They Called Them Superbikes...

[KAdriver]

Here's another of Dale in 1981 Daytona practice sestion.
Note his mascot by the front tire!!


Back to the Old Superbikes!!


sorry if it's a repeat

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another repeat?


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Carter Alsop


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[KAdriver]

First a big thanks to Marc for these:
John Fuchs aboard a Randy Carabelli tuned Honda


This would be Richard Chambers

[PeteN95]

Originally Posted by BOOTLACE

It's funny you should say that! I was over at Broadford a few days ago, doing laps.....

Nice TRX! On another visit I rented one of those (Garner's?) and rode to PI for the vintage races. We don't have TRX850s in the states.

[Racer111v]

Now you guys are making my head hurt, trying to remember the details from what seems like a life time ago. I raced AAMRR in the early 80's. After the AMA changed the cc limit from 1L to 750cc a few ex superbikes showed up at the club races.Those were wild to watch up close , even in a local Experts hands.
I used to think the Loudon Classic was wild on the outside of the fence, but it was scarier in the pits, surrounded by all the lunatics. What a race track for bikes. I practically cried when they tore it up for the oval.
I was at Mid-ohio running BOTT when John Bettencourt won the Superbike race on a VT750F over the full factory bikes. That was one happy bunch of guys.
I am glad to have been there during the glory days of American road racing and flat track. I wish now that I had taken pictures at the time, but I have always been a "in the moment" kind of guy.

[lobsta]

Johnny "Lets Boogie" Bettencourt 6/83 Loudon.

[stk0308]

I got a random box of pictures from my mother to scan. In it were some pictures from our family trip to Daytona in 1983. I'm pretty sure these are superbike, but some of the F1 bikes looked much like superbikes at these distances.

[stk0308]

Some on the banking.

[Gimmeslack]

Originally Posted by stk0308

I got a random box of pictures from my mother to scan. In it were some pictures from our family trip to Daytona in 1983. I'm pretty sure these are superbike, but some of the F1 bikes looked much like superbikes at these distances.

Looks like Mike Baldwin in Superbike Challenge races circa 1983. That's the year I got involved in Wera... These guys were my heroes and their tricked-out Interceptors were unobtanium to noobs like me!!

[bk brkr baker]

Cary Andrew on the Kawasaki and Jon Minonao {sp?] on the Big D triumph with Jack Wilson. Cary Andrew started Hyper-Cycle.

[PeteN95]

Cool wheels on Cary's Kaw, wonder if those are early PM wheels?

[YukonTracker]

The first "modern" superbike: GPz900R
First pic Geoff Johnson who won the TT in '84. First three spots went to the GPz900R racers (although Barry Woodlands 2nd place Kawasaki was disqualified)



In my stable for a long time and recently resurrected. !984.
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[bk brkr baker]

Originally Posted by PeteN95

Cool wheels on Cary's Kaw, wonder if those are early PM wheels?

I beleive they are PM wheels. I recall ads for them where they had several cut-out patterns or the un-cut ones.

[bk brkr baker]

Pops and the Yosh crew were out in force. Daytona 79 or 80.
The last pic is their F-1 Suzuki.



Waiting for the green.

[BOOTLACE]

Heres a decent racetrack for yuz......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJSlro-47Ns

Didnt end well......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJSlro-47Ns

[bk brkr baker]

Some of the rest. Thanks to the guys that worked hard and paid their own way.







GS 1000 with solid PM's , lay down shocks and a braced swing arm.





Syd Tunstall wrenching his Ducati 900ss ridden by his son , Malclom.




Suzuki with DyMags and EL carbs.



2nd horseshoe.