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Hailwood was an excellent rider, however he was apparently quite poor at giving feedback which would improve the motorcycle.  A good bike makes a good rider - most of us do not have a father who would buy us a Moto Morini as our first race bike.  Sheene was OK at developing race bikes, but he had many horrendous crashes while doing it.  The trick is to become good without bending yourself while doing it.

I raced a shit-heap for 12 years before I got on a genuine 500cc Manx and found out how a racing motorcycle should handle.


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