Mid-Ohio needs to help its bike event

Written by Rob McCurdy

The new bosses bought a track, a driving school, a bad schedule and one struggling event. Green Savoree Mid-Ohio, the owners of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, desperately needs to give its one-time signature event an extreme makeover.
Does Ty Pennington know anything about motorcycles? The Honda Super Cycle Weekend presented by Dunlop Tires certainly requires an overhaul.
The

Mid-Ohio needs to help its bike event

Written by Rob McCurdy

The new bosses bought a track, a driving school, a bad schedule and one struggling event. Green Savoree Mid-Ohio, the owners of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, desperately needs to give its one-time signature event an extreme makeover.
Does Ty Pennington know anything about motorcycles? The Honda Super Cycle Weekend presented by Dunlop Tires certainly requires an overhaul.
The

Harley-Davidson Museum Hosts Cannonball Run Exhibit

.Via : www.motorcyclecruiser.comWhat's it like to ride coast-to-coast on a 1914 Harley-Davidson at a top speed of 25 miles per hour on today's roads? Over a 16-day period this past September, Bill Rodencal, Harley-Davidson Museum Motorcycle Restorer/Conservator, joined 70 other antique motorcycle racers in riding from Kitty Hawk, NC, to Santa Monica, CA, to find out. On October 22, Bill will

Coast-to-Coast Motorcycle Cannonball Winners

.by Bryan HarleyThey’ve done it! After 16 days and 3294 miles in the saddle, riders participating in the Coast to Coast Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Run for Pre-1916 Motorcycles pulled into the Santa Monica Pier this weekend after a grueling cross country race. Of the 45 vintage motorcycles that started the event in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 37 were still running at its end. Ten of those

The Sunday movie

.'73 BMW in 2008 AHRMA Formula 750 race at DaytonaThis video includes the first full lap and some excerpts of the remaining laps. This class is a "bump up" for me against faster motorcycles. I had fun chasing a Rob North Triumph Triple - he had LOTS of motor on me, and was able to pull big leads on the high banks. I was better on the infield, and finally got around him by out-braking him on Turn

News from Shinya on the Cannonball

.Via Chabott Engineeringjust got a call from shinya. the indian is not doing good. shinya has to go extremely slow but he finally got to the halfway point. we only have a couple more hours til the finish...shinya said he will try to go as far as possible...it supposed to be a lot more easier than yesterday. go go shinya!.

Catalina Grand Prix registration delayed until September 7

.via : www.motocrossactionmag.comFeets Minert winning the Catalina Grand Prix in 1956.When word was first announced that the famous Catalina Grand Prix would return after a 52-year absence from the motorcycle racing schedule, most of the SoCal racing community was excited and skeptical. They were excited because back in the 1950’s Catalina was the premiere motorcycle race on the West Coast. They

The Motorcycle Cannonball Route

.Via : www.motorcyclecannonball.comThis is the route for this year’s Motorcycle Cannonball. In working on this route, we have tried to fulfill several criteria:A coast-to-coast route across the United States. We start on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, in Kitty Hawk, the birthplace of aviation. Our finish, after about 3300 miles on the road, is on the Pacific

Indy Mile

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Cannonball Run

.via : www.motorcycle-usa.comMaybe you didn’t grow up watching Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise in the Cannonball Run, but most everybody knows the premise. A Cannonball Run is a no-holds barred, cross-country race where winner takes all. Technicalities like speed limits are often overlooked as riders push it to the limit for a chance to win big money. But somehow I don’t think too many speeding

Riverside International Raceway

.Riverside International Raceway (Sometimes known as RIR or Riverside Raceway) was a race track or road course in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989. The original course design proved to be dangerous, and it was partially reconfigured in 1969.The track was built to accommodate several different races. By closing off certain sections of the

1966 : The Sunday Movie

.TV Spot Released: December 1966 Director: John Frankenheimer Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The Erzbergrodeo XVI

-via dirtbike.off-road.comAmbitious Offroad motorcycle riders and Actionsports-Fans from over 30 nations and 4 continents can mark the first weekend of June 2010 in their calenders. The sixteenth edition of the notorious Erzbergrodeo will be held from June 3rd to 6th at the tiny city of Eisenerz, right in the very heart of Austria!The preparations for the world's biggest motorcycle offroad event

Rage Against the Machine

.by Eric JohnsonMotorcycle racing is full of myth, folklore and larger than life legends. However, in the eyes of plenty, one of the greatest stories ever told took place in the summer of 1975 on a mile-long dirt oval in Indianapolis, Indiana.image by mike stuhlerThat year, Kenny Roberts was doing his best to beat back a number of beastly Harley-Davidsons that were trying to steal away his Grand

AGO at the Nürburgring 1968

"AGO" 500ccRead (177) & Ivy (175)Möhringer on his MZ-NeckermannPasolini (106)Molloy 1st, Carruthers 2nd, Shorey 3rdAnscheldt untouchable on his 50cc SuzukiBarry Smith

Daytona 1971

Carruthers (73), Jack Findlay (70)Dick Mann (4), Mike Hailwood (20), Gary Fischer (110)Cal Rayborn (14), Roger Reiman (78)Carruthers (73)Cal Rayborn (14) and Don Droud (83)Dick Man on B.S.A