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Penton was a brand of off-road motorcycle introduced in 1968 by John Penton, a noted enduro rider on the dirt bike competition circuit, who was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998.eginning in 1972 fiberglass gas tanks were introduced and all of the 175 cc and larger models used KTM engines. In 1974 longer travel gas forks with laid-down rear shocks for longer suspension travel, lightweight plastic fenders and frames of high grade chrome-moly steel were introduced.
The video unfolds with the evolution of Penton Motorcycles, from the âchicken coopâ to representing KTM, Husqvarna, Ariel, Zundapp, Honda and others. Johnâs 1959 cross-country record sprint on a BMW R69 is chronicled and recreated in amusing fashion.f course, the meat and potatoes here is the ultimate Penton involvement with the International Six Daysâ Trial, the worldâs toughest enduro. John first went to the ISDT in 1962 in Germany, riding a BWW 250. Here he learned the value of lightweight motorcycles.