Chaz Davies, born February 1987) in Knighton, Wales, and started racing in the British Mini Moto championship in 1995, moving up to Junior Road racing in 1999. In the same season he was given special dispensation at the age of 12 to take part in the Aprilia Challenge 125cc Championship. Davies finished 6th overall and was the only rider to finish every race in a points scoring position. He set a new lap record at Donington Park National circuit and was awarded ‘Superteen of the Year’.
In 2001 Davies moved to the British 125 Championship, placing seventh after completing 8 of 13 rounds. Davies was the youngest winner of a British Championship race in July at Thruxton at the age of 14 years 5 months. Davies also contested all rounds of the Spanish National 125 Championship with the Telefonica Movistar team under the management of Alberto Puig. He was nominated for BBC “Young Sports Personality of the Year.”
In 2002 management company Dorna Sports placed Chaz with Team Matteoni Racing to compete in the 125cc Grand Prix World Championship riding a kit Aprilia. Davies became the youngest rider to compete in a full season of GP Motorcycle racing.
From 2003, Davies rode for Aprilia Germany on the back of the consistent performance in his 125cc ‘Rookie’ season. In 2003 he became the youngest rider to score World Championship points in the 250cc class finishing 15th place in the Gauloises Africa’s Grand Prix. For the 2004 season, still the youngest rider by two years, Davies finished 13th in the 250cc World Championship Classification out of the 36 regular starters scoring three top 10 results in the final three races of the season. Davies finished 2004 with a series of outstanding results on what was a customer kit level of bike, far inferior to those of the factory teams. He finished 9th in Malaysia, 6th in Australia and then backed it up with 5th at the final race in Valencia.
Davies again signed for Aprilia Germany for 2005 in hope that Aprilia would provide him with factory material after his strong end to 2004. With two Top 10 results in Italy and Turkey, Davies again proved himself a consistent front runner within the non-factory machines but again failed to secure any type of factory backing. He finished the championship in 16th.
In 2007, Davies raced in the AMA Supersport Championship and Formula X-Treme Championship, racing a Yamaha for the Celtic Racing team.  In 2008 he rode a Kawasaki for Attack Kawasaki. In early December 2007 Davies set the fastest times in two classes while testing at Daytona for the upcoming opening race of the 2008 AMA season. He was named winner of the 2008 Daytona 200 after original race winner, Josh Hayes, was disqualified for an illegal crankshaft. Davies becomes the first racer from the United Kingdom to win the prestigious race.
For 2009 Davies signed with KWS Aprilia to run in the all-new AMA Daytona Sportbike series, finishing the season with moderate success.
In 2007 he made his MotoGP debut, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca riding a Desmosedici GP7 in replacement for the injured Alex Hofmann, who crashed in first practice. Already there for the supporting AMA round, Davies took over on an unfamiliar bike and track. Despite setting solid laptimes, he was overlooked for the following event at Brno, with Iván Silva replacing Hofmann.
Davies made a switch to World Supersport late in the 2009 season for Triumph, remaining with them for 2010. He was consistently their fastest rider, scoring podium finishes at Valencia, Kyalami and Brno. After his Brno success, team manager Guiliano Rovelli commented “He is a tough bloke who always gives 110% and is now the best rider in Supersport”. He came agonisingly close to a first class win at Imola – suffering a fuel pump failure while running third, just as leaders Kenan Sofuoglu and Eugene Laverty collided.
In 2012 Davies moved to the World Superbike championship to join various teams and was recently confirmed as a rider in the MotoE World Championship.
The 2009 Triumph 675cc Daytona Racer on offer here is fully documented as the very bike Chaz Davies won the 2009 season of the Supersport World Championship with its original factory supplied and race-prepared by BE-1 Racing engine.
This factory-prepared championship winning bike was donated to a charity event in 2010 in support of Richard and Eve Branson’s charities, Virgin Unite, Rock The Kasbah, and the Eve Branson Foundation. It was purchased and displayed in a private collection until acquired by Robb Talbott for the MotoTalbott Museum in Carmel, California. The bike is accompanied by a mannequin sporting Chaz Davies’ leathers, boots, gloves and helmet, as well as a substantial folder showing the history of the machine, all the technical data and instruction to get the bike to run again, plus autographed photos of Chaz and details of the charity event.
Please note: this bike is being sold on a salvaged California title.
Fresh from a full service, the bike starts easily and runs well. It is a blast to ride~!!
The sale of this amazing machine is accompanied by a second set of race bodywork hanging on a Triumph 675 rolling chassis. The bodywork was signed at the charity event by Richard Branson.
