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The three time World Champion rides his 500cc title winning Yamaha YZR500 at the Goodwood Festival
of Speed for the first time in 30 years, after a crash in Misano left him without feeling from the chest down...

https://youtu.be/7QDDaymJHYA



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Wow!  That's poignant.
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Wow!  That's poignant.

It sure was.

THERE ARE OLD RIDERS, AND THERE ARE BOLD RIDERS, BUT THERE ARE DAMN FEW OLD AND BOLD RIDERS.

Keep the dirty side down.

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