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    2016 YAMAHA YZF-R1

    Oct 12, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS: RIGHT SAID JACK
    IMAGES: CHAPSTICK/MATT SAYLE

    oeveryone, meet John Shipley… the fastest Scouse we’veeverfound in the paddock. Andno, we don’t meanthe fastesttowhiphis top off andflex for the camerafor alaugh (though he winsthatsought-after competition hands down), and it’snot an inference to his assumedly innate Liverpudlian wheel removing abilityeither! John is one of life’sunassuming chaps who youwouldn’t expect to be raggingthearseout of afire-breathing R1 in bright Rossi Replica-style fairings, and then climbback into hishigh-waisted paddock trousers. However, when we approached him due to his immaculately well-presented2016R1, it turns outhe’s quite abit moreversed to throwingbikes around than one could wrongly assume! WhenIstarted chatting to him about his experience, John humbly mentioned he raced at the Isle of ManTT, and by the sounds of it he wasn’t just there

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