Great days .......me and me mates all on road bikes.....pretending we could ride even half as good as these guys.....makes me feel old. Good to see it again ! .
Ken, was a great rider and a nice guy, he was a natural and motor cycling was in his blood. I remember his first production racing at Lydon Hill on his RD400,they made him wear a flourescent Novice jacket - he won almost every race that day - haha.
Kenny Irons was a massive loss. You see it here. Big lead suddenly lost to a better handling bike, but he rode through the twitches and bumps. One of my favourite races captured by camera.
What race indeed to watch from the first lap the late 'Kenny Irons' takes the lead by a wide margin as one of the most unrated riders of this era 'Richard Scott (NZ) was the only one to dare try n challenge him as they both to dice for the lead.
it was in 1988 not 86 kenny was lost and it was nothing to do with steve parish ,it was keath huwits bike kenny hit on warm up lap at cadwell park and some other riders went down and one of there bike hit kenny irons i have his f2 bike from 83
That’s when I fell out of love with British road racing. For me, street bikes belonged on the streets. Way preferred the days when full factory teams used to turn up with their exotic GP bikes for things like the world of sport super bike challenges.
