One of the few sunny days we had in the 20+ years we went to probably the greatest racing I've ever attended.....No Excuse for Syracuse.....we miss you....
1993 Ricky Graham riding the RS750 Honda which didn't have any Factory Support since 1987 not only wins the Syracuse Mile National but also wins 11 other AMA Grand Nationals in 93 (12 Total) A record number of Wins in a Season that still stands today. Considered by Past High Ranking National Numbers as the Best Rider they ever saw in that time period. He was a Three-time AMA Grand National Champion and 1993 AMA Athlete of the Year. Gone to Soon Rick Perished in a House Fire in 1998. He was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame that same year. R.I.P. Ricky (1958-1998)
Thank you for posting that . my friend who's Harley-Davidson all the time t h i n k s that Harley-Davidson is the fastest thing around and he doesn't realize and I've tried to convince him Harley-Davidson has been paying for rule changes all their career since 1968 remember when Honda kicked the Harley's asses and then the AMA made Honda restrictor carburetors 2 mm smaller than the Harley's
I was going to say how the the XR750 Harley Davidson was built using old technologies, which it was, when you compared it to the Honda special built flat track motor, you know, the Honda with overhead cams and 4 valves per... but I was looking up the HD XR750 and found this fascinating article on the history of the XR Harley... www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-racing/50-years-of-the-harley-davidson-xr750-evolution/
One of the few sunny days we had in the 20+ years we went to probably the greatest racing I've ever attended.....No Excuse for Syracuse.....we miss you....
1993 Ricky Graham riding the RS750 Honda which didn't have any Factory Support since 1987 not only wins the Syracuse Mile National but also wins 11 other AMA Grand Nationals in 93 (12 Total) A record number of Wins in a Season that still stands today. Considered by Past High Ranking National Numbers as the Best Rider they ever saw in that time period. He was a Three-time AMA Grand National Champion and 1993 AMA Athlete of the Year. Gone to Soon Rick Perished in a House Fire in 1998. He was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame that same year. R.I.P. Ricky (1958-1998)
Thank you for posting that . my friend who's Harley-Davidson all the time t h i n k s that Harley-Davidson is the fastest thing around and he doesn't realize and I've tried to convince him Harley-Davidson has been paying for rule changes all their career since 1968 remember when Honda kicked the Harley's asses and then the AMA made Honda restrictor carburetors 2 mm smaller than the Harley's
I was going to say how the the XR750 Harley Davidson was built using old technologies, which it was, when you compared it to the Honda special built flat track motor, you know, the Honda with overhead cams and 4 valves per... but I was looking up the HD XR750 and found this fascinating article on the history of the XR Harley... www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-racing/50-years-of-the-harley-davidson-xr750-evolution/
Thank you for posting this gem.
What a great day this was.!
3:23 This is what makes the mile so interesting is the drafting and passing. The rider went from 3rd, to 2nd to 1st in one attempt.
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Special kind of Psycho to do this lol