Cees van Dongen started as a rider already in the 1950's. As he worked later-on as Workshop foreman for the Dutch Yamaha Importer Messrs. "Het Motorpaleis", (the Motorpalace), he also became one of the first Yamaha riders in Europe.

Cees is now most probably the oldest Yamaha rider in the world as he already rode Yamaha factory bikes as early as 1961 (Assen, the RA41).

Cees van Dongen Assen 1961 Yamaha RA41