Reg Pridmore

Reginald Charles Pridmore III (born 15 July 1939) is an English former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in British and American motorcycle road racing events from the early 1960s until the late 1970s, most prominently as a three-time AMA Superbike National Champion. Pridmore won the inaugural 1976 AMA Superbike Championship riding a BMW motorcycle at a time when BMWs were considered to be outdated touring motorcycles rather than proper racing motorcycles. In 2002, he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. During breaks in the AMA Superbike Championship, Pridemore returned to the Isle of Man TT in 1978 and 1979 riding a sidecar fitted with a Yamaha TZ750 engine that had previously been used by Don Vesco in the Silver Bird streamliner to break the 300 mph barrier for motorcycles in 1975 at the Bonneville Speedway.

He now lives in Santa Paula, CA where he owns a hangar at Santa Paula Airport KSZP. He keeps his motorcycles, a Scout airplane and a small hangar museum there.