RIP Ken Wootton

It is with great sadness to inform you of the passing of Ken Wootton.

The “Woose” was holidaying in Europe, where he passed away in his sleep on Sunday, 24 July in Czechoslovakia.

Ken will be sadly missed across the motorcycling world, as his reach and achievements were enormous. He was the man who set Australian Motorcycle News (AMCN) magazine on its successful modern course, sat in the editor seat at Motorcycle Trader, possessed an incredible motorcycling and Australian road-racing knowledge no one can rival, helped many Australian road racers on their path to success and tested all genres of motorcycles.

He achieved a lot in his too-short 57 years, and has left some massive shoes to fill. He was a real character of Australian Motorcycling and will be missed around the motorcycling world.