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1996

Shayne King is pictured here in various contexts , as a reigning world champion with the No . 1 on his factory KTM in 1997 – he finished third that year , behind Belgian great Joel Smets and his own elder brother Darryll , and , prior to that , he is seen here in 1996 on the No . 9 KTM 360 , when he became the last man ever to win the world championships in the big bike class on a two-stroke .

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