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Alain de Cadenet remembered
When living in California, de Cad loved dawn rides into the hills on his Vincent to visit favourite airfields and chat with flyers and mechanics.
On trips to India to host Cartier’s Travel with Style concours, he would often extend his visit and hire a Royal Enfield for a long solo adventure.
Riding pals included Peter Fonda, but his ever-competitive style could be disastrous and he rapidly used up his nine lives with a succession of accidents.
He kept riding into his late 60s, but while using his Rickman Métisse to visit a friend, de Cad was side-swiped by a hit-and-run driver on the LA freeway.
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Only the bravery of a local commuter, who parked his Range Rover to block the busy traffic, saved the seriously injured rider.
But de Cad loved a challenge, and in 1996 he rode the Isle of Man TT course on a ’72 Triumph Trident in the classic parade.
Full of awe for the brave racers, he simply gasped “outrageous” when interviewed after stepping of