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16 Protecting The Ride Think. Ride. AMA Produces

New Safety Messages

20 Living It My First Ride

26 Connections What’s Old Is New Again

30 Adrenaline Go DTX Racing

34 Heritage 1928 Indian Prince

48 Go Ride What To Do, Where To Go

36 Electric Revolutionaries A New Breed Of Engineer Is

Bringing You The Next Big Thing In Motorcycling: Battery- Powered Bikes

44 Taking The ‘Public’ Out Of Public Land?

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Cover Mission Motors CEO Jit Bhattacharya, photographed by Brad Wenner Navigation Photo by Daniel Melguizo Moreno of New York City.

06 Snapshots Your Images, Your World

10 Letters You Write, We Read

12 Ed Moreland Tell Us What You Think

58 Mike SeateReturn Of The Coffee

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1) Wolfgang Neuwirth and his son, Hunter, after Hunter finished second at an Aztalan Cycle Club (Lake Mills, Wis.)

hare scrambles.—Dave Hollub of Sauk City, Wis. 2) Submitted by Rob Pasqual of Goose Creek, S.C. 3) Alex, Helen

and Dennis taking a break while riding in Michigan. 4-10) The 22nd Annual AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum

Breakfast at Daytona, held March 5, proved to be one of the most exciting ever. Leslie Porterfield (4), who holds

multiple motorcycle land speed records, interviewed the world’s fastest motorcyclists—streamliner builder Denis Manning (5) and rider Chris Carr (6), who are

both members of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Manning and Carr talked about the challenge and excitement of setting the absolute motorcycle land speed

record of 367.382 mph through the measured mile at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah last year. Manning even donated a one-of-a-kind replica of his record-

setting streamliner that will be auctioned off to benefit the Hall of Fame later this year (7). AMA Board Chairman Stan Simpson (10) surprised Hall of Famer John

Penton with advance copies of the April American Motorcyclist, featuring Penton on the cover. Photos by Brian Pepper, Digital Imaging Direct.

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Got an image that represents what’s cool about motorcycling? Send your high-resolution photos, name and mailing address to [email protected].

We’ll pick one standout photo next month and send the photographer a prize pack of AMA gear. Editors decisions are fi nal. No purchase necessary.

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James Holter, Associate Editor

Bill Kresnak, Government Affairs Editor

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com/whatis/trustees.asp

stan simpson, Chairman

Cibolo, Texas

Jim Williams, Vice-Chairman

Irvine, Calif.

Jon-Erik Burleson, Assistant Treasurer

Murrietta, Calif.

Perry King, Assistant Secretary

Northern California

John Ulrich, Executive Committee Member

Lake Elsinore, Calif.

andy goldfine, Duluth, Minn.

charles goman, Winder, Ga.

Michael lock, Cupertino, Calif.

Maggie Mcnally, Albany, N.Y.

scott Miller, Milwaukee, Wis.

art More, Surprise, Ariz.

Jim viverito, Chicago, Ill.

Brad WEnnEr, Photographer If you’re looking for

impressive images that balance light as well as their

subjects, Brad is your guy—and he’s our go-to guy in the

San Francisco area, where he shot this month’s cover and

the rest of the crew at Mission Motors. BradWenner.com.

JosEPh raMos, Photographer Joseph, who shot Craig

Bramscher for our electric bike feature this month, says he

loves shooting new people, getting to live vicariously through

their experiences and capturing a great image of them. For

fun he gets on his bike (right now a Suzuki V-Strom) and

takes off, shoots strangers in new places and listens to their

stories. You’ll find him online at BeyondImages.com.

toni clEMEns, Photographer Living and working

in Daytona Beach, Fla., Toni gets plenty of motorcycle

immersion therapy. She also shoots a pretty good

picture, as she did with the crew from Zero Motorcycles.

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MarK laPid, creative director Some ideas just die. For

Mark, at least, others simmer forever, only to be restoked

by a cataclysmic event—like someone donating a potential

vintage-racing project CB160 to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of

Fame, where it’s headed for eBay soon.

JEn MUEcKE, designer This year, Jen is looking to make

up for lost ground in the street-riding category, after many

summers spent focusing on the racetrack. She’s off to a

slow start, though, after missing the Frozen Snot Ride.

grant Parsons, Managing Editor As is typical for

Grant, he’s reminded that fuel stabilizer actually needed to

be poured into the gas tank about four months ago to be

effective today. At least the KLR always runs, though.

nora Mcdonald, Production coordinator The latest

plan? A ride on the CB360 to Hillbilly Hot Dogs in Lesage,

W.Va. She says: “Glad I have AMA Roadside Assistance!”

Bill KrEsnaK, government affairs Editor It’s spring,

and Krez’s thoughts turn to an AMA KTM National Dual-

Sport Trail Riding Series event in May. Training starts now.

JaMEs holtEr, associate Editor James won the bike-

winterizing lottery, for sure. He walked out to the garage,

held down the starter button on his un-winterized Harley-

Davidson, and the motor just caught. Dirtbikes next.

other contributors include: Mitch Boehm, Curt Comer,

Jeff Kardas, Shan Moore, Ed Moreland, Open Image Studio,

Brian Pepper, and David Smith.

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STRENGTHS

THAT DEFINE

The Action

Alerts on the

AMA website

educate every

time, and Rob

Dingman’s

article (“Sitting

on the Sidelines

is not an

Option,” March 2010) hit dead center as

well.

Once a group’s rights are slowly taken

away, they are seldom reinstated to any

small or full measure. Those who do not

share in the passion for riding or in the

motorcycle lifestyle can sometimes see

it through a myopic lens. They view our

privilege as one that must be regulated

for the common good, but often without

a balanced perspective or knowledge.

Though a different nation, one need only

look at the restrictions placed on British

motorcyclists to see what the impact might

be if we are not aware or taking assertive

action.

It’s time to engage in word and deed with

others in our community, for motorcyclists

everywhere to go on the offensive

and galvanize our strength within this

organizational vessel.

Wolfgang Agotta

AMA No. 1086065

Ashland, Ore.

NICE STOP IN FLORIDA

If you’re ever in Florida looking for a great

place to ride, there is an unusual area of the

state that anyone who wants to see Florida

for all its worth must see. It is located

between St. Augustine Beach and Daytona

Beach on A1A and is know as Matanza’s by

the Spanish. Matanza’s means “slaughter”

in the English language, and it has a rich

history. Nowadays there is a great little

restaurant on the southern side of the inlet

and the fi shing is really good from the

bridge. Just farther south is Marineland,

and they welcome bikers all year round.

Michael Koutelas

AMA No. 280695

Jacksonville Beach, Fla.

WHAT, NO RAHLVES?

In the recent issue of American

Motorcyclist, you did an article on

Olympians who ride motorcycles.

How could you possibly do that article

and leave Daron Rahlves out? Terrible

omission, at best!

Mr. Rahlves is a dangerous man on snow

skis. “Google” him, if you don’t believe me.

Daron is an accomplished off-road rider,

and is virtually pro material on an MX track.

Daron lives up here in the Tahoe area, trail

rides this beautiful area, supports our local

shop in Truckee, Thin Air Motorsports, and

rides Mammoth MX every year.

In addition, I believe Daron has a history

of riding personal watercraft, both for

recreation and competitively. This should be

noted in the next issue!

Brad Kohler

AMA No. 155558

Truckee, Calif.

Brad: Consider it noted—thanks!

HEAR ME ROAR

I have been

enjoying the March

issue of American

Motorcyclist, as

always, but I take

issue with the column

on motorcycle names

that make you wonder.

You say that a

Virago is “A woman of

great stature, strength

and courage.” I say, “What’s wrong with

that?”

That’s exactly the way riding makes me

feel!

Nancy Birmingham

AMA No. 851571

Madison, Wis.

FIRST RIDE

My fi rst motorcycle ride was in 1947.

From 1948-1957, I was in the U.S. Navy.

While stationed in Gitmo Bay, Cuba, I found

an old Indian Scout, which I rode while

there. In 1952, I returned to the States

and was stationed in Clarksville, Tenn. I

purchased a 1951 74-cubic-inch Harley-

Davidson and rode some 40,000 miles. I

went to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans and

over to the 200-Mile National in Daytona.

In 1954, I purchased a 1954 74-cubic-

inch and rode to Daytona three times and

to races in Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee,

Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and Virginia,

some 70,000 miles.

In 1962, I let a friend have this old pan-

head. A very big mistake. Family and work

took up most of my time from ’62 until

Send your letters (and a high-resolution photo) to [email protected];

or mail to 13515 Yarmouth Drive, Pickerington, OH 43147.Member Letters

LETTER OF THE MONTH

CBX Times Two

I saw the letter of the month in

the March issue (“Two Pictures, 30

Years” by Dennis Ziolkowski) and

realized that I had the same thing,

only 20 years apart.

My father has owned/managed

Fox Valley Cycles in Aurora, Ill., for

the past 30 some years. The fi rst

picture was taken on his CBX demo

in 1981 or 1982. The second one

was taken in 2002 when we had a

good customer bring in his CBX for

service.

Keep up the good work. I like the

way the magazine is going!

John Conley

Fox Valley Cycles

Aurora, Ill.

Congratulations! You’re our letter

of the month, and you win a free

AMA T-shirt!

Wolfgang Agotta

Nancy

Birmingham


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’04, when I rode some dirtbikes with my

sons. In 2004, I purchased an XL1200 and

rode about 30,000 miles, and in 2006, I

purchased a VRSCR, which I still ride (as

much as 600 miles in a day).

As a young man of 80 years, I still enjoy

the ride as much as ever. I took a trip of

more than 2,500 miles in June 2009 and

plan more than that in 2010.

The AMA is doing a great job keeping us

all informed.

Stay alert, be courteous, ride safe, but

ride.

Cecil Gifford

AMA No. 970316

Hamburg, Ark.

BUY A BIKE, SELL YOUR CAR

It has been a year since I’ve become a

member of the AMA, and one year since

I’ve started riding my two wheels. It is such

a great pleasure and freedom that one

experiences, so much so, that I sold my car

shortly after getting my motorscooter, and

have been riding nothing but since.

I do appreciate everything the AMA does

to support and promote safe motorcycling.

I enjoy getting the

magazine and read

through it all, but I

particularly enjoy the

Snapshots section, as

I also have a diploma

in photography, and

you guys really pick

nice shots! Alas, I am

trying this for the fi rst

time, as it would be

a dream come true

to have one of our

shots (representing the

scooter-folk) in a future

issue of American

Motorcyclist.

Lastly, regarding the

current issue, March 2010, with regards

to the Ask The MSF section: There’s talk

about parking meters and so on toward the

last paragraph.

I would like to inform you all that Austin,

Texas, has a new ordinance in place,

whereas all motorcycle-type vehicles

(scooters/mopeds/trikes) can park in any

city-designated public space without a

parking fee. I would hope other major cities

and metropolitan areas would have similar

incentives for motorcyclists, and who better

than the AMA to spread the word and

organize efforts!

Oscar Adrian Montes Iga

AMA No. 1078646

Austin, Texas

Thanks for the support, Oscar—and the

photo!

On Facebook? Us, too! Become a fan of the

American Motorcyclist Association and you could be leaving comments like these:

Peg Miller AMA Vintage Days. Its all there...racing,

swap meet, racing, demo rides, and more racing! —

in response to the question “What’s your favorite

motorcycle rally.”

Daniel Cogan Laconia and Americade in Lake George. What a

PARTY! — in response to the same.

Dan LaValley Greatest movie of all time! I will go out

of my way to attend this year. Malcolm Smith and

Husqvarna, two of my favorites. — in response to

the announcement that Malcolm Smith, who was

featured in the movie “On Any Sunday,” will be grand

marshal of AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days this July 9-11 in

Lexington, Ohio.

Donald J. McLaughlin Go to a bicycling-only trail or

a hiking-only trail. Those places far outnumber areas

that can be ridden on motorycles. — responding to

another poster’s comment that all trails should be

designated for foot traffi c only.

Terri Lackey McMichael Red Berkshire 100. LOVED

IT! Was one of my favorite bikes. — responding

to the post of an AMA video interview with AMA

Motorcycle Hall of Famer John Penton.

Jeff Morris This guy could win on a tricycle! He’s awesome! — in

response to the news that Husaberg’s Mike Lafferty won the

Alligator Enduro.

Karen Renkel Doesn’t really matter how many wheels

you ride, what matters is we all share the love for

motorized fun :) — responding to a question about

the popularity of trikes.

Vincent Sallie Just became a fan and wanted to say thanks to the

AMA. THANKS.

Steven Guy Started riding again after 15 years.

I am BACK.

Follow AMA news—and chat with fellow AMA members—on

Facebook and get the latest info at AmericanMotorcyclist.com.

