Gary Johnson
‘Mine’s bigger than yours’.
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At last, the handbrake’s come off and this season’s finally got into a bit of a swing. If you were at Donny with Thundersport a few weeks back then you’ll already know about my Triumph(s). Basically, I was given a golden opportunity by Phil Read of East Coast Racing to buy his Daytona 675s that Lee Johnstone raced on the roads last year, and I couldn’t turn the man down. They’re mega bikes and to prove their pedigree, I bagged pole and a couple of wins on them straight out of the crate in the Elite 600 class. Things were looking set for a triple triumph until my bike’s clutch started slipping on my last outing, but I’d have sooner found that out there and then, than when I was giving it the berries in a road race. That’s all part and parcel of racing. No one got hurt, and it’s given my dad, Turbo Trev, something to keep him busy over the next few days. He’ll see it right. He’s a dab hand at making special parts for bikes, and he knows exactly what I need and how tough things need to be to take the abuse of the TT.