Mate, I dunno about you but I’m fair buggered. The poster on the fridge in the smoko room at Suzuki NZ, Wanganui hit us like a bombshell. Rob Gardiner went on to explain what had happened and that understandably due to his medical condition Mike Hyde, the author of the Twisting Throttle books and the driving force behind the TT would not be there to wave us home. It was a sobering moment reminding us how fickle and fragile life is; you never know when it’s going to stand up and ...