Lawson has added a 3150-square foot garage to his 40-year-old stone house in Upland, California; an oversized toy box.
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". don't need you taking these photos." Lawson pretends to change the
wheel on his Ford van; trying to mix work with play.
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canyon. They're more serious - it's
for going' up the canyon a} a faster
pace; my pace."
Lawson once sc;tred a policeman
friend of his with a ride around the
block on his Yamaha V-Max. The
officer came back with a bloodied lip
that he had bitten itllo out of fear.
"The V-Max is just for fun. It's for
doing burnouts and having a good
lime."
A European-model Yamaha RZ3S0
isn't legal in the U.S., so that sits in a
corner of Lawson's garage along with
a Japanese-model Yamaha RZV500.
. "It's an aluminum chassis that they
only have in Japan. They (Yamilna)
gave that 10 me for winning the -1984
World Championship."
One of Lawson's special bikes is a
Lawson Replica Kawasaki 1000R;
Lawson won the AMA Superbike
Championship aboard a similar bike
in 1982 and the factory I'(ave him the
Lawson doesn't touch his GP bikes, but he does do his own maintenance
on his toys; '" don't work on them, 'just ride 'em."
replica with serial number 21 - his
National number - for his effortS'.
A Yamaha 400 Daytona Special fits
in the not-ridden category. "[ gOt it a
long lime ago. It's JUSt more of a collector' item than anything else. They
only made a few of them."
Lawson has three Yamaha dirt
trackers: a 360 and tWO TT500s. The
360 is from 1974, his pre-Novice days,
One of the 500s is fairly new: Lawson
had Shell Thuell build him a frame
... nd ... look at the well-worn rear tire
shows that it now sees use at EI Mirage dry lake. "1I's got all rhe good'
>luff put on il and it\ leady to go. I
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