Laurie BOULTER - road accident in IOM 1954 

Leo SIMPSON (NZ) -1955 - boat accident

Werner HAAS - 1956 - Plane crash

Roger BARKER - died from heat exhaustion Thuringia East Germany 1957

Libero LIBERATI - 1962 - Road accident

Gary HOCKING - race car crash Natal South Africa - Dec 1962

Gustav HAVEL - Road accident - 1967

Dave SIMMONDS -  October 23, 1972 in Rungis, France - 1969 125 cc road racing World Champion. The victory marked the first world championship for Kawasaki.

 Simmonds was killed in 1972, in a fire caused by an exploding gas cylinder in his caravan, while attending the French Grand Prix.

Ken REDFERN - England 1973 (road accident)

Geoff PERRY - plane crash Tahiti July 1973

Burt MUNRO - Jan 1978 - New Zealander who rode 1920 Indian to a 1967 Land World Speed Record

Reg ARMSTRONG - car accident - Nov 1979

Bryan HINDLE - 1978 - Ultra-light plane crash

Mike HAILWOOD - England 1981 (killed in car accident)

George O'DELL - House fire - 1981

Paul LODEWIJKX - Dutch GP champion - drowned August 1988

Kenny IRONS - Suzuki Works GP rider - killed in a race car crash Cadwell Park 1988

George CATLIN - UK 1992 (illnes) (pic courtesy Helmut Ohner)

Greg HANSFORD - Phillip Island 1995 (killed in race car crash)

Rodger FREETH - Bathurst winner - killed in rally car crash at Perth WA

Juan Lopez MELLA - killed in car crash

Heinz LUTHRINGSHAUSER - died 1997 - German Sidecar Champion in 1970

Georg  MEIER - Died Feb 1999 - Winner of the 1939 IOM Senior TT race on a supercharged 500cc BMW

Malcolm UPHILL - asbestosis 1999

Walter VILLA - June 2002 - World 250cc Championship titles in 1974, 1975 and 1976, and the World 350cc Championship title in 1976 on HD.

 Died of a heart attack.

Steve HISLOP - Scotland (helicopter crash) Jul 03

Barry SHEENE 2003 (Cancer) - 1976 and 1977 saw he win the 500cc World Championships.

David WOOD - passed away Tuesday, May 25th 2004 in Belfast having been ill for some time. In 1980 David was the Irish 200cc champion and manager of Joey Dunlop through most of his glory years.

Simon 'Ronnie' SMITH - motorcycle accident 2004

Tarquinio PROVINI - won 1957 125cc World Championship on a Mondial, and the 1958 250cc World Championship on an MV Agusta.

 Died 6 January 2005

Rob PUNT - Dutch GP rider - died February 2005

Bernard SCHNIEDERS - October 2005 - Died of illness

Umberto MASETTI - Died May 2006. In 1950, Masetti won the Grands Prix of Belgium and the Netherlands and defeated Geoff Duke for the 500cc World Championship.

 In 1952, still with Gilera, he was again World Champion, again taking victories in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Pat MAHONEY - badly injured at Brands Hatch 1975 - died 2006

Kent ANDERSSON - died unexpectedly aged 64 in Aug 2006 - GP Championship wins 125cc - 1973, 1974

Lance WEIL - Workshop accident - Sep 2006

Herbert PRUGL - Died January 2007

Alois MAXWALD - Died January 2007

Walter BREHME - Died January 2007

Bart MARKEL - Died Feb 2007 - 3 times AMA Grand National Flat Track Motorcycle Champion

Paolo PILERI - World GP Champion - Died February 2007

Bruno RUFFO - World GP Champion - Died February 2007

Wolfgang KALAUCH - Died Feb 2007 - 1968 & 1970 World Champion Sidecar Passenger

Georg AUERBACHER - Died March 2007

Bob MITCHELL - Died March 2007

Jack Findlay - Emphysema - 19 May 2007

Alan SHEPHERD - Died 16 July 2007 - MZ GP rider in the 50s and 60s

Bill LOMAS - Died 14 Aug 2007 - 1955 and 1956 350cc World Motorcycle Racing Champion

Noriyasu NUMATA - Former GP rider, killed while tyre testing for Dunlop - Sep 2007

Siegfried HAASE - former GP rider - died Oct 2007

Norifumi ABE - killed in a street crash when his motorbike collided with a truck making an illegal U-turn - 7 Oct 2007.

Ernst HILLER - died February 2008

Emilio MENDOGNI - died February 2008