Ahh Rocket Ron Haslam - has always seemed a great bloke and supposedly one of the best development riders this side of a winged wheel. Often wonder how many GPs or even World Championships he would have won if he had shaved off those side burns. I have a lot of time for Leon, it cannot be easy being Rocket Ron's son, the expectation of others must be so high, yet he seems to be coping well and moving apace. I really hope his choice to stay in BSB rather than go to D'Antain or Illmor in MotoGP does not come back and bite him.
When RR was riding the Elf Honda I was working in a factory in Milton Keynes - we made train windows amongst other things. One of the production managers was called Ron Rocket. I could never look at him and think how little he looked like Rocket Ron (and why should he) consiquently I could never really take the guy seriously, and he was a real nice bloke. Mind with a name like that he should have been a racer or an aeronautics engineer.
Now not a rider - but had the 'pleasure' of meeting Dr Joe Ehrlich once - nice guy, clever guy but I did not realise how little in this world he had not invented. I guess I must have missed his passing - which raises another question - does anyone know if Mez Porting still exist, had some work done on the Triton by Old man Mez and have seen their web site - but no resoponce. Was great in his workshop - what looked like a set of old garden sheds at the end of the garden and inside - hidden under covers, works Honda and Ducati heads - amongst others. Could have spent hours playing with his machines, and he did a great job for me.
R
