Rodney Gould was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and UK short circuit specialist, born on 10 March 1943 and died on 16 April 2024. He began racing in 1961 and made his first Isle of Man TT appearance in 1967, riding Manx Nortons and two-stroke Bultacos in the smaller classes before turning to Yamahas. He won the 1970 FIM 250cc world championship on a Yamaha, and after finishing third in the 250 class and fourth in the 500 class in 1972 he retired from competition to become Yamaha's European racing manager. In 1979 he set up a motorcycle dealership in Birmingham in partnership with Mike Hailwood.
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