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Racing... back in the day


lazyeye

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I was going through my pictures of classic superbikes and started wondering...

What went into prepping a bike for racing back in the day? Now-a-days everything has to be safety wired, you have to have belly pans, all sorts of stuff. Back in the 70s-80s-90s what was it like?

Attached two of the pics I've taken that got me wondering.

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It was not too much different then today ,no belly pans but lots of things safetywired .It would take a while to wire up a superbike or TZ and the more things wired on them the better . 

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I've sat in the saddle of Dan Kyle's HRC kitted VFR and what a difference 10 years make... the rest of the story as told by Dan...

 

As it happened, Dan's buddy had just taken delivery of a brand new
1984 VR750 Interceptor. The boys figured they'd go partners building a
hot Interceptor race bike. Dan would set-up and tune the thing, and
his buddy would bankroll the deal, ending up with a sexy streetbike
when all was said and done. Another buddy, and former Team Honda rider
Jeff Haney, would ride it. Dan promptly hit-up Getl and Schuster for
help. 'You want parts for your race bike? Sure, kid.' For $8400 bucks,
Dan scored a race kit front end, exhaust pipes, radiator, and a
complete HRC Superbike race motor. Once completed, they ran the bike
in several 1984 AMA Superbike events. By 1985, the bike was well
sorted out and they ran it again in the Daytona 200 and finished
third. Outstanding.

 

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