VOL. 55 ISSUE 23 JUNE 12, 2018 P93
Eddie Lawson is the most
successful American to ever
compete in the 500cc/
MotoGP World Championship.
Four times the Californian
stood atop the podium as the
fastest motorcycle racer in the
world with titles on Yamaha
and Honda machinery, but
now life is lived at a more
relaxed pace.
Lucky for us, the man they
called "Steady Eddie" is still
riding motorcycles, and has
rekindled the relationship that
made him most famous in the
U.S., with Kawasaki USA.
Lawson won the 1981
and 1982 AMA Superbike
Championships and AMA 250cc
Road Racing Championships
with Kawasaki before moving
to the Grand Prix stage in 1983
with Yamaha. His exploits on
the factory KZ1000 have gone
down in racing folklore, so much
so that Kawasaki created the
Z900RS Café in honor of their
most famous superbike star.
We sat down with Eddie for a
chat to see how life is now, his
opinion on modern racing and
some fun stories you might
not know about.
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JULIA LAPALME, GOLD & GOOSE
We sit down
and have a fun
chat with the
road racing
legend
EDDIE
LAWSON
Past & Present
