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The classic bad ass motorcycle racer thread

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Please share your favorite racer or one of the many greats. In action, historic, Action hero poster, in the pits... whatever.

Love to see what ya got.

Since I am starting it.....I will be the first to throw down.

EDIT --- Updating the OP with places you can find your favorites and also help me know who has been done :p ---

Giacomo Agostini – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974483&postcount=41

Sam Arena - Flat Track/Hillclimb/Road Racing/Speedway
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10001395&postcount=268

John Ashmead - Road Racing

https://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10938257&postcount=311

David Bailey – Motocross/ Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977417&postcount=91

Steve Baker – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974638&postcount=48

Mike Baldwin – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974400&postcount=29
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977395&postcount=90

Kork Ballington – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974875&postcount=56

Mark Barnett – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974427&postcount=34

Mike Bast - Speedway
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9980659&postcount=147

Mark Brelsford – Flat Track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974437&postcount=37

Max Bubeck – Flat track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9981908&postcount=169

Dick Burleson – Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9985162&postcount=197
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9992826&postcount=236

Ben Capanale - Flat Track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10001395&postcount=268

Ricky Carmichael – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978106&postcount=107

Chris Carr – Flat Track/ Road Racing/Landspeed
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974055&postcount=5
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9985109#post9985109

Kel Carruthers - Roadracer/ Team Manager
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9993610&postcount=242

Danny Chandler – Motocross/ Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977428&postcount=92

Doug Chandler – Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978966&postcount=120

Nobby Clark – Mechanic
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9986062&postcount=201

Russ Collins – Drag Racer
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9986458&postcount=206

Wes Cooley – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974504&postcount=43
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974515&postcount=44

Roger Decoster – Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9980983&postcount=154

Tony DiStefano - Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9993622&postcount=243

Mick Doohan – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974270&postcount=17
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10046202#post10046202

Miguel DuHamel – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977775&postcount=101

Yvon DuHamel – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974275&postcount=18
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977775&postcount=101

Joey Dunlop – Real Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974464&postcount=39

Ryan Dungey - Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9997891&postcount=255

Colin Edwards – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975589&postcount=72

Don and Dave Emde – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9985018&postcount=193
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977395&postcount=90

Jeff Emig – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9984982&postcount=192

Stefan Everts – Motorcross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9985448&postcount=198

Jim Filice - Flat Track/Roadracing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10001411&postcount=270

Rollie Free – Landspeed
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9981209&postcount=164

Carl Fogarty – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974261&postcount=15

Wayne Gardner – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975206&postcount=61
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975235&postcount=62

Broc Glover – Motocross/ Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9980955&postcount=153

Randy Goss - Flat Track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9997396&postcount=252

Ricky Graham – Flat Track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974009&postcount=2

Mick Grant – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975199&postcount=60

Noryuki Haga – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9981203&postcount=163

Mike Hailwood – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974026&postcount=3
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974065&postcount=6
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10008162&postcount=276

Danny Hamel – Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=521235&page=7

Bob Hannah – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974339&postcount=23
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978124&postcount=108

Scot Harden – Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9981991&postcount=171

Nicky Hayden – Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974640&postcount=49

Pat Hennen - Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9990875&postcount=232

Doug Henry - Motocross/Supercross/Supermoto
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9998303&postcount=256

Kent Howerton – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978721&postcount=117

Hap Jones - Flat Track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10001395&postcount=268

Rick Johnson – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978717&postcount=116

Mike Kiedrowski - Motocross/Supercross/Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9989771&postcount=225

John Kocinski – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975819&postcount=74

Ed Kretz - Flat Track/Road Racing/ Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10001395&postcount=268

Brad Lackey – Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974401&postcount=30
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974436&postcount=36
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9976493&postcount=85

Mike LaRocco - Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9989774&postcount=226

Mert Lawill – Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975579&postcount=71

Eddie Lawson – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974238&postcount=10

Joe Leonard – Flat Track/Road Racing/Car racer
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9986160&postcount=203

Niall MacKenzie – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975419&postcount=67

Randy Mamola – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974149&postcount=8
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978268&postcount=113
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978294&postcount=114

Dick Mann – Flat Tracker/Road Racer
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975274&postcount=63
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975335&postcount=65

Bart Markel – Flat Tracker
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9986160&postcount=203

Bill Mathews - Flat Track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10001395&postcount=268

Gary McCoy – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9981201&postcount=162

Mary McGee – Road Racing/Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974803&postcount=54
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974878&postcount=57

Jeremy McGrath – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978128&postcount=109
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978755&postcount=119

Fred Merkel – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975178&postcount=59

Heikki Mikkola – Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9976250&postcount=79

Steve McGlaughlin – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977395&postcount=90

Sammy Miller – Trials/Offroad/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=521235&page=8

Mat Mladin – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9981488&postcount=166

Marty Moates - Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9999259&postcount=262

Steve Morehead – Flat Track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9984012&postcount=183

Burt Munro - Landspeed
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10222587&postcount=296

Cyril Neveu - Dakar
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9995546&postcount=250

