Sinister Vintage Grand Prix bikes

mountainmotor

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If any of you have old photos to post please do .

I had a huge collection of vintage Factory GP bike photos that were lost when our last computer went down and am having trouble finding many of them again . Especially the odd Husquavarna , Morbidelli and other notable factory bikes from the past .

Listen to this Norton Rotary

http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Sounds/Norton%20Rotary.mp3

This 1957 Moto Guzzi V-8 verges on intoxicating

http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Sounds/1957%20Guzzi%20V8.mp3

Yes , Jawa made a GP bike

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Morbidelli had a Square 4 racer

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I always thought Kawasaki had some of the most sinister looking GP bikes . Photos of their rare bikes seem hardest to come by .

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I'll be back with more but till then , post your saved pics . I can't be the only vintage GP racer hobbiest here  
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Ah, when clip-ons meant you literally clipped them to the forks
and when gas tanks were square
and when something other than I-4's raced.
 
Heres a few oldies I dug up. My favorite first. This is Graeme Crosby's Suzuki 1000 From the Bol D'or race in 198? Probable predecessor to the Gen 1 GSXR750.

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