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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He was a badass, though. Legend has it that he had a hole drilled in the face shield of his helmet so he could still light up a smoke while driving.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

That story makes no sense. He always used half face helmets. Even when he had a full face, he smoked through the window of the helmet. Sounds like a story a tobacco sponsor would promote.

Trickle killed himself after suffering years of chest pain definitively not due to his smoking.

Barry Sheene had a hole in his Motorcycle helmet for smoking.

He died of eosophageal cancer. Cool.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

That's why I referred to the story as a "legend" (and it is a story that had been passed around for decades), not a fact that I can provide documentary proof of for a humorous internet comment.

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