famous minor casualty was 74-year-old trials legend and former road racer Sammy Miller, who comprehensively binned his bike at Waterworks during the Ducati parade lap.Sidecar TT ace Dave Molyneux also badly injured his reputation. Molyneux drowned his

circuit:Giacomo Agostini - 500 MV-Agusta 3, 750 OW31 Yamaha, 500 OW45 Yamaha Phil Read - 500 OW53 Yamaha (ex Sheene team Akai) Mick Grant - KR750 Kawasaki Paul Smart - 1972 TR750 Suzuki Dave Croxford - 1973 John Player Norton John Cooper - 1966 500 Seeley

riding a BMW F800R, Dave Coppock, Andrew Mackay and Armando Garcia, all from Surrey and all on Honda CBR600s, and reigning British stunt champion Paul Hanks, on a Triumph Street Triple, plus Graham Houston and Andy Nisbet travelling down from Scotland

, the early apexes, the troublesome bumps and the utterly terrifying flat out sections. His enthusiasm for the job was bubbling over. Yes, Milky misses racing the TT. Badly.With four of us (including TT snapper Dave Collister) rammed into a borrowed 10-year

afternoon practice session TT legend, and one of the most liked riders in the paddock, Dave Jefferies was killed when he hit some oil and lost control of his GSX-R1000 at close to 160mph. The man who had set the out-right lap record of 127.29mph was gone

painful when a check was needed mid session. Off road fans are also more than catered for too, with dozens of bikes from an era when the likes of Brits, Graham Noyce and Dave Thorpe ruled the world. Cyril Neveu's 1988/87 beastly NXR 750 Paris Dakar winner

). Hardtail frame and bobber styling mean zero practicality. You'd look cool on it if you were a Hollywood A-lister. If you're just Dave from Wigan, it might be a tougher sell...W650 Hardtail £16,900 AUD (£10,535)As above, but it's based on a 20,000km Kawasaki

on dry roads and got some frankly ace pictures. In the UK? In mid December? If that ain't lucky I don't know what is!Another job just before Christmas had us going to a pub in the Midlands with a bunch of Brit bikes and meeting up with Chas n' Dave. You

the painfully plank-like pillion seat of my mate Dave’s brand new Kat all the way to the south of France - where the bike was nicked, so I went home on the train. But even the Katana couldn’t compete with the year’s ultimate superbike, Bimota’s HB2. The blend

pods – possibly trying to get in touch with my feminine side?The man with the flares and beehive hairstyle is my dad Dave. I took this pic of him during our trip to the TT in 1978 leaning on his 1937 Manx Norton that we’d ridden over on. He didn