AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days dirt track event

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The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is moving AMA Vintage Motorcycle Day's popular dirt-track event at the Ashland Co. (Ohio) Fairgrounds from Friday, July 20, to Saturday, July 21... Read more

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1971 MONARK 125MX

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Via the great : Motocross Action Magazine

“Out-of-the-box winner”—that is exactly how Monark marketed their motocross machines. The 21-horsepower, six-speed, 54mm x 54mm Sachs 6B engine came with a Motoplat transistorized ignition and a 27mm Bing carb. A chromoly frame, Ceriani forks and Girling shocks were just some of the high-quality components used in this fabulous machine... Read more

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Drake McElroy to appear on 'Café Racer'

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The only thing Drake McElroy has in his garage that outnumbers his motorcycle collection is Post-It notes. It's those multi-colored 3-in. by 3-in. squares that harbor the sketches, doodles and designs of a guy who likes to build motorcycles that get people to say, "What is that?" McElroy, the 2002 X Games Moto X Freestyle Bronze Medalist and current XG judge, has taken a part of his collection that includes freestyle and supermoto bikes and converted them into café racer street bikes. McElroy and his creations will be featured on season three of Velocity network's 'Café Racer,' which runs in spring of 2012... Read more

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Lee Sutton Photography

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All pictures © Lee Sutton

Another great shots from the unbelievable Lee Sutton Gallery. Lee captured what is the real essence of Motocross, his pictures are just amazing to me. Thank you Mr Sutton

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CZ Motorcycles

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Via my very good friend Trent Reker great site : www.bikermetric.com

Founded in 1919 in the city of Strakonice, located in the newly-formed Czechoslovakia, CZ started as a weapons manufacturer "Ceska Zbrojovka" which literally means "Czechoslovakian Weapon Factory." Read more


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Pride and joy bikes up for sale

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By Bristol Evening Post

It started, like so many things, with a compulsive purchase – a single motorcycle, bought after "a rush of blood to the head while flicking through Exchange & Mart". But now, 50 years and 50 motorbikes later, motorcycle enthusiast Jeremy Chichester stands amid his extraordinary collection and shrugs his shoulders in a gesture of confession... Read more

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1948 G2 Bullet Trials

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By : Jim Hemingway, Via : www.royalenfield.org.uk

My first experiences with Royal Enfields were fleeting but memorable. At the age of 17 my local bike shop; Buslingthorpe Motor Exchange I think it was called, was trying in vain to fix my old Yamaha and there in the window was a grey bike, pride of place. I asked the shop owner about it , 'Oh that's my bike, a Royal Enfield Bullet its a fantastic bike, its not for sale'.
That was it, my first glimpse of man and machine attachment, the connection that goes beyond mere ownership... Read more


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This Month in GQ Magazine French Edition

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Via : www.gqmagazine.fr

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To be the Number 1

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No comment, just amazing shots from Motorcycles Heroes

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2011 A Day in the Dirt Grand Prix in Photos

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Pictures courtesy of photographer Kinney Jones

This past Thanksgiving weekend, Southern California’s Pala Raceway played host for the 14th annual A Day in the Dirt Motocross Grand Prix races. The event is a chance for motorcycle riding enthusiasts from the Hollywood and dirt bike racing communities to get together and race their bikes in a fun, relaxing environment.
By Adam Waheed, via : www.motorcycle-usa.com

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Before Dual Sport, there was...”The Enduro”

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By JJ Cerilli, via : www.vintagemotorcyclesonline.com


Long before the word “motocross” was even coined, scrambles races started slowly but were active well in the 1930s. Brands like Yamaha and Kawasaki were still in the embryo phase at this time, back then, it was BSA, Triumph, Norton, Matchless from Britain, and a few other European marques that dominated the race tracks. The British pioneered enhancements like swinging fork rear suspension which took them well into the 1950s.

Remember the famous BSA 441cc Victor Special? Originally, a world-class dirt bike! Another historical note, in 1954 (when I was born) BSA was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, producing 50,000 motorcycles per year and importing worldwide!

The first “scrambles races” with motorcycles I ever witnessed was in 1969 on a hot summer Sunday in upstate New York. Andre’s farm in Fishkill, New York was the local dirt bike track, and I remember my father taking my cousin and I at about age 14 to see this exciting event. I can still remember smelling the strong “racing Castrol” in the air which was a concoction added to the gas/oil for higher engine performance.

Back then, two-stroke motorcycles with names like CZ-Jawa, Maico, Ossa, Bultaco, and Husqvarna were the hot bikes to own and race. The Japanese bikes were just coming into the scene. There were a few Triumphs, BSAs and Nortons on the track, mostly ridden by older guys. Compared to the European bikes I mentioned, they appeared heavy and slow... Read more


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Michel Rougerie

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Michel Rougerie (April 21, 1950 in Montreuil-sous-Bois - May 31, 1981 in Rijeka) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from France. His best year was in 1975 when he won the two races and finished in second place in the 250cc world championship behind his Harley Davidson team-mate Walter Villa. Rougerie actually scored more points than Villa that season, but because only the best six results of the season were counted, he lost the championship. He was killed in 1981 while competing at the Yugoslavian Grand Prix.

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Racers

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pictures via : Moto Revue Classic

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