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Originally Posted by Ducman851
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Originally Posted by sburns2421
At the IOM (1995?) a rider was killed on a Britten when the CF rear wheel failed.
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Actually it was 1994 and the rider was Mark Farmer, happened in practice. |
Again the TV footage that New Zealanders saw was recorded live. John was extremely upset and made the statement that if it was his bikes fault in any way that he would not make or campaign ever again.
While he was not happy it was confirmed to him (within minutes of the accident) that Mark had lost the bike and the wheel broke when the bike hit the curb AFTER Mark had unfortunately lost it.
It must have upset John considerably that all over the media, internet the rumours persisted that his bike broke and resulted in the death of a person, but they went back in 1996 I think.
Pete
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