Mike Van Bibber

of Albuquerque, New Mexico

Although Mike Van Bibber rode a friend’s Triumph to a fourth place finish in the second Amateur heat and fourth place in the Amateur final at Winfield, Kansas in 1969, he spent the rest of that year riding a Sonic Weld Honda 450.  It was on that bike that he won the Amateur final at Sturgis, South Dakota as shown here – Mike Van Bibber collection

Mike Van Bibber used this Harley – Davidson KR 750 to set the third quickest time in Amateur time trials at Winfield, Kansas on May 19, 1968.  He returned to Winfield on July 7^th of that year and finished second in the Amateur final riding this same motorcycle – Mike Van Bibber collection

The front and back of Mike Van Bibber’s A.M.A. Novice Competition License from 1967.  Notice that he had “fudged” a little on his age as Mike was actually born in 1949.

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