A lot of us here grew up following the exploits of Kenny Roberts. It still amazes me that racers back in his days that were chasing National Championships raced in several different classes. Flat track in different displacement classes, road races in different displacement classes. They’d go to an event like marathon Daytona 200 road races, race a 250, finish the race and hop right on an open class bike and go do another 200 mile race!
Heres Kenny racing a 250,
And open class,
I read once that you can’t find many photos of him on his XS650 flat tracker, because his ride on that Two stroke ripper was all that you could find. But I came across a bunch of his flat track photos,
I’ve often wandered how my favorite racers of his era would do against the racers of today, do you think they could’ve competed against the likes of Rossi?
Heres Kenny racing a 250,
And open class,
I read once that you can’t find many photos of him on his XS650 flat tracker, because his ride on that Two stroke ripper was all that you could find. But I came across a bunch of his flat track photos,
I’ve often wandered how my favorite racers of his era would do against the racers of today, do you think they could’ve competed against the likes of Rossi?