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    Going 300 -Don Vesco

    1978 GS 1000 (since new)
    1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
    1978 GS 1000 (parts)
    1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
    1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
    1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
    2007 DRz 400S
    1999 ATK 490ES
    1994 DR 350SES

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    Don Vesco

    This is great video, Back in the early 70's I raced Yamaha DT-250's we got from his Yamaha dealership in El Cajon, CA. Brings back some great memories, Very cool.....

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      #3
      A very young Dave Despain. Always enjoy the old time "no fuss" commentary by the other guy.
      GS\'s since 1982: 55OMZ, 550ES, 750ET, (2) 1100ET\'s, 1100S, 1150ES. Current ride is an 83 Katana. Wifes bike is an 84 GS 1150ES

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        #4
        Very cool, the man was a legend.
        80 gs1100 16-v ported & polished, 1 mm oversize intake valves, 1150 carbs w/Dynojet stage 3, plus Bandit/gsxr upgrades

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          #5
          The Norton Club used to use his Temecula Kawasaki dealer as a start/finish point sometimes. He vintage raced a Manx. He also ran it in the 600 class with some success. He won the Temecula Lawn Tractor races on a modified Sears mower. Tom Beauchamp, who repaired the crash damage on my Seven, told humorous stories about working crew for him with a Turbo Offy Indy Car at vintage races. It seems that he was a wild man who would race anything. Tom Beauchamp had been a mechanic/fabricator/tin basher on Indy Car teams back when the cars were metal. He built the skin for some of Vesco's streamliners.

          I met the man, but certainly didn't know him.
          sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things

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