Geoff Duke OBE | MotoGP Legend | 29 March 1923 - 1 May 2015
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2015
- On the 5th Anniversary of his passing, we celebrate the incredible career highlights of Geoff Duke, six times World MotoGP Champion and six times Isle of Man TT winner.
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I first saw this magnificent man on his flying machine when I was 8 years of age, I am now 79 and I have never forgotten him. My dad, a keen motorcyclist and at that time the owner of an International Norton always admired his riding style and pointed out to me how neat a rider he was, knees and feet tucked well in, relaxed and working in harmony with the machine under him, a great rider and a true gent.
The greatest rider in the 1950's, I was so lucky to see him ride, a legend of motorcycle racing. RIP Geoff.
Tony Pitcher my dad raced in the
TT sidecar 1968 he was a friend of his when he had the motor bike shop in st Helens ( he was a
great man and a great rider ( my dad s name was Ron Glover
My dad watch the video and says: " My god how much Class and Gentleman was Sir Geoff Duke ! ". A True Legend.
I saw Geoff Duke race on a Gilera at Cape Town in South Africa. It was probably in 1956 or 1957. I still remember how impressed I was with those megaphone exhausts and the sound it made. I was very young then. I remember very well the small of Castrol racing oil. I was very young then - not so much any more.
Geoff Duke was not only a True Gentleman but a Legend as well, born in St Helens, Lancashire the Isle of Man became his adopted home and he was a real ambassador to the Island, thanks Geoff, May You Rest in Peace.
A wonderful shot of Geoff and Bob McIntyre laughing together, it brings tears to my eyes.
The greatest rider ever.wont be forgotten. Respect from argentina
One of my Father's heroes, RIP Sir, you were a true Legend and a Gentleman..
RIP Geoff Duke, a winner a true competitor and a real gentleman.
My dad always said Sir Geoff was a true legend in his time.
I was very lucky to meet him a few years before he died in the Isle of Man. A true gentleman!
The likes of him will never be seen again!
I have missed the day but I will never forget the great man and top racer, one of the greatest of all times. Long life to you, Geoff Duke!
I met him in 2000 a gentleman and on the top shelf with all the greats.
I was decades too young to ever see him race, and he was just a name from the distant past. Then I saw the 1951 World Championship film, and my jaw dropped at how incredible his talent was. I've never seen anything so impressive, one rider so obviously on a different level to everyone else, with such breathtaking skill and astounding bravery. He'd have been a superstar today, I'm sure of it. RIP and massive respect.
what movie is this ? please sir, do you have a link ?
RIP Mr Duke.
I am happy my dad named me after this man.
A true gentleman and legend RIP
Documental impresionante.Emociona como vivian antes las carreras estos pilotos que eran heroes...Nada que ver hoy en dia por desgracia..
Duke,s charisma was impressive great rider and a gentleman a glory for all of us who love motorcycle races thank you sir
I great sportsman and T.T champion . Nice to remember Geoff Duke and his amazing achievements when Motor bikes was a different beast . With suspension tires and tracks they race on was much to be desired . You had to push your bike to start on the grid then slip into the saddle .
The one & only, never be another, RIP Geoff.
RIP Mr Duke
He was loved because he was a high quality individual.
Sorry I missed this, which was posted for your birthday.
Very many happy returns and all best wishes for you.
92 eh.. where on earth did that go.?
Your style on a racing motorcycle remains with me as the MOST elegant and graceful.. almost balletic elegance and as dear Stanley Woods said.. like watching water flow in a brook. Lovely.
What a commendation.
Best regards
WF
Billbothebear14 Sorry to be picky, but Stanley Woods described him as water flowing out of a tap.
***** Perhaps so..
But NOT to me he didn't. I have a clearly remembered conversation with SW and Duke was always a favourite subject.. "like watching water flowing in a brook."
Sorry to disappoint.
Sorry.
*****
Ah yes but..
"Being in love means never having to say you are sorry".!?
