Bit of dodgy arithmetic somewhere MV - I was born 4/11/1945, making me, as I said, 24 in TT 1970! Re Tom Herron, he told me how he handled the very fast sweeps after Union Mills through to Ballacraine, when the bike really does not want to crank over due to the gyroscopic effect at speed - saying he slid back a little on the seat so that the front wheel (already light) was "just clear" of the road, then yanked on the bars to pull it towards the inside of the curve, then shift forward agian. When the wheel came down, there would be a wiggle, but you were pointing in the desired direction.......................I never had the courage to try it - and he was doing this at 130mph plus on a TZ!!, preferring the Chas Mortimer technique of a smidgin of opposite lock to "drop" the bike into the corner.
A great rider, and a nice bloke. I wish I had known then that Saint Patrick was a Scot, as it would have wound him up nicely!! :shock: