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    Bobo reacted to Relax's post in the thread Where did your motorcycle come from ? with Like Like.
    Probably because they're including scooters, mopeds, and any other motorized vehicles with 2 wheels - possibly even e-bikes. There's no...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Where did your motorcycle come from ?.
    All of Honda’s generators, snowblowers, lawn equipment etc. that I owned in the 80’s and 90’s was made in Japan and was really good...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Where did your motorcycle come from ?.
    Thats very surprising, not at all what I would have expected. I thought Japan would have been a strong first.
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    I just had a funny memory of my first trip to Shannonville in 1981. It was the opening weekend in May 1981. I rode out on the Saturday...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    One thing I remember about the Hondas of that era, I worked on many, they were never the fastest but the fit and finish on them in...
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    Bobo reacted to TK4's post in the thread Shannonville 50 years with Like Like.
    CBX was 1047ccs but we're splitting hairs. The frame left a lot to be desired (no front down tubes) so the steering head was unsupported...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    I think your right, they created an open production class but that may have been in ‘84. I don’t think there was one in ‘82. As for the...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    Your right about Michel Mercier, they actually called his bike “The Magic Bus”, they must have changed the rules about displacement when...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    I also remember that originally, Superbikes were required to be based on a factory production bike. That was the starting point, a...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    That’s not how I remember it. I don’t ever remember an Open Production class. As I said Pro Superbike was limited to 1025cc in Canada...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    https://www.barsbikes.com/articles/fb2.html
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    I was also there the weekend in 1981 that Art handily won Amateur Superbike on pretty much a bone stock,red, first year 1980 Suzuki...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    So the opening scene is Lange Hindle, Rueben Mcmurter and Yvonne Duhamel, just doing laps on the very late Saturday afternoon/early...
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    They were huge
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    Bobo replied to the thread Shannonville 50 years.
    The bikes being raced in that video started off as a stock Kawasaki KZ1000 or Suzuki GS1000 putting out maybe 85 horsepower on good...
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