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27-10-2021, 08:50 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: East London
Bike: Multiple Monsters
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27-10-2021, 09:39 PM | #2 |
Ciao, come stai?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Somewhere
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 4,157
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This is awful news. Met Paul at the PS Sport Classic launch at CMW Chichester, he must have spent 45 minutes just chatting to my mate and I, then met him again at WDW and was amazed he remembered me from the bike launch. One of the absolute nicest guys I’ve met…
RIP
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28-10-2021, 09:11 AM | #3 |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Hull
Bike: M900
Posts: 75
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Very Sad. Another legend gone. RIP Paul.
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28-10-2021, 10:56 AM | #4 |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Cambridge
Bike: S4Rs
Posts: 320
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Sad news indeed.I still have the Paul Smart autographed baseball cap that I won in a raffle at a UKmonster club track day at Mallory Park quite a few years ago.
Lovely guy and a great racer for sure. |
28-10-2021, 11:18 AM | #5 |
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cricklade
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 2,831
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totally gutted ,, met Paul a few times , a genuine down to earth man sad ..
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28-10-2021, 07:45 PM | #6 |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: brough
Bike: M1100evo
Posts: 1,546
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Just picked this up. A very sad piece of news. I met him at the launch of the Sport Classics at the NMS in 2005, then at Mallory in 2011 where he signed the seat hump for me, then again at WDW in 2018.
A lovely, unassuming chap. He will be sadly missed at future events. |
28-10-2021, 08:18 PM | #7 |
Lord of the Rings
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Norwich
Bike: M900sie
Posts: 5,848
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I never did meet Barry Sheene. Now I shall never meet Paul Smart. They were both mates of Capo's.
I still have a picture of his Imola bike on my workshop wall. He and that 750 were a legend together.
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28-10-2021, 09:09 PM | #8 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: East London
Bike: Multiple Monsters
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Paul’s wife Maggie is Barry’s sister, condolences to her and their kids.
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28-10-2021, 09:42 PM | #9 |
Lord of the Rings
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Norwich
Bike: M900sie
Posts: 5,848
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Yes I knew that and it was in the back of my mind to invite them to Capo's wake.. Aint it just always later than you think..
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29-10-2021, 11:57 AM | #10 |
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Beachtown
Bike: M900
Posts: 2,188
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So so sad, he was often at the Classic races either doing a parade or just mingling and chatting to anyone who said hello.
Last time I saw him to say hello to he was in front of me in the queue to pick our (respective) cars up from Gatwick Airport parking. Complete legend and one of the nicest chaps not only in racing but on the Planet.
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29-10-2021, 12:12 PM | #11 |
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Sutton In Ashfield
Bike: Multiple Monsters
Posts: 6,029
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Very sad news indeed.
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29-10-2021, 01:16 PM | #12 |
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: leicester
Bike: M750
Posts: 4,546
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Sad news.
I watched Paul race many times, particularly during his early career. I can still picture him coming round the bend just before the Cadwell mountain on his 350 yamaha ahead of a certain Giacomo Agostini, much to the appreciation of the crowd on the banking. He went on to win that race, if memory serves. |
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