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The unsung hero of the show...the ex-Dick Mann, 1970 Daytona-winning Honda CR750, which has lived in France since 1971, in obscure circumstances, but is now coming to public view...Escaping the gray skies of winter, a weekend in Provence sounds holiday-brochure perfect, which fairly describes this year's Avignon Motor Festival. As related in last year's post, the Festival is a sprawling mélange of internal combustion applications, from motorcycles old and new, to vintage, sports, and luxury cars, tractors, farm equipment, buses, articulated trucks, military hardware, and the occasional plane and boat.This lad had his own functional tractor to ride parallel with his dad...The mechanical highlights of the weekend included focused exhibits...