Faints..
WF
Very true, cheers.
L' ho visto nel 1953 a Monza con la Gilera 4 cl , semplicemente fantastico
R.I.P Geoff Duke absolute hero!!!
bigbinston n
Now then, my memory is beginning to engage, I remember competing in the Scottish Six Day Trial in the sixties, [and finishing every year] alongside such names as Sammy Miller, Jeff Smith, and others far too numerous to list, but, and here is the point of my narrative, one year a small stream, because of the rain became a raging torrent, impassible to traverse by machine, so, four of us, realizing that he nearest bridge was 60 miles away decided to carry across this raging torrent on our shoulders four motorcycles but, along came Geoff, in his wisdom he decided that if he entered the stream a little further down he would have a chance of crossing, Sorry, my last glimpse of the great Geoff Duke was a waterlogged figure alongside his motorcycle, being washed downstream. but, he was the greatest road racer who ever trod the earth, waves of love engulf me whenever I hear his name.
great tribute.
I got stopped on a motorcycle by the cops, one of many times in the 60's. The cop's first words were "Who do you think you are, Geoff Duke?" That was the kind of regard the man was rightly held in those days. Ditto, driving a car, "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?" Names that will live on forever...
My first bike race hero. He never disappointed. R I P
oh my god ! made me cry..
Legendary racer
cool video!
RIP Geoff.
Gran video
R.I.P. Geoff... True Legened of Motorsport
Happy Birthday legend
The look on that little kids face as Geoff signs that autograph its as if he is looking at a god and he was
Belated birthday wishes to Mr Duke.
RIP Mr. Duke, you should have been 'Sir Duke'.
Sin duda un gran piloto.
The Gillera - so good MV had to borrow it and hand it to Surtees, only winner ever on 2 + 4.
rip legend!!!!
R.I.P. Sir Geoff Duke
would have loved to seen him on a modern bike
In Italy: Il Duca di ferro (the iron Duke).
I love the fairing on the Gilera at the start. Anybody know where there's a replica being made? I know there aren't that many original Gilera fours out there for restoration. And I realize that a Magni MV Agusta 900 DOHC-four would be the far more appropriate basis for a replica of the Gilera. Stuff that's waaay out of the price-range of your typical shade-tree mechanics!But I wanna find a copy of that for some projects I'M working on.First of all, I'd love to have one for my Honda DOHC four. Which on the surface might seem like a half-assed decent basis for an MV replica. IF you used the full fairing and kept the engine under wraps. Ah but MINE is already a replica of another sort, I'm calling it a "CB900K0 Bol Bomber" (which would be an '82 CB900F Bol D'Or based homage to the '65 CB450K0 Black Bomber - DUH) Picture the CB1100R alloy gas tank, but polished up like chrome on the sides, and painted up like an old "toaster-tank" - wire-spoke alloy rims, the "duck-tail" seat cover from the '69 Sand-Cast, etc. Wish to heck I had a leading-link fork for it, like Tony Foale made for CB900F only styled more like the CA77 Dream etc, so I could call it a "CB902" - in homage of the original Super-Sport: The '59 CB92 Benly Super-Sport 125cc twin! How cool would that be? It would need a custom-made analogue of the CB1100R's seat/cowl/side-cover fiberglass, only tight to the sub-frame and with a down-turned fender instead of an upturned spoiler. To mimic the pressed sheet-metal chassis of the '60s Honda twins. The leading-link fork would be choice, but there are other ways - a Hossack "Steered-Upright" fork would rock. But there's also another method, check out the Ducati custom called "MS4R" it's got the conventional USD telescopic fork of the Duck Monster, but the tubes are shrouded under fiberglass so as to resemble a girder or Hossack etc. It's a cop-out but it would give the right LOOK if nothing else. Lucky the CB92's leading-link fork has an axle directly below the fork member, not off-set towards the front like a leading-axle design.Well for NOW, I'm gonna content myself with the "CB900K0 Bol Bomber" rather than a "CB902", and focus on building a "Faux-Leading-Shoe" drum hub, from a GL1500 front end with "hub" from a PC800 Pacific Coast. 