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Title: Rod Gibson has Died?
Post by: mick on July 21, 2009, 05:43:01 PM

Just read about this on another suzuki forum from the states, says that he died on the 28th june after a long battle with Cancer? aged 54 , anyone know if it is correct? cheers Mick.

Title: Re: Rod Gibson has Died?
Post by: matthewmosse on July 21, 2009, 05:55:26 PM

Sadly it is true, there was a mention of it on classicbike forum and also a 2 page spread in Classic Motorcycle Mechanics of which he was the editor. He was ill for some time. A sad loss to the motorcycling world.

Title: Re: Rod Gibson has Died?
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on July 21, 2009, 06:27:43 PM

Yes it was a bit of a shock.

He'd been ill for ages and C&MM had a series of "stand-in" editors, each month syaing that Rod was getting better.

Then this month...


RIP mate.

Title: Re: Rod Gibson has Died?
Post by: mick on July 21, 2009, 08:20:02 PM

Cheers chaps, came as a bit of a shock to me to  :o, saw him at stafford in april and he had lost a bit of weight but otherwise looked ok, sad indeed :'(, RIP Rod.

Title: Re: Rod Gibson has Died?
Post by: Dodgy on August 18, 2009, 10:46:08 PM

Yes it is true and his z1 is up for auction at the stafford show being auctioned by bohnams.

Title: Re: Rod Gibson has Died?
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on August 19, 2009, 09:13:03 AM

Is that the one that he rebuilt for the mag?