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Left to right: Oscar Iga, Harley Espinosa, Rick Perkins

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You’ve heard us say it before: Your voice counts.

That’s true when it comes to convincing legislators to

preserve off-highway riding areas. It’s true when it comes

to blocking cities and towns when they’re unfairly cracking

down on motorcycles.

And it’s even true a little closer to home, here at the

AMA, when we make plans to work with AMA members

and others to fi ght bad laws and anti-motorcycling forces

that lay siege to our lifestyle.

That’s why every other year, we undertake

comprehensive surveys of AMA members’ priorities on

our government relations activities, for both street and

dirt riders. In the past, we’ve done these surveys the old-

fashioned paper-and-pencil way, with two pages of this

magazine devoted to forms you fi lled out and mailed in.

This year, we’re making the process less expensive

and more effi cient, with two online surveys that allow

you to immediately make your feelings known on the

issues. You can fi nd the surveys in the Members Area of

AmericanMotorcyclist.com.

From our perspective, it’s important for you to take a

moment to fi ll out one or both surveys because they help

us better understand your priorities. At the AMA, we pride

ourselves on putting our members, and their concerns,

fi rst. As we protect the motorcycling lifestyle in the halls of

government, we never forget that we’re working for you.

Lately, we’ve been very vocal about the myriad threats

to motorcycling. There are more now than we’ve ever seen

at one time. And there are no easy choices when it comes

to deciding how best to combat them. The more we know

about your concerns, the better we can address them.

Your input helps us set our agenda for the future, both on

local and state issues as well as nationally and beyond.

The surveys also help us gauge the changing priorities of

AMA members over time.

These surveys have provided tremendously valuable

information that has guided us on several major initiatives.

You told us, for example, that America’s public lands

must include areas where off-highway vehicle recreation is

allowed and managed. As a result, we’ve gone toe-to-toe

with anti-access forces in Congress and federal agencies

to protect your right to ride responsibly on the public lands

that our taxes support.

Another example: You said that motorcycle exhaust

sound has become an increasingly divisive issue in

communities where MX, dirtbike and street riders want to

Tell Us What You ThinkNew Online Surveys Will Help

The AMA Set PrioritiesBy Ed Moreland

enjoy the freedom to ride. That’s powered us to support

reasonable and objective sound standards developed by

the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) as part of a

larger plan to combat excessive sound from all sources.

You told us that we need to better understand the

causes of motorcycle crashes, and work to prevent them.

As a result, we advocated for and secured federal money

for the fi rst crash causation study to be done in more than

three decades.

Then there’s health-care discrimination. We fought for,

and won, inclusion of language prohibiting insurers from

denying health care claims resulting from a motorcycle

crash. After an administrative revision allowed such

discrimination to continue, we’ve taken the battle back to

Congress as it debates comprehensive health care reform.

These examples illustrate how important your direction

is to us. When we walk into the offi ces of decision-makers

and speak for hundreds of thousands of AMA members,

we know you’re behind us. That carries real weight.

The bottom line: Your voice counts. Please

fi ll out the survey today at the Members Area of

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Ed Moreland is the AMA’s vice president for government

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Bill Baird never thought he’d see the day: The endearing feature of an AMA Racing/Rekluse National Enduro

Championship Series event is the long, extended trail that makes up the course. But the geographical reality of all that

awesome, remote single-track is that scores must be physically delivered to a centralized location to be tallied, requiring

long waits before results could be posted.

No more. Cellphone coverage has made it possible for organizers to deliver the data electronically. For competitors, this

means instant results once a check has closed. For fans, it means check-by-check updates at NationalEnduro.com.

“It’s not instant, but once the check closes, we load it and post it,” says the National Enduro Promotions Group’s

Alan Randt. “It must be going over OK, because we had 25,000 views the day of the Alligator Enduro.”

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With the summer riding season getting under way, the AMA has expanded its new “Think. Ride.” public service announcement (PSA) campaign, which focuses on responsible riding and driver awareness.

The AMA’s “Think. Ride.” PSA campaign kicked off in October with actor and AMA Board of Directors member Perry King appearing in AMA-produced video. The new additions to the campaign include print, radio and web resources.

The print advertisements include full- and half-page formats. They deliver positive messages about responsible off-highway recreation, quieting excessively loud motorcycle exhausts, and avoiding drinking while riding. The print advertisements are downloadable in PDF format.

Four 15- to 20-second radio spots are available that deliver the same messages, as well as a message to drivers to watch out for motorcyclists on the road. The audio messages are in MP3 format.

Media outlets can also download web ads, provided in standard sizes: 160x600 pixels, 728x90 pixels and 468x60 pixels.

“One of the fi rst steps in preserving our motorcycling rights is being safe and responsible riders,” says AMA Vice President for Government Relations Ed Moreland. “Second, we need to remind

others that we belong on America’s roads, and to be alert to our presence. We encourage all media outlets to take advantage of these resources to spread the word about responsible riding.”

King, an avid off-highway and street rider, is well-known for playing the character Cody Allen in the 1980s television series “Riptide,” as well as for appearances on stage and in movies, including “Slaughterhouse Five,” “The Lords of Flatbush” with Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler, and “The Choirboys.”

“The fact of the matter is, if we want non-riders to respect our rights, we must earn that respect,” King says. “We need to be responsible for how we ride. When we accept that responsibility, we make it easier for our rights to be recognized and considered in legislative bodies and in the court of public opinion.”

King fi lmed the videos during AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days last summer, where he competed in the vintage hare scrambles and motocross competition. The radio spots were recorded near King’s home in California.

The off-road riding videos are available in versions targeted to both off-highway motorcycle riders and all-terrain vehicle riders.

Find the PSAs at AmericanMotorcyclist.com > About Us > For The Media.

THINK. RIDE. AMA PRODUCES NEW SAFETY MESSAGES FOR WEB, PRINT AND RADIO

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The AMA Government Relations Department has awarded fi ve $1,000 grants to help strengthen motorcycle safety and awareness programs.

The grant recipients are:• ABATE of Illinois, for its “Drive Aware

We’re Out There!” program. Info: ABATE-IL.org.

• ABATE of Iowa, for its “Share the Road” program. Info: ABATEIowa.org.

• ABATE of Maryland, for a program promoting responsibility among riders and drivers. Info: ABATEofMD.org.

• CBA-ABATE of North Carolina for a program aimed at driver-education students. Info: CBA-ABATENC.org.

• Share the Road Kentucky Foundation, for its program aimed at new drivers. Info: ShareKYRoads.com.

AMA Awards GrantsSupporting Safety And Awareness

Look Out!Signs Aimed At Increasing Safety

“Look out for riders” — that’s the message of Allstate Insurance Company’s “Once is Never Enough” motorcycle awareness program, which includes placing road signs like the one shown below across the country. Helping out with the program is AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Dave Perewitz, who helped Allstate roll out the program at Bike Week.


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Looking for a great way to teach your kids the right way to ride off-road? A new—and free—interactive computer CD-ROM produced by the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC) with the help of the AMA and other groups could be just what you need for younger children.

The free CD features an activities book that teaches kids about wearing the right gear, riding the right-size machine, sharing the trail with others, respecting animals and the land, riding a quiet machine, and more. In it, Little Penny and her raccoon buddy, Rascal, take kids on a trip along the Adventure Trail, teaching them about responsible off-highway riding.

Besides the activities book, the CD has short, entertaining fi lm clips that reinforce the messages contained in the book.

“It’s all about keeping the sport of OHVing happy and healthy,” says Russ Ehnes, NOHVCC executive director. “If we can get the next generation of riders on the right trail as far as safety and riding ethics go, we will be helping to ensure the future of our chosen form of outdoor recreation.”

AMA Government Affairs Manager Royce Wood agrees.

“It’s important that kids develop good riding, safety and outdoor ethics habits early so that they will continue to be responsible off-highway riders as adults,” Wood says. “Responsible riding not only

helps protect the environment and keeps riders safe, but

it also goes a long way toward gaining the

respect of non-riders. And that will help keep riding areas open now and in the future.”

Others helping NOHVCC produce

the CD are the U.S. Forest Service,

Motorcycle Industry Council, Specialty Vehicle

Institute of America, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Stay The Trail Colorado, Kansas State Parks, Montana Trail Vehicle Riders Association, Cheaha Trail Riders, Idaho State Parks and Recreation, Hatfi eld-McCoy Trails, Arizona State Parks, Alaska State Parks, and the Vermont All-Terrain Vehicles Sportsman’s Association.

To get a free CD, e-mail your name, AMA number and mailing address to [email protected]. For extra copies of the CD or activities books and posters, e-mail [email protected], visit NOHVCC.org, or call (800) 348-6487.

Youth Riding In Illinois Under AttackLawmaker Again Aims At

Young Riders

Illinois state Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) is at it again, trying to ban kids from riding ATVs and off-highway motorcycles.

But her bill hit a bit of a snag in February when it was supposed to be heard by the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee. Instead, it was sent to the Mandates Subcommittee for consideration.

The bill is still alive, and concerned riders need to act, says Jessica Irving, AMA grassroots coordinator.

The measure, House Bill 5029, would make it illegal for anyone under the age of 16 to operate an ATV or motorcycle.

This bill is nearly identical to legislation introduced by Flowers last year that died when the House Rules Committee voted 17-3 to kill the bill.

“When we learned of the bill last year, we immediately alerted Illinois AMA members who quickly contacted their lawmakers, pointing out the many positive aspects of off-highway riding for kids,” Irving says. “They obviously were persuasive and effective, since the committee members voted down the bill.

“We are hoping that Illinois AMA members will, once again, speak out to protect our sport and urge their state lawmakers to oppose H.B. 5029,” she says.

The text of H.B. 5029 and a pre-written response are available on the “Rights” page of AmericanMotorcyclist.com. Go to “Issues and Legislation” and select “IL” in the “Search by State” drop-down menu.

Teach Kids RightA Free CD Helps Kids Learn Responsible Riding



FLORIDA

Two bills would enhance penalties for those who commit a moving violation that causes serious bodily injury or death to a person operating or riding in/on a motor vehicle or motorcycle. They are House Bill 875, sponsored by Rep. Greg Evers (R-Milton), and Senate Bill 1918, sponsored by Sen. Dave Aronberg (D-Fort Myers). To ask lawmakers to support the bills, go to AmericanMotorcyclist.com > Rights > Issues and Legislation.

HAWAII

The Sand Island Off-Highway Vehicle Association now has a permit to operate an off-highway vehicle (OHV) park on 30 state-owned acres at Sand Island. At this time the park is only open to BMX riders and RC car enthusiasts but plans are in the works for dirtbike and ATV tracks. For more information, visit SandboxHawaii.com.

IOWA

House Bill 2351, introduced by Rep. Geri

D. Huser (D-Altoona), would require the Transportation Department to put “Watch for Motorcycles” on all electronic message boards on Iowa’s interstate highways for four days this May, except when in the case of an emergency or other needed situation.

MASSACHUSETTS

The Massachusetts Motorcycle Association (MMA) announced on March 2 that four additional insurance companies have agreed to refund about $9 million in motorcycle insurance premium overcharges. This news comes less than two months after three insurance companies agreed to refund $11.1 million to motorcycle policyholders in the Bay State. For more information, visit the MMA’s website at Massmotorcycle.org and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s website at Tiny.cc/massinsure.

OHIO

The AMA has produced a public service announcement (PSA) to encourage safe and responsible motorized recreation at the

Wayne National Forest. The PSA, featuring actor and AMA Board Member Perry King, is part of the AMA’s new “Think. Ride.” PSA program. The Wayne PSA can be viewed online at Youtube.com/AmericanMotorcyclist. Search for “Wayne National Forest.”

SOUTH CAROLINA

On-highway motorcycles would be included in the state’s lemon law coverage of motor vehicles under House Bill 4561, authored by Rep. Jimmy Bales (D-Eastover).

UTAH

Senate Bill 106, which would have required all vehicles to have an exhaust system that is “installed by the original manufacturer” or meets equivalent specifi cations, is dead for this session. The AMA and others argued it would have forced many older vehicles off the road due to either a lack of parts or the prohibitive cost of OEM equipment. Also, the bill didn’t give police or riders a clear standard on what equipment would be legal.

Statewatch

The U.S. Forest Service is holding a series of public meetings that will shape the future of off-highway riding in this country’s national forests.

The meetings will offer a discussion on a new Forest Service Land and Resource Management Planning Rule. Indications are that off-highway riding may get forced out of the forests unless riders speak up at the meetings, which is why Royce Wood, AMA government affairs manager,

encourages all riders to make every effort to attend these critical meetings.

