American MotoGP star Colin Edwards participated in a Red Bull Indianapolis GP teleconference Thursday, June 16 after a stirring third-place finish Sunday, June 12 at the Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone. It was the first podium finish since July 2009 for Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Edwards, 37, from Houston. But the sensational result also came just eight days after Edwards had 13 screws and a titanium plate placed into his collarbone, which was broken in five places during a practice crash Friday, June 3 at the Grand Prix of Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. Edwards also suffered torn rib muscles in the crash.
Edwards will join fellow American MotoGP riders Nicky Hayden and Ben Spies in the Red Bull Indianapolis GP on August 26-28 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Erik Buell is right: Everything would have been different if Buell Motorcycles had built this bike first, as he intended, instead of the quirky 1125R that parent company Harley-Davidson demanded in 2007. Motor Company management feared competing with Japanese and European manufacturers head-on, so rather than green-light a pure superbike they commissioned the offbeat 1125R. That bike’s failure to connect beyond a small group of outlier enthusiasts was the beginning of the end for the Buell brand.
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Not our fastest lap, but we stayed together, so it was the best video of the day. Lower left view is from the CBR 1000 (3rd bike) & front/rear view is from my GSXR 1000 (middle bike). Other GSXR 1000 (1st bike) had no camera that day. Great time had by all despite the 98 degree weather.