider at the time he had and I rember he had an Iso Griffo V8 that had wheel nut swirls all down one side, it looked as though he had been fighting with a lorry.

The conversation went something like this, "Hi Mike, whats the chances of seeing if there's any 125 and 203 bits lying around next time your at Gallarate, I could do with some valves, springs,pistons and rings anything like that". The reply was, "sure, you will be at the T.T? I will see what I can get".

True to his word Mike delivered a box of all sorts of kit at the T.T, that was Mike, a God on the rolling thunder M.Vs to most, but really just one of the boys, Arturo Magni, M.Vs Engineering Diretor was just the same, always prepared to chat with and help Pat keep those old nails going.