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KTM signs Roger DeCoster to ma KTM signs Roger DeCoster to manage its US factory team
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KTM signs Roger DeCoster to manage its US factory team
KTM, the market leader in offroad motorcycles has signed Roger DeCoster, one of the true icons of the sport of motocross to take over the management of the company's new factory team in the USA. Work now immediately begins to prepare the team for the 2011 racing season in all of the major US competitions. The signing of DeCoster represents a major step forward in vaulting the Austrian company into the global arena. KTM has already reached the top level of the sport in Europe and the World Championship GP series and will now also be a dominant force in US competition.
KTM CEO Stefan Pierer said the signing represented a new and exciting era for the Austrian-based company: "The acquisition of Roger DeCoster to take over our factory team in the USA heralds a new era for KTM. We now enjoy a worldwide network and we are a real global player. Roger DeCoster is one of the great figures in the sport of motocross and we are delighted that he has agreed to manage our new team. KTM is now "Ready to Race" in the biggest and most competitive motocross competitions in the world."
Pit Beirer, who heads KTM Offroad Sports Department, said the signing of such a personality as Roger DeCoster completes the circle whereby KTM has great riders, has been enjoying unprecedented success with its latest motorcycles and now has team leaders in place that will make it a dominant force on both sides of the Atlantic.
Pit Beirer: "We are honored that we can welcome a man of Roger DeCoster's credentials and stature into the KTM family. With him as the head of our new KTM USA factory team we will be a major force in the USA and Europe and we want to attract the very best American riders into our team. Roger has had a superb racing career and a distinguished and successful career in team management."
Roger DeCoster was born in Belgium and is a long time resident of the USA. Known simply as "The Man" when he was racing, DeCoster was one of the sport's most decorated riders. He was always admired for his smooth, controlled riding style and his late attacks on race leaders in a career where he won a record 36 500 cc GP victories. He was also a Gold Medalist in the 1964 International Six Day Trial, a four-time winner of the Trans-AMA series and won the 1964 Belgian Observed Trials National Championship. Since retiring from active racing, DeCoster has been a prominent managerial figure in the USA racing scene and has also managed Team USA at the Motocross of Nations. - Blog post
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On Any Sunday On Any Sunday
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An evening with Malcolm Smith watching On Any Sunday
by Tim Kuglin - MotoZania February 25, 2010
In August of 1971 I had not quite yet reached by thirteenth birthday, but it was already my fifth summer riding motorcycles. My good friends Dale, Norman and Ron all had motorcycles too and we could almost always be found at the scramble track.
Things were a bit simpler then and Friday nights in Great Falls meant going to either Pete's or the A&W where Car Hops (girls on roller skates for you young uns) would bring the food to our car and hang it on a window tray. My father would hand out the meals and believe it or not, this was fun for us.
Typical summer nights in Montana were hot and dry. So after Friday dinner, we were off to the Twilight Drive-In for a movie. Loaded into our 1966 Chevrolet BelAir station wagon my parents were up front. My best friend Dale and I were in the back seat and my siblings Mark, Stacie and Eric were all in the rear section of the car. With the speaker hanging on my fathers car window, the dancing hot dogs on the giant screen were done singing "Let's All Go To the Lobby", the film began.
My mother was excited as the star of the movie was Steve McQueen. My father seemed happy just to not be swinging a hammer. The kids were occupied in their sleeping bags in the back. The opening scene started with a kid who was Dale's and my age doing a block long wheelie on his banana seat stingray with ape hangers, so of course we were spell bound right from the start. The film was, Bruce Brown's epitome of motorcycle riding in the early '70's, On Any Sunday, starring Malcolm Smith and Steve McQueen.
The movie literally, changed our lives. Take into count that forty years ago, there was almost no TV coverage of any motorcycle events, except some of Evel Knievel and a little tiny bit on Wide World of Sports. The only people we could learn riding techniques from were older riders on our scramble track. Now, here we were watching ISDT World Champion Malcolm Smith ride. I am sure several cars away people could see the light bulbs go on over Dale and my heads as we watched and learned that standing on the pegs will make you go faster!
