Just found this in my stack of old prints. Posted over on twitter too #davesdailybikepic. 

#FBF #FlashbackFriday to 2000 #ValentinoRossi first ride #Suzuka8H #Suzuki8Hours #Rossi teamed with #ColinEdwards on the #Honda #SP1 Rossi crashed in his first stint in the race, the team repaired the bike but then #CE also crashed and the bike caught fire… An inauspicious start at #Suzuka for #VR46 but the pair made up for it the next year, when they took victory ahead of #AlexBarros and #TadayukiOkada by 14-seconds

Campeão mundial, Colin Edwards , foi nomeado o primeiro embaixador Akrapovič - Esta homenagem foi concedida à Edwards em reconhecimento ao sucesso do americano em ganhar o Campeonato Mundial de WorldSBK em 2000 em sua Honda equipada com Akrapovič e se tornar a primeira pessoa a reivindicar um título mundial para a empresa eslovena. Edwards repetiu seu sucesso no campeonato em 2002, e seu triunfo inicial abriu caminho para Akrapovič, agora com mais de 100 campeões mundiais em várias disciplinas. #ColinEdwards #akrapovic #worldsbest #honda #dumano #tmoto #mctmotodumano #trafga https://www.instagram.com/p/Brp84JwhE7R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s3prs6swmxws

RARE ARAI RX-7 RR4 YAMAHA COLIN EDWARDS GO!!!! #araihelmet #arai #arairx7rr4 #araiyamaha #colinedwards #yamahago #teamyamaha #yamaharacing #yamaha #motogp #madeinjapan (at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqzx8MQhTrr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o3fx6cpfqdii

So this is basically what I want to do for my 50th. Thanks to watching #colinedwards back in the day and since owning 2 sp ( down to one, which is for sale). I’d like to fly to #lagunaseca and do a couple of track days on an sp. Have a couple of years to try and work out how the hell its going to happen but its no1 on my bucket list. #lifegoals #hope #50thbirthday

Edwards hard on the brakes. @ttbc #colinedwards #redghostonline #motogp