Yesterday when I was searching on the Dutch auction site Marktplaats this bike popped up. I had to look twice, because I always thought that it was scrapped. This is one of the HRD Suzuki TR750's made by Derk Haan who had a company called Haan Racing Development (HRD). It was ridden by Willy Dijkema and Rob Bron and sponsored by Nauta Motoren. Rob Bron raced it at Daytona in 1975 in his famous golden racing outfit as a member of the Dutch Daytona Racing Team. He had some problems with it, first the front wheel broke, after that the crank lost his life and after a 30 hour spannering marathon by Derk and Willy he managed to qualify. After 16 rounds in the race the expansion pipes broke and that was the end of his 1975 Daytona adventure. This is not a factory TR, the engine is a tuned GT750 and the frame is made by Nico Bakker. I did some bidding on the bike, but someone had more luck and after a while the advertisement was removed. Could this be one of Rob Bron his old bikes? Hope to see the bike somewhere in the near future!Update 20-5-2020: According to the new owner it is Rob Bron's old bike.
For more pics see
Bakker HRD TR750
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Nico Bakker GT/TR750
