Pictures taken at the handover of the auctioned Giacomo Agostini Yamaha R1 ‘Ago’ special edition
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/03/26
This weekend I had the pleasure of taking some pictures during the handover of the auctioned Giacomo Agostini Yamaha YZF-R1 ‘Ago’ special edition. This one-off bike that was unveiled mid december 2011 by Giacomo Agostini himself together with Jaap van Zweden to be auctioned by BVA automotic to benefit Stichting Papageno.
The Dutch foundation Stichting Papageno supports families that have one or more children with autism. Jaap van Zweden – famous Dutch violin player and conductor of the year 2012 – and his wife Aaltje founded it 14 years ago. One of their sons (Benjamin, 1990) is autistic, and while raising him they found out that many more families were in need for support (about 1% of the children is diagnosed with some form of disorder in the autistic spectrum), hence the foundation.
Peter Langeslag racing for Stokvis Uithoorn at Zandvoort in 1986
The bike was modeled after the famous bike that Giacomo Agostini (English Wikipedia) (Dutch wikipedia) drove in the 70s and 80s of last century.
Peter Langeslag – friend and Yamaha race driver in the 80s (this is Peter Langeslag racing for Stokvis Leimuiden in the 80s, he raced on 500cc Yamaha bikes) won the action. News links on the auction:
–jeroen
the auctioned Giacomo Agostini Yamaha R1 'Ago' special edition - picture by Yahama Motor Nederland BV modeled after the bike on the right that Agostini used to drive on
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 
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