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Legendary racer Freddie Spencer visited Japan and joined Honda's "CB Fan Meeting" event, escorted by Hiroshi Maruyama of "WITH ME." Webike Plus interviewed Spencer with Maruyama as navigator, during which Spencer recounted the storied episode: "I beat Kenny on the Honda NR."
It's Spencer, man. A top rider from that era still talking about his own riding with pride to this day - that's incredible. A line like 'I beat Kenny on the NR' is something only a guy who lived it can say. It's words like that, straight from the source, where I feel the real heat of racing.
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Is the Honda NR a separate race-only machine from the oval-piston production bike?
The NR500 race-only machine was the original, and it later got a production release as the NR750.
Old-days anecdote interviews tend to get romanticized, so I'd want the actual race results verified somewhere.
The NR reportedly struggled a lot in its early racing days, so I'm curious which specific race that win over Kenny actually was.
Beating Kenny Roberts must have been a genuinely huge deal back in the day.
Hiroshi Maruyama as the navigator is an almost absurdly great pairing — glad he made it out for the CB fan meeting.
That comment about beating Kenny on the NR — knowing it's about that legendary oval-piston machine gives me chills.
