| 词条 | Dave Ekins |
| 释义 |
Motorcycle racing careerBorn in Los Angeles, California, Ekins followed his brother and fellow Motorcycle Hall of Fame member, Bud Ekins, into motorcycle racing.[1][2] He and his brother honed their riding skills by riding the dirt trails in the hills above their Hollywood, California home.[1] Ekins' riding skill earned him sponsored racing motorcycles from factories such as; Velocette, Zundapp, Honda, Harley-Davidson and Bultaco.[1] Ekins became one of the first American riders to use Honda motorcycles in desert races, helping usher in the era of lightweight, smaller-displacement off-road motorcycles.[1][3][4] In the late 1950s, most desert racers preferred heavy, ungainly, British parallel twin cylinder motorcycles. He competed in many of the most prestigious West Coast off-road races aboard motorcycles as small as 100ccs in displacement, often finishing ahead of competitors on larger motorcycles, including an overall victory at the 1967 Greenhorn Enduro aboard a 100cc Zundapp.[1][5] In 1962 he and Bill Robertson rode a Honda CL72 motorcycle almost the entire length of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in less than 40 hours to set the Tijuana-to-La Paz, Mexico record.[1][6][7] Their speed record provided a challenge for other off-road competitors with both, motorcycles and four wheeled vehicles.[1] One of these challengers to Ekins' record run was Ed Pearlman, who decided to organize a yearly off-road race that became known as the Baja 1000.[1][2] In 1964 Ekins along with his brother, Bud, Steve McQueen and Cliff Coleman were members of the first American team to compete in the International Six Days Trial.[1] The International Six Day Trials, a form of off-road motorcycle Olympics, is the oldest annual competition sanctioned by the FIM dating back to 1913.[8] Ekins competed in five ISDT events and earned two gold medals and a bronze medal in the prestigious motorcycle competition.[1] Ekins founded and launched the Sunline brand of motorcycle parts and accessories.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite web |url=http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=167 |title=Dave Ekins at the AMA Hall of Fame |publisher=motorcyclemuseum.org |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=166 |title=Bud Ekins at the AMA Hall of Fame |publisher=motorcyclemuseum.org |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://motohistory.net/featuredstory/ekin_feature.html |title=Honda's First Four Years in America: and you thought it was easy |publisher=motohistory.net |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.budanddaveekins.com/american-honda-motor-company-and-honda-motor-company/ |title=American Honda Motor Company and Honda Motor Company |publisher=budanddaveekins.com |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://thebannerisup.district37ama.org/races/greenhorn-winners.htm |title=Greenhorn Enduro Winners |publisher=district37ama.org |accessdate=22 February 2017 }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://motohistory.net/featuredstory/ekin_feature2.html |title=Honda's First Four Years in America |publisher=motohistory.net |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.budanddaveekins.com/a-ride-down-the-peninsula/ |title=A Ride Down The Peninsula |publisher=budanddaveekins.com |accessdate=4 February 2017 }} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2010/10/25/international-six-days-enduro-an-fim-history/ |title=History of the International Six Day Trials |publisher=ultimatemotorcycling.com |accessdate=22 February 2019}} External links
10 : 1932 births|Living people|People from Hollywood, Los Angeles|Sportspeople from Los Angeles|American motorcycle racers|Off-road motorcycle racers|Motocross riders|Enduro riders|Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductees|Motorcycle journalists |
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