In a career that was cut short by knee and leg injuries Sylvain Geboers captured 14 Grand Prix victories (between 1968 and 1972). His five years of success on the GP scene places him amongst the greats of the sport, he has more GP victory more than former world champions Jacky Vimond, Guennady Moissev, Greg Albertyn, Bobby Moore, John Van Den Berk, Michele Rinaldi, Trampas Parker and so many others. He might not have a world title to his name, but on any given day and in an era of true greats he was the quickest rider in the world.

When the Suzuki factory arrived in europe in the early 1970's and began to win titles Geboers was right there, not as a back-up to the great Joel Robert, but as his biggest rival. Geboers and Robert had been team-mates in the CZ factory team in the late 1960's, and when Suzuki arrived they were quickly signed up and the rest is history, together they ruled the 250cc class. For Geboers his entry into motocross was an easy one. His father was already known in the local area as a good club racer, and the fact his dad owned a very well known motorcycle shop helped the name Geboers when the racing got serious.

"My father and his brother raced, they were just national riders, not that good, but that is where it started. That is where I found the contact with motorcycles. My father also owned a motorcycle shop, and we were always practising on the bikes of our customers. When I started I was 16 years old and that was the age limit to start in Belgium. I went through the junior class, I got Belgium champion in the junior class, then the next year I got injured and missed the title. I went into the International class, and my first International race was a victory, it was in Holland. I was at that time 18 years old. I was a promising guy, but at the same time there was another young rider, and his name was Joel Robert. I was racing the 500cc class and Joel the 250cc class."

In the winter of 1964 he got his first taste of success against the big boys. Geboers would find out early that winning a major race in the sand of Belgium and racing Grand Prix motocross were two totally differant things. Despite a victory against many of the sports legends, he was brought down to earth in a hurry.

"I then won one of the biggest pre-season races of the year, beating guys like Tibblin, Lunden. I was riding a 4-stroke BSA, I was still only 18 years old. I remember the journalists were all saying we have a guy who can be world champion, now I had just started my career, and they were already saying I would be world champion. I went to the first Grand Prix of the season, it was in Austria, and I struggled, I mean from the sand in Belgium to the hard pack in Austria, I scored 8th, and I was so dissapointed. When the press were saying how good I was, I didn't believe I would win a world title in that same season, but I did have some confidence. What I did learn is that racing an International, and winning, was very differant to racing a Grand Prix, I learnt that very quickly."

His championship position at season end was outside the top ten, and he knew he had work to do if he wanted to reach his goal of world champion. He knew it was going to take time, and experience was what he needed most.

 "At that time the 250cc class was not popular at all, everyone was riding big 4-strokes, Joel Robert began a little earlier than me, two years older, so he began a couple of years sooner than I did. He was racing Greeves and all types of bikes, but then suddenly he got a ride on the CZ, he wa a candidate world champion. It was very difficult to run with CZ, they had the only 360cc machine, and nobody could get them. Husqvarna didn't have a bike to compete with the CZ. I signed with Matchless for another year and I had to race th 4-stroke. That was in 1964, the first race the frame broke. I didn't do well at all, in the championship I was not even inside the top twenty."