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Mike Bell was an American motorcycle racer and mountain bike rider from Southern California. He was the AMA champion in 1980 in the the Supercross class. He rode for Yamaha for the entirety of his seven year professional career and won twenty AMA and Trans-AMA events.[1]

In 1983 Mike Bell's motocross career ended due to injuries, especially knee problems.[2]

While coming back from knee surgery he took up bicycling to rebuild strength. He went on to be a competitive mountain bike racer. [3]

He was inducted into the AMA's Hall of fame in 2001. [4]

Mike Bell (1957-2021) died of a heart attack while bicycling near his home.[5]

  1. ^ https://motocrossactionmag.com/amp/godspeed-mike-bell-1957-2021/
  2. ^ https://racerxonline.com/2021/01/25/mike-bell-1957-2021
  3. ^ https://mbaction.com/in-memoriam-mike-bell-a-mt-bike-motocross-icon/
  4. ^ http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=127&lpos=-820px&letter=B&txtFname=&rblFname=S&txtLname=&rblLname=S&discipline=0
  5. ^ https://dirtbikemagazine.com/r-i-p-mike-bell-1957-2021/
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