500cc Grand Prix
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Bazza’s first!
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Words: Bertie SimmondsPic: Mortons Archive Some Fifty years ago Barry Sheene took his first 500cc Grand Prix race win. It was just months after his near-death crash at Daytona and his victory set the scene for his two world championships in 1976 and 1977. Suzuki’s iconic RG500 would eventually win 49 races, four riders’ titles…
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Jean-Michel Bayle: From Motocross King to Grand Prix Challenger
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In the early 1990s Jean-Michel Bayle was the greatest motocross and supercross rider of them all, but he decided to give up the dirt and take to the Tarmac. Ignoring the lesser championships, he made his official road-racing debut in a world championship 250cc race at his home race of Magny-Cours in 1992. Bayle became…
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