Thanks for your lovely comments, i still love watching this clip, gets me every time.

I was 19 when I met him at the Motorcycle show in Belfast in 1978, I asked him would he sign 2 photographs for me I had at home, he sent me home for them and made sure he got me back into the show for free. What a gentleman and arguably the greatest motorcycle racer ever.

In an era of Kings, Mike Hailwood stood above all of them. The word Legend is thrown about a alot these days but in Mike's case, it's absolutely true.

*I well remember the Race of the Year at Mallory Park September 1964, and long after the race had finished and the crowds had gone, asking a Marshall if I could drive my car (Citroen DS19) around the circuit, he said better ask Mike (Hailwood) and directed me to him. I asked Mike, who I had briefly met a number of times before, and he said of course you can, and told the Marshall to let me through the top gate (Near Hairpin) - He said come back after we are having a bit of a Party with Chris Barber later. Did two/three laps and then went back. Mike appeared genuinely pleased to see me again and asked how I got on. Had a good laugh together as we found had a lot of common interests (3 years older than me and born on the same date 2nd April) and had been to the Belgian Grand Prix the previous year in my Morris Minor 1000. Stayed until late with many of the riders and "Chris Barber & his Jazzmen" playing. Imagine that today, the pits were open and you didn't need a fancy pass to get in. I was very keen on Jazz Bands, and in fact had an Acker Bilk Beard at the time, and was often mistaken for him ! (Maybe Mike thought I was "Acker") Still got the Program Price 2/6p and signed by many riders then including Phil Read, Jim Redman, Mike Duff, Bill Ivy etc Incidentally Mike Won the race on the MV Agusta and was £1000 richer. Huge amount in those days. So no wonder he was happy. He held the 350cc Lap Record from 62-64 at 84.93 mph and the 500cc Lap record at 53 seconds 91.70 mph in 1962 !*

All these years on and I still can't watch without tears.

RIP Mike Hailwood, a great racer, and a great man !!

This video made me cry... Such an inspiration to many... He's the one and only "mike the bike".

I was there for Mike’s triumphant return and as ever he did not disappoint. Tragic the way he was killed but he had somehow predicted his own demise. There can never be another as good or as enigmatic in my book.

What a guy, his love of the sport and motorcycles in general was so self-evident. No one will ever fill his race boots. A true icon.

I had the pleasure of watching Mike the Bike race at Bathurst in 1978 a thrill to see such a champion! A great courageous man winner of the George Medal for bravery. A terrible loss in a tragic accident. Mike's legend lives on.

After 11 years away and come back and win it ,must go down as one of the greatestTT wins

These kind of programmes put TV in the shade these days . . . why have a tv when you can watch stuff like this on You Tube absolute magic.

I was there, watching at the Bungalow. Never to be forgotten. 3 years later Mike died on a road 3 miles from my house. So tragic.

Mike was so so special in so many ways. His ridiculous, horrendous death - after doing all that - shows, for me, how absurd and unfair life really is.

I'm just drooling all over my phone watching these works of art being handled by absolute champions especially Mr Hailwood

I was there on my Velo that year. Utterly captivating to see Mike riding. The neatest rider I have ever seen, truly a class above. Inspiring!

Just INCREDIBLE - a Legend in his own time! We will never see again! Thank you for sharing here!

It would have been an immensely popular win because everyone revered him. I saw him at Brands Hatch around 1967 or ‘68 at the Race of the South on his Honda 6 when he beat Agostini. We saw him giving the ACU officials heaps in the paddock over something or other, he certainly didn’t like backing down.

I think Mike really meant it , when he said , I've never really felt like it in my life , what a legend , what a man !

I was there and at the post TT at Mallory. The likes of riders such as Hailwood and Agoustini can't be underestimated. With multi class wins at GPs and on the IOM they were the best of the best but for mike to come back after 11 years previously riding on drum brakes and cross ply tyres to smash the technology of the 1978 Ducati says it all. A great would be great in any era and against any opposition, it's the man not the machine and Mike was the man!

The greatest of them all !!

The Ducati 900SS bevel drive V twin, greatest bike of its time.

Legend! was there with my Dad.

What an era, not just bikes, f1 and most other motorsports. Awesome history.

I remember this! My dad spoke non-stop of _Mike the Bike_ . Of course at that time, I'd only been to a handful of races with the biggest stars at the time I had seen being Gregg Hansford and Graeme Crosby, and had no idea as to the feat of Mikes accomplishment. Fast forward half a dozen years or so, and both dad and I were shocked to learn of his death.... At this point I started riding my first motorcycle and started my infatuation with the Isle....

