Mike Hailwood’s son, David, will be signing the tank of an MV F3 special at an open day to be held on Saturday, 21 March at Kickstart Motorcycles in South Wales.
The “Hailwood replica” – one of five planned by Kickstart and to be used by David as a promotional tool – has been created by the MV dealership as a tribute to Mike Hailwood on the 50th anniversary of legendary racer’s last TT victory aboard one of the Varese-made Italian machines.
The red and silver bike has been tricked up, and Kickstart owner Paul Reynolds, pictured with MV memorabilia, and son Charles have been busy polishing up their collection of Mike Hailwood TT replica trophies.
As reported in the February issue of BDN, Paul is a Mike the Bike fanatic.
Paul is hoping the “PR event” – which runs from 10am until 4pm, with the bike unveiling taking place just after noon – will attract a couple of hundred bikers to the Port Talbot showroom, and that the national rugby team’s crunch Six Nations match in Italy will not hit attendance too badly.
The public will be treated to Italian food and there will be a prize draw.