“U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell says he wants ‘broad participation’ in the creation of this new planning rule,” Wood notes. “But he also goes on to say that ‘through collaboration we will be able to better address the current and future needs of the national forest system, such as restoration, protecting watersheds, addressing climate change, sustaining

local economies, improving collaboration, and working across landscapes.’

“What Chief Tidwell doesn’t mention is recreation, and we need to let Forest Service offi cials know that they need to consider recreation in any planning they do for the future of the forests,” Wood says.

Critical Forest Service Management Plan Public Meetings ScheduledDiscussions Could Open Door For Potential Land Closures

He says offi cials need to understand that, for millions of Americans, public land recreation is what connects them to the land, introduces them to conservation and teaches them to value healthy ecosystems.

“Recreation also provides sustainable employment and economic growth,” Wood says. “Ultimately, it is incumbent upon the Forest Service to actively manage recreation as it would any other use. Too often, motorized recreation has been managed by extremes—either it’s ignored until it becomes a problem or it’s prohibited.

“Even when given tools designed specifi cally to manage motorized recreation, many forests have eliminated recreation rather than manage it,” he says.

The meetings were scheduled for:• Lakewood, Colo., April 12• Atlanta sometime during the

week of April 12• Missoula, Mont., April 13• Juneau, Alaska, April 13• Cheyenne, Wyo., April 14• Washington, D.C., April 20-21

and May 11-12• Rapid City, S.D., April 21• Chicago sometime during the

week of April 28For meeting locations, agendas and

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Tom Poppelreiter: My granddad gave my brothers and me an old Allstate. It was a rusty, oily, maybe used to be brown two-wheeled thing that wouldn’t make 10 mph. This bike taught me how to wrench. I was hooked for life.

Carr Estes: I think I was about 4 or 5. It was a 3-hp rigid-framed mini-bike with a Tecumseh motor. It was like crack. The heat of that mill was between my legs, the smell of exhaust, and the thrill of the slipping centrifugal clutch. I was hooked from the first moment I moved.

Bill Young: I was 6 years old on my brother’s 1971 Yamaha GT60. He was on the back working the clutch while I was gassin’ it!

Tom Britton: Mine was a TM 75 Suzuki in Upstate New York. I had a few mini-bikes before that, and graduating to a transmission was awesome! That was 40 years ago. Still riding today. That bike is a little small for me now though!

Stephen Colón: Nine or 10 years old, feet dangling off the tank of a new Honda Elsinore.

Judd West: In my alley in 1988, a friend taught me on a 1980 Yamaha GT80 that I had just bought for $50. Now, 22 years and 11 bikes later, I’m still reminding myself every day that the worst day riding is better than the best day at work.

Randall Blackwell: I was 10 years old. My dad bought me an El Tigre minibike with a 4 hp engine. The night he brought it home, we had a company picnic to go to. I only got to ride it for 15 minutes before we had to leave for the picnic. I didn’t want to go to that picnic!

MY FiRST RidE You Never Forget Your First

“Remember your first ride? Where was it? How old were you? What kind of bike were you on? Who was with you? What sights, sounds and smells do you recall? Let us know!”

We asked those questions on our Facebook fan page (Facebook.com/AmericanMotorcyclist) and got a huge response. Here’s a sample…

doug Varney: Taco 20 in an empty lot next to my home. I was 5 years old, and this was the coolest thing I had ever done! That was 43 years ago, and I still feel the power of that monster.

denise C. Johnson: 1971, I was 10. It was on a Honda 70, and I knew I was in love right away. It has lasted about 39 years so far, and there’s no end in sight. Now I ride a 2009 V-Star 1100 Classic.

Andy Schaffner: In the mid-1990s, on a friend’s 1984 Honda V45. I remember the sound of the engine like it was yesterday. I just went up the road a few miles and have been hooked ever since! Man, am I ready for spring!

Bonnie Cousins: About 1943, I got to ride on the back of my uncle’s H-D. Must have done something to me, as I have never forgotten that moment. A short ride but memorable!

Wayne Segedie: I was 17 and I was picking up my first bike, a 1966 Honda S65. I was at the dealer with my parents. My training was to ride the bike across a field and back and then home. I made it, and the rest is history.

Allen Trandem: It was 1967 in southern Minnesota, riding through a late July alfalfa field on a yellow ’66 Yamaha

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Scrambler. It was a neighbor’s bike, and he let me try riding it. I was hooked right there.

Gordon Poulson: My first ride was when I jumped on my new S2 Kawasaki triple. I was a young 23! The two-stroke sounded like rattlers on a snake.

(AMA Hall of Famer) Chris Sommer

Simmons: I was 9, fell in love from day one... on the back of my stepdad’s Honda 750. I believe that day changed my life forever. I have been riding solo since I was 14...and I’m still going strong.

Christopher Eric Johnson: It was Grants, N.M., 1971. My next-door neighbor was a boy my age (13) with a red Honda Trail 70. He let me take it for a ride, and I was hooked. After that, I scrounged rides on anything I could, until getting my own first motorcycle (1975 Honda CB200T) in 1977. Except for a short time while in the Navy, I’ve had at least one bike ever since.

Billy Owen: I was almost 12. It was my big brother’s friend’s little brother’s YZ60. Today, I am an accomplished motorcycle technician. I did my first Supercross (as a tech) this year at San Francisco—25 years later.


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What it is: Great Lakes Trail Rider magazine is the offi cial publication of the Cycle Conservation Club (CCC) of Michigan, an organization committed to the conservation of our wild lands while promoting the sport of off-road motorcycling. During the riding season, the club organizes “trail tours” at various locations throughout the trail system in the northern part of the state.

The editors say: Don’t forget that the CCC sponsors the “Ultimate Trail Ride” —the Michael R. Burlingham Memorial Six Days of Michigan. Six full days of off-road riding —nothing else like it!

Get it: Great Lakes Trail Rider is a benefi t of membership in the CCC of Michigan. Members also receive a detailed map book of the Michigan trail system, access to all CCC events and activities plus access to the members’ section of their website. To join contact the CCC offi ce by phone at (517) 781-4805, e-mail [email protected], or visit CycleConservationClub.org.

What it is: Flash2Pass turns your existing headlight high-beam switch into a transmitter for your garage-door opener.

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motorcycles and automobiles. It works with most automatic garage door openers manufactured since 1982. It’s weatherproof, and a single receiver accepts up to six transmitters. It comes with do-it-yourself instructions, and can be installed in less than 15 minutes with standard household tools.

The deal: As an AMA member, you can buy a Flash2Pass unit for 10 percent less than the MSRP of $79.95. For the discount code, see the Members Area of AmericanMotorcyclist.com.

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Three Questions With

Jason BrittonThe Moto-Stuntman Talks About Riding–And Bonding –With His Family

Jason Britton may be best known for his closed-course motorcycle stunt skills and his time in front of the camera on the show “Super Bikes!” but he’s also a family man for whom motorcycling fills a special need.

American Motorcyclist: How much riding are you able to do with your family?

Jason Britton: We love going riding as a family, but because of our schedules we don’t get to do it nearly as much as we’d like. We probably head out to the desert—Ocotillo Wells or Glamis—three or four times a year. The logistics are brutal. The kids have school, my wife Kendi’s got three full-time jobs—she’s vice president of a shipping/logistics company, she runs our household and she also manages my career—and my schedule is as busy as ever. The kids love it, and it really recharges us as a family. And watching the kids light up around all the motorcycles is really great to see.

AM: Tell us a little about your kids and their riding.

JB: Kendi and I have four children: girls Kailan (11) and Jasmine (16), and boys Christian (12) and Jordan (16). Jasmine wasn’t on our latest trip with Kawasaki,

Ask The Motorcycle Safety FoundationFront Or Rear Brake? Is One Ever Better Than Both

You Ask: “I learned long ago that the old advice to never touch the front brake is inaccurate. But is using either the front brake only or the back brake ever the preferred option?”

The MSF Responds: The front brake can contribute most of the stopping power for motorcycles—around 70 percent braking force for most motorcycles, and more than that for sportbikes. But even though the front brake outperforms the rear, the rear brake contributes to the overall braking and stability of the bike. Therefore, in normal street-riding situations, using both brakes together is best.

There are a few instances where the rear brake alone could help, including at deep lean angles and when you’re entering a turn. However, these techniques must be practiced and

mastered because there is very little traction available from the rear tire in these situations, and overuse of the rear brake could result in a slide-out. More detailed explanations are available in the MSF’s book “Motorcycling Excellence.”

Also, in a tight, slow-speed maneuver (such as a U-turn in a parking lot), it may be more convenient to slow with the rear brake while your hands concentrate on handlebar/clutch/throttle manipulation.

You can also lightly tap the front brake lever or rear brake pedal to activate the brake light, for example, as a signal to a tailgating driver.

Performance braking is a skill that benefits from dedicated practice, away from traffic. Be sure you have mastered these advanced techniques before applying them in real-time.

but the other three really got into it, and it was good to see them improving.

Christian is probably the most intense about riding. He wants to get out there and own the riding area! Jordan’s just coming off a broken leg, so I was surprised to see him riding so well here. He was riding confidently, jumping well, and definitely moved up a notch in terms of skill. Kailan is a people person. She

loves hanging with everyone and talking. But she’s a good rider, too, and usually rides one of the smaller ATVs. She’s cautious like Kendi, but she’s pretty good.

AM: How do you see motorcycling affecting your family in the years to come?

JB: I’d hope they’d continue to ride for pleasure and enjoyment. I just want them to enjoy the bikes, the experiences, the people and the interaction. Riding is

such a great family thing. It brings everyone together. I don’t care if they make motorcycles their career. Kendi and I don’t push them to ride fast or be competitive, just to enjoy it. They’re riding at their own pace, having fun, learning, and that’s the way it should be.—Mitch Boehm

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Scott Braman: I have an immaculate 1989 GB500, fi tted with a SuperTrapp pipe and the full White Bros 600 kit. It never stops getting attention, either on the street or when zipping past some kid in the mountain twisties on a modern 600.

It’s not real fast, but plenty fast enough for the real world of street riding. It’s not great for any real distance, but it does take me back to what is great about a motorcycle. It’s simple and a great deal of fun. It will go at redline all day and then putt around town with no effort.

I missed the whole café racer era, but was always intrigued by the look of those

Martin Thornton: I was intrigued by the technological offerings that came with the GTS: RADD (stands for “Rationally Advanced Design Development”) forkless front end, six-caliper front brake, ABS and EFI all in a package much sportier than what other companies were offering.

The GTS opened up new worlds of touring for me, and I’ve covered 43 states and several Canadian provinces. On the GTS, I achieved my fi rst Iron Butt Saddle Sore certifi cate. I was also introduced to some great like-minded individuals through events such as the North America GTS Rally (www.ladj.com/gtsrally/).

Through it all, the stability of the GTS has been able to make the rides enjoyable and memorable. It never fails to draw a crowd when I pull in to a meet and though it is no longer showroom or museum pretty, the plaque on the dash showing the states traveled and the Iron Butt license tag on the rear speak to the reliability of the bike.

Dave “GTXDave” Biasotti: The GTS is one of the all-time great sport-touring bikes, way before its time—power, ABS, EFI, handling like no other. The RADD front end allows for superb cornering stability, whether on or off the brakes or throttle—it doesn’t get unsettled. It can handle the roughest roads without worrying about blowing out fork seals. And those brakes—with the massive front centerline disc and ABS, no liter-size bike, even today, comes close to the stopping distance of the GTS.

As for the bad, the GTS is notorious for burning oil, some worse than others, but particularly at sustained highway speeds of 5,000 rpm and above and worse in hot weather. Also, the ABS pump has been known to fail on some bikes.

Roger Van Santen: I’m the original

owner of a ’93. I was attracted to the GTS because of the advanced engineering for its day, but especially for the RADD front end. This is the bike that got me into long-distance riding. It now has 136,000 miles, and I wouldn’t hesitate to cross the continent on it again.

The handling is great, although the turning radius is limited, making slow-speed handling (parking lots) diffi cult. The brakes are absolutely awesome. There is no current bike that will stop in as short a distance. The front has little dive, and it’s almost like hitting a wall.

Jason J. Kaplitz: I bought my GTS in October 1993.

The bike was my only ride from 1993 through 2002, and I enjoyed every minute

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riding it. I toured on it. I rode it around town. I hauled camping gear on it.

The GTS did have some issues. Mainly problems with front-wheel wobble after changing the OEM tire and failure of the ABS unit. My front wheel wobbles never went away, only got better or worse depending on what brand of tire I used.

Randy Kuklis: I bought the GTS in November 2004 with 4,000 miles on the clock. It has about 30,000 now. I’m

a senior instructor with Stayin’ Safe Motorcycle Training (www.stayinsafe.com), and use this bike as my primary training bike and an occasional commuter. It is a wonderful backroad ride with plenty of power and precise handling to maneuver through the twisties.

