170 riders on a 5-day adventure through NSW, the 2012 BMW GS Safari was a great success. See the BMW R 1200 GS in action along with other models from the legendary GS range.
vendredi 11 janvier 2013
Video Documentary: Kevin Schwantz – World Champion 1993
Kevin Schwantz – 1993 Motorcycle World Champion and one of the sport’s most exciting, hardworking and loved riders.
With wins in Australia, Spain, Austria and the Netherlands, 1993 was the year in which he finally took the world championship title. It was a tough win, however, with his long-time rival, friend and general legend, Wayne Rainey, crashing out of the world title fight in a stack during the Italian Grand Prix that would see him paralyzed from the chest down.
This documentary goes behind the scenes with Schwantz after his championship season to see what makes him tick and how the season went down.
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1912 INDIAN FACTORY BOARD TRACK RACER
Early racing motorcycles like this 1912 Indian Factory Board Track Racer exemplify a minimalist, bare necessities racing philosophy that you just can’t help but love. This particular Indian is fitted with an overhead 8-valve 61 cubic inch v-twin with a Bosch magneto, a Hendee carburettor, 28 inch wheels, no brakes and no throttle. Speed was controlled by turning the magneto on or off with a button on the handlebars and if you wanted to stop, you put your feet down.
The first motorcycle races were held on bicycle velodromes, these velodromes were eventually purpose built for board trackers and grew exponentially in size. Indian Motorcycles were the first to open their own home town, wooden plank motordrome in Springfield, this provided them with their own test track and their works rider Jake DeRosier became one of the very first motorcycle racing superstars around its bends.
Read more via The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.
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