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Offline emlupi

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RIP Dick Mann
« on: April 27, 2021, 06:23:04 AM »
Dick Mann has passed away at the age of 87. RIP to a great champion and a legend in the history of the CB750.
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Offline dhall57

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Re: RIP Dick Mann
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2021, 06:47:43 AM »
I remember him winning the Daytona 200 in 1970 on the new Honda CB750 and seeing him in the movie On Any Sunday. He had broken leg and foot but cut the cast off so he could compete in the race. RIP Mr Mann :(
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Offline Stev-o

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Re: RIP Dick Mann
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2021, 07:32:05 AM »
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Re: RIP Dick Mann
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2021, 01:02:03 PM »
Honda wouldn't have been the same without him. 
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Re: RIP Dick Mann
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2021, 01:14:30 PM »
RIP Bugsy!

One of my heroes! I was there in 1970. Saw it all in the flesh!
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