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Intended for marketing reasons as a look-a-like to Mike Hailwood's 900SS that he raced after his 11-year absence from racing, the Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica shot out of dealerships and was one of Ducati's top sellers of the time and is now considered a collectible.
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Ducati Thailand, together with the estate of Mike Hailwood, have issued a limited edition run of the 2016 Ducati Scrambler Icon, called the "Mike Hailwood
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Mike Hailwood lies alongside his daughter, Michelle, in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene in the Warwickshire village of Tanworth-in-Arden. A black gravestone records the names and age of the two, the nine-year-old girl and her father, aged 40. There is also an inscription for each. Hailwood's reads simply: "Too good in life to be forgotten in death."
Certain lots of us would love to watch this. Will keep an eye out for how to do it and pass the word once I know...
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Just like John Surtees, Mike Hailwood was one of the few daring sportsmen who have attained glory on both two and for wheels, racing in both MotoGP or Isle of Man TT series and Formula One. Ducati’s contracted rider Cal Crutchlow has recently visited the Ducati museum and snapped a photo of Mike’s “sponge ball”, a device himself created to help him during races.
As a restorer this sort of personal detail is priceless...
