Bol D'or 24 Hour Endurance Race 1988

[@gun8823]

The early 80's and early 90's were an interesting time! !

[@BanjoLuke1]

Coming back that year from a ride in the Alps/Western Balkans (on a Morini), I arrived at Le Havre just as many of the British Bol d'Or spectators were arriving for their ferry. Almost he whole loading area was awash with litre-plus bikes on British plates. The British fascination with the Bol on those years cannot be overstated. I knew people who suffered a year of urban commuting on a Z1300 or similar, just so they could get down to the Bol in under a day. Madness... But also quite a good sort of madness. That day at the ferry port in Le Havre, I got quite a lot of sympathy and understanding smiles for having had to ride in mountains on only a 350. I'm not sure any of them had ever ridden a Morini.... 😊

[@breathestrongcycling3672]

Damn those Hondas were, and still are, beautiful...

[@MojoDevirus]

Ohhhhhh the glory days.

[@jeynes14]

Brilliant.

[@amsfarm1502]

This is when the computer was the person in the saddle.

[@weaselman24]

Nothing there I wouldn't own.

[@baraondal]

朝起きたら1988年になってたらいいのに

[@rokki61]

ほのぼのしてるなぁ

[@hl9h]

Rc 30 👍

[@susanboucher2116]

At 1.56 isn’t it British journalist Max Oxley?

[@hippie9005]

Made the same observation

[@juanivarsmengual3380]

Ok just got

[@thunderheads4103]

Are they on caution?

[@weaselman24]

Heavy bikes that don't have the punch of modern stuff and it's a 24hr race. Steady pace wins.

[@thunderheads4103]

@@weaselman24 I understand, thank you. They just look so much slower than this years race and that is obvious. I know lean angles have increased drastically over the years as well

[@VirginieLachet]

Are you sure of the year ?

[@dukevideo]

Yes, 1988 event won by Alex Viera, Dominique Sarron and Christophe Bouheben.