The life and times of motorcycling’s alternative thinker
ALF HAGON ABOUT MORE THAN SPEED
Youthful enthusiast to record-breaking superstar – Hagon’s incredible journey! 000 Alf Hagon_SEP.indd 1
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Welcome
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Foreword
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Chapter 1: Alf Hagon,
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Chapter 2: Mr Success
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Chapter 3: Getting into gear
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Chapter 4:
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Chapter 5: Alf’s Double Ton
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Chapter 6: The man, by other people
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Chapter 7: The Magic Nines
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Chapter 8: 14 months with the monster
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Chapter 9: Anatomy of a sprinter
Editor Tim Britton introduces the talented engineering entrepreneur
Long-time friend and rival, Barry Briggs MBE, gives his views on Alf Hagon’s achievements
the early years
A bespectacled boy with skill, ambition and vision...how did Alf’s expertise manifest itself back in the 1940s and 50s?
Modest and unassuming... but boy, can he win a race!
Why waste time with gears when you don’t need them?
Nine-second wonder A journalist joins Alf in aiming for a sub-10 second quarter-mile...
The fastest man in Britain – Alf breaks the 200mph barrier
What do other riders think of Alf? We find out!
Delve into the mind of a determined man
How to build a sprinter the Hagon way
MotorCycling finds out how the JAP was influenced by the Americans
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Chapter 10: A wedding... and the birth of Hagon Shocks Alf and his wife Jean look back over their 60-year partnership
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that didn’t get away
A Hagon bike comes home... from South Africa
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Chapter 12: Alf Hagon is on his way back
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Chapter 13: Make me one...
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Chapter 14: That was then, this is now...
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Chapter 15: Catalogue man
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You can’t keep a good man down! Alf’s business is born!
He’s still keeping busy.
The parts business evolves
Machine profiles
Snapshots
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Kool for kids VE for victory The weighing game Going for the Ton One for the road The other side of the pond A matter of tradition
A bit hilly Quietly confident Team man Trophy man Doing it the Hagon way Sunshine & showers On top of the world Ride the bronco Arch rivals Showtime Blow by blow In the money Hold on, that’s not a JAP Drawing on experience Rode testing The fab four
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