My memory of morning practice was sitting in the churchyard at Braddan in 1966; we could hear a multi wailing its way down Bray Hill, round Quarter Bridge, the going down the box for Braddan bridge. Suddenly, there was silence, than a scraping noise and a Honda six slid into view, followed by Mike the Bike! He had missed a gear, the engine ceased and he got pitched down the road. No damage done, he rode it through the back roads and appeared later on another model.
Am I the only ttwebsiteisti to see Mike fall twice in the Island? Everyone remembers when he climbed back on the MV in the 1965 Senior and won. In 1960, first lap of the Ultra Lightweight and Mike slid to earth at Glen Helen, right in front of us.
Heroes weren't supposed to do that!