Love it, be nice to go back to those days!

Proud to say I was there, first ever TT. It was an incredible 2 weeks, I went to a couple after that but that was the one. I was having a blood test at a local hospital last year and overheard one of the nurses talking to another patient about Hailwood when she was at the TT, I butted straight in, and we had an excellent chat about it all.

Yes and I had the good fortune to be there , the atmosphere was electric and Mike had always been my hero , even called my house Hailwood Cottage

Love this video. I'm fortunate enough to own a phil read replica. Thanks for posting

I was there truly remarkable day from the greatest motorcycle rider ever. Sadly missed.

His name MH and the Ducati Pantah 900ss still echoes to this day and forever will.

What a great bunch of video's. No one seems to remember Mike made his first 'comeback' in the 1976 TT riding Martini Yamaha's. Don't remember his results, but they didn't make headlines. Sad to say I never saw him race, but when I saw news of his results in MCN that week , I shed an emotional tear. All too soon he lost his life outside a chip shop. He deserved so much more than that!

Mike the bike, the GOAT! There have been great riders over the years but to this day Mike Hailwood is in a class above. RIP

I was there in 78 Mike the bike the greatest ever racer and humble man

Mike Haiwood restera le pilote hors norme et demeurera aussi dans nos cœurs. Avec lui, tout devenait possible, un retour en course avec une moto qu'il découvrait et pour signer une victoire éclatante. Bravo Mike !

Why can't we make films about this man and other heroes like him?How many baseball films have I sat through telling the story of an American whose name I may or may not recognise yet have never watched a film about Mike,Joey or whoever?

Love it ... though brings a tear to me old eyes

the best of all time ....

Great Video! What A Great Guy! Those Who Got To Watch Him Race Are Truly Lucky! Thanks For Sharing.

I was there…still gives me goosebumps….

The greatest motorcycle racer ever. No question.

My wife and I were there to see Mike’s return to the island, I remember saying to her I’ve achieved an ambition because at this moment I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else on the entire planet. A fantastic ride on the Sports Motorcycles Ducati, followed the following year on a works Suzuki if memory serves me correctly (it often doesn’t these days)

In my late teens l bought a bike from Knott Mill Motorcycles in Manchester. Round the corner on Liverpool Road was a Sports Motorcycles, full of European bikes. Steve Wynne was a lovely bloke who took didn't mind you sitting on bikes you couldn't afford. There was little fuss when Mike won the TT 2 nice unassuming men and some great men.

Amazing! - Some tension but unwavering focus!!

Take A Moment I was sitting in a pub with Stanford Tuck, WW2 RAF pilot. As a 28yr veteran of the RAF myself we had a beer at his seat in the bay window. Mick Hailwood came passed the pub wall we were resting our pints flat out. The voice is the very essence of the IOM. Thank you for posting this, my friend 🎉 Ride Safe Stay Silly Stay Free and Stay Free ❤🎉

Stunning, thanks for sharing.

I still find it impressive that men like Read and Hailwood adapted so well from the drum braked bikes of the '60's to the impressively powerful '70's superbikes. Particularly for Hailwood, having been away for so long

Fantastic ,what a smooth rider.

When the world was a good place. Amazing memories and amazing racing .

Legends...

I was in NZ, in one of the experience boxes. I said "throw in Hailwood's 78 Run!" They did not charge me. I came out in tears.

Really the best,.....but also good to see John Williams beside him, also one of Englands best roadracers and sadly very underrated! He died two years later in northern Ireland...RIP!

I was there on the day, sat at the bottom of Bray, it was a year to remember the great MTB.

This really was a fairy tale - Mike's Ducati blew up on the approach to the finish line; if he had faced greater opposition and revved it higher during the race, the story would have been very different. It was meant to be.

Watched it at Creg ny Baa, if my memory serves me. So smooth.Glided around the bend, like God might, with just the edge of his boot scratching the tarmac,

lol.. my 5 mins of fame. We were drinking at the pub in parliament square that day and watching from the car park. We were doing roughly a pint a lap (young man) the laps were about 20 mins long back then and there were 6 of them ! On his last lap we were very drunk and very happy and we made a lot of noise lol.. I remember him mentioning it in MCN and thinking yeah, that was us :). Interesting addenda. After the TT Mallory park use to host a race called the post TT (don't know if they still do). We met my girlfriends parents there on the way back to London. They were friends of Barry Ditchburn, the works Kawasaki rider. At the time he was considered the "King of Lean" having been recorded regularly cranked over up to 50 degrees (What is Marc Márquez up to now, 64 degrees lol) I remember him commenting following a rider who he didn't know into Gerrards the very long right hander at the the end of the start finish straight. He said the bloke looked slow because of his upright riding position and he kinda took his eye of the ball and followed him in with an overtake in mind and nearly wiped out big time. Back in the paddock he realised his mistake, it was Mike Hailwood !

