WHAT MIGHT (and should) HAVE BEEN
Lincolnshire’s John Kirkby was an extremely able racer and a man of very forthright words and views. In 1966 he was racing his own ex-Tom Philips Vic Camp Ducati, fitted with an Oldani front brake, after a spell of Bantam racing. However, by 1967 it was becoming very apparent that the new breed of two-strokes, especially Yamaha’s TD1 series, ridden by the likes of Derek Chatterton, another Lincolnshire rider, were the way to