'Cause the CB450K0 had a drum, and it won't be authentic without that. Meanwhile the GL1500 fork is ideal. Even if the rotors are smaller than the CB1100R stuff I've got now, which is on par with CR750 using rotors from the original CB750K0 - but the CB900F had smaller rotors, on par with the GL1000 etc. Strange to think they'd shrunk 'em down. Anyway yeah - the GL1500/PC800/VF750F rotors are right in between the two sizes, & as such are better than stock, if not the best possible period-correct brakes they'll be the best "Faux-Leading-Shoe" drum hub that's ever been built!SPEAKING of 4LS drums? Come to think of it, I'd also like to have this same Gilera fairing for the "KZ440LOL" (as in "Laugh Out Loud") I'm building for my Ex-Daughter, (4LS drum hub in 3.00x16" vintage Borrani alloy rims with modern low-profile Maxi-Scooter tires in 110/70-16 & 140/70-16, with all NOS belt-drive, CB900F 39mm fork, tank from a Kawa H1 triple, etc etc. She sez she wants a SIDE-CAR on it so I've scored more Borrani 3.0x16" rims and a 2LS drum from T500 Titan....)Heck - I'd put this same fairing on any and all bikes I've built or are yet to build, IF I could get my hands on a decent replica!More than anything, I want to use this type of fairing to replace the frame-mounted Quarter-Fairing on the Honda INTERCEPTOR - though it would work equally well to replace similar fairings on the CBX750F, the Suzuki Katana of course, or similar stuff on the GPZ900R Ninja, etc. And the Yam FJ1100 has a frame which NEEDS a cover over the triple clamp as the fairing bracket is integral to the frame itself. So too with certain Bimota models, which folks might think to "retro-fry" - I'm thinking specifically of mid-late '80s Superbikes and early Sport-Bikes which folks might wish to "retro-fry" with wire-spoke rims and a bubble fairing. Being that the whole "Café Racer Trend" is carrying over into this ... "genre".ME I'm a Honda guy. Specifically late '70s early '80s - and so any interpretation of this Gilera fairing is gonna revolve around a Honda V-four. I'm not crazy about the square-tube frame of the Interceptor, but that's about the only feature I DON'T like. It's a good thing the Magna & Sabre have a tubular steel frame. It's just too bad the chain-drive engine from the VF1000F and VF1000R wouldn't swap into a VF1100C or VF1100S frame!I've got some spare rims from the CB900K0 wire-wheel swap, namely an NOS 3.50x16" Super-Akront (gorgeous rim!) and 4.25x18" Akront, and so I wanna build a Magna/Sabre based replica of the '60s Czech Grand Prix racer, the CZ Type 860 - only it's still gotta be essentially a Honda Interceptor of course. really just the era, the style, the colour scheme etc referring to the Czech bike. And if I can rationalize it around a 900cc-ish big-bore kit, I'd like to call it a "Honda CZ860"!
Picture it - had the CZ Type 860 been given better factory support or even some outside sponsorship, it would very likely have beaten the pants off of the MV Agusta Fours with Agostini AND the Honda RC-series with Hailwood et al. As such, the public's imagination wouldn't visualize the ultimate Super-Sports machine as an INLINE four, they'd see it as a VEE-four. And maybe then, instead of the SOHC-four CB750K0 Sandcast, Honda might've built -
A Sandcast '69 VF750S or VF750F more to the point. Ideally air-cooled of course. Maybe some selectively placed slots cut into the outer walls of the water-jacket of the VF engine, could render more of an air-cooled appearance? Heck, maybe that might even increase the engine's own intrinsic cooling capacity. Which could reduce the requirement for such a large radiator...... Can you visualize it?
(((Frustrating that I don't have Photoshop!)))