My only complaint is that you must wear hearing protection at speeds above 30 mph, as a lot of noise comes up over the windshield.

bikes. With the GB500 I get all the fun and looks of those Brit café bikes, with none of the leaks, points to mess with, crap brakes, wobbly frames or breakdown issues a vintage machine can have. All the fun. None of the hassle. Can’t really go wrong.

This is a real cult bike, and the guys in Northern Europe love them and the Kawasaki W650 equally. There are web sites devoted to making this bike anything from a full aluminum tanked café racer, to a scrambler, to a touring bike.

It’s a great bike, and I would recommend one to anyone who wants that café look.

I simply walk out to the garage, either hit the button or kick it over and it always starts, never leaks and has never given me a hint of problems.




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George Pio: I bought my Kawasaki

W650 new in March 2001, the last year

this model was sold in the United States.

Nine years later, I still enjoy this bike

as much as when it was brand new. It

is stone reliable, easy to maintain, very

comfortable, looks great (to me, anyway),

and gets up to 70 mpg on trips. And the

sweet engine sounds just like the great

Brit-bikes of the 1960s! Too bad Kawasaki

pulled the plug on this model too soon.

Bruce Kochsmeier: I had one of the rare KLX650s for eight years and traded to get the new KLR650. I’ve been riding 42 years, have raced in about every form of motorcycle competition and owned many motorcycles, but my KLR is a favorite because it reminds me of everything good about our sport. It is simple and fun and will take me literally and fi guratively everywhere I want to go.

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The KLR is a nostalgia machine that is just plain fun to ride.

Jeff Fulweiler: I ride my KLR as my primary motorcycle. The bike works well on paved curvy roads or on Jeep trails, with enough power for us senior riders and simple enough not to have many problems. The only things I disliked were the high front fender while riding on the road at high speeds and the weak front brake. The low fender smoothed out the ride and added to the bike’s on-road manners. The 320mm front disc solved the brake problem. Being able to ride 250 miles on the road and then riding off road on the Lost Coast is something most motorcycles don’t do well. All in all, I love the KLR and don’t plan to sell any time soon.

Randy Kuklis: Since I mounted a tail trunk, I use my KLR primarily as a commuter bike except when I occasionally venture off-road. The KLR is a great dual-sport machine. It’ll keep up with the Washington, D.C., traffi c fl ow, has a decent seat, upright seating position, and tracks well on the highway unless following a large vehicle. It’s great on the trails, but depending on the terrain, its weight and seat height can be a problem.



Penton in 2000 at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, I’ve wanted a Penton motorcycle to help keep this thing going.Why going? I’m a big-time enthusiast and want to reconnect with like-minded enthusiasts from all over the U.S.Work done? Historically correct, three-year restoration.

Bike: 1978 Suzuki RM250Owner: John KrepsWhy this bike? Never had a dual-shock motocrosser before and wanted one!Why going? To race post-vintage motocross.Work done? Complete teardown and clean-up of old parts. Not a complete resto, just a lot of shining and polishing.

Bike: 1964 Suzuki T10Owner: Glenn Rumburg, Wooster, OhioWhy this bike? I’m into old Suzukis and when I finished my last project, an X6, I had a friend who said he had an old bike in his garage that his dad bought in 1970. When he pulled the sheet off this T10, it looked like it was two years old.

Why going? For the Ride ’Em, Don’t Hide ’Em parade.

Work done? All it needed was a good cleaning, then went through the fuel system and the points.

What’s Old Is NeW agaINBound For AMA VintAge

Motorcycle dAys

Old motorcycles never die. They’re just rebuilt to ride again.

That’s one message delivered at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days every summer. This year’s July 9-11 event, which will be held at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, attracts riders and racers of motorcycles from all eras. Machines range from century-old classics to bikes that are barely past their prime.

Here’s a quick look at some AMA members’ cool projects headed for VMD this year:

Bike: 1964 MV Agusta 125 Gran Turismo LussoOwner: Peter Calles, Bethesda, Md.Why this bike? I like little MV Agusta singles, and this is a very rare bike. There are very few in the country.

Why going? I’m going because my friends go there. I’ve been going the past 10 years, showing bikes. I’ve had a Ducati, another MV, a Harley, Triumph. Every year I try to bring a different bike.Work done? It was a two-year full-on restoration. I took it down to every nut and bolt. I even went so far as to send the seat to Italy to have it reupholstered.

Bike: 1978 Yamaha YZ250Owner: Dennis Albrewczynski, Erie, Pa.Why this bike? I grew up in the late 1970s and early 1980s going to motocross races with a neighbor kid who raced. I always liked the single-shock Yamahas.Why going? To race it, of course!Work done? The bike was all complete and pretty much original when I got it. I replaced the plastics/graphics and gave it a good once-over and cleaning.

Bike: 1977 Yamaha TT500Owner: Mike Bartholomew, Parma, Mich.Why this bike? I bought the bike right out of high school. Inspired by street trackers made from various old bikes, I knew that my TT would be perfect for a street-tracker project.Why going? Last year was my first time at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, and it certainly isn’t going to be my last!Work done? The bike has gone through multiple restorations. This version includes bodywork, disc brakes, a low exhaust and a pumper carb.

Bike: 1977 Suzuki PE250BOwner: Charles Schaefer, Waynesville, N.C.Why this bike? Excellent manners, reed-induction, low seat height, reliability, an abundance of OEM new-old-stock parts and the help and experience of a long-time friend persuaded me to get the PE.Why going? To compete in the AMA Racing Vintage Grand Championships.Work done? The ’77 PE was the only model sold in the United States with an aluminum tank and street-legal equipment.

Bike: 1973 Penton Berkshire 100Owner: Stephen Markley, Kings Mountain, N.C.Why this bike? Since meeting John P

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Former AMA Board Chairman Dal Smilie was sentenced Monday, Feb. 22, to eight months in prison and two years probation for embezzling more than $100,000 through fraudulent travel reimbursement claims to the AMA over a period of years ending in 2007.

Smilie pleaded guilty to felony counts of grand theft by deception and of receiving stolen property. He was taken directly into custody to begin serving a sentence that could see him request early release after 30 days. He was also assessed a $1,000 fi ne and court costs.

“I’ve got much to apologize for, and many people to apologize to, including AMA members, AMA staff, my fellow board members and volunteers,” he said in court. “I’ve let them down.”

Fairfi eld County, Ohio, Assistant Prosecutor Gregg Marx said he felt the sentence was appropriate, especially in light of the fact that Smilie paid restitution to the AMA for the money in question. “We’re very pleased with the resolution of this case.”

AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman echoed those sentiments. “We are satisfi ed that justice has been served, and we are glad to put this matter behind us,” he said.

Time is running out on your best chance to win a pair of landmark Honda motorcycles and support the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame at the same time.

One is a 1969 CB750K0 “Sandcast”—named for its limited-production-volume sandcast engine cases—fully restored by prominent restoration expert Vic World of World Motorcycles. The other is an all-original 1965 Honda C100 Step-thru.

Together, they bookend Honda’s early development in the U.S., as the company went from “You meet the nicest people on a Honda” to the dawn of the Superbike era.

You can buy a single chance to win for $5, or get fi ve entries for $20, by visiting MotorcycleMuseum.org/support/programs, or by calling (614) 856-1234. The drawing will be held during AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days this July 9-11, and the winner need not be present to win.

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Dirt-track racers have fielded DTX, or “dirt-track cross,” bikes for a couple decades now, but many motocross racers, new and old, still don’t realize how easy it is to set up a motocross bike for the flat oval.

And with some recent rule changes, it has become even easier, according to Tryce Welch, who has been building DTX race bikes for riders at all levels for years and advises AMA Racing on class rule structure.

One of the more significant changes to the rulebook is the DTX-only class doesn’t

allow engine modifications. This creates an even playing field for motocross-tuned engines, which otherwise would give up too much horsepower to motors designed specifically for dirt track.

Welch breaks the current amateur rulebook down to two levels: stage one, which is the DTX class, and stage two, which is the Modified class. Everything legal in stage one also is permitted in stage two.

Don’t be confused by the class names. Although the first class is called “DTX,” DTX-style bikes are also allowed

in the Modified class, which also permits traditional custom-framed dirt-track bikes (known as “framers”). Only DTX-style bikes are allowed in the DTX class.

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Stage One: Front brake. For AMA Racing amateur competition, the front brake is required for TT tracks (a course that includes at least one right-hand turn and a jump). The front brake lever must be removed for short-track, half-mile and Mile courses. Cost: Free.

Stage Two: Frame. Although expensive frame modifications, which can involve moving swingarm pivots, shortening swingarms or other machine work, are rare, many Modified-class racers will change the triple clamps for a different offset and handling characteristics. Some go even further. The sky’s the limit here. Cost: $200 and up.

Stage One: Tires. Although you’ll find knobby classes run at the local level, dirt-track tires are a must, even for an occasional racer. Dirt-track tires are 19 inches in diameter. Cost: $135 each.

Stage Two: Engine. Just as a dirt-track motor would suffer on an MX track, an MX-tuned engine can’t compete with a purpose-built dirt-tracker in its element. MX engines emphasize hook-up and torque, but dirt track is about raw horsepower, Welch says. Eliminating these mods from the DTX class is what keeps costs low. Cost: $2,000-$10,000.

Stage One: Suspension. Stock motocross suspension is valved and designed for big jumps, slower top speeds and rougher terrain than dirt-track courses. While local racers can get away with clicker and sag adjustments, to reach your potential, you’ll need to revalve and lower both ends. Welch says most builders do this so the suspension can be returned to stock height rather easily. Cost: $500-$700, both ends.

Stage One: Wheels. Although you can keep the stock 19-inch MX rear rim and lace a new one to the front hub, Welch says the better approach is to move the rear to the front and buy a 2.50-2.75-wide rim for out back. Unless you have infinite patience or experience lacing spokes, Welch recommends paying a pro to build your wheels. Cost: Rear rim, $200; two spoke kits, $120; wheel build, $50-$75 each.

Cost ranges are estimates.

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Depending on where you live, it can be a long off-season for dirt-track racers. That wasn’t apparent at the Daytona Flat Track facility during Bike Week, however, as serious skill was on display on the new crushed limestone track just outside Daytona International Speedway.

It was a packed week of dirt-track competition in Daytona Beach. The AMA Racing Short Track Winter Nationals Feb. 27-March 2 delivered action in youth and amateur classes, and came on the heels of the first round of the new AMA Racing Dirt Track Vintage Championship Series. Wrapping up the amateur program was the AMA Racing Vet/Senior Shootout.

There was some serious talent on the track during the Winter Nationals. Riders who won both days of competition in that program included Tyler Phillips, 250cc Mod 4-stroke; Andy Karadontes, Super Senior (50+); Hunter Goodwin, 50cc DTX (7-11); Dalton Gauthier, 85cc Mod (7-11); Aldan Roosevans, 50cc Shaft (4-8); Hayden Gillim, 450cc Mod; Dalton Gauthier, 65cc Mod (7-11); Daniel Bromley, 250cc DTX; Doug Cook, 50cc DTX (4-8); Brandon Wilhelm, 250cc Mod 2-stroke; Kevin Stollings, 65cc DTX (7-11); and Ryan Connelly, 451cc-Open Mod.

For full class results and more on the AMA Racing Short Track Winter Nationals, as well as all the amateur racing from Bike Week, see Racing News at AmericanMotorcyclist.com.

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Skill on a racetrack tends to cross generations. A big part of this is the family involvement that often goes hand-in-hand with the sport. Our family has a trio of generations that has taken to off-road.

It began when my father-in-law, Bud Norton, started taking his sons trail riding in the 1970s and ’80s. Bud, who was into sports like golfing, bowling and fishing, soon became hooked.

In his early 30s at the time, Bud became a serious rider, meeting up with a regular group of guys on Saturday and taking the boys riding on Sunday. Soon, he found out those regular guys included some premier talent, including 1971 AMA Grand National Enduro Champion Ron Bohn and 1972-73 champ Bill Kain.

Bud’s skills took off, and although he houred out at his first enduro, he continued to compete in hare scrambles and enduros. Finally, the year he turned 50, he won a national hare scrambles championship in the Super Senior class.

Meanwhile, my brother, John, and Bud’s son, Buddy, who were good friends, were competing at both the national and local level in youth classes.

When you enter into this large family of motorcyclists from all walks of life, there are certain things you leave with people. One thing my father-in-law left with the riders he met in 40 years in the sport was his knowledge of riding and the kindness he demonstrated while telling them stories not of himself but of other great riders.

One rider who is benefiting immensely from my father-in-law’s knowledge these days is my son, Patrick.

