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Last Name  Jean Michel Bayle   1991 250cc and 500cc Motocross
National champion 1991 Supercross champion Two-time motocross
world champion Road racer  Jean Michel Bayle is a multi-time AMA
and World Motocross Champion who later turned to road racing,
where he also enjoyed success on the world stage. Over the
course of his career he raced with a variety of manufacturers,
including Kawasaki, Honda, Aprilia, Team Roberts KR3, and
Yamaha. He has also piloted cars in off-road rally and touring
car races.  Born April 1, 1969 in Manosque, France, Jean Michele
Bayle began riding motorcycles at age 6. He raced throughout the
early 1980s as an amateur, and at age 13 won the 1982 Provence
Championship. In 1985 at age 16 he entered the 250cc class at
the Paris Bercy Supercross, racing aboard a Kawasaki. While his
Bercy results were not impressive, this was his first taste of
racing against an international field of competitors, including
many AMA Supercross st