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08-27-2009, 08:17 PM
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Hair Ball
Joined: Dec 2007
Location: San Diego
Oddometer: 859
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They Called Them Superbikes...
The early days of Superbike racing from 1975 through 1984 was an amazing time, Moto-Guzzi, BMW, Ducati, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Leverda, Triumph and Norton all duking it out on "production machines", the good the bad and the ugly, all there, from works bikes to machine shop specials. It was a time of legends and gods...
In 1979 I had the good fortune to work at Racecrafters in the San Fernando Valley, I spent some time volunteering in support of the Racecrafters Superbike effort. Harry Mallet had taken over the tuning from Pierre Des Roaches, the folks logging saddle time were such notables as Steve McLaughlin, Harry Klinzmann, and Eddie Lawson. I was changing oil and cleaning parts... Please post your photos and personal stories of early Superbike racing for all to enjoy : Mike 
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"An ill-assorted collection of poorly-matching parts, forming a distressing whole." Nemosengineer screwed with this post 08-27-2009 at 08:47 PM |
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