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Goodbye to an Old Friend

 
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ducatidave



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Location: Sydney, Australia

PostPosted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:23 am    Post subject: Goodbye to an Old Friend Reply with quote

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.
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brian



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PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2015 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's sad. My condolences
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