Celebrating Seven Decades Of The King
No one embodies the yellow-and-black Yamaha "bumblebee" livery more than Kenny Roberts. December 31, 1951. Seventy years ago today, in Modesto, California, a baby boy was born to Alice and…
No one embodies the yellow-and-black Yamaha "bumblebee" livery more than Kenny Roberts. December 31, 1951. Seventy years ago today, in Modesto, California, a baby boy was born to Alice and…
The start of the 1977 Daytona 200, with Steve Baker (32) and Kenny Roberts (2) already locked in battle. Photo by Tom Riles. The reason it's called the Daytona 200…
1984 was the final year that multi-cylinder, two-stroke, GP bikes competed in the Daytona 200. Kenny Roberts (2) won, but Freddie Spencer (19) took the checkers the following year, which…
Baker aboard his 1977 Formula 750 World Championship-winning Yamaha YZR750 0W31. Photo courtesy of Yamaha Motor Company. In driving distance, Bellingham, Washington, is about 170 miles from Shelton, Washington, where…
Roberts' third and final Daytona 200 victory was in 1984. On March 13, a week from this Saturday and following a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the 79th running of the Daytona 200…
Roberts on his way to a Formula 750 World Championship win at Laguna Seca in 1978. Photo courtesy of Mike Guerra. There’s an old saying that goes, “Those who can,…
https://youtu.be/r9ifxmS4yMg Prior to Joan Mir winning the MotoGP World Championship a few weeks ago in Spain, the last premier class World Champion to capture the crown on a Suzuki was…