Xmas Video: Kenny Roberts back at the Indy Mile
Submitted by Rich Fowler on December 21, 2009 – 12:36 PM2 Comments
We are winding down for Christmas, so over the break we will be running plenty of videos to keep you guys entertained.
We ran a story back in July about Kenny Roberts returning to the Indy Mile, a venue where he recorded one of his most memorable wins on a Yamaha TZ 750 back in 1975.
Here is the official Yamaha “behind the scenes” video which includes footage of an impressed Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards who were both in attendance at the event.
You can see footage of the original race here
Tags: 1970s, Classic Racing Motorcycles, Riders, Video
First reports from this event said Kenny was hookin’ and they weren’t kidding. Not bad for a 57-year-old who hadn’t been on a bike in a year. And he said he wanted to go faster!
[...] was his secret? Former mechanic Nobby Clark and sometime rival Kenny Roberts made the same observation: he had great feel for the bikes, worked assiduously at getting them [...]