Another good one from Kevin Cameron
The First Eras of Motorcycle Racing
Exploring the beginnings of GP motorcycle racing, Part 1.
https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-racing/the-first-eras-of-motorcycle-racing
Another excellent article by Kevin Cameron. He's right. They were all golden ages. I was in H/S in the sixties and used to wait for the two UK weekly magazines to read about Hailwood and Reed and Ago and so on. It was a shame when that era came to an end. After that it was all about smelly 2 strokes until I watched the Laverton GP with Ago getting beaten by more or less stock RG500. More special days.
The Sheene and Roberts et al days were amazing and so were the Freddie and Eddie and Wayne an Mick 80s and 90s and what a shame when they were replaced by MotoGP monsters and yet I watch every Superbike and MotoGP or moto 2/3 race I can see because the technology is interesting, but it's always more than that. It's about brave young men and entertaining older ones and fragile egos and amazing skill and people pushing themselves and the equipment. Some can only ride at their peak if everything is just so, and others are more like don't mess with the settings, let me just ride the damn thing.
Whichever era we prefer, it has been great to experience them all.
I have trouble understanding why anybody would follow any other sport...?
I think the tech has produced some of the best racing. The last three or four years of Motogp have been awesome, save for any 'mericans racing.
This is coming from a total luddite...