Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Today in motorcycle history, September 2, 1979


  









  Riding a works Motobecane France's Guy Bertin wins the 1979 125cc Class French Grand Prix at Le Mans in Maine, France.







  Guy Bertin ends the 1979 Grand Prix season with back-to-back checkered flags.  Coming off his first-ever GP win at the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix he pilots his beloved Motobecane to victory in the race that meant the most, the French Grand Prix. A Frenchman winning a French race aboard a French motorcycle.


  Did you know that in 1936 Motobecane began production of a longitudinal shaft-drive inline-four in both 500cc and 750cc.  




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