The Dumont took best of show at Daytona's Bikeweek 2018, frankly, because nobody brought anything special to challenge for the top prize. Everything else looks the same, lots of speakered out baggers. So? Everyone seems to build those, what's the big deal?

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Made in Brazil, by Tarsus Marques. If I read the translated articles right, he has won the Bike Week best of show 5 times previously.

I posted about it months ago, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/03/and-now-for-something-bit-different-but.html but couldn't learn anything. You can read all about it finally at https://www.motorede.com.br/tmc-dumont-motor-aviao/  or
http://carros.ig.com.br/motos/2018-03-27/tarso-marques.html



tip of the hat to http://www.dwrenched.com/2018/04/dwrenched.html

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