Bimota at Daytona 1979

June 1979 Cycle

For the 1979 Daytona 200 George Vukmanovich put together this Bimota-framed Yamaha TZ250 special for Randy Mamola to ride.  The front brakes were the undoing of the effort, the small diameter discs overheated early and pads wore out completely. Randy finished third. The frame was pressurized to 60 psi, with the gauge positioned for the rider to see, the idea being that any cracking would show up immediately.