The Featherbed Manx Norton, Geoff Duke, Mike Hailwood… Those names are probably the top three when it comes to British motorcycle racing in the 1950s and 60s, which is arguably the halcyon days of the sport and the industry, particularly as far as Great Britain was, and is, concerned.
Geoff Duke was born in 1923, Mike Hailwood in 1940. They were of different generations and although their careers just about overlapped, at the time that occurred