Let me give you a quick history on Malcolm Smith. The International Six Day Trials is the Olympics of motorcycling. It is a timed event that is by invitation only. Malcolm was the first American to ever be invited to ride in the ISDT. He took home 8 Gold Medals from the event between 1966 and 1976. Malcolm has also won the Baja 1000 six times, the Baja 500 four times and the Mint 400 twice.
Last night it was my honor and privilege to be one of a hundred invited guests to be part of a special screening of On Any Sunday at Malcolm Smith Motorsports in Riverside, California. Malcolm was on hand to make comments and take questions during the film. Supercross announcer Larry Naston was the Master of Ceremonies and Malcolm's children Ashley and Alexander help put on the show.
Malcolm was already a very accomplished racer when filming of On Any Sunday was to start. He knew Bruce Brown and Steve McQueen from working on their motorcycles. That work turned into a friendship that made the three of them along with AMA Grand National Champion Mert Lawwill all riding buddies. Making the movie made Malcolm a star on screen to go along with his racing achievements.
On Any Sunday has several scenes on Malcolm Smith at the 1970 ISDT in Escorial, Spain. He reflected last night and with me in a previous interview about his first experience at the International Six Day Trials in 1966. Up until then, Malcolm was only a local Southern California racer, albeit a very successful one. Edison Dye contacted Malcolm one day and asked him to try out a new Husqvarna motorcycle made to ride in the trials. At first Malcolm refused stating he was a Greeves man. But, Dye persisted and convinced Malcolm to get aboard. He took one lap around the track and told Dye that he had a rider.
A few days later, Malcolm Smith found himself in Norway (by mistake) on his way to the ISDT in Sweden. As Malcolm tells it, he had the keys to a VW microbus at the airport, but had no idea which one with several in the parking lot so he kept trying the keys in each one until the door finally opened. Since he did not speak Norwegian, or Swedish for that matter, he enlisted help along the way to the race. Hitchhiking was popular at the time and Malcolm made it a point to pick up pretty young Scandinavians along his route. He would drive them to where they wanted to go, all along getting closer to his destination.
Finally arriving at Orebro in Sweden, he was roomed at a hostel with his idol, Dave 'Bud' Ekins. Riding for Germany on a Zundapp, Bud was already famous as a stunt rider for performing the fence jumping scene in the Steve McQueen's movie The Great Escape. Smith said that Ekins was a ladies man. Coming from a guy who just told us he pick up girls all over Scandinavia, this point was well taken. Ekins would stay out until 3 or 4 in the morning and Smith would help sneak him back into the hostel. The races started at 6 AM and with only a couple hours rest, Bud Ekins went on to win the 1966 ISDT with Malcolm taking second.
His second place finish was disappointing to Malcolm, he likes to win. Since all his riding experience was in the California dirt, he had no idea of how to handle the moss covered rocks of Sweden. But in typical Malcolm Smith fashion, he over came and went on to win the following year in Poland.
On Any Sunday features several scenes from the Baja 1000. The first year of the famed race was in 1967. As he was working, Malcolm could not attend the course ride through. Instead, he memorized maps and a travel guide about the entire one thousand mile ride. At the finish, he was a half day ahead of the closest competitor. Malcolm went on to elaborate that the hardest part of the race was the ride home where their car broke down and they rode in the back of a truck filled with live turtles.
Steve McQueen under the guise of Harvey Mushman and Malcolm Smith also raced each other many times in the Elsinore Grand Prix. The first year of the race was in 1971 and was featured in On Any Sunday. The film shows Malcolm winning by landslide passing nearly every other rider, some of them three times. He commented that Steve McQueen was a racer who acted.
In one of the final film scenes, Mert Lawwell, Malcolm Smith and Steve McQueen are all riding a "cow trail" together. McQueen tries to show up the two world champions and take the lead. He rides through a stream and both guys come along side of him and bury McQueen in a wall of water. It was unplanned and not staged. All Steve McQueen could say was "you bastards".
Malcolm Smith Motorsports in Riverside plans to have "Movie Night with the Greats" three more times this year. Proposed racers will be Jeff Ward, Jeremy McGrath and Roger DeCoster.