Patrick has only competed for four years now, but it seems like only yesterday he was just starting out riding at 6 years old. His young career became more serious in 2008 when he competed in 34 races in four series. In 2009, he raced 37 races in multiple disciplines.

Patrick’s goal is to make the Husqvarna off-road team in the next two years. He’s working hard and training every day. He’s learned from riders such as Paul Whibley and Shane Watts, Randy Hawkins and Jason Raines. His sponsor, Upstate Cycle of Greenville, S.C., is behind him all the way and he’s ready to take on a new season of racing and find success for the third generation.

At home in Newport, Tenn., Mark Hawk is your typical driver’s education teacher/football coach. In Daytona Beach during Bike Week, however, Hawk was living the dream as an AMA dirt-track racer in the 2010 AMA Racing Dirt Track Vintage Championship Series, a new AMA-sanctioned national championship series.

We caught up with Hawk to talk about his attraction to the sport, and his progression to flat track.

American Motorcyclist: Mark, how did you get started in racing?

Mark Hawk: My dad got me started on motorcycles when I was very young. I cut my teeth in the woods, riding a lot of enduros and motocross in the Southeast.

I had been coming to Bike Week with my dad since I was 5 years old. We went to all the flat track races down here every year back when the National was held at Memorial Stadium in town. We would go on Wednesday night, we would go on Thursday night, and we would go on Friday night. I dreamed of being able to race flat track someday, but where I am

from, up in the hills of Tennessee, we don’t have a chance to do that very much.

However, later in life I was able to purchase a bike and do a little amateur flat track. That passion just grew and grew—I fell in love with it. My dad and I built some TT500s and went vintage racing. I progressed and have done well. Of course, you’re always looking for that championship and it eluded me two times, once by 4 points and once by 3 points.

I’m hoping to do the whole AMA vintage series this year. I’m happy that the AMA is catering to us vintage bike racers. I love the old bikes, want to keep the heritage alive, and I’m just looking forward to a fun year with this 10-race series.

AM: How does it feel to compete on these historic tracks?

MH: It’s a dream come true. When I was a kid, I would hear of Du Quoin,

Dispatch From Three Generations

Off-Road Racing Ties Families TogetherBy Jeff Cappetta

Back In The Saddle AgainInto The Future With Vintage Dirt-Track Racing

Patrick Cappetta

Springfield, and I would come to Daytona to watch at Memorial Stadium and later at Municipal. Riding inside Municipal is just a thrill in itself. I’ve also ridden at the Peoria TT. I’ve ridden the Springfield Mile, the Du Quoin Mile, the Syracuse Mile, and it’s just really exciting to be a part of dirt-track history.—Curt Comer

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Bruce Walters is considered the father

of the famous and prestigious Peoria TT

National.

Walters, along with his brother, Bob,

owned a Harley-Davidson dealership in

Peoria, Ill., and he was a key early member

of the Peoria Motorcycle Club. Walters

also served on the AMA’s Competition

Committee for years and helped form the

rules and regulations that governed the

sport of dirt-track racing.

Ambrose (Bruce) Walters was born

in Johnson County, Iowa, on Feb. 3,

1898. He took up motorcycling at age 15

when he bought a 1913 Indian. In 1922,

Bruce and his brother opened their fi rst

motorcycle dealership in Galesburg,

Ill., and nine years later they bought an

existing dealership in Peoria.

Bruce took over running the Peoria

dealership, and in 1931 he helped form the

Peoria Motorcycle Club.

Walters enjoyed competition and raced

motorcycles in one form or another nearly

his entire life. His biggest successes in

racing came in the late 1930s and the

early 1940s. He was a top competitor

in regional fl at-track races, enduro

competition and hillclimbs. Walters even

raced nationals during that period and

scored a top-10 fi nish in the Daytona 200

in 1939.

Perhaps the race Walters loved most

was the Jack Pine Enduro. He rode in

the famed race 26 times and fi nished the

grueling event 21 times over the years. He

rode his last Jack Pine at the ripe old age

of 67.

The Peoria Motorcycle Club held local

competitions, and one of those events,

a TT race which began in the 1930s,

would go on to become one of the classic

motorcycle races in America—the Peoria

TT. In 1940, the club purchased an 80-acre

tract of land south of Peoria.

In 1947, the Peoria TT was issued a

National sanction by the AMA. That year,

Alabama racer Herman Dahlke won the

National—in the premier 80-cubic-inch

category—to become the event’s fi rst

winner.

Walters earned the AMA Dud Perkins

Award in 1975 for his years of service to

motorcycling. He was inducted into the

AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2003.

Bruce Walters A Peoria TT Original

Hall of Famer

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By the 1920s, mass-produced automobiles had replaced motorcycles as a major form of transportation, forcing American motorcycle manufacturers to scramble to fi gure out ways to appeal to more people.

This motorcycle was one of the fi rst attempts: the Indian Prince, with a 21-cubic-inch (350cc) motor, built by the company founded by AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famers Oscar Hedstrom and George Hendee.

Charles Franklin, Indian’s chief engineer at the time and a former motorcycle racer, designed the machine, a small-bore motorcycle aimed at the mass market at a time when large machines dominated the American roads.

He created the Indian Scout, with a 37-cubic-inch (600cc) V-twin motor for the 1920 model year, although 45-cubic-inch (750cc) versions were available later and became wildly popular among the performance set.

He was also the man behind the iconic Indian Chief that started life in 1922 with a 61-cubic-inch (1,000cc) V-twin powerplant, although that motor got bumped up to 74 cubic inches (1,200cc) the next year for a new model, which got the Big Chief moniker.

Even though his Scout and Chief creations ended up offering bigger motors, Franklin moved ahead with his 21-cubic-inch (350cc) Indian Prince, which was unveiled in 1925. It boasted a single-cylinder motor that was easier to maintain than a twin, a light weight of around 265 pounds compared to the Big Chief’s approximately 440 pounds, and a low price tag of around $195 compared to about $435 for a Big Chief.

The Prince had a top speed of around 55 mph.

Franklin thought he might have created a good-selling machine, but even with a new 21-cubic-inch racing class to try to stimulate interest in motorcycles of that size, Americans weren’t in a buying mood.

Indian continued to produce its bigger bikes, but threw the wraps over the Prince in 1928, giving it a production run of just four years.

This immaculately restored 1928 Prince is one of the last of the line, and is just one of the many fascinating machines in the permanent collection of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame at AMA headquarters in Pickerington, Ohio.

This 1928 Indian Prince was generously donated to the Hall of Fame by the late-Donna Hawtrey of California.

Heritage

1928 INDIAN PRINCETHE FORSAKEN SIBLING

Heritage features the machines and people of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio. The Hall of Fame is a 501(c)3 non-profi t corporation

that receives support from the AMA and from motorcycling enthusiasts. For info and directions, visit MotorcycleMuseum.org, or call (614) 856-2222.

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ElEctricrEvolutionariEs

A New Breed Of American Engineer Is Working

To Bring You The Next Big Thing In Motorcycling:

Battery-Powered Bikes By Grant Parsons


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he first realization came while looking over a spreadsheet.Engineer Craig Bramscher and his team were exploring options

on building electric vehicles, and they had created an analysis of battery power, battery costs and vehicle range as part of their

research.“In looking at doing a car, we kept going, ‘Wow, there’s $40,000 of

batteries in there,’ Bramscher says. “Even if you didn’t count the cost of the batteries, you’d have to build the rest of the car—and how are you going to do that and compete with a Toyota Prius that costs $26,000?”

Instead of disappointment, Bramscher saw something exciting in that data.

“There came a moment when we realized if you do something lighter, like a motorcycle, you could spend only a few thousand dollars in batteries, and you could exceed the national average on commuting on a single charge,” he says. “Everything seemed to point to that.”

It was then that Bramscher’s fledgling company, Brammo, decided to focus its energies on a prototype electric motorcycle. That led to the second realization: that the company was onto something.

“When we started taking the prototype out, we realized that seven out of every 10 people who wanted to talk about it were not the people who normally noticed motorcycles,” he says. “They were saying things like ‘I’ve always wanted something like that, but…’ We figured if we could remove half the ‘buts,’ we’d have a pretty good market.”

That experience of discovery is common among a group of revolutionaries that has created the small but growing market for American-made electric motorcycles in the United States. They come not from garages and racetracks, but from engineering, marketing, software, electrical and even consumer-electronics backgrounds. Their products are more than promises: Oregon-based Brammo and California-based Zero Motorcycles offer street-legal motorcycles for purchase today. Mission Motors electric sportbikes are slated to be available next year.

“People have been wanting electric vehicles since, like 1910, but the technology has not been good enough to support what people really need—and that’s all changed now,” says Zero Founder Neal Saiki, who just last month launched two new street-legal models in its four-bike lineup for 2010. “Motors were the first things to revolutionize. They got smaller and way more powerful. Now, finally, the battery technology has arrived to where you can get super-high energy density that’s usable in a small space to make electric motorcycles possible.”

With the key factors coming together, the market for electric bikes will only expand, notes Jit Bhattacharya of California-based Mission Motors, which already has a working prototype of a $68,500 electric superbike it hopes to launch in the United States next year.

“What we’re hoping to do as a company is convince people that the electric motorcycle future is not 10 years away,” Bhattacharya says. “It’s here now—and not because it’s ‘green’ and electric, but because it’s going to be the best motorcycle experience you’ve ever had.”

Here’s a look at a few of the pioneers leading the electric motorcycle revolution in America.

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Brammo by Beyond Images Photography

Zero Motorcycles by Toni Clemens Photography

Mission Motors by Brad Wenner Photography

Craig Bramscher

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It’s midday at Daytona Beach during Bike Week, and the Zero Motorcycle guys are out to convince the world that electric motorcycles are ready for prime time—one test ride at a time.

In a parking lot next to the Ocean Center, just two blocks from Main Street, where heavyweight V-twin bikes rumble in a slow-mo parade, uncannily silent Zero motorcycles circulate on the test track.

“This is the type of thing that you really have to ride to understand,” says Gene Banman, Zero’s CEO, who is working with the demo-bike crew. “When people get off the bikes, you can tell. They get it.”

The evangelical mission fits right in with Zero founder Neal Saiki’s company, now 6 years old and on its third-generation design. Long past the prototype and proof-of-concept stage, Zero is now in the business of selling motorcycles. It’s a long way to come in a relatively short time.

Saiki has been riding motorcycles most of his adult life, starting with a Honda CL250 scrambler. “I had a minibike when I was little, but it wasn’t until college and I was 18 that I got another one,” he says. “Since then I’ve had a bunch of Hondas and BMW streetbikes—an R60 /5, a K75S, and others.”

An aeronautical engineer by training, Saiki’s interest in electric motorcycles was sparked by his work with small, high-power electric motors used in military satellites. At the time, these motors weren’t affordable, but Saiki knew they would be someday.

After jobs with Santa Cruz Bicycles, Haro and Trek, as well as developing his own designs that he licensed to companies, he branched out into mountain bikes, developing motorcycle suspension technology for the industry. At one point, 40 percent of all full-suspension mountain bikes on the market had some part that he had designed,

By 2004, battery and electric-motor technology caught up to Saiki’s plan for an electric motorcycle, so he made 50 to test the market.

“That first motorcycle I built in my garage,” he says. “It was like the size of a Yamaha TT-R, kind of small. One of the problems initially was that the

batteries were expensive, so I made the bike smaller so I wouldn’t have to use so many expensive batteries and I could keep the cost down.”

He laughs when asked what he learned from the initial run: “That’s where I figured out that people didn’t want a small motorcycle,” he says. “They wanted a full-size bike.”

Saiki also learned that with the rise

of the internet, selling something like an electric bike online, without a traditional dealer network, was not only possible, but preferable. He also saw the value in establishing the right price point.

“Making a very expensive bike is not that much of a challenge,” he says. “Making something that’s affordable and priced to work in the market is. I found there’s this huge pent-up

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“This is a whole new paradigm,’’ says Zero CEO Gene Banman. “With an electric bike, you leave every day with a full tank. Are you going to go 40 miles today? Chances are you won’t, and chances are you can top off the battery while you’re at work. And keep in mind the cost of ownership. Maintenance is low. The motor has one moving part and long-life bearings. There are no oil changes and no rebuilds.”

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demand, a kind of frenzy, for electric

vehicles.”

With a round of fundraising from

venture capitalists, the company

offered its second-generation bike—an

electric dirtbike—in 2008. A full-size

machine capable of performance more

in line with existing small-bore dirtbikes,

the bike found moderate success

among a niche community. As a test

bed for the forthcoming street-legal

motorcycle, it helped engineers work

out the design before ramping up.

