Wes Cooley Motorcycle Racer

Wearing scrubs and a smile on his face, cooley, a clinical assistant, can be seen on the surgical floor of st.

Wes cooley motorcycle racer. “the first motorcycle that i rode was a suzuki 80, a step through, red and white, with a small fairing in front of it. Eight ama superbike race wins. Yoshimura began working with suzuki in 1978. The gs1000s was yet another evolution of suzuki’s mainstay gs model.

My name is wes cooley, i was the ama superbike champion in 1979 and 1980 and entered into ama hall of fame, 2004. See more ideas about cafe racer, custom bikes, motorcycle. And when the japanese get into. Wes was a popular racer in superbike and had some major success with suzuki (ama champion in ’79 and ’80), but failed to be honored with his own bike.

Street fighter motorcycle suzuki motorcycle motorcycle style suzuki cafe racer cafe racers suzuki gsx 750 cafe bike old bikes sportbikes. Cooley picked up wins at pocono and laguna seca that year. Wes cooley inducted to the motorcycle museum's hall of fame 2004 1979 and 1980 ama superbike champion. Or best offer +c $4.73 shipping;

The last time wes cooley jr. This is a 1980 wes cooley replica. Ama motorcycle magazine w/ rodney smith's 04 suzuki rm250 wes cooley eddie craft. American motorcycles racing motorcycles vintage motorcycles custom street bikes custom bikes suzuki cafe racer cafe racers moto car hot bikes.

“i fell in love with the custom motorcycle culture in 2011 after seeing a friend’s honda cb175t cafe racer.” Taming the new gs1000 roadster, wes took suzuki to their first ama superbike title in 1979. Gs 1980 suzuki gs1000s, wes cooley replica Wes cooley gs1000 endurance racer.

Motorcycle classics is america's premier magazine for collectors and enthusiasts, dreamers and restorers. Cooley was the first racer to win the ama superbike title on a suzuki gs1000 in 1979 and again in 1980. Old motor racing photo 1980s motorcycle racer wes cooley at daytona. The 2016 ama vintage motorcycle days grand marshal.

Wes cooley’s accolades go on and on, but you won’t hear him bragging about them. An ama motorcycle hall of famer. Regardless, we still consider these models as cooley replicas. It will be cool to see suzuki defend the title this year and perhaps cooley will bring the brand some good luck.

Wes cooley was born in 1956 and it was hardly a surprise that motorcycles would become a big part of his life. Motorcycle racer wester steven cooley , (born june 28, 1956 in los angeles, california ), better known as wes , is an american former motorcycle road racer in the ama superbike class. Hanging with wes cooley at vintage motorcycle days. He won the 1979 and 1980 ama superbike championships on a yoshimura suzuki gs1000s.

Buy it now +c $32.44 shipping; It probably has more depth than anywhere else in the world. Suzuki never officially cashed in on wes cooley’s name and fame, but the 1980 gs1000s was a stunning silhouette of the ama racer. It was produced for only the years 1979 and 1980 with production numbers estimated to be in the 750 range for 1980.

Voir plus d'idées sur le thème moto, moto suzuki, café racer. 1980 suzuki gs1000s wes cooley for sale on ebay. Discover (and save!) your own pins on pinterest Resurrected from the dead, the first time builders suzuki gs550e was inspired by wes cooley’s gs1000s yoshimura race bike of 1979 and it’s every bit as cool.

Cooley got his start on the southern california club racing scene where his father ran a club racing organization. The gs1000, while no more powerful than the kawasaki that cooley had raced the year before, was a much better handling motorcycle. Ama ( self.motorcycles ) submitted 1 year ago by wescooley34 He won the 1979 and 1980 ama superbike championships on a yoshimura suzuki gs1000s.

Before cooley, many of the riders in superbike were older, more conservative and rode european t. Wester steven cooley, (born june 28, 1956 in los angeles, california), better known as wes, is an american former motorcycle road racer in the ama superbike class.