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that gold bike sat in my dads garage at home for a couple of years in bits.

dad & Ivan went up to Donington to the old speedway museum where the bike had been loaned with strict instructions from Ivan not to polish the gold. unfortunately, they kept polishing and it wore the gold plate down so Ivan decided there and then it wasn't staying. the bike was loaded in the car and just unloaded at dads and it stayed until Ivan decided to get it shipped back.

i remember staying at Ivan's when i was about 16 or 17 too and sleeping in the same room as the gold bike, winged wheel, and hundreds of trophies - quite a prvilidge

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1 hour ago, PHILIPRISING said:

IVAN always denied that he lost a million but he did suffer financially from the Lloyds crash.

It was a mark of the man that he didn't bitch about it either, unlike many others. He just took it on the chin and got on with life.

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