{"id":8635,"date":"2014-05-06T05:16:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T19:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2014-05-06T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T23:05:13","slug":"iron-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/iron-men\/","title":{"rendered":"IRON MEN"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a time…<\/h3>\n

A time before self-inflating race-leathers…<\/h3>\n

A time before custom-fitted helmets…<\/h3>\n

A time before big run-off areas and air-fences…<\/h3>\n

A time when men with cags the size of planets rode stupid exploding motorcycles at high speeds with their teeth gritted and their bums clenched tight.<\/h3>\n

Iron men with courage and determination.<\/h3>\n
\"#69

#69, Paul Smart around the outside of #68, Tom Phillips.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"jim

Jim Redman<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Ludlow

Ludlow Henderson setting a speed record of 127mph in 1924.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jean

Jean Luc Appietto<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Steve

Steve Baker<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Aldana

Aldana airs his Norton.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Erwin

Erwin ‘Cannonball’ Baker<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Hailwood,

Hailwood, Ivy, and Read circa 1967.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Brough-Superior

Brough-Superior at Brooklands circa 1937.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Paddy

Paddy Driver<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Theresa

Iron Woman, Theresa Wallach and her Norton Model 40.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Neil

Neil Keen<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Read.\"

Phil Read<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Mike

Mike the Bike and Stan the Wallet Hailwood.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"1926747_595347730554172_1397716373_n\"

1959 Ulster GP<\/p><\/div>\n

\"10155166_609913789097566_2026042026_n\"

Carlo Ubbiali<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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