Ralph Bryans Ralph Bryans was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland . Bryans was Ireland’s only Grand Prix world champion , winning the 50 cc title in 1965 .Racing career Bryans started road-riding on a BSA Bantam when working as a sixteen-year-old apprentice fitter. He entered his first race, the 1959 Tandragee 100, on a borrowed Ambassador 199 cc. For the 1960 season, he fitted a Triumph Terrier 150 cc engine to his Bantam frame , winning the 1960 Irish 200 cc Championship.progressed to a 1958 350 cc Manx Norton provided by sponsor James Wilson , an insurance broker , further-learning his skills in company of established racers Tommy Robb , Dick Creith and George Purvis . In 1962 , Bryans first entered the Isle of Man TT and later in the Ulster Grand Prix was placed ninth in 350 cc class riding his Wilson-Norton and tenth in the 500 cc class on a Reg Dearden Manx Norton .December 1962 , Bryans arranged to ride Joe Ryan Nortons during 1963 , when he was first noticed by Jim Redman at the Ulster Grand Prix . Bultaco signed Bryans after 'guest riding' their machines in Spain, but allowed Bryans to take advantage of a later offer from Honda to ride works machines in 1964 , during which he was placed second in the 50 cc class and third in the 125 cc TT races . In 1965, Bryans won three races along with two second-place finishes to win the 50cc world championship for the Honda factory racing team.short illness Bryans died at his home in Scotland at age 72 on 6 August 2014.Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins 1962 50cc Benelli ESP FRA IOM NED BEL GER DDR NAT FIN ARG 0 - 0 1962 350cc Wilson Norton IOM NED ULS DDR NAT FIN 0 - 0 1963 125cc Honda ESP GER FRA IOM NED BEL ULS DDR FIN NAT ARG JPN 0 - 0 1963 250cc Benelli ESP GER IOM NED BEL ULS DDR NAT ARG JPN 0 - 0 1963 500cc Norton IOM NED BEL ULS DDR FIN NAT ARG 2 14th 0 1964 50cc Honda USA ESP FRA IOM NED BEL GER FIN JPN 30 2nd 3 1964 125cc Honda USA ESP FRA IOM NED GER DDR ULS FIN NAT JPN 21 5th 0 1964 250cc Honda USA ESP FRA IOM NED BEL GER DDR ULS NAT JPN 4 14th 0 1965 50cc Honda USA GER ESP FRA IOM NED BEL JPN 36 1st 3 1965 125cc Honda USA GER ESP FRA IOM NED DDR CZE ULS FIN NAT JPN 11 8th 0 1965 250cc Honda USA GER ESP FRA IOM NED BEL DDR CZE ULS FIN NAT JPN 6 13th 0 1966 50cc Honda ESP GER NED IOM NAT JPN 26 2nd 1 1966 125cc Honda ESP GER NED DDR CZE FIN ULS IOM NAT JPN 32 3rd 0 1967 250cc Honda ESP GER FRA IOM NED BEL DDR CZE FIN ULS NAT CAN JPN 40 4th 2 1967 350cc Honda GER IOM NED DDR CZE ULS NAT JPN 20 3rd 1
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