Harley-Davidson KR750 side valve dirt track racer of Cal Rayborn Ascot 1967

Description

A superb and rare photo of the 1967
Harley-Davidson KR750 side valve dirt track
racer with which legendary HD worksrider
Cal Rayborn
finished outside of the top 10 in the 1967 Ascot race
The incredible
Cal Rayborn
was one of Harley’s most famous race riders. He had a swift, smooth, yet ever so
FAST
riding style that was so very highly admired on both sides of the
Atlantic
. He won no less then
11 AM
A National titles during his relatively short seven-year professional racing career. Ten of those victories came on road racing courses, making him easily the top American road racer of his era. Rayborn’s fame spread to
Europe
in 1972 when he rode a H-D XR750TT in the popular Transatlantic Match Races and won three of the six races to tie as top scorer in the series. Even today, Rayborn is incredibly admired and fondly remembered by many European roadracing fans!
Why? As Rayborn’s performance proved once and for all to the Europeans that Americans could also road race. Cal Rayborn II was born on
February 20, 1940
. He grew up in
San Diego
, where he started riding motorcycles when he was just 8 years old. In 1968 he wrote history during the famous Daytona 200 race. During that epic event, Rayborn led most of the way. At one point during that epic race he lost the front end of the factory Harley and slid so far that it ripped a hole in the knee of his leathers. Rayborn recovered and lapped the entire field en route to victory! An amazing rider… He became the first rider to average over
100 mph
during the 200-mile race! That win established Rayborn as
America
’s premier road racer. In 1969 he again won the Daytona 200, followed by a Land Speed World Record title in 1970! He would rocket a very special HD Sportster based streamliner to a new American and International Speed record with an incredible speed of
265.49 mph
(
427.27 km/h
)!!! This H-D streamliner weighed more than
700 pounds
and was almost
10 feet
long. Rayborn showed his bravery by stuffing himself back into the machine after suffering several high-speed crashes in the streamliner before he finally set the record.
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It is a superb and rare
non period
photo, and this is your rare chance to own it! It reflects a very interesting and historic piece of motorcycling history in a great way! The size is perfectly suited for framing as it is large: ca. 8 x 10” (ca.
20 cm
x 26 cm).
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