Monday, November 16, 2015

Today in motorcycle history, November 16, 2012












  Seven historic figures took their places among motorcycling’s greatest legends at the 2012 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.





  The Hall of Fame Class of 2012: the late Rod Bush, KTM North America president and industry visionary; Rhodesian World Championship roadracing tuner Nobby Clark; the off-road phenom and racing champion Ty Davis; 1975 AMA Supercross Champion Jimmy Ellis; pioneering female motocross racer Sue Fish; World-Class bike restorer, London born *Brian Slark; and the late iconic race starter "Airborne Al" Wilcox.






   *Brian Stark was a moving force in the creation of a vibrant motocross-racing community in the United States in the 1960's. Brian helped organize motocross tracks, promoting the sport by teaching famous people-including then-teen heartthrob Bobby Darin-to ride motorcycles and importing and building Rickman Metisse and Cheney motocross bikes.

  Slark also helped create the World-Class Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Alabama.








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