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Every road race fan has a favourite rider and we often compare riders from different eras: “Would rider X from 10+ years ago be able be able to beat today’s rider Y?”
In the mid to late Sixties my two most favourite riders were Bill Ivy and Mike Hailwood. When Honda withdrew from GP racing at the end of 1967, Hailwood was given an RC174 297cc Honda six and the RC181N 500cc Honda four for non-world championship events. Hailwood raced various bikes off
