Racing bikes in Venezuela, 195x

Paul Mihalka · 12-23-2007, 07:25 AM

No, I'm not riding them, I took the pictures.

Ferrucio Dalle Fusine on a Moto Guzzi Airone 250cc. Later (197x) he became
the superb technician for Johnny Cecotto, Daytona 200 winner and multiple World Champion

The Velocette MAC 350cc I used to race, after I passed it on to the next rider

The Gilera Saturno Corsa 500CC I used to race, with it's next rider

Lambert Danzer on a AJS 7R 350cc racer. He taught me how to ride, and the first steps of racing. After that we were fierce competitors but great friends

Wirespokes · 12-23-2007, 08:18 AM

Those are some great pictures, Paul. Thanks for showing them to us!

radguzzi · 12-23-2007, 09:27 AM

Jeez Paul, you have raced some very important machines... ! Wow.

Reminds me of some of the Team Obsolete machines and riders, Dave Roper and the bunch...

http://www.teamobsolete.com

Very nice photos.

Thanks,
Rob

darmahman · 12-23-2007, 09:36 AM

MORE!!! I am sure you have em!

mark1305 · 12-23-2007, 09:40 AM

When I saw the title of this thread, I knew it was going to be great.

Thanks so much for posting these. I remember when Cecotto was setting this country on fire for a short while back in the day. Something of a wild man IIRC.

The bikes you rode are some of the bikes that inspired me as a youngster and a teenager. To see them posted with some personal history attached is a real treat.

Mik · 12-23-2007, 03:56 PM

this little thread is speechlessly awesome!

THANKS!!

12-23-2007, 07:25 AM	#1
Paul Mihalka Old Fart Joined: May 2007 Location: Maryland Oddometer: 386	Racing bikes in Venezuela, 195x No, I'm not riding them, I took the pictures. Ferrucio Dalle Fusine on a Moto Guzzi Airone 250cc. Later (197x) he became the superb technician for Johnny Cecotto, Daytona 200 winner and multiple World Champion The Velocette MAC 350cc I used to race, after I passed it on to the next rider The Gilera Saturno Corsa 500CC I used to race, with it's next rider Lambert Danzer on a AJS 7R 350cc racer. He taught me how to ride, and the first steps of racing. After that we were fierce competitors but great friends

12-23-2007, 08:18 AM	#2
Wirespokes Beemerholics Anonymous Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Scenic Jackson's Bottom, Oregon USA Oddometer: 4,643	Those are some great pictures, Paul. Thanks for showing them to us! __________________ When I was younger I spent my money on motorcycles and women. The rest I just wasted. BMW GAUGE REPAIRS

12-23-2007, 09:27 AM	#3
radguzzi The Journey is the Reward Joined: Feb 2005 Location: North East USA Oddometer: 2,175	Jeez Paul, you have raced some very important machines... ! Wow. Reminds me of some of the Team Obsolete machines and riders, Dave Roper and the bunch... http://www.teamobsolete.com Very nice photos. Thanks, Rob __________________ ________________________ Guzzis and Others... AMA - USCRA - MGNOC

12-23-2007, 09:40 AM	#5
mark1305 Old Enough To Know Better Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Merritt Island, FL Oddometer: 3,498	When I saw the title of this thread, I knew it was going to be great. Thanks so much for posting these. I remember when Cecotto was setting this country on fire for a short while back in the day. Something of a wild man IIRC. The bikes you rode are some of the bikes that inspired me as a youngster and a teenager. To see them posted with some personal history attached is a real treat. __________________ Mark J Merritt Island, FL 1973 - Explanation given to a fellow college student sitting amongst a bunch of us British car & bike owners about the friendly jokes aimed at British built stuff: "If the British designed and built their own clothespins, they would have 10 moving parts, vibrate, and leak oil." '99 F650 Funduro '83 R80 ST '00 Triumph 955 Daytona track only bike - Still For Sale Very Very Cheap; PM me

12-23-2007, 03:56 PM	#6
Mik Riding big jugs airheads Joined: May 2005 Oddometer: 568	this little thread is speechlessly awesome! THANKS!! __________________ Mik 1974 R90S 1988 R100GS "Bumblebee" a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence "Don't thank me. Thank da Raidah's." Al Davis to Mik, at Hap's Original, 2008. "We don't serve Heineken at the nickel machines". Complimentary drinks policy at some dump in Beatty, Nevada.

12-23-2007, 09:36 AM	#4
darmahman "Illogically Deluded" Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Fort Collins, CO Oddometer: 2,050	MORE!!! I am sure you have em!

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