I was passengering for Roy Pike and also riding 305 Honda in the production and 125 Bultaco in the the lightweight race. My regular passenger Jim Mann[now Gristwood and Toms team co ordinator] was passengering for Roy Hanks.
We stayed at Howsdrake holiday camp at Onchan....the nearest place to paradise for fit young lads. It was also the first time I met Eddy Wright
Dick Hawes
Your right Dick "Howstrake Holiday Camp An Island Paradise" I remember it well. Infact your partly to blame for getting me into sidecar racing. How glad am I that you did!!
Spent my honeymoon in TT paddock and various places around the island in hotel Thames,often waking up being driven to early morning practice,and other mornings having slept in the paddock being woken up by the first bike to be fired up. Mike Hailwoods 250cc 6cyl Honda. What a fabulous alarm clock !
I bet that Bultaco was a handfull up the Mountain Dick. I can remember (just) a photo of a very tall slim Dick Hawes on the grid of the 1967? TT in MCN. He had the number 1 plate that year,with the ex Colin Seeley Matchless .
Let me have your email address or home address and I will scan a copy into my computer and send onto you.
When I meet up with Mick Boddice on the odd occasion at Darley Moor the first thing he reminds me of is the race reports and that he has still got them.
Dick, press the PM button under Garys post. That is to send a 'private message' do you're not puttin your private contact details on here in front of hundreds of people
If there's a mod around here that can help could you put a pm direct link on for Dick to click, I can't from here