The great motorcycle races (+video)

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The great motorcycle races (+video)

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When I was a young boy there were some great 200 miles motorcycle races. A good way to start with is the TV documentary from 1975 produced and directed by Frank Cvitanovich about Barry Sheene, the Suzuki XR111 and the banking...



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Made the trip down to bike week a few times in the late 80's, a friend was racing in the 200 and I was on the pit crew, saw Rainey win 87, Schwantz win 88 and John Ashmead in 89, also met U2 drummer Larry Mullen the same year,
Always one of my favorite bike races of the year. to see the bikes on the banking in person is something every bike fan should see live.

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1985 Daytona 200 Freddie Spencer Superbike win

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LIFE at Daytona: Motorcycle Madness on the Florida Sands (1948)

http://time.com/3878717/daytona-200-rar ... ycle-race/

Nice diaporama

http://time.com/3878717/daytona-200-rar ... le-race/#1

The winner 1948 : Floyd Emde, San Diego, CA Indian

http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/asp/mus ... .asp?id=43