“The key was the advent of low-cost

lithium-ion batteries,” says Zero CEO

Gene Banman, a lifelong motorcyclist

with a background working for Sun

Microsystems in its early years. “With

them, you get enough energy, and

they’re small enough and weigh little

enough that you can make a lighter

motorcycle with similar performance to

a gasoline-powered bike.”

The bike was even featured in a

Discovery Channel series called “Mean

Green Machines,” which exposed the

company to new audiences. In three

months in 2008, the company grew to

30 employees from eight, and design

work started on the third-generation

street-legal versions of its machines.

The street-legal certifi cation

wasn’t easy or cheap. Between the

component, battery and bike testing,

along with a mountain of paperwork,

the process took more than a year.

But the end result was a machine that

could be sold in the United States,

Canada and Europe.

As innovative as the product is, the

company also invented a new way

to market and sell motorcycles that’s

proven successful, Banman notes.

“By necessity, we had to sell these

direct on the phone and the web,

and we quickly discovered that that

wasn’t an impediment at all,” he says.

“That’s where people are used to going

anyway, and our inside sales guys

know the products well and can really

answer customers questions.”

What was missing was a test ride,

so the company worked with dealers

to offer them, and serve as secondary

sales contacts. “It works for them

because they’re still trying to see if

this electric bike thing is going to go,”

Banman notes. “This lets them get into

the business without making a huge

fi nancial commitment.”

What’s amazing about Zero’s

history—and the point at which electric

motorcycles are at today—is the fact

that it’s all new.

“We really are at a Henry Ford

moment of the electric vehicle,” Saiki

says. “We’re making something people

can afford, and when they see how

wonderful the technology is, it’s kind of

a watershed moment.”

An Exciting TimeAMA Has Been Watching Electric

Bikes Since Their Start

The AMA has been watching—and

rooting for—the growing success of electric

bikes in several important ways.

Last year, with the assistance of

U.K.-based entrepreneur Azhar Hussain,

founder of the TTXGP, the AMA hosted the

fi rst-ever enthusiast-level demonstration of

electric racebikes in the United States at

AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days. In addition,

AMA Director of International Affairs Rob

Rasor has been active with world-level

developments as the founding chairman

of the FIM (Federation Internationale de

Motocyclisme) Alternative Energy Working

Group since early 2007.

“What we’ve learned fairly quickly is that

electric motorcycles are not novelties—they

are very real, and a very important step in

two-wheeled transportation,” Rasor says.

“Electric motorcycles are increasingly more

feasible in urban environments, especially.

And the power and torque of electric motors

makes them an exciting alternative in sport.”

Electric bikes are a natural to complement

existing technology, not necessarily replace

internal combustion outright, he says.

Off-road, for example, an electric bike’s

quieter operation could help preserve

access to racetracks and land that might

otherwise draw controversy from louder

machines. And on the roadrace track, the

potential power, speed and parity of electric

machines have the potential to create a

class of racing like nothing before.

Already, Rasor notes, we’re seeing the

start of a burgeoning electric-bike race

community. Hussain, who organized the

successful TTXGP electric-bike class at last

year’s Isle of Man event, has put together a

four-race series that will run in conjunction

with three select AMA Pro Superbike events

in the United States this year, and a race in

Canada (info: www.egrandprix.com). The

FIM has announced its own series, as well.

An electric bike circulates at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days

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“A 42-mile range, a lot of people aren’t sure that’s enough at first, but when we ask people to keep track of their mileage, they’ll come back and say, ‘I only went 16 miles each way—I thought it was longer because I’m in the car for so long,’” Brammo founder Craig Bramscher says. “It’s street-legal, and there isn’t much maintenance. There’s a chain and brakes and tires, and other than that, there really isn’t any.”

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Walk into the Best Buy on Cascades Parkway in Portland, Ore., and you’ll be confronted with a scene that Craig Bramscher hopes will become more common over the next year or so.

There, amid the computers, TVs, MP3 players and videogames, is a kiosk displaying Brammo Inertia Powercycles for sale from the country’s largest consumer electronics retailer.

It’s just another example of the fresh thinking that electric motorcycle revolutionaries are bringing to the table.

Bramscher, who was riding a motorcycle to work in a Kansas City suburb even before he was old enough to have a license, is a lifelong motorcyclist who says the idea of an electric version of his favorite transportation came about from a series of events that started when he went to buy a car one day. He had made money through the sale of an internet business during the dot-com boom, and when his investments took a huge leap one day, he decided to do something crazy and buy a supercar.

“I went everywhere—Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche—and the thing was, I couldn’t fit into any of them,” he laughs. “I’m tall, and getting in and out of these cars was kind of awkward.”

So, he decided to create a company and build such a car. The result was the Arial Atom, which his company built under license from its U.K.-based designer. When Bramscher later wanted to build an electric version, the

two parties couldn’t come to terms.It was then that the team had its

spreadsheet epiphany.“Our idea shifted to, ‘Why don’t we

create the first profitable electric vehicle company,’” Bramscher says. “Realizing that transportation companies that go from startup to success are so few that there’s none, really, in the past 30 years—Buell was the closest one, rest in peace—we thought that it was the amount of capital required that kept most of them from being successful.”

The Toyota Prius, for example, cost $5 billion to bring to market. A motorcycle, being smaller, lighter and

less parts-intensive, seemed simpler.Also supporting the motorcycle

option was the popularity of shows such as “Orange County Choppers.”

“We were kind of joking that if the guys on all those shows were making money building things with a drillbit that was so inaccurate, and if people like cake decorators could make money designing motorcycles, why couldn’t we build one?” Bramscher says.

“We started with a clean sheet of paper,” he says. “The idea was not to throw away whatever you think a motorcycle should be in terms of its mechanical presence, but let’s not make it look like a Jetson’s spaceship. Let’s pay homage to where motorcycling came from, and even look backward to things like boardtrackers and such. We wanted it to be timeless.”

Controlling the natural torque of electric motors involved some clever software.

“Once you build an electric motor, you realize that when you get on the gas, you get a little whiplash as you take off,” he says. “The subtle nuance of feathering the clutch and accelerating, you don’t have that in aaron Bland and Brammo frame


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Brammo and Zero have done something pretty amazing: Building—and delivering to real-world buyers—American-made, street-legal electric motorcycles aimed at the mass market.

They’re competing against plans from Austrian manufacturer KTM, which announced last year that it would build an electric dirtbike. And imported bikes from companies like Electric Motorsport and Vectrix are also in the marketplace.

But there are other revolutionaries working at the challenge of electric bikes from the high end. They want to build electric motorcycles that match or exceed the power and performance of existing bikes.

It’s a field that includes California’s MotoCzysz, whose latest race-only bike was yet to be revealed at presstime, and the U.K.’s Mavizen, another racebike that is being marketed by entrepreneur Azhair Hussain, who organized the first-ever electric bike roadrace at last year’s Manx TT.

But perhaps the performance streetbike closest to reality at the moment comes from San Francisco-based Mission Motors, whose Mission 1, with a projected cost of $68,995, puts performance as its No. 1 goal. Company founder Edward West says the characteristics of electric motors make them well suited for competition.

“You can make a compelling case to motorcyclists because of the way

an electric vehicle because you don’t have gears. That soft walk from zero to 9 mph, that’s the hardest part. Most motor controllers are out of golf carts, which tend to be much heavier vehicles, which tends to smooth out that transition.”

Another hurdle to be overcome, as with all electric vehicles, was the question of how far you could ride on a charge.

“There’s real-life range requirements, and then there’s ‘range anxiety’—and those are two different things,” he says. “We wound up with a bike that goes 42 miles on a charge, and that satisfies 80 percent of the commuters in the U.S., which is 80 million people.”

The hook of an electric vehicle is cost. The Brammo Inertia will go 7,000 miles on $50—about as much as it costs to fill up a large automotive gas tank just once. “When people realize that, they go, ‘OK, I guess that’s worth some conscious effort to see how this will work for me.’”

The real revelation, Bramscher says, came when he rode the first prototype.

“It’s funny, but even with everything being my idea, the first time I got on it, my thought was that it was going to be a cool toy, and a good thing for some people, but us ‘pure motorcyclists’ aren’t going to love it,” he says. “Not at all. It was such a perfect two-wheeling experience. It was so easy to handle, and it was amazing because you not only got to smell the smells, but you

got to hear the birds chirping—it was such a different kind of exhilaration.”

Looking for the best way to sell the new machine, Bramscher hit on the Best Buy idea rather simply. The first clue was the impression he got when the company started setting up its assembly line and noticed that many of the components were black-box electronics.

The second clue came when Bramscher went to a local Best Buy and noticed the garage bays designed for the installation of car electronics—just as the rise of the MP3 player was killing car audio. “We realized there was 1,400 square feet of space in 1,000 stories nationwide with electronics technicians and a laptop in each one of those bays, just ready to go.”

So far, sales have been rolled out through select stores in Oregon and California, with a nationwide rollout planned through this year. Along the way, the team even found ways to lower the price from the originally stated $11,995 to its current $7,995.

What does the future hold? More Brammos, with plans to expand to three platforms from low-end to high-end, with each having various options. The designs will likely evolve as well.

“As we get more aggressive bikes out there, and bigger and bigger horsepower, you’ll probably see some more aggressive curves out of future bikes that aren’t quite as sublime as this one,” Bramscher says.

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electric motorcycles work,” says

West, who rode dirtbikes as a kid and

recently started riding on the street

again. “An electric powertrain can

deliver instantaneous torque at any

speed, and when you combine that in a

performance package, you can deliver

an experience that’s unlike anything

else on the road. Imagine starting out

in a first gear capable of pulling to you

150 mph without shifting.”

As with others in the burgeoning

electric vehicle industry, West became

interested in electric transportation

early, building a solar-powered car

in college for a race that ran from

Washington, D.C., to Orlando, Fla.

After a few years in the engineering

and design of consumer electronics,

West was working in robotics for

laboratory automation. He and a few of

his colleagues from that time would go

on to start Mission Motors.

One of those co-workers was Jit

Bhattacharya, an enthusiast who got

his first taste of motorcycles just out of

college, riding an aging dual-sport to a

project site in South Africa.

Unlike many who come to the

gasoline-powered motorcycle industry,

Bhattacharya notes that his team

didn’t have years to research similar

motorcycles—because there were

none. What they did have, though, was

a solid engineering background.

“Edward and I are both mechanical

engineers, and being a mechanical

engineer these days means you’re very

well-versed in the strengths of software

and electrical systems,” he says. “That

diversity among engineers, and that

diversity you see in Silicon Valley, is

what’s driving a lot of the amazing

innovation you’re seeing now.”

Even something as simple as how

the bike feels as it accelerates is a fairly

serious engineering challenge, notes

chief software engineer and test rider

Seth LaForge, who started riding as a

kid and has a fair amount of racetrack

experience on small-bore motorcycles.

It’s one the team sorted out as it built

its prototype, which was aimed at the

TTXGP Challenge on the Isle of Man,

and then at a speed record on the

Bonneville Salt Flats where it achieved

a two-way average of 150.059 mph.

“With an electric motorcycle,

everything is hard,” LaForge says.

“Probably the biggest challenge is

just the size and weight constraints.

Nobody wants a sportbike that weighs

800 pounds or is the size of a car.

Getting all the technology into the

space required has been a challenge.”

The upside of that challenge, though,

is that you can locate all those parts

on the bike in new ways. With none

of the traditional constraints of a gas

tank, exhaust or airbox, for example,

key components such as batteries and

smaller electric motors can be placed

to maximize handling.

Then there’s the aesthetics of the

machine itself. “When it comes to

looks, I would say that the market isn’t

just receptive to something that looks

radically different, but it’s expecting

it,” notes Bhattacharya. “We need to

create a bike that people are going to

be passionate about.”

For now, the company is focused

on turning its prototype into a saleable

product, something they hope to

accomplish in mid-2011.

In the end, as talk turns to whether

the world is really ready for electric

motorcycles, the Mission Motors team

echoes the thoughts of others in this

growing—and revolutionary—industry.

“The world is hungry for this,”

says LaForge. “It’s a solution that is

coming from an environmental and

technological perspective, but also

from a bare-knuckle performance

aspect. When you ride an electric bike

like this, you’ll suddenly realize that, at

least in some small way, the world has

changed.”

“At California electricity prices, a fill-up costs less than $2.”

(Left to Right) Jit Bhattacharya, Seth

Laforge and Edward West



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Sitting On The Sidelines Is Not An Option Last year, 2 million acres were lost to inappropriate federal wilderness designations, and there are many more millions of acres – and thousands of trails – proposed. Every week we learn of motocross tracks under threat of closure. Cities large and small target street motorcyclists with unfair sound ordinances and laws, while allowing other loud noise emittersto remain unchecked. Street riding is also under attack from safetycrats who point to increasing motorcycle crashes and fatalities on our highways. Are you ready for mandated OE-exhausts, inflatable riding suits, airbags and roll cages?

