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motorcycle touring holiday Germany Europe classic Ducati Bimota Superbike experience
A fabulous Scott flying Squirrel, great name for a bike and nice little logos painted on the tank. A real 2 stroke, water cooled, twin cylinder sportster. My uncle had one when they were just 'old fashioned' and few people appreciated their unique engineering.
Lots of chains, for primary drive, final drive and pump/magneto drive.
1955 Moto Guzzi 500cc single riden by Michelli Alfio.
Enormous carburator.
Beautiful functionality.
Nice simple cockpit layout.
One of the most impressive and original bikes of the weekend.
Chunky AJS 7R, the inspiration for the Honda GB500 Clubman?
Matchless G50 with Peel style fairing.
And efficient high level exhaust.
Another simple cockpit free of distractions.
A 1954 BMW 500cc RS fronts this line up of historic GP bikes.
More MZs, a great turn out from the MZ werke VEB.
The rare 500cc König GP bike from 1971.
Jim Redman on hand for autographs and riding of course.
Luigi Taveri too.
Hondas RC163 and RC162 riden by Redman and Taveri in the GP2 sessions.
Sweet collection of lightweights headed by a Bridgestone.
Garelli with monocoque frame and a Mondial behind.
The impressive V4 500cc Jawa 2 stroke of 1969.
Phil Read also paid a visit to Spa to ride the 4 cylinder Yamaha 250cc RD05A of 1968 provided by the Yamaha Classic racing team.
Beautiful MV Agusta 4 cylinder GP machine with one of the 50cc mini bikes produced by the factory.
The 1974 500cc MV Agusta triple of Alfredo Gandolfi.
2 Paton GP bikes on display in the 4 hour pit garages.
A trio of Honda RCs on their way on to the track.
And on display in the pit garage, all in superb condition.
An impressive line up of 2 stroke GP bikes, the second one is a team Gallina Suzuki RG500 riden by Marco Lucchinelli.
A 1977 Yamaha TZ250 originally belonging to Mike Hailwoods team Martini with period sponsors paintwork.
Yamahas TZ250E and TZ750 both from 1978.
The 500cc 1978 Yamaha OW45 and 750cc OW31 provided by the Yamaha Classic racing team for Phil Read and Steve Baker to ride this weekend.
The 1979 500cc square 4, 2 stroke Cagiva X4 riden by Alex George.
Advanced 1975 Bimota YB1,
riden by Roger Kockelmann,
with Yamaha TZ250 engine.
Go Pro camera fitted to make on bike video.
An adventurous design which led to the success of Bimotas racing programme. Only 12 frames were built by Bimota in the 2 year lifespan of the model.
1980 Bimota YB3 with Yamaha 350cc engine riden by Mathias Farwick. This bike is one of only 15 frames built and comes from the same year that Jon Ekerold won Bimotas first World championship in the 350 class.
Close up of the high quality front end components of the YB3.
Getting obscured by the fumes from the warm up.
Honda and MV Agusta provide a picturesque scene outside the pits.