VIDEO: Kenny Roberts and Randy Mamola showboating at Laguna Seca in ‘85

We’ve been sent this fantastic footage which shows Kenny Roberts and Randy Mamola tearing round Laguna Seca on 500cc two-strokers, with plenty of back wheel action, during the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 200 GP round.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIOvB-pb2L0

The action mainly features triple 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts, taking on racer-turned-TV commentator Randy Mamola – with some fantastic wheelies in the process. Awesome right? Even if it does make today’s MotoGP action look a bit soulless.

Mamola came back from Europe and Kenny Roberts came out of retirement for the now iconic race – as the two chased each other through both legs of the 200-kilometer race, with Roberts winning the first leg and Mamola winning the second. Mamola was then declared the winner based on a shorter overall time.

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Ross is the editor of MoreBikes (and On2Wheels) - and writes for Motorcycle Sport & Leisure and Classic Bike Guide magazine too. He started off doing laps of his parents’ garden on a Puch 50 scrambler at the tender age of 5, ruining the grass and crashing into bushes. Not much has changed since. He doesn’t discriminate; taking as much pleasure from bombing around town on little mopeds as he does crossing continents on big adventure bikes.
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