The one thing which would tie it all together is the ideal bodywork! It's GOTTA be a pseudo Interceptor, not just a V-four CB750 - even though a V-four CB750 would be a closer cousin to the CZ Type 860 itself. IMHO.
Given that the fat wire wheels will give the Interceptor STANCE while still being "retro-fried" enough to look vintage, and the tubular frame in bright blue paint would look CZ860-ish enough, it's already halfway there. But it's not an Interceptor unless it's got that tight lil' quarter-fairing mounted to the frame.
Can you visualize it? It might SOUND ambitious, but it's really just a wheel-swap, a paint-job, and some new bodywork. With possible changes to the radiator of course.
See, the wheel-swap itself might sound pretty radical, but it doesn't have to be. I've learned from these two current wheel-swap wire-spoke projects that it's not always such a quick-fix to swap out to a different HUB and modify the brakes. And when it comes to a shaft-drive, such as on the Magna/Sabre etc, it ain't so easy! However - it CAN be easy: A pal on the www.cb750c.com forums goes by the handle "6pkrunner" did a really cool mod on his CB900C shaftie, where he put th existing hub on a lathe, spun it down to a plug, hollowed out a DRUM hub straight through side-to-side, and welded 'em together. Far better than bolting up flanges on a Comstar hub, like he could've done. First of all, 'cause that other method adds a ton of weight. Secondly, 'cause it looks exactly like an original CB750K0 drum hub, whereas GL1000 and CB750F1 disc hubs with their "yo-yo cross-section" look like crap, relatively speaking. Heavy as they might've been, the original pre-'75 rear disc conversions on CB750's looked WAAAY better than the subsequent Honda OEM rear disc brake wheel. And of course the THIRD advantage to this method? It can be done on ANYTHING. And on something with a really tight lil' "hub", like a modern crotch-rocket, the drum in question could be very compact and light. A 140mm or 160mm diameter drum rather than the Honda CB750's 190mm or other concurrent drums of 200mm-ish spec. The trick, IMHO, would be in finding a 120mm-140mm drum with 40-spokes, though a lot of folks are into the 17" rims and Super-Moto rims are about the cheapest rims to find. Though I found MY new Super-Moto sized 40-hole rims in 4.25x17" & 5.00x17" sizes for $39.99ea!!! 'Cause the eBay seller couldn't find a market for 'em! Ha-ha. Sadly they're drilled for Harley, so fitting a larger drum-type hub into 'em might be a hassle. Would be fine on my chain-drive models. Actually, this V-four project will only get off the ground after I build a good hub for the CB900K0 Bol Bomber, as I've got two matching 4.25x18" rims one drilled for the huge over-weight Honda rear hub, and one for Harley pattern hub. Ergo, I'm going with the bigger one to start, but once I've done the Honda FRONT hub in the 2nd rim, with a bolt-up cush-drive, for the 900, as a lighter wheel for less un-sprung weight, a smaller rotor etc, - at which point I'll have the rim and spokes appropriate to lace up to a Honda DRUM rear hub. Which of course, could have the guts stuffed into it from a shaft-drive Honda hub. Such as GL1000, CX650T, or best of all possibilities IMHO the Magna/Sabre V-fours. Though I've also got a Super-Akront 3.50x18" on hand, drilled for the larger rear hub, in case we want more of a "Period-Correct" wheel-set on it. Maybe that could work with a far smaller & lighter front rim such as a Borrani WM3 2.15x16" or 2.50x16" - "Mike's XS650" has a decent rim that size, but it's drilled for the 200mm drum on the rear of the Yamaha twin. Maybe one of those CBX550F fake drum brakes could work out on a tube-framed VF400F or V30 Magna? Which has a drum rear brake and a chain-drive. And is a beginner's bike. Not all that inspiring, but at least it'd be a more straight-forward and cheaper project. But then, much as the original CZ was a 500cc to start? I figure the V65 1100cc Honda would be the best starting point, being that the power is more on par with a 500cc Grand Prix bike from that era. The CZ ran against Agostini on the MV triple, Hailwood on the Honda RC-181 DOHC-four. Both of which have stats that kick BUTT on my current Honda 985cc