The 1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the fifth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of nine Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on June 12, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on October 4.
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with pain’s big boots running up and down
the intestines like a motorcycle racer.”
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