My favorite bike to this point was my Yamaha 360 Enduro. This bike took me anywhere. At this point I was driving a company car, so the bike was strictly for fun.
McQueen day, Several days into the event disaster struck for Steve when, hurtling along a narrow ravine at high speed, a spectator suddenly rode his motorbike out onto the track and sideswiped Steve. The race was over for Steve McQueen.
Renowned race-car & motorcycle driver Steve McQueen, who once said "he’s not sure if he’s an actor who races, or a racer who acts".Always liked McQueen.
Gearheads of a certain age remember 1968 as the year the Yamaha hit the scene and changed motorcycling forever. Prior to the release of the Yamaha a reliable, reasonably powerful and inexpensive dirt bike simply didn’t exist.