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Ahead of this weekends race in The Netherlands, a group of MotoGP riders have gathered to attend the MotorDreamEvenTT, at the Assen circuit’s TT Museum, this event provides a demonstration ride on some classic race machinery for the fans to enjoy.

This is the World Championship’s 61st consecutive visit to ‘The Cathedral’, as Assen is known, it should be noted that The Netherlands’ venue being the only ‘ever-present’ on the Grand Prix calendar since 1949, so the museum event was a fitting preliminary ahead of this weekends battle.

Jorge Lorenzo who rides for Fiat Yamaha showed off a Jarno Saarinen 250cc Yamaha, whilst Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Colin Edwards of America rode Jack Middelburg’s 500cc machine, which won at Assen in 1980.

Australian and Rizla Suzuki rider Chris Vermeulen rode the 1976 500cc Suzuki of his hero and mentor Barry Sheene, Whilst the Hayate Racing teams Marco Melandri was in charge of the Lorenzo Pasolini 1968 Benelli replica and Dutch 125cc youngster Jasper Iwema was riding a 1972 Seel machine.

The riders from Scot Racing Yuki Takahashi and Gabor Talmacsi, rode a 1976 Mike Hailwood Honda replica and a 1976 Bob McIntyre Honda respectively.

The riders were clearly aware of the rich history having mounted the classic 1970s Yamaha which had been ridden by a fellow former 250cc World Champion, current joint MotoGP standings leader Jorge Lorenzo said, “For me it was an honour to ride the bike because it belonged to Jarno Saarinen, a Finnish rider who died in Monza in 1973. This bike is nearly 40 years old so it is very different to my M1. For me it is great to ride any bike and especially this one.”