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APRILIA RS125 RACE BIKE WHICH HAS BEEN PART OF A PRIVATE RACE BIKE COLLECTION FOR MANY YEARS - THIS BIKE WAS RACED BY BILLY DONNAN - THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN DONNAN THE FORMER IRISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPION WHO SADLY LOST HIS LIFE IN 2007 WHILE COMPETING IN THE TANDRAGEE 100 - JD ALSO RAN HIS OWN ROAD RACING TEAM FOR A NUMBER OF SEASONS AND HAD BEEN COMPETING IN MOTORCYCLING EVENTS FOR 20 YEARS - THE LAST RECORDS I CAN SEE OF THIS BIKE BEING RACED WAS AT THE ST PATRICKS DAY SHORT CIRCUIT AT KIRKSTOWN 17th MARCH 2007 JUST A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO JD BEING TRAGICALLY KILLED AND IT IS SAID THAT BILLY PACKED IN RACING FROM THEN ON FOR OBVIOUS REASONS - SO AS FAR AS I AM AWARE THAT IS THE LAST TIME THIS RS125 “69” WAS RACED - IT IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION AND STARTS INSTANTLY - EITHER DESTINED TO BE RACED OR PUT BACK INTO A COLLECTION . POSS PX
