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Eddie Lawson is one of the greatest riders of the ‘modern’ era of motorcycle racing.

He came from the same California ‘crucible’ of dirt-track riding as Wayne Rainey in the 1970s – but was a few years ahead. He moved intoTarmac racing in

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