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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Wow, tires kick **** up and it sticks. May wonders never cease?  |
It seems that Yamaha must have also kicked up some dodo, to come up with exactly the same shape back in 1976.
Maybe the bike ran off course, almost high-sided, ran through a cow-pie, came back on course, finished the race, and the crew chief Kel Carrithers came up to Kenny Roberts and said...
Holly crap Kenny, look at that work of art, right behind the front tire!!
Of course, the very next year at Daytona, guess what showed up as their latest "improvement" to the fairing, but a sculpture of dodo attached to leading portion of the fairing, and painted bumble-bee yellow to match the rest of the fairing. No need for foam and fiberglass here. Why not stick with the real thing.
It must have done *something*, because Kenny won the 200 miler that same day!! Was it crap that gave him the advantage? We'll never know.
Wonders never did cease, even back on that fateful day in 1976!!
Jim.