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By Tom Mueller
If you've been following motorcycle racing
for the past decade or so, you've heard of
-Billy Liles. The likeable 26-year-old native
Georgian has been tearing up the competition since his early childhood, firs.t grooming
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his skills at local short track
races, then moving on to moto-
I cross.
Liles was the top gun in
mOLOcro s in the Southeast through
the lale 1970s and early 80s. He was
one of the initial riders on Kawasaki's
Team Green support program, and
when a slot opened up on Kawasaki's
factory squad in 1982, Liles hit the
Pro circuit as a factory rider.
[n 1986, Liles went on the National
MXand Supercross circuits as a privateer. His factory contract with Kaw
