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mr dingle
wessieland,
United Kingdom
Posts: 192
Sprint RS (02-05)
15 May 2008 23:26 |
Road racing loses yet another
http://news.bbc.co.uk/spo.....kes/7403931.stm
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Pa
GREAT BRITAIN !,
United Kingdom
Posts: 7,007
Premier Member
Sprint ST (02-04)
15 May 2008 23:29 |
A sad loss.
rest his soul. 
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Fret.
South.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 37,104
Premier Member
Tiger 1050 (07->)
15 May 2008 23:31 |
Sad indeed.
Motorsport is always dangerous and he died doing what he loved.
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Gazza
Derbyshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 1,923
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
15 May 2008 23:32 |
Really sad, one family, two great losses
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OggyKnobbs
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United Kingdom
Posts: 15,250
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Tiger 1050 (07->)
15 May 2008 23:43 |
 Indeed.....RIP
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Red Monkey
Swinging in a tyre,
United Kingdom
Posts: 15,831
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (99-01)
16 May 2008 00:09 |
I'm stunned.
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Nige
Tuesday so must be,
Belgium
Posts: 2,136
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
16 May 2008 00:25 |
First Finbar and now Robert ........ all Ireland must be grieving ..... RIP
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D-rock
Derbyshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 1,606
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 00:33 |
I was just about to go to sleep when i saw it on text.
I can't believe it, i'm stunned.
Tragic, tragic loss. May the angels be with you Robert. 
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Nige
Tuesday so must be,
Belgium
Posts: 2,136
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
16 May 2008 00:39 |
This extract from the Irish Times obituary of Martin Finnegan pretty well sums up the way I feel about road racing.
Motorcycle road racing is a sport difficult to understand or perhaps justify through dispassionate or logical analysis. Its demands are extreme, the toll it exacts too great. But who is to deny it to those for whom it is the only challenge that tests their skill and bravery?
Thousands are drawn to venues all over Ireland to watch these heroes compete – in both North and South, for it has ever been a shared creed that never needed any “ecumenical” initiatives.
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JohntheJock
Newcastle,
United Kingdom
Posts: 1,615
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Speed Triple (05->)
16 May 2008 07:53 |
[edited]:
A sad loss. To sport and his family.
RIP
I'm of to NW200 today. 
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gazwire
London, South West,
United Kingdom
Posts: 390
Premier Member
Speed Triple (05->)
16 May 2008 08:12 |
I was watching the NW200 webstite live stream when it happened, they were following him with the helicopter & it looked like the front wheel had locked up on him, though the report suggests a engine seize.
Very sad.
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Flashster
***ECOSSE***,
United Kingdom
Posts: 19,904
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Enthusiast
16 May 2008 08:24 |
So sad..............
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Narna
Not hiding from Sue,
United Kingdom
Posts: 17,401
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 08:34 |
Very sad indeed
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ST
Surrey/Berks/Hants,
United Kingdom
Posts: 13,524
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
16 May 2008 09:13 |
Its all been said - RIP mate
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Ash (BlackBlade)
Skating Away...,
New Caledonia
Posts: 11,218
Premier Member
Speed Triple (05->)
16 May 2008 09:17 |
Shit 
Tragic, poor family
(wasn't it Robert that had the huge [horrific] accident at the IOM where his rear wheel just disintegrated on him?)
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Strongy
Cumbria,
United Kingdom
Posts: 1,641
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Speed Triple (05->)
16 May 2008 09:32 |
Yeah i think he was on the norton ash.
terrible news
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Narna
Not hiding from Sue,
United Kingdom
Posts: 17,401
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Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 09:33 |
...think it was a Honda wern't it, 1994..?
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Cantbearsed
wolverhampton,
United Kingdom
Posts: 99
Enthusiast
16 May 2008 09:37 |
His accident at the island was on a RC45. The rear wheel broke up at Ballaugh (i think).
Rest in peace. Another talent gone.
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My name is earl
llandrindod wells,
United Kingdom
Posts: 2,559
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 09:41 |
r.i.p robert sad loss
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Ducatiman
Bedfordshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 1,034
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 09:55 |
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Rob BBTB
Birmingham,
United Kingdom
Posts: 22,947
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Sprint ST (05->)
16 May 2008 10:04 |
I guess he knew the risks better than most.
