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Old 07-17-07, 04:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ericcox
I swear I saw an FJR on of the stages as well.
Hi all, here is some info you might be interested in regarding motors in the race.

There are several brands out in the peloton that are "outside" the sponsorship agreement referenced above.

Kawasaki Concours 14s are used by the "staff" positions. These include the info motors (blue), beverage motors (Coke red and Aquarel blue) the Moto Commisaires (passengers in red helmets) and of course the famous yellow CL Timeboard. These all appear to be part of the the Kawasaki agreement.

The camera bikes are supplied by the TV production people and the the same BMW LTs they have been using forever. They use the same bikes every year as they are pretty heavily modified with microwave uplink equipment for the TV signal.

The FJRs you see are driven by the French Gendarmes. They moved to them last year and away from their fleet of older BMWs.

The Honda STs in England were driven by British police or possibly their National ******* Group.

Any others you see are contract motorcycles that carry private photographers (ie. Graham Watson). Most of these guys use the same drivers year after year.

Chuck
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