Forty-six-year-old Nick Jeffer-ies has announced his retirement from motorcycle road racing after an illustrious career covering 36 years, exactly 20 years after the death of his equally famous father Allan Jefferies.

Nick, who lives in Allerton, has been involved in bikesport since he was a schoolboy at the age of 15 and still has the ex-Gordon Farley works prepared 199c Triumph that his father bought when the Triumph factory dropped out of motorcycle trials.

A TT winner in 1993 when he won the Formula One race, he has 16 podium finishes in the Isle of Man events and has been second no less than eight times on factory Honda machines.

Jefferies is cknowledged to be one of the most experienced riders around the 37 mile road course although he has crashed in the last two years. He also crashed heavily in the North West 200 races in Ulster last year although that incident was on public roads that are famous for being unpredictable surface conditions.

Jefferies has won the coveted Gold Cup in 1990. His brother Tony also won it in 1970 while nephew David triumphed in 1992 to complete a unique family triple.

Equally at home in trials and Motocross, Jefferies has ridden Honda, CCM, Montesa, Dales-man and Bultaco in major events. He has also raced in Greeves and Husqvarna in Motocross and was a Silver medalist in the 1974 International Six Days Trial in Italy.

He was a team member in the Trophy Team in the 1975 International Six Days event in the Isle of Man on a 500cc Triumph but dislocated his shoulder and had to pull out.

Unquestionably one of the most talented all-round competitors in British motorcycle sport over the last 30 years, as rider, as development engineer, as TT expert.

"I have already bout a new Montesa trials bike and intend to compete in local events, I don't know the new rules though, they seem to be a bit of a shambles at present," commented Tony who no doubt will be putting his views across at the next Bradford Motor Club meeting.

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