Gary Nixon – Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974076&postcount=7

Bruce Oglivie - Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9984019&postcount=184

Johnny O'Mara
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9998930&postcount=257

Rich Oliver - Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10003251&postcount=272

Scott Parker – Flat Track
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977341&postcount=89

Bruce Penhall – Speedway
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974395&postcount=27
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9980668&postcount=148

John Penton – Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9979292&postcount=127

Dudley Perkins – Old School Racing/ Hill Climb
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974372&postcount=25

Stephane Peterhansel - Offroad/Dakar
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9991409&postcount=234

Doug Polen – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9979393&postcount=130

Jim Pomeroy – Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9975575#post9975575
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9985488&postcount=199

Reg Pridmore – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9977395&postcount=90

Cook Neilson – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9980039&postcount=138

Dale Quarterly – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9976672&postcount=87

Charlie Rauseo – Local Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9979032&postcount=122
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9979365&postcount=129

Wayne Rainey – Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974250&postcount=11
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9989726&postcount=223

Cal Rayborn – Road Racing/Landspeed
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974255&postcount=13

Phil Read - Road Racing
https://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10935229&postcount=308

Jim Rice - Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975520&postcount=68
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975534&postcount=69

Paul Ritter – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974515&postcount=44

Joel Robert – Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9981019&postcount=158

Kenny Roberts – Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9987986&postcount=217

Gene Romero - Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9989740&postcount=224

Larry Roeseler – Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974416&postcount=33

Scott Russell – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974254&postcount=12
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9979407&postcount=131

Jarno Saarinen – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9976243&postcount=78

Bernie Schreiber – Trials
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9985049&postcount=194

Donny Schmit – Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9985516&postcount=200

Kevin Schwantz – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974009&postcount=2
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9989791&postcount=227

Barry Sheene – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974429&postcount=35
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9990894&postcount=233

Bubba Shobert – Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9976456&postcount=84

Dale Singleton – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9984402&postcount=185

Malcolm Smith – Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9975579&postcount=71
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9991512&postcount=235

Marty Smith - Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9980928&postcount=152

Rodney Smith – Motocross/Offroad
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9979794&postcount=133

Jay Springsteen – Flat Track/Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974237&postcount=9

Freddie Spencer – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9979814&postcount=134
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9980127&postcount=142

Jeff Stanton – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9978724&postcount=118

James "Bubba" Stewart -Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9997433&postcount=253

Casey Stoner - Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10009029&postcount=282

John Surtees – Road Racing / Formula One
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974331&postcount=22

Sammy Tanner - Flat Track
Post 333

Team USA MX of Nations first ever winners (includes multiple MX of Nations vids from USA winning teams.)
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974453&postcount=38

Dave Thorpe – Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9976271&postcount=81

Elmer Trett – Drag Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9986244&postcount=204

Franco Uncini – Road Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9976618&postcount=86

Terry Vance – Drag Racing
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9986460&postcount=207

Pekka Vehkonen – Motocross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9976263&postcount=80

Ryan Villopoto - Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9997473&postcount=254

Jeff Ward – Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9974554&postcount=46

Jimmy Weinert - Motocross/Supercross
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9984714&postcount=188

Steve Wise - Motocross/Supercross/Road Racing/ Superbikers
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9980505&postcount=145
 

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... I actually switched to Pepsi ... :laughing

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Kevin Schwantz AMA HoF:
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=268

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‘82, ‘84 and ‘93 ... :ride

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The 1993 Syracuse Mile with AMA HoF
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Ricky Graham AMA HoF:
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=6
 
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Wayne Rainey David Aldana

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Good friend Chris Carr. One of the few that did it all.

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Mr Hailwood at Daytona in 1971 (three AMA HoF’ers in pic) ...

The Trident Three Cylinder in th US:
http://www.triplesonline.com/racing/COMPETITION%20-%20The%20'70s%20and%20the%20three-cylinder%20Trident.htm

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Mike Hailwood’s 1978 TTF1 winning Ducati:
https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/Mike-Hailwood-Ducati-Isle-Of-Man-TT-Steve-Wynne

Though it was a dream come true to win a TT, and especially with Mike Hailwood riding my bike, the pressure and responsibility were immense. I had many hundreds of letters before the race from Hailwood fans, many threatening to hold me personally responsible if Mike were to be killed or injured - honestly! Motor Cycle News printed a photo of the bike back to front without the bodywork on, which gave the mistaken impression the sump plug was wired up the wrong way, and this caused 40 or 50 people - not just two or three! - to write or phone telling me of the apparent error. The atmosphere throughout practice was electric, because Honda were going all out to retain their title ...

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Alan Cathcart about Mike Hailwood’s ‘78 TTF1 win:

June 3, 1978: Mike Hailwood returns to the TT after 11 years and wins. A week later, he takes the checkered flag at Mallory Park. “Mike the Bike” was back, and this is the bike he rode.

“Mike the Bike’s” fairy tale Isle of Man comeback, in which he rode to decisive victory at record speed over the factory Honda team in the Formula One TT aboard his Sports Motor Cycles Ducati 900 V-twin, 11 years after he last raced on the Island and seven since he’d ridden a bike of any kind in international competition, is rightly considered one of the most remarkable feats in the history of motorcycle racing.


