Two men who require absolutely no introduction are Steve Martin and Stephen Gall. The long time Yamaha supported pair, collectively have more titles to their names than you can count, and today the duo jumped on a Yamaha R1 together, to cut some fast laps around Sydney Motorsport Park.
With Round 3 of the 2016 Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli well and truly underway, at lunch time today, both Martin and Gall took part in the ASBK Pillion Ride Experience ‰ÛÒ both of the Yamaha legends putting on a rare show for ASBK Fans.
ASBK Ambassador Martin, who is a World Endurance Champion as well as an Australian Superbike Champion, said it was an honour to have former Mr Motocross Gall on the back of his Yamaha R1 today, sharing that it‰Ûªs been on his ‰Û÷bucket list‰Ûª for quite some time.
‰ÛÏWhen I was only six or seven years old, I used to go and watch Stephen Gall race on the YZ490‰Ûªs and I remember thinking ‰Û÷Man, that‰Ûªs Mr Motocross‰Ûª, so to be lucky enough to take him on the back of the bike today ticked one of the boxes on my list that‰Ûªs for sure,‰Û