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Malcolm Smith Motorsports - 19 Malcolm Smith Motorsports - 1954 Velocette 350cc
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1954 Velocette 350cc
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1954 Velocette at Malcolm Smit 1954 Velocette at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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This is a 1954 Velocette 350cc
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1974 Husky 250 cross country a 1974 Husky 250 cross country at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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1974 Husqvarna 250cc Cross Country
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1976 Husqvarna 390 at Malcolm 1976 Husqvarna 390 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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1976 Husqvarna 390
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1972 Ossavarna at Malcolm Smit 1972 Ossavarna at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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Chances are you have never seen an Ossavarna. This is 1 of 6 that were made by combining the best features of the Ossa with those of the Husqvarna.
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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Malcolm Smith Motorsports Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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Tim Kuglin at Malcolm Smith Mo Tim Kuglin at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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MotoZania Founder Tim Kuglin with the 1970 Husqvarna 400 riden by Malcolm Smith in the film "On Any Sunday".
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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Malcolm Smith Motorsports Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Perhaps Malcolm's biggest accomplishment was the promotion of off road motorcycling in the United States. Without any doubt, the catalyst was the 1971 film "On Any Sunday" where Malcolm appeared with his friend Steve McQueen.
Come see the off road exhibit the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see the bikes at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1953 Lambretta at Malcolm Smit 1953 Lambretta at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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1953 Lambretta Model D MKII 125cc
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
The 1953 Lambretta scooter was Malcolm's firt motorcycle at the age of 13. This particular scooter was a present from Malcolm's son. His original bike had the cowling removed and footpegs added. It also changed color by way of Malcolm's hand every week! One final note, to get better traction in the sand, Malcolm went to the local high school and got old football cleats from the coach. He cut off the cleats and screwed them into the tires to creat his own "knobbies"
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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Malcolm Smith's ISDT Gold Meda Malcolm Smith's ISDT Gold Medals
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Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling. Here are Malcolm's 8 gold and 1 silver medals presented to him by FIM
Come see these gold medals for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see them at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
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1970 Husky "On Any Sunday" at 1970 Husky "On Any Sunday" at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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1970 Husky "On Any Sunday" Husqvarna 400
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1970 Husky 360 Cross at Malcol 1970 Husky 360 Cross at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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1970 Husky 360 Cross
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1970 Bultaco Pursang 250 at Ma 1970 Bultaco Pursang 250 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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1970 Bultaco Pursang 250
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1970 Montesa Coto 250 at Malco 1970 Montesa Coto 250 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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1970 Montesa Coto 250
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1972 CZ MX 250 at Malcolm Smit 1972 CZ MX 250 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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This classic 1972 CZ MX 250 was a real threat on the Motocross cicuits in both Europe and America. It may have been the best off road motorcycle ever produced in Communist Czechoslavakia
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1964 BSA 440 Victor at Malcolm 1964 BSA 440 Victor at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
This 1964 BSA 440 Victor dual sport thumper was riden by Malcolm for many years.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1969 Husqvarna 360 at Malcolm 1969 Husqvarna 360 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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This 1969 Husqvarna 360 is set up for Baja racing has eight speeds. All the gears are needed for the rigors of desert racing. Similar to a bicycle, there are two front sprokets that can be shifted for an ultra low torque and for an ultra high speed. This old enduro will top 100 mph!
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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1961 Matchless 500cc Scrambler 1961 Matchless 500cc Scrambler at Malcolm Smith Motorsports
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1961 Matchless 500cc Scrambler
Malcolm Smith was a pioneer in off-road motorcycling. He gained fame for his accomplishments in the Baja 1000 and for his eight gold medals between 1966 and 1976 in the International Six Day Trials, the European cross-country event considered the Olympics of motorcycling.
Come see this motorcycle for the rest of 2009 at Malcolm Smith Motorsports. After that you can see this bike at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio.
Malcolm Smith Motorsports
7599 Indiana Ave. Riverside CA 92504
Phone: (951) 687-1300 Fax: (951) 687-3819 - 1 year ago
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