That was a very long month since the last meetup at DKIT and there is no doubt that it was worth every minute of the wait for this event.
It probably was one of the largest turnouts for the event, but it was great to see such quality. The exotica generated plenty of attention as expected but there was also plenty of stunning machines of a more standard nature around the place.
My only thought when we were driving away today, how are they going to beat that turnout?
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I was thinking about adding a post with some of my road racing photos on it and was wondering where to start. In reality, there is only one place to start and that is with the undisputed king of road racing, Joey Dunlop. I remember seeing him race when we started going to Skerries in the early 80s and he was definitely the one who was talked about for days and weeks afterwards.
My favourite photo of Joey was taken on the morning of the Skerries Road Races in 1989, I think it was shortly after he got the works Honda ride for the F1 championship. I was taking a few shots of the bikes and didn't recognise him as he walked over. I asked if he'd pose for a photo and got a typical Joey response "Ach surely, but hurry up. I don't want my friends to see me dressed like this!". It must have been a condition of his contract with Honda that he had to be 'presentable' for any media briefings. He said he was just back from doing a couple of interviews.
It was the first shot that I ever took of him and has turned out to be the most enduring.
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A throwback to the first Cars And Coffee North East event that I attended back in March 2017. Little did I realise at that stage how much I would look forward to the first Sunday of each month after that.
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