Geoffrey Ernest Duke OBE (29 March 1923 – 1 May 2015), born in St. Helens, Lancashire, was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion. [1] . He raced several brands of motorcycle: Norton, Gilera, BMW, NSU and Benelli. [2] . After retirement from competition, he was a businessman based in the Isle of Man.

2024年5月9日 · Geoff Duke is – for many – the definitive motorcycle racer. He was the first to really go beyond the boundary of being a ‘mere’ racer, becoming a household ...

2015年5月2日 · Six-times world motor-racing champion Geoff Duke, the first major star of the sport, has died at the age of 92. St Helens-born Duke made his name at the Isle of Man TT and dominated the event...

Geoffrey Ernest "Geoff" Duke OBE (29 March 1923 – 1 May 2015) was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion. In the 1950s, he won six world championships and six Isle of Man TT races.

2015年5月4日 · Geoff Duke, the last man to win a 500cc world roadracing championship on a Manx Norton single, has died at his home on the Isle of Man. He was 92. As Norton engineers …

2015年5月2日 · Geoff Duke, the first real superstar of motorcycle racing, has passed away at the age of 92. The six-time TT winner and multiple World Champion passed away peacefully on Friday evening (1 st May).

2015年5月2日 · Geoffrey Duke OBE (29.03.1923 – 01.05.2015) was motorcycling’s first true superstar, a man who transcended the confines of a relatively niche sport to become a household name.

2015年6月11日 · Duke was the first global superstar of Grand Prix racing as the first rider to win two World Championships in the same year, winning the 1951 350cc and 500cc world crowns on Norton Manx singles, and the first to win three successive World Championships, the 1953-1955 world titles on 4-cylinder Gileras.

Geoff Duke was one of the greatest racers of the classic motorcycle age. He's gone, but not forgotten. Here are a few words on the man and his machines...

2015年5月1日 · Geoffrey Ernest Duke OBE (29 March 1923 – 1 May 2015), born in St. Helens, Lancashire, was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion. [1] . He raced several brands of motorcycle: Norton, Gilera, BMW, NSU and Benelli. [2] . After retirement from competition, he was a businessman based in the Isle of Man.