Joey

Discussion in 'Racing & Bike Sport' started by JAT, Jul 2, 2020.

  1. 20 years ago today we lost Joey. Doesn’t seem possible. RIP Joey.
     
    #1 JAT, Jul 2, 2020
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  2. I have vivid memories of meeting in Dublin castle with thousands of other bikers waiting for his funeral car to leave Dublin airport , the traffic corp then rushed us through Dublin all of them on there traffic bikes to make sure we made it the airport to escort the legend home ! A man who traveled in a merc van on his own to help kids in orphanages even though he was about the biggest star in road racing !! Not a word or press conference no twitter bullshit just a great rider and a decent human being !! RIP joey
     
    #2 theskitz, Jul 2, 2020
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  3. I was on holiday in Greece when it happened. It was a surreal moment when I found out :(
     
    #3 El Toro, Jul 2, 2020
  4. 20 years. :(

    I recently sold a lot of my Arai collection, but kept this one. :upyeah:

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    #4 Robarano, Jul 2, 2020
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  5. Road-DVD

    A legend.....I don't know many who've managed to watch this with dry eyes.
    RIP Joey
     
    #5 Dave L, Jul 2, 2020
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  7. I can still remember exactly where i were and what i were doing when heard the news 20 years ago.

    I feel lucky to have watched the great man do the thing he loved the most.... Racing on the roads.

    A true legend... There will never be another yer maun.

    Still respected, still missed.

    RIP joey and thank you for the memories that will stay with me until my dieing day!
     
    #7 H2pots, Jul 2, 2020
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  8. After many years of dreaming ,i organised a trip to the TT in 2000 ,so i feel very ,very lucky to have been there to see the legend that was Joey ,win three races that week ,and then to hear the news a few weeks after ,that he was dead,i am not to proud to say brought tears to my eyes , RIP Joey
     
    #8 VINNIE, Jul 3, 2020
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  9. I was there as well, Joey on the SP1.
    I have to be honest being a massive DJ fan I was gutted when he broke down but it was still a joy to see Joey win on that beast.
    DJ and Joey are both heroes to me. RIP fellas.
     
    #9 JAT, Jul 3, 2020
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  10. A true great.
     
    #10 Expat Jack, Jul 3, 2020
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  11. Great documentary on him a while ago now, testing his bikes on the road outside his house. Legend.
     
    #11 AndyTheFox, Jul 4, 2020
  12. The only time I saw him race was in a Transatlantic race at Oulton in the early eighties.
    Believe it or not he was on a sit up and beg.
    Loved those series of races.
     
    #12 MarketSquareHero, Jul 4, 2020
  13. If it was a real old documentary I'm sure it was called the armoy armada all the lads booting around the back roads of northern ireland testing race bikes !!
     
    #13 theskitz, Jul 4, 2020
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  14. I was at a race meeting at Silverstone (can't remember what it was) when it was announced over the tannoy system.

    At least I didn't shoot my fat mouth off like I did when Diana was killed. I knew that if Silverstone announced it, then it was sadly true.

    I must of seen him riding for Honda Britain at the Transatlantic series. He never set the World alight as I don't think that he ever was a short-circuit scratcher. May of been Brands where I saw him.....
     
    #14 PerryL, Jul 4, 2020
  15. It may have been The Road Racers. That’s a film about the Armoy Armada. Joey, Frank Kennedy and Merv Robinson I think.
    I believe it’s on YouTube.
     
    #15 JAT, Jul 4, 2020
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