Every champion makes winning look easy, but behind the veneer of perfection is a story of struggle, a story of determination and a story of endless hard work. Whether it's Brad Lackey's eleven-year struggle to win a world title, or Mark Barnett's endless hours of practice, each champion has a unique story about their rise to the top.
Everyone dreams that a factory bike will make them a champion, and everyone has dreamed that any one of these four monsters could have made them a champion. Read what it was like for the real champions, Roger DeCoster, Broc Glover, Bob Hannah and George Jobe and their exotic factory machines.
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The Golden Era saw an explosion of bike development that we will probably never see again. From the first crude steps by the Japanese factories in the 70s, to the million-dollar exotics of the eighties, bike development soared to unbelievable levels. See how the bikes changed.