Gary Johnson
ROAD RACING
The road to victory? We sure hope so.
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Gaz loves a good 69.
Davo and Gary have been lapping the Classic TT up on their retro Suzukis.
Hello from the Classic TT! It’s practice week and I’m having a mint time ragging my 1982 XR69 around the Island’s finest ribbon of tarmac. It doesn’t seem two minutes ago that I was over here cutting shapes on my modern day superbikes, but it’s all change when you get to the Classic. Don’t get me wrong, these bikes are still proper fast – Bruce Anstey’s tasty YZR-500 is capable of over 190mph and my bike’s been through the speed trap at 178mph – but you just have to ride them a bit different. My bike weighs in at around 210kg. She’s a big girl! But she knows how to work it, which is why we managed to go fastest on the first night of practice.