project. So yeah, hassle or not -this project should be enough of a decent classic Superbike to rationalize the rest of the mods required. Shaft-drive be damned. Though I wish to hell there were a way to change the shaft for a BELT-drive! Like the Magni conversions of the MV Agusta shaft, or the Yamaha XS11 had an aftermarket kit for this. Much the same as the Magni unit. If only it were as simple as converting a CB900C engine's shaft output to CB900F chain-drive. This here "KZ440LOL" has given me a lust for a belt on MY bike. I'm quite jealous of it. It's the main feature which had me stick with the KZ even after losing the original project in a house-fire a couple of years back. Along with the 4LS drum, NOS Borrani & Super-Akront 16" rims, a ton of other NOS stuff - all on a nearly finished project. It would've been easy to make that leap to a Honda four, keep the wheels I'd dreamed up but fill in the blanks with a bike I lust after far more than the KZ twin. But there's the BELT-DRIVE. And then there's the perverse pleasure of throwing money and energy at one of the least well-liked bikes of it's era!
Of course there's also the JAWA V-four 350cc, which Bill Ivy died racing on? I picture a replica of that bike revolving around the Honda MXV250F V-three - So too, with the AJS supercharged V-four racer of the late-mid '30s, which IMHO bears some slight resemblance to the later Honda SUPER-Magna. Even the stock exhausts on that bike could work out, I figure the one thing which would make it work would be some tall rims on the order of a board-track style. like an 18" rear and 19" front. One of the few instances where I'd suggest using a 19" rim. And the whole thing would need to be lightened. Might even warrant a hard-tail, though I'm not crazy for a hard-tail look. If it were at all possible to adapt a Harley SOFTAIL swinger, maybe that'd be warranted. Or at least, a welded-up analogue for the same net effect. But yeah, suffice to say, the Super-Magna would make an awesome replica of the original AJS V-four monster. Again, the GIRDER FORK would be super helpful too. I'm really diggin' the ST1100 and ST1300 Pan European, or better still the new CTX1300 'cause it's got the better-looking engine and pipes. Picture THAT as a retro-fried build on the order of a '75-'77 GL1000, or Guzzi V1000 - Where the GL1000 brought four cylinders to the BMW boxer lay-out (Well, "Von Dutch" did a VW Beetle engine in a Harley frame which seems like an awesome "Proto-Goldwing" ... "Bronze-Wing"? Ha-ha.) Well here we could see the ST/CTX as a four-cylinder interpretation of either the Guzzi V7 or better still the Honda CX650T Turbo itself. A TON of different Honda models which would benefit from this type of thing. Releasing 'em from the constraints of the shitty bodywork they're shackled with. The reason I dig Honda in particular is that they built so damn many alternate engine and chassis configurations. Whatever the hell else you like or think is more "authentic", Honda probably built a better version of it. They're just too FUGLY is all. So wtf, so long as the bike's got good "BONES" these other aspects can be fixed. And so far as I'm concerned, the "authenticity" of a bike isn't as important as the basics, ride quality power reliability etc. Though I STILL believe that a bike should look good. And while I might've been able to settle for a classic bike of some sort, having owned the DOHC-four Honda series (two '82 CB750F's and now an '82 CB900F) I'm a bit SPOILT so far as speed and power are concerned. You can build all SORTS of bikes like this. One really high end example would be that Indian/Nimbus longitudinal four-cylinder replica, based on the same NSU car engine as the Munch Mammut/Mammoth. If I were gonna tootle around on an old Indian four, I'd only hope and dream that it had power and speed on par with a Munch or other such early Superbike. So for the money, I'd waaay rather have a replica like that. On a trip to the museum, or a Classic TT parade lap, I'd love to see the originals. But for a bike to own and ride on the street? Gimme the monster version. Same deal with all of those Egli-Vincent replicas out there. Folks aren't so willing to settle for the ordinary old's-cool