I’d started another article but this one leapt in front of it. Both, coincidentally, were prompted by Facebook posts, this one by a photo of a young Kenny Roberts in his first road race, riding a Kawasaki sponsored by (according to the decal on the fairing) Selby Motors.
Selby Motors was MY store, the place where I bought bikes and where ‘everyone knew my name’. Located in Redwood City, maybe 25 miles south of San Francisco, Selby Motors sold BMWs, Kawasakis, Suzukis, BSAs and a few other lines of racing bikes,