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I f you’re an AMA member, you’re already part of the solution. But there are not

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TAKING THE ‘PUBLIC’ OUT OF PUBLIC LAND?

Members Of The AMA And Others Have Been Successful In Thwarting Off-Highway-Riding Lockouts By Congress. Now, Anti-Access Forces Are Shifting Gears.

By Bill Kresnak

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There’s a whirlwind of activity going on right now in

Washington, D.C., with angry lawmakers giving an earful

to federal administration officials, making phone calls and

frantically drafting new legislation—all over controlling

millions of acres of public land.

The sudden frenzy was sparked by a couple of revelations:

• First, that President Obama’s administration is looking at

designating as much as 13 million acres in 11 western states as

National Monument land, bypassing Congress in the land-use

decision-making process; and,

• Second, that a key U.S. representative is circulating a letter he

wants to send to the head of the U.S. Forest Service asking

that certain public land be managed, without public debate,

as if Congress had already designated it as federally protected

Wilderness—banning off-highway riding, mountain biking and other

responsible recreational activities.

The moves follow a successful sleight-of-hand effort by a powerful

U.S. senator, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), to shut off

meaningful public debate on a proposal to designate 2.1 million acres

nationwide as Wilderness. He did that by gutting an unrelated bill and

inserting the Wilderness language. Through a little-used parliamentary

procedure, the bill quickly earned congressional approval and was

signed into law.

These actions signal a major shift in the approach being taken by

anti-access interests and the elected officials who cater to them to try

to lock up public land. In recent years, they’ve been content to simply

introduce legislation that would carve out thousands of acres of

public land for special land-use designations that would bar a variety

of recreational activities, including off-highway riding, and then let the

legislation wind its way through Congress.

But AMA members and members of other recreational

organizations have successfully countered anti-access efforts and

worked together to urge their federal lawmakers to keep public land

open, stalling the anti-access proposals. Seeing that they were now


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to close off public land now want to shut out public debate altogether by trying to accomplish their goals administratively or through political tricks.

“Thanks to AMA members and others, we’ve identified those who are using unscrupulous tactics to keep responsible off-highway riders off public land, and they know it,” says Ed Moreland, AMA vice president for government relations. “Now, they are using political hijinks to keep the public from having a voice in the disposition of public land.

“Something that anti-access forces choose to ignore is that there are other ways to protect land than just simply locking it away from the public,” he adds. “The agencies that control the land already have mechanisms in place to protect it, and there are other land-use designations, such as National Forest or National Refuge, that are much more applicable than Wilderness designations.”

BYPASSING PUBLIC DEBATEIN CONGRESS

Federal lawmakers, AMA members and others are in an uproar over the recent revelation that the Obama administration is considering unilaterally designating up to 13 million acres as National Monuments, which would give the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the power to decide—without public debate—whether to allow off-highway riding, mountain biking and other recreational activities on that land.

According to Interior Department internal documents publicized by the AMA and others, the Obama administration is looking at naming the National Monuments under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The land under consideration is in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

The Antiquities Act of 1906 was originally passed to protect Native American artifacts such as pottery from being taken from small tracts of federal land in the West. National Monument designations are supposed to be confined to very small areas of land under the law.

But presidents haven’t interpreted the law that way in their exercise of executive power.

President Bill Clinton created an uproar in 1996 when he designated 2,600 square miles in southern Utah as the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument just weeks after administration officials told state leaders the president had no plans to do so.

And though it didn’t effect motorcycle access, President George Bush used the Antiquities Act to circumvent Congress and set the future use of thousands of square miles of the Pacific Ocean without public debate. With the mere stroke of a pen in 2006, he designated 140,000 square miles of ocean and 10 islands and coral atolls in the northwestern Hawaiian islands as a U.S. National Monument, now called the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

PRESIDENT’S PROPOSAL TARGETS VARIED LAND

The 13 million acres eyed by the Obama administration involve a wide variety of land in Western states, including the San Rafael Swell in Utah and Owyhee Desert in Nevada and Oregon, where there is off-highway riding, and Montana’s Northern Prairie, where there is ranching and farming.

The Interior Department internal documents also discuss spending some $50 million in taxpayer money over 10 years to add thousands of acres to the BLM land inventory at a time when the bureau doesn’t have enough money to properly manage the land it already controls. The land being

eyed for acquisition is in Nevada, Oregon, California, Wyoming and Utah.

“It’s clear there are forces at work who want to take steps to lock up this land without going through the process of public debate in Congress, or getting input from the residents and elected officials of the affected states,” Moreland says. “The fact that the future use of 13 million acres could be decided with the stroke of a pen is appalling.

“Because anti-access forces are now faced with organized and coordinated pro-recreation opposition, as well as the public outcry and congressional outrage expressed over the attempt to designate red rock areas in Utah as Wilderness, for example, they seem to have changed course and are now trying to ban off-highway riding through administrative land-use designations without any public debate. In short, they are losing the argument in public so they have decided to limit the public’s input,” Moreland says.

“THESE LANDS DON’T BELONG TO THE GOVERNMENT, THEY BELONG TO THE PUBLIC”—U.S. SEN. ORRIN HATCH

Angry bipartisan reaction to the Interior Department discussions on naming new National Monuments was swift, with Utah’s U.S. senators among the angriest.

U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) immediately introduced legislation, co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), to bar any president from designating any Utah land as National Monument without earning congressional approval. In 1950, Congress passed a law barring the designation of National Monuments in Wyoming unless approved by Congress.

Bennett says he introduced his legislation

after learning that at least two Utah areas—the San Rafael Swell and Cedar Mesa—are targeted for National Monument designations.

“The Obama administration continues to put the needs of environmentalists who want to keep the public away from public lands above the needs and desires of Utahns,” Bennett says. “While I appreciate assurances from the secretary of the interior to our governor that the administration would not move forward without input, I do feel it is essential, given past history, to introduce this legislation and ensure Utahns will have a role in determining how federal lands are managed in our state.”

Hatch, who has represented the people of Utah in Congress for more than 30 years, says: “Regardless of how you feel about Clinton’s Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument (unilaterally designated in Utah in 1996), most Utahns take issue with the colossal abuse of government power in its designation.”

In fact, Hatch is so upset about the idea of designating National Monuments in Utah

without consulting with Utahns that he called the White House on Feb. 19.

He spoke to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, pressing the White House to reconsider. According to Hatch, Emanuel told him that he would discuss the issue with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and that the administration would give him an answer.

“I will move heaven and earth to make sure that the federal government does not make two monument designations in Utah, and that’s the message I delivered to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel today,” Hatch said.

“I made it very clear to him that if the administration goes down this road, it will meet absolute outrage and opposition from across the state and from me representing Utah in the United States Senate,” he added.

“I’m glad he’s going to discuss this with Secretary Salazar,” he said, “but, make no mistake, I will continue to do everything in my power to make sure these two designations never take place.

“Based on past experience, any claim that these plans are just preliminary offers the people of Utah very little comfort,” Hatch said. “These lands don’t belong to the government, they belong to the public. But the very consideration of these designations demonstrates that Washington wants to dictate to us how our lands will be managed.”

“I WILL MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT DOES NOT MAKE TWO MONUMENT DESIGNATIONS.”

Utah U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch

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OUTRAGE IS BIPARTISANU.S. Reps. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), Rob

Bishop (R-Utah) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah)

also decried the move to lock up public land.

Even powerful Senate Majority Leader Reid

sent a strong signal that he doesn’t want any

National Monuments unilaterally designated

in his home state of Nevada. Reid did this

even though last year he employed a rarely

used parliamentary procedure to steamroll a

proposal through Congress to designate more

than 2 million acres as Wilderness in various

states.

Hastings, the ranking member of the U.S.

House Natural Resources Committee, agrees

that the Interior Department is bowing to

pressure from anti-access groups.

“There are special interest groups whose

sole purpose is to lock up land without

any consideration given to the importance

of wholesome outside family recreation,”

Hastings says. “While they are entitled to that

view, it’s deeply troubling that the president’s

administration is seemingly eager to help turn

that view into reality by unilaterally imposing

new monument designations without the

consent of the people and communities who

will be directly impacted.”

Bishop, chairman of the Congressional

Western Caucus, notes that people from

around the world visit the West for its

numerous recreational opportunities.

“Unfortunately, the current administration

seems intent upon locking up much of

the public lands throughout the West

from recreational use, as witnessed in the

documents that recently surfaced from the

Department of Interior outlining new areas for

potential National Monument designations,”

Bishop says. “I commend the American

Motorcyclist Association for its continued

advocacy on behalf of not only motorcycle

enthusiasts but all outdoor recreators, who

are an important component of the West’s

tourism industry.”

Adding his voice to the chorus of upset

lawmakers, Matheson says: “Given the

lingering frustration felt by many Utahns

following the 1996 ‘stroke of the pen’

monument designation (of the Clinton

administration’s 1.9 million-acre Grand

Staircase-Escalante Monument), it is totally

inappropriate for this federal agency to

even have preliminary discussions without

involving the stakeholders on the ground.”

He also notes that congressional passage

of the Washington County Growth and

Conservation Act, which was put together

with the input of various stakeholders and

was signed into law last year, proves that

contentious public land issues are best

resolved using a collaborative approach.

Matheson wrote to Salazar expressing

concerns about the National Monument

proposal, asking him to reconsider the issue.

Reid also told Salazar that there is no need

to name National Monuments unilaterally to

protect land.

“Working as a team, we (the Nevada

congressional delegation) have protected

millions of acres of wild lands while freeing up

other areas that are essential for development

and for expanding the economic foundations

of our communities,” Reid says. “I have

explained this history to my friend, Ken

Salazar, the secretary of the interior, and

he appreciates the consensus building that

Nevadans have done in recent years.

“When this kind of process is in place

and working well, there is no need for the

president to use the Antiquities Act,” Reid

says. “Anyone who is concerned about

recent references to a ‘Heart of the Great

Basin’ monument or a similar designation

of Nevada’s Owyhee country can rest at

ease. Nevada has a proven public process

for working on its own land issues and I will

make sure that this process is respected.”

The Salt Lake (Utah) Tribune reported

that Salazar told Utah Gov. Gary Herbert

that he wouldn’t move ahead any time

soon on National Monument designations

in Utah. Interior Department spokeswoman

Kendra Barkoff told the newspaper that the

documents at the center of the controversy

were simply the result of a “brainstorming

session” at the department.

Moreland is heartened that lawmakers are

taking aim at the plan to avoid public debate.

“It remains incumbent upon the

government to responsibly protect our lands

for the people, not from the people,” says

Moreland. “And that means proposals for

land-use designations must be fairly debated.

This proposal is not only an end-run around

Congress, but also around the communities

and individuals who would be directly

impacted by this type of administrative

maneuver.

“We are pleased to hear that there is

bipartisan, bi-cameral support for an open

dialogue on the long-contentious issue of

public-land designations,” Moreland says.

“We hope that this issue will serve as a

catalyst for bringing together both sides

of the debate to work out any differences

and preserve opportunities for responsible

recreation on America’s public land for all

Americans.”

KEY LAWMAKER TARGETING OFF-ROAD RIDING

In the halls of Congress, there is another

effort under way to thwart public debate on

the use of public land, and U.S. Rep. Raul

Grijalva (D-Ariz.), chairman of the House

THE LOCAL VIEW Utah Riders React To Potential Changes

Neil Motter of Wellsville, Utah, and Joshua

Campbell of Logan, Utah, are just two of the

many responsible riders who enjoy riding

on public land. And they both are upset at

efforts to close even more riding areas.

“The San Rafael Swell has some areas of

majestic beauty that do need to be saved,

and I believe those areas are already off-

limits to vehicular activity,” Motter says. “But

the greater area we call ‘The Swell’ is a vast

openness of rolling desert, trails, dirt roads

and open camping areas.”

Motter and others have been riding in

those areas for years, and they believe it

makes more sense to actively manage them

to allow responsible riding—not close them

off completely. Like others, they fear that

designating the area a National Monument

would be too far-reaching, and potentially

close off recreational riding.

“Many, actually most, and I might say ‘all’

of us who ride in Utah find it baffling and

unfair how far-away Washington, D.C., can

take our land and keep us from it without

talking to anyone that uses it,” he says.

Notes Campbell: “The Swell has beautiful

scenery and unique trails that are very well

maintained by the Sage Riders Club and

others. Most of us do our best to protect

our right to ride by staying on designated

routes, but when it’s all designated off-limits,

especially by some politician who has never

been there” it could mean riders will sell their

bikes.

