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Kenny Roberts

Biography

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Sacramento Mile - Kenny Roberts Actual TZ750 Yamaha 2 Stroker Ride!!

 

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Champion Kenny Roberts

 

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Kenny Roberts vs Barry Sheene | 1979 British Grand Prix

 

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How Kenny Roberts and Duct-Tape changed MotoGP FOREVER!

 

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Kenny Roberts, 200 km de Laguna Seca. 1984

Kenneth Leroy Roberts is an American former professional motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. Roberts is one of only four riders in American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) racing history to win the AMA Grand Slam, representing Grand National wins at a mile, half-mile, short-track, TT Steeplechase and road race events.
  • Personal 

  • A.M.A. Grand National Championship 

  • First American world champion 

  • The rebel leader 

  • A third world championship 

  • A reversal of fortune 

  • Roberts versus Spencer 

  • Race team manager and owner 

  • Legacy