VOL. 55 ISSUE 9 MARCH 6, 2018 P107
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his year's Isle of Man TT will mark 40
years since Mike Hailwood's legendary
comeback victory in the 1978 TT, follow-
ing an 11-year break while he pursued a car
racing career in Formula One.
And to mark the milestone, West Australian-
based Vee Two Australia, the world's leading
specialist in bevel-drive Ducati engines, is
producing 12 exact replicas of Mike the Bike's
victorious Ducati 900 TT F1 race motorcycle,
the production run quantity commemorating
Hailwood's victorious #12 TT racing number.
ONE AUSTRALIAN CONCERN IS GOING
TO ENSURE ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT
MOTORCYCLE COMEBACKS IS
NEVER FORGOTTEN
REMEMBERING
MIKE
THE BIKE
BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY AC ARCHIVES
