Nice Surprise from Yamaha to Eddie Lawson

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Lawson tells the story, "I was signing posters and talking to the people who work at Yamaha and (Yamaha US Communications Manager) Bob Starr came and said, 'By the way, we've got a gift for you'. I was like, all right, you know? I really didn't know what to expect."
After a brief and very personal presentation, Yamaha US President Akira Sano gave Fast Eddie the 1986 YZR500 Grand Prix bike that Lawson won his second championship on. Yamaha rebuilt and refurbished the machine recently and shipped the bike in from Japan as a gift for Lawson.

Lawson was clearly blown away by Yamaha's gesture. "I was almost speechless," he said via cell phone, while driving home from Yamaha this afternoon. "I was speechless, really. I could not believe it. Yamaha is such a cool company and such cool people work there, you know? They didn't have to do that, but, man, it was so nice that they did."

Very Nice of Yamaha!

 

[sgoat]

Great story and very cool of Yamaha to do that. I think I read somewhere that Barry Sheene had one of his winning RG-500 Suzuki racebikes in a glass case in the entry foyer of his home.