1971 Daytona 200 

I had forgotten about that...We would have heard a lot about Rusty in later years, I'm sure, if he had not been killed....RIP Rusty Bradley

He was mu uncle i still have his helmet

Not only are they being raced but you can still buy a new one from Rob North Triples, if you want with 930cc engine, belt primary drive, and 6 speed gear box.

The winning Honda had Magnesium crank cases as well as other mods, it was running on 3 cylinders when it finished and won by 2 seconds Dick Mann was quoted as saying,"if that race was run 100 times the Rocket3/Trident would have won 99 times", he was back with Triumph for the 71 race. Dick Mann was also part of the speed , distance records of 1968 when a Rocket 3 did 131mph which stood for 4 years until the Z900

@@MrBeezumph Yeah, right. One thing though: the Honda still won. wasn't protested, and that was that. Not like there were many components on the Rob North bikes that were exactly stock. The real shame is that while the geometry of the Honda frame was basically the same as the road CB750, the Rocket Three/Trident were nothing at all like the road bikes. You'd have thought that the success of the Rob North bikes AND Slippery Sam (altered headstock geometry) would have awakened them, but I guess the execs were so busy riding in their Daimlers they didn't notice or care.

@@caribman10 Both bikes were highly modified race bikes, not production machines but if the race was with standard road bikes the triples would have won, they were faster and handled better. I suggest you find the results of the speed endurance tests of 1968 carried out by Rocket 3s at Daytona of whish Gary Nixon was one of the riders. The distances covered were restricted due to the rear tyres sheadings as at the time no road tyre could run at the speeds being reached, the riders new when the tyres were failing from the bikes vibrating as the tread disintegrated, they did reach 131.7 mph. The records stood untill the arrival of the Z900 but by then tyres could handle the speeds. Slippery Sam had possibly 3 frames, the original frame which was either altered or changed for one with the engine raised and moved forward, the last frame was a Renold Tubing light weight frame. People can still buy new Rob Norths as they are still being made near Dudley in West Midlands and it was a T160 powered Rob North on which Guy Martin Broke the world speed record on a wall of death in 2016. In 2012 a 1969 T150 completed the American Iron Butt Ralley, 1100 miles in 11 days with not a CB 750 in sight L.O.L.

Edward turner had nothing to do with it by then and CNC was still a way off.

Me too, my brother and I rode our Bridgestone 175's there after church.

I have rusty,s helmet from that race he was my uncle

@@noahhdjsjsnd2979 Oh, wasn't the construction of the helmet considered a causative element in the injury to his head? It was the grimmest outcome from that day.

Not talking about insanity which the IOM is all about. Nothing was more popular than Daytona, not about street racing.

The biggest motorcycle race in the US. There’s bigger and better races in Europe.

Hailwood was spoken of and then fell out of the race..

Groovy music tho LOL