Ace farewell to 'JB'

Farewell JB –

When I started out in motorcycling journalism in 1975 John ‘JB’ Brown was already a veteran – MCN’s grand prix columnist.  Now he’s dead and it seems an era is over.

John, who seemed to call everyone ‘ace’, covered the 1970's glory days of Barry Sheene’s world championships.  But his reporting career spanned 50 years.

I last ran into him, with my mate Nutters (John Nutting), at the motorcycle show a couple of years ago.  JB was enjoying himself. (He was supposed to be running the press office!)

These appreciations sum up JB better than I ever could:

www.bikesportnews

www.britishsuperbike.com

www.classicmotorcycle.co.uk

  • Photo credit - Classic Motorcycle.

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