R.I.P.
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X-Man
Chesterfield/Derbys,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,939
Premier Member
Enthusiast
16 May 2008 11:15 |
R.I.P.
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Flappytabs
in severe pain,
United Kingdom
Posts: 2,724
Premier Member
Speed Triple (05->)
16 May 2008 11:23 |
DITTO all of the above
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triple queen aka tq
OXFORDSHIRE,
United Kingdom
Posts: 5,920
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Speed Triple (05->)
16 May 2008 11:43 |
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Nick
On the Sprint!,
United Kingdom
Posts: 6,329
Premier Member
Sprint ST (05->)
16 May 2008 11:55 |
Sad loss..R.I.P.
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Iandaytona
Darlington UK,
United Kingdom
Posts: 42
Daytona 955i (02)
16 May 2008 13:31 |
Devasted to hear of his loss.
RIP Robert
Have already seen on another forum this being used as a reason to call for the stopping of road-racing.
Given the reported facts of this particular accident, this is more ridiculous than ever.
Robert knew the risks more than any of us, and like all road racers carried on because of his love for the sport.
My thoughts are with his family and friends.
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Chris Line
Cowes,Isle of Wight.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,274
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
16 May 2008 14:09 |
R.I.P Robert Dunlop - a sad day indeed!
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Aveleydave
Twiglet Zone,
United Kingdom
Posts: 1,844
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
16 May 2008 14:15 |
T'is a shame but lived life doing what he loved
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Gus
Houston,
United Kingdom
Posts: 352
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 14:57 |
Sad news indeed..
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Suffolk Punch
The Girthmaster....,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,512
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 15:40 |
RIP Robbie Dunlop... Died doing what you loved, hope your family can find peace in that knowledge...
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Rec
Oakworth, West Yorks,
United Kingdom
Posts: 458
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 16:10 |
RIP Robert Dunlop, heard this on the radio at 5.20am 
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Bluesman
The North of Wales,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,661
Premier Member
Daytona T595 (97-98)
16 May 2008 16:23 |
I've just heard now .......... stunned
A terrible loss, my thoughts to his family
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StuB
Bikeless in Limassol,
Cyprus
Posts: 3,694
Enthusiast
16 May 2008 19:35 |
News has only just reached me here, I've been on the beach all day and not had the wireless on in the car.
It's all been said already.
RIP Robert, another one of the Armada taken whilst partaking in the sport they loved.
I'll always remember seeing him wander around the paddock, without a care in the world, with his cowboy hat on and a tribe of kids in tow - and then jumping straight on the bike and rattling off effortless smooth laps...
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ST Elevation
London,
United Kingdom
Posts: 107
Sprint ST (05->)
16 May 2008 20:17 |
Very sad, "RIP"
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Viking
Valhalla,
Iceland
Posts: 2,846
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
16 May 2008 20:19 |
rip
dont have anything more to add
tragic
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kevn
Surrey. ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
Posts: 548
Premier Member
Speed Triple 955i (99-01)
16 May 2008 20:23 |
So very sad,, but i reckon he and Yer Maun will be having a good old piss up in the great bar in the sky tonight.
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Nige
Tuesday so must be,
Belgium
Posts: 2,136
Speed Triple 955i (02-04)
16 May 2008 20:26 |
There'll certainly be some good 2-stroke engine men up there now .......... and more than a few pints of Arthur's finest ......... 
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Riggsy
Coventry,
United Kingdom
Posts: 15,700
Premier Member
Daytona 955i (02)
16 May 2008 20:37 |
very sad indeed
RIP fella
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Ade
Hurt, tired, angry.,
United Kingdom
Posts: 21,053
Premier Member
Speed Triple T509 (97-98)
16 May 2008 21:55 |
Just Jim left now then. RIP Robert.
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StuB
Bikeless in Limassol,
Cyprus
Posts: 3,694
Enthusiast
18 May 2008 06:09 |
I think it was great that Robert's son Michael won the 250 race yesterday, his first NorthWest win.
I'm sure the old man and uncle Joey were cheering him on all the way.
 
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Stevo
Derbyshire,
United Kingdom
Posts: 803
Premier Member
Sprint ST (05->)
18 May 2008 08:38 |
Sad news RIP
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