Mike Hailwood痴 widow Pauline has spoken out after starting legal action against Ducati over the MH900e, or Mike Hailwood Evoluzione.
She is upset over the use of the 10-times world champion痴 name and the way the bike has been advertised and makes the points in a suit filed against Ducati in New Jersey.
Confirming her decision to take legal action to motorcyclenews.com, she said she had hoped to settle the matter " quietly and amicably " but that Ducati had been unwilling to come to an agreement.
" The compensation amount is up for discussion, " she said from her home in Spain.
" What I知 doing is defending my right to use Mike 痴 name. Ducati is taking away my right to use his name, and I have to protect the rights which my son, Dave, and I inherited. "
Protecting rights to Mike痴 name is vital to future plans, she says, which include extending the www.mikethebike.com virtual museum website and making it financially self-supporting, plus a possible real museum displaying Hailwood bikes and memorabilia.
" This did not have to become a public spectacle, " she said in an earlier statement.
She claims that Ducati: " did not have the courtesy to contact me for permission to use Mike痴 name. "
Here痴 her earlier statement in full: " Mike helped define an era. He was undoubtedly the best racer of all time, both as a person and as a sportsman. Ducati was looking for an icon to sell motorcycles.
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