Motorcycling Icons

[chrishyde6666]

Who is your motorcycling icon? The National Motor Museum Trust are revamping their motorcycle exhibition and looking to recognise those riders who have contributed to two wheeled history. A chance for us to have our say at www.motorcyclingicons.co.uk.
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Motorbikes, transport of the gods.

[arry]

Well who's yours first?

[chrishyde6666]

[chickenstrip]

British national, or international?

[mentalboy]

Gottlieb Daimler may be a good start
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Make mine a Corona.

[-Matt-]

Steve Mcqueenhttps://stevemckelvie.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/mcqueen-steve-triumph.jpg

[matto]

Jarno Saarinen... although he died before I was born.

[map]

Peter Purves, for his commentary in Kick Start (or was it Junior Kick Start?).
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...and the whirlwind is in the thorn trees, it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks...
Gibbs, what did Duckie look like when he was younger?

[jb329]

Peter Collins

[chickenstrip]

Ted Simon.

Sheene, Roberts, Hailwood, Joey Dunlop.


Soichiro Honda.


Er, Che Guevara!

[pinkyfloyd]

Only icon for me:

Yer Maun.

https://www.gzlpw.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/JoeyDunlop.jpg
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[RhynoCZ]

I'd say Gobert, I liked him in SBK: https://media.moterus.es/photos/365164/Gobert_95_05.jpg
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[Chuffin Nora]

https://wadmag.mag-uk.org/fred_hill.htm
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[gbrand42]

Jive Bunny obviously

Also have a great respect for Bazza Sheene and Burt Munro
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[Ja7]

Joey dunlop

[map]

[Dave70]

Joey Dunlop.

John Mcguiness.

[almostthere]

Doohan, Foggy, Rossi in that order,but then what do I know
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Beer, It's the reason I get up every afternoon
www.mfairco.uk

[raesewell]

And don't forget the late great Barry Sheene
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Yamaha FJR 1300 Normanton West Yorkshire

[Quornholio]

[Lupo]

Angel Nieto



https://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh252/freyuk/Angel-Nieto11.png
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A por ellos, que son pocos y cobardes.

[Polarbear]

Dave Bickers. Giacomo Agostini
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[moonzoomer]

Joey Dunlop, Robert Dunlop, Gary Cowan, Ryan Farquhar, Micheal Dunlop, Tom Heron, David Jefferies and Ron Haslam.

[thx1138]

Dan Walsh

[moonzoomer]