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BERNARD CODD: His Motorcycle Racing Years
Three of the greatest names in motorcycle racing history - namely, multiple World Champion Giacomo Agostini, TT legend Joey Dunlop OBE and, thought by some to be the greatest motorcycle racer ever, Mike Hailwood MBE GM - failed to win at their first attempt on the Isle of Man TT course.
Such is the length and complexity of the Isle of Man TT course it can take years to learn and to develop a race-winning pace, but clearly no one had told a young man from a farming family in rural Lincolnshire.
This is the story of Bernard Codd who, in little more than two years, went from winning local trials competitions to breaking short-circuit lap records previously set by John Surtees and winning not just one but two Isle of Man TT races at his first attempt. A career-ending accident means we will never know just how successful a racer Bernard may have become, but this is the remarkable story of a talented rider who fully deserves his place in motorcycle racing history.
Such is the length and complexity of the Isle of Man TT course it can take years to learn and to develop a race-winning pace, but clearly no one had told a young man from a farming family in rural Lincolnshire.
This is the story of Bernard Codd who, in little more than two years, went from winning local trials competitions to breaking short-circuit lap records previously set by John Surtees and winning not just one but two Isle of Man TT races at his first attempt. A career-ending accident means we will never know just how successful a racer Bernard may have become, but this is the remarkable story of a talented rider who fully deserves his place in motorcycle racing history.
208 pages, Paperback
Published May 8, 2023
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