Riot Rider
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so i found about this today and got my photo taken with it, i think its a cool story, can any of you guys work it out?
Can You Work Out What This Is?
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TheGriffiss
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some royal enfield thing?
Riot Rider
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a lot more interesting but is is a trophy for a bike race.
Riot Rider
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nope
Riot Rider
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Looks like the Roman God Mercury! A replica trophy that has something to do with racing in the Roman Olympics
very close. in fact its not a replica its the "hitler trophy" hitler himself has had this thing in his hands he had it made for the german grand pix its in scotland now because it was given to James "Jimmie" Guthrie at the 1937 European Grand Prix, Hitler was known to have been fond of Guthrie's relentless racing ability and was among the estimated 250,000 spectators present at the 1937 European Grand Prix the following year. Jimmie Guthrie crashed in controversial circumstances and died of his injuries during the race. Nazi Stormtroopers in full military uniform guarded his body whilst it was later moved from Germany by train. It is known that Hitler also presented Guthrie's team mechanic with a brass trophy of Mercury.
i just thought it was a very cool bit of history and the things is flipping heavy
Mach1 Aus
G'date mate. Nice bike.
"In 1936, Guthrie won the European Grand Prix in Germany, and was presented with a three-foot-long bronze trophy of three men racing on BMWs, with an inscription that read: "The Grand Prix of Europe. The Leader and Chancellor of the German Reich, Adolf Hitler, 1936."
Hawick's racing legend was set to win again in Germany the following year and had gone into the last lap with two minutes to spare, when, in circumstances which are still argued about today, he crashed and was fatally injured.
The bronze trophy and another which Hitler presented to Guthrie's mechanic after the accident feature in the exhibition, along with prizes, medals, photographs and several beautifully restored motorbikes."
Hawick's racing legend was set to win again in Germany the following year and had gone into the last lap with two minutes to spare, when, in circumstances which are still argued about today, he crashed and was fatally injured.
The bronze trophy and another which Hitler presented to Guthrie's mechanic after the accident feature in the exhibition, along with prizes, medals, photographs and several beautifully restored motorbikes."
!... and interesting at the same time, too 
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