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The Mulled Toast To Sir Dugald Clerk I raise my glass, his vision places him first in class. For Alfred Scott let’s have your plaudits, his Squirrels drove the four-strokes nuts. To Motorradwerk Zschopau i doff my cap, their Walter Kaaden deserves some clap. Señores Bulto and Giro
need a mention, their flair for design
got my attention. Brian Stonebridge I
allege, initialled my thirst
for two-stroke knowledge. In academe I found
inspiration in Crossland and
Timoney and Rowland Benson. All of my students are
accorded a bow, their doctoral slavery
stokes our know-how. The craftsmen at Queen´s
are awarded a medal, their precision wrought
engines from paper to metal. For support from
industry I proffer thanks, their research funds
educate many Ulster cranks, but the friendships
forged I value more as they span from Iwata
to Winnebago´s shore. To the great
road-racers I lift my hat, they make the adrenalin
pump pitter-pat, for the Irish at that
are always tough, like Dunlop and
Steenson and Ray Mc Cullough. In case you think, as you peruse this tome, that a computer
terminal is my mental home, I´ve motorcycled at
trials with the occasional crash and relieved
fellow-golfers of some of their cash. Gordon Blair May 1989
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