26-11-15, 11:52 PM
(26-11-15, 11:30 PM)Exupnut link Wrote: [quote author=lew600fazer link=topic=18204.msg217189#msg217189 date=1448527867]
Joey Dunlop won 26 TT's. Not 100% sure but Joey never had an off at the TT. Joey sadly was killed on a 125 cc bike in Estonia on the 2nd July 2000 less than a month after he won 3 events at the 2000 TT
Always wondered how the wheel broke....never heard of that on a bike before
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Joeys brother Robert had a wheel colapse on the isle of man, very lucky to have survived the crash. Shortly after wheel manufactures found streetracing on lightweight rims over stressed them causing the failure
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!