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Freddie Spencer’s 1985 Champiomship double:
http://www.visordown.com/features/1985-championship-double-freddie-spencer
 
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Mamola, one of the best to never win a world championship.

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Another epic bad ass that wore #9 and of course #1!

Jay Springsteen:hail one of the best AMA Grand National flat-track racers of all time earning the AMA Rookie of the Year Award in 1975. Springer won three consecutive AMA Grand National Championships starting in 1976. In 1982 he became the first rider to reach 30 wins in AMA Grand National competition. He compiled the longest racing career in AMA Grand National history, spanning from his 1975 rookie season to 2003. Springsteen was a factory rider with Harley-Davidson for much of his career and was perhaps the racer most closely associated with the American brand from the 1970s through the 2000s. In all he raced in a record 398 AMA nationals, winning a total of 43. He was still wicked fast at 57 showing the lads what keeping the gas on 20 feet past where the best were shutting off was like. Man I wish I was there to witness that. He did a match race at Sac that year with Chris Carr.

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Here is a look back at his '82 victory in Sac. just a little younger.

Jay became a factory HD rider at just 19 and the historical rider landed in the AMA HoF

In 1995, he scored his first National win in 10 years with an emotional performance at the Pomona Half Mile. From 1995 to 2003, Springer never finished outside the top-10 in the AMA Grand National Championship standings. He won nationals again in 1999 and 2000, the latter his first victory at the prestigious Springfield (Illinois) Mile. In his final full season of racing in '03, Springsteen scored two podium finishes.
 

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Steady Eddie

I will throw down one more. Eddie Lawson

One of the most smooth and capable Grand Prix racers ever.
A personal fav because I tried to model my own race craft after his.

He was a Daytona 200 winner on a Yamaha Superbike
Lawson/ Schwantz/ Merkel on the podium
Full race:
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With 9 years of racing the wicked 500 GP two strokes he had to be steady to stay healthy!

Here is some classic racing between Eddie and Wayne Garner in '88
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Eddie Lawson will go down in history as one the greatest motorcycle road racers of all time. Lawson won the 500cc World Championship four times during the 1980s. When he retired from GP racing in the early 1990s, he ranked third on the all-time 500cc Grand Prix wins list with 31 victories.

In addition to his international accomplishments, Lawson was equally successful on the domestic front. The Californian won the AMA Superbike Series twice (1981 and 1982) and the AMA 250 Grand Prix Series in 1980 and 1981. When inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999, Lawson was the only rider to ever win the AMA Superbike and 250GP titles during his career. Lawson also won the Daytona 200, the first time during the prime of his racing career in 1986, then again in 1993 when he returned to the event after retiring from full-time motorcycle racing.


Lawson winning the French Grand Prix after Gardner on the last lap.
Barry Sheene doing color on the broadcast :thumbup

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I asked Rainey about this picture, a friend has an autographed copy.

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He said the photographer was a friend and just wanted to give him a "special" picture.
 
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Whenever there’s a discussion about who is America’s best road racer of all time, Cal Rayborn’s name inevitably is mentioned. Rayborn won 11 AMA nationals during his relatively short seven-year professional racing career. Ten of those victories came on road racing courses, making him easily the top American road racer of his era. Rayborn’s fame spread to Europe in 1972 when he rode a Harley-Davidson XR750 in the popular Transatlantic Match Races and won three of the six races to tie as top scorer in the series. Rayborn’s performance proved once and for all that Americans could road race. His performance was a precursor of the era of America’s dominance in world championship road racing of the late-1970s and 1980s. Rayborn raced with Harley-Davidson his entire career.

Mr Rayborn’s AMA HoF:
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=76

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Mr Rayborn and Denis Manning‘s streamliner in 1970 ... Mr Manning
was 24 years old in 1970 ... he went on to found BUB Ent.
and set land speed records with Chris Carr ... :thumbup
 
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Some really good stuff.

So many bad asses to go. :cool

Rainey was an amazing racer. He combined talents from many before him and those that raced with him. He stands tall in my Top 3 American OGs of all time.
 
Mick Doohan, given crashes, injuries, and recoveries, was pretty bad ass....

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I always loved the Rothmans scheme on bikes and cars....

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Scott Russell at Daytona was always pretty bad ass...

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... heard this pic is Scott Russell
jumping over his race bike to pick
it up and go on to win the race ...? :dunno

... I got to stand near Miguel Duhamel for half an hour
as we all waited to register for the old Father’s Day
AMA National at Bryer Motorsport Park ...
he kept everyone laughing ... always a big
fan after that ... :ride
(my clapped out EX500 fit in the Circle Bell lightweight twins
support class where I got my a## kicked by Ducati F1Bs ...
not that those F1B guys wouldn’t have
kicked my fanny on EX500s, too ... :laughing)

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Foggy always had the best bad-a## race face ...
 
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