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ducatidave
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 32 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:23 am Post subject: Goodbye to an Old Friend |
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Yesterday I attended the funeral of Eric Debenham. In my teens my mates had footballers as sporting heroes. My sporting hero was Eric or Debbo as he was known to most. In the mid 1960s to early 1970s Debbo won open races on a thundering old Norvin against a field of modern screaming 2-strokes. When I started historic racing Debbo took me under his wing and provided helpful advice re machine set-up and race tactics. He was modest, friendly and had a laugh louder than his Norvin's exhaust. Debbo kept racing into his late 70s and was still the man to beat in historic events.
It was standing room only at his funeral and the parking area was full of Velocettes, a Norvin and other classic bikes.
Ride on old mate. _________________ DB1S, '74 Ducati 750S, '83 Pantah 600, '03 ST2, '84 R100RS, '83 R65LS, 1914 Triumph 500, '69 Trident, '49 Panther 600, '53 Panther 600, '58 Triumph racing s/car, Honda 600 F2 s/car, '57 Triumph 6T s/car, '12 Suzuki 1250 s/car, Yam SR250 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 11:34 am Post subject: |
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That's sad. My condolences _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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