Vincent engines, they're snapping up the Godet 1300cc and 1600cc versions, and the EGLI chassis of course. Wish to hell they were making replicas of the Egli chassis for HONDA mind you, but wtf. It's their thing. Anyway yeah, I still have massive respect for the Vincent replica based on the Yamaha VIRAGO. I'm not saying that ALL of the popular "top 100 bikes of all time" models that the journalists rave about, should be replicated with modern Honda stuff. But that's 'cause I'm not that interested in a lot of 'em. Like the parallel twin brit-bikes or the Harley V-twins for that matter. IMHO, that's where Honda has wasted a lot of energy, is in building their classic retro-fried models after THAT particular niche. When they'd be far smarter to have stuck that same retro-fried classic wire-spokes and chrome trim type of crap on their OWN classics. Like a Goldwing in the vein of the original - I guess they attempted it with the Valkyrie, but that was pretty half-assed IMHO. Could've been a LOT better. For a GL1500 based "Retro-Fried" special, I'd look to the one and only Goldwing entered into Bol D'Or Endurance racing - a '75 GL1000 that raced in the '76 Bol D'Or - with a modified Perimeter frame and a gorgeous bubble fairing, but still the original wire-spoke rims. Well the GL1500 has that same perimeter style frame. Maybe not tubular steel, but wtf. It'd be sufficient to build one around a GL1200, use some bolt-up cross braces BMW Boxer Racer style, like the R100 that won the first AMA Superbike races, and then build the alloy tank around the remaining back-bone frame tubes. It could look pretty authentic. If the frame bracing is solid, it might just run a lot better too. With a weld-up modded hub, the GL1200 or GL1500 or even GL1800 rear wheel could be fitted to a really fat 17" or 18" rim. If I could have these here 4.25x17" or 5.00x17" rims re-drilled for a GL1000 hub, they'd make an awesome alternative to the OEM 2.50x17" rim. But yeah, a taller rear wheel to speed up the bike, run lower RPM's at highway speeds, and jack up the ass end for a more aggressive looking stance.Well - I suppose that's way off topic from this Gilera fairing in this vid. Maybe I'm just trying to convince somebody there's sufficient market prospects to warrant BUILDING this replica fairing? And if anybody likes my ideas, maybe THEY'D write another letter to the likes of Airtech & Poly-17 etc.the trick is getting one's hands on the original Gilera item, and convincing the owner that it's worth THEIR while to let somebody take a mould of that thing. Rather than taking it from drawings. If it's gonna come from drawings, heck well anybody could whip the thing up. It just wouldn't look right on that Magni 900.Mmmm - picture it on a Magni-HONDA 900. The Arturo Magni interpretation of the CB900F - the Magni MH1 & MH2Now THAT'S another Italian bubble-fairing which warrants reproduction!Who's GOT these things? Would they assent, if the moulds were done in a safe material like that denture silicone that they use to make replica DILDOS from porn-star monster-dinks. That way, the mould would peel off of the original fairing without binding or bending etc. No risk to the paint, no wrenching and grunting to remove it from the mould. Just a thin layer of denture silicone material supported by an understructure of plywood etc.
Thinking about how crazy they had to be to do such a fast pace on those bikes, you think they might be immortal. But unfortunately everyone has to pass at one point.
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The day England cried...
The only man to win a world championship on a single cylinder bike 500cc no wonder Gilera couldn't sign him up quick enough he won 3 wcs for Norton 350cc and 500cc I was so upset when he signed with Gilera until I heard that beautiful sound I've heard a lot of 4cylinder bike's with megaphones but never heard anything as beautiful as the Gilera until the Honda 6
Legend Forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
allways. remember.?
FACT.
1923???????????
yes he was born in 1923. The title clearly states "29 March 1923 - 1 May 2015", as in the date of Geoff's birth to that of his passing.
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