It is great to hear the voice of Mike the Bike. I have so many books about him. Thank you for the video.

What a return & an almost fairy tale win, missed by many RIP Mike The Bike Hailwood.

The best of the best without a doubt.

I remember being seventeen years old, hearing the result and legging up to my mates garage (where he was rebuilding his GT250 again) and shouting 'Hailwoods won!'

Outstanding!

LEGEND MIKE HAILWOOD LIVE EVER

I see a ressemblance in apperance between Jack Miller and Mike Hailwood, am I the only one? Mike was maybe the greatest ever and Jack is also very skilled and has already made a significant mark in the motorcycle racing world.

I was there. Watched from a pub as they went by at 180 mph. Heaven...

Hello, as a lad I looked up to him. I miss him.

Yep, I was there, also at the Post TT at Mallory Park. Great memories.

Some great 70s library music .....

What a hero mike was, amazing. R

I saw him on The Island and Oulton Park. He was and still is the GOAT. Never mind Ago being this or that. Ago was racing with no real opposition. Every time Ago came up against Hailwood he was second best. I've seen Read on the IOM and in the paddock at various tracks. He was quick but same as Ago never really had Mike The Bike to contend with after Mike's death. Hailwood was a gentleman of the sport. Read was arrogant, unapproachable and condescending. Mike was and still is the GOAT.

Flippin' awesome! Haven't been to the island since Hailwood won the F1 in '78 😳

Greet from Malaysia🇲🇾

That day, one of the greatest TT racers became the Greatest of all time. He could still do it, so how many could he af won? What if? 11 years of what ifs is an unassailable lead in many people's book. All those races he never started, but still had it in him to win all along.

What can you say that could do justice to this. Words on paper as so small compared to the achievement.

Mike the Bike/R.I.P./*\💥🌟

And stuffed Read too, it doesn’t get better than that

Mike the bike... Hail wood' Hailwood's tears in my eyes.. What a name mike haill wood still remains in moto GP ...duke of motorway, s

Mike was a big hero. Would have loved to see Mike and Rossi against Joey on similar machinery.

Tom Herron, hero!

I was there! Happy days….

Murray Walker's book brought me here 👍🏻

The criticism levelled at Mike in the early days was that he could afford the best machinery hence his success.However when riding works machines against other works riders he was usually more than a match for them,I saw him at Brands in the early sixties,the great Derek Minter was only one to come close

Was that Lemmy getting Mike the bikes autograph... Mike warmed up for this race in the Castrol six hour at Amaroo Australia

Legend !

Being younger I don't remember when Mike had hair but have to say he seems a thoroughly decent chap

Mike The Bike!

What a great motorcycle racer. I heard people say he could ride a garden gate and still win. 😁😁

El año siguiente salió con una Norton Manx en plan exhibición y allí estaba yo para verle.

Have been there in 1979 ..

The greatest

Mike Hailwood……..The GOAT!

Ducati 900 MHR...😍😍

Legendary, and Williams smoking a cigarette at the podium at the end…. Different times😆

9 times GP champ didnt know he had that many titles....i know his name very well as Road racer in america....i mainly ride motocross...but went Road racing after i bought a beautifull 1986 Yamaha FZ 750 an found it a bit too fast to ride around the roads by me house...so i took it to a racetrack in the poconos and fell in love with have almost 100 percent grip ftom the tires...michelin High sports....they really could take the abuse i could throw on them...Dunlops had a little more grip overall...an most had switched....thanks i had know idea...mike had so many titles...

You can’t deny his talent, but I am so glad Phil Read got whooped !

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

The old L twin walks away with it

The world was better in his presence!

Mike hailwood il più grande insieme ad Agostini...

From the days when men were men and the women were glad of it yes siree bob. Great men… even greater moustaches.

This is great isnt it, he first reaction, without hesitation is to go and save that guy. Taking time to struggle with that seat belt in a fire, catching fire. The heat must have been intense. It’s too hot holding your hand above a glowing bbq never mind being IN the flames. What a great act of human bravery caught on film.