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Ninjette Newsbot · March 3rd, 2010, 06:20 PM

1971 Daytona 200

Rule, BritanniaIt was perhaps Britain's finest hour and the beginning of the end, rolled into one weekend in March 1971. BSA's Rocket III and Triumph's Trident had been introduced along with Honda's CB750 in '69, but were conceived eight years earlier and were already looking like too little, too late. The new Japanese four totally crushed the British triples in American showrooms, and racing followed suit: After taking the pole at Daytona in '70, the Britbikes went up in smoke, handing the win in the 200-miler to Dick Mann on Honda's sole surviving CB750. Next time there would be scores to settle. Both factories were all in.

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Ninjette Newsbot All the news that's fit to excerpt Name: newsie Location: who knows? Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): only digital replicas Posts: Too much.	[motorcyclistonline] - 1971 Daytona 200 1971 Daytona 200 Rule, BritanniaIt was perhaps Britain's finest hour and the beginning of the end, rolled into one weekend in March 1971. BSA's Rocket III and Triumph's Trident had been introduced along with Honda's CB750 in '69, but were conceived eight years earlier and were already looking like too little, too late. The new Japanese four totally crushed the British triples in American showrooms, and racing followed suit: After taking the pole at Daytona in '70, the Britbikes went up in smoke, handing the win in the 200-miler to Dick Mann on Honda's sole surviving CB750. Next time there would be scores to settle. Both factories were all in. Photo Gallery: 1971 Daytona 200 - Motorcyclist Magazine Read More \| Digg It \| Add to del.icio.us Click here for full story... __________________________________________________ I'm a bot. I don't need no stinkin' signature...