“Hopefully it won’t come to this,” he says.

Joshua Campbell

“I commend the American Motorcyclist Association for its continued advocacy on behalf of not only

motorcycle enthusiasts but all outdoor recreators.” Utah U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop

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Natural Resources Subcommittee on National

Parks, Forests and Public Lands, makes no

secret that he wants to shut down responsible

off-highway riding with his administrative

sleight of hand.

Because of opposition from members of

the AMA and other groups, Grijalva has been

thwarted in efforts to pass legislation out of

his committee that would inappropriately

designate more than 3 million acres of public

land as federally protected Wilderness, which

would stop off-road riding, mountain biking

and other activities.

So Grijalva wants to take the issue out of

the public spotlight by instructing government

bureaucrats to manage land as Wilderness

even though the land hasn’t earned that

designation with the approval of the people’s

representatives in Congress.

“The agency is currently undertaking an

important nationwide effort to designate

routes of travel for motorized vehicles,”

Grivalja says in a letter to U.S. Forest Service

Chief Tom Tidwell that he is circulating among

colleagues for signatures. “The scope of

this effort underscores the need to apply

consistent guidance in managing agency-

recommended Wilderness lands.

“We ask that you take immediate steps

to preserve the congressional prerogative

to designate Wilderness by issuing national

guidance on the management of agency-

recommended Wilderness,” the letter

says. “This guidance should prohibit the

authorization of activities, such as use of

motorized vehicles, that adversely affect the

Wilderness qualities of the recommended

areas to a significant degree.”

In other words, rather than completing

plans that would designate routes for off-road

riding, Grivalja wants Forest Service land

managed as defacto Wilderness until he can

figure out how to get it designated officially,

by any means necessary.

MORE TROUBLE AFOOT IN

CONGRESS

Grivalja’s latest effort, Moreland says,

shows just how effective AMA members and

others are in Congress when public testimony

and reasoned debate are allowed. So it’s clear

that the anti-access forces have decided

that the only way they will get their way is

by banning off-highway riding and other

recreational activities administratively.

“All Americans have a right to enjoy the

beauty of our public lands, including the

young, elderly, handicapped and others who

may only be able to share in the wonder of the

environment by using an off-highway vehicle,”

Moreland says. “Wilderness designations

close off these areas to those Americans, so

such a strict land-use designation must be

reserved for land that truly meets the strict

criteria spelled out in the Wilderness Act that

allows for the designations.

“And to ensure the land considered

for Wilderness designation truly meets

the criteria, open, public debate must be

allowed,” he says.

Moreland notes that anti-access forces are

more than willing to cut off public debate.

Last year, AMA members, along with other

off-highway vehicle riders, played a big role

in killing S. 22: The Omnibus Public Land

Management Act, which would designate

more than 2 million acres as Wilderness. The

complex bill was 1,300 pages long, and was

a combination of 170 separate bills.

When that effort failed, proponents took a

new tact and succeeded.

Senate Majority (Democratic) Leader

Harry Reid of Nevada gutted a two-page

bill, H.R. 146, called “The Revolutionary

War and War of 1812 Battlefield Acquisition

Grant Program,” inserted the language from

the 1,300-page Omnibus Public Land bill,

and got it passed through a rarely used

parliamentary procedure. (The move was

detailed in the June 2009 issue of American

Motorcyclist.)

Moreland fears such a tactic may be used

again soon. “The proposals in Congress to

inappropriately designate land as Wilderness

simply don’t stand up to public scrutiny,”

Moreland says.

“So the simple answer for those who want

to put an end to off-highway riding is to avoid

any scrutiny,” he says.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Contact your federal lawmakers today.

Tell them you believe in an open, democratic

process that provides for public scrutiny and

debate. Ask them to oppose administration

efforts to designate areas as National

Monuments without congressional input.

Also ask them to ensure that all proposals

dealing with land-use issues, particularly

proposals for designating public land as

Wilderness, allow for public input and be

publicly debated in Congress.

You can find contact information for your

elected officials at AmericanMotorcyclist.com

> Rights > Issues & Legislation, then enter

your zip code in the “Find Your Officials” box.

Additionally, a pre-written e-mail is available

for you to send to your federal elected

officials immediately by simply following

the “Take Action” option and entering your

information on the web.

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1Time to break out your dual-sport or adventure-tourer and hit the roads and trails in the AMA KTM National Dual Sport Trail Riding Series or the AMA BMW National Adventure Riding Series. The KTM series kicks off May 1-2 in Renfro Valley, Ky. The BMW series starts May 1-2 in Buck Meadows, Calif. The two series then combine for one event—the Hanging Rock 200—May 22-23 in Zaleski, Ohio. Check out the full schedules, on page 55.

2 A great way to ride at your own pace and still take part in the AMA’s Premier Touring Series is to participate in one of the AMA Grand Tours with KOA Along the Way. The Midnight Riders Call of the Wild with KOA Grand Tour

is a great example. Just ride around and take photos of your bike in places with wild animals in the name, such as elk, deer, cat, ant, or at any KOA campground. For Grand Tours info, see page 55.

3 Year after year, the AspenCash Motorcycle Rally—set for May 20-23 this year—dishes out heaps of camaraderie

and good times for street riders. AspenCash is a signature event of the AMA Premier Touring Series and is being held at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino in Ruidoso, N.M. Info: MotorcycleRally.com.

4 The 2010 AMA Pro Motocross season gets under way with what promises to be a thrilling season-opener at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Calif., on May 23. The series then heads to Hangtown in Sacramento on May 30. The full MX schedule is on page 53. Info: MXNationals.com.

5 Join hundreds of other motorcyclists for a scenic ride through Tennessee and support a good cause at the same time at the Middle Tennessee Ride For Kids that starts and ends at Jim Warren Park in Franklin, Tenn., May 16. Registration is 8-9:45 a.m. and the escorted ride starts at 10, rain or shine. Info: PBTFUS.org/rideforkids.

6 The 37th Annual Rose City Oregon 500 will be held on Saturday, May 8, with registration open from 4:30-7:30 a.m. at the W.D. Jackson Armory at 6255 N.E. Cornfoot Road in Portland, Ore. The winning time and mileage will be established by averaging all the times and mileages of all the finishing motorcycles. Info: Rose-City-MC.org.

COMING UP

The nine-event AMA Pro Hillclimb series gets under way June 6 in Jefferson, Pa. At the season halfway point, Aug. 1, the series features its “All Star Challenge” at the famed Mt. Garfield hill in Muskegon, Mich. The season finale is set for Oct. 10 at Oregonia, Ohio, which is always a rockin’ good time. For the full schedule, see the “Racing News” section of AmericanMotorcyclist.com.

If you’re a touring rider and haven’t experienced Americade, be there June 7-12 in Lake George, N.Y. There are motorcycle tours, meals, parties, and all the fun you can stand. Info: TourExpo.com.

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The following pages list AMA-sanctioned

events for this month, up to date at press time.

Current listings are in the Riding and Racing

sections of www.AmericanMotorcyclist.com.

The biggest events—pro races, national-

championship amateur competition, and

major rides and rallies—are highlighted. For

these series, we list all of the remaining events

for the entire year.

Then there are the local events, the

backbone of the AMA’s riding and racing

calendar. These events are listed by state and

are broken down by type, so you can quickly

find the ones near you.

Here’s a guide to what you’ll find in these

local listings:

MOTOCROSS

May 8 (S,Y): BREAUX BRIDGE: QUALIFIER; 2 DAY EVENT: DIRT BIKE MIKE LLC, ; 6 AM; 1640 MILLS HWY; (870) 342-5373; DIRTBIKEMIKE.COM

Event Class S - Standard (Amateur classes)Y - Youth ClassesT - ATV classesM - Pro-Am classesR - Recreational

Date

Sign-in Time

Location/City

Type of Event

Contact Phone NumberDirections

Event Promoter

THE GuidE TO EvEnTS

ALASKA

ROAd Run

MAY 1 (R): ANCHORAGE: ABATE-AK, CRAIG

BRESHEARS; 10 AM; 9TH & I ST; (907) 230-

9205; ABATEOFALASKA.COM

ARiZOnA

OBSERvEd TRiALS

MAY 23 (S,Y): KINGMAN: CENTRAL ARIZONA

TRIALS IN, DANIEL WALSH; 8:30 AM; W

RANCH RD/I40 EX 59; (602) 940-3640;

CENTRALARIZONATRIALS.ORG

ARKAnSAS

ROAd RALLY

MAY 7 (R): MENA: 3 DAY EVENT: MOTORCYCLE

SPORT TOURING, JANET CAMPBELL; QUEEN

WILHELMENIA STATE PARK; (479) 394-2863;

CALiFORniA

ROAd Run

MAY 2 (R): TORRANCE: CHARITY;: PEDIATRIC

BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8

AM; AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO

/1919 TORRANCE BLVD; (800) 253-6530;

RIDEFORKIDS.ORG

GYPSY TOuR

MAY 29 (R): BAKERSFILED: 3 DAY EVENT:

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOTOR, JOHN

KATICS; (626) 274-2237; SC-MA.COM

AdvEnTuRE RidE

MAY 1 (R): BUCK MEADOWS: NATIONAL;: 2

DAY EVENT: FAMILY OFF-ROAD ADVENTURE,

LAWRENCE BORGENS; 8:30 AM; 7613

HWY 120 /10 M. EAST OF GROVELAND

CA ALONG HWY 120; (209) 649-3633;

FAMILYOFFROADADVENTURES.COM

duAL SPORT RidE

MAY 3 (R): TECATE: 5 DAY EVENT:

COUNTDOWN, JERRY L COUNTS; 8 AM;; (775)

884-0399; DISTRICT37AMA.ORG

MAY 15 (R): IDYLLWILD: CHARITY;: ORANGE

COUNTY DUALIES, LARRY HARMIER; SAN

BERNARDINO FOREST; (562) 243-3301;

DUALIES.COM

MAY 22 (R): STONYFORD: 2 DAY EVENT:

OAKLAND MOTORCYCLE CLUB, BRENT

SNYDER; 7 AM; STONYFORD RODEO GROUND

/E OF GENERAL STORE; (510) 938-1930;

OAKLANDMC.ORG

GRAnd TOuR

MAY 17 (R): BARSTOW: NATIONAL: 3 DAY

EVENT: CARRY THE FLAME, INC., KING

CAVALIER; 6 PM; VFW POST 2443 /25190 W

MAIN ST; (760) 253-2610; CARRYTHEFLAME.

ORG

SHORT TRACK

MAY 1 (S,T,Y): MAY 22 (S,T,Y): CLEMENTS:

STOCKTON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, BOB

KENDALL; 1 PM; 19813 N HWY 88; (209) 956-

1505; STOCKTONMC.ORG

MAY 30 (S,T,Y): LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE

CLUB, JEFF G TAYLOR; 8 AM; LODI CYCLE

BOWL/5801 E MORSE /HWY 99 TO 8 MILE/N

ON FRONTAGE/R ON MORSE; (209) 368-7182;

LODICYCLEBOWL.COM

SCRAMBLES

MAY 15 (S,T,Y): MAY 29 (S,T,Y): LODI: LODI

MOTORCYCLE CLUB, JEFF G TAYLOR; 1 PM;

LODI CYCLE BOWL/5801 E MORSE /HWY 99

TO 8 MILE/N ON FRONTAGE/R ON MORSE;

(209) 368-7182; LODICYCLEBOWL.COM

MOTOCROSS

MAY 20 (M,Y): RANCHO CORDOVA: 2 DAY

EVENT: DIRT DIGGERS NORTH M.C. I, ED

SANTIN; 6 AM; 13300 WHITE ROCK RD; (530)

758-5554; HANGTOWNMX.COM

EnduRO

MAY 16 (S): GEORGETOWN: CALIFORNIA

ENDURO RIDERS, MIGUEL ANAYA; 6 AM;

WENTWORTH SPRINGS RD /MACE MILL

STAGING AREA OFF WENTWORTH SPRINGS;

(805) 477-1477; CERA.ORG

MAY 8 (S,Y): OMO RANCH: POLKA DOTS

MOTORCYCLE CLU, CURT BACKHAUS; 6:30

AM; GOLD NOTE RIDGE /HWY 50 OR HWY

88 TO OMO RANCH RD; (530) 644-8567;

POLKADOTSMC.COM

EuROPEAn SCRAMBLES

MAY 8 (S,T,Y): RIDGECREST: 2 DAY EVENT:

BADGERS MC, JAY T WICKERS; 3 PM;

SPANGLER OFF ROAD AREA /N/B HWY 395

TO SEARLES STATION RD; (661) 242-2712;

BADGERSMC.ORG

COLORAdO

POKER Run

MAY 16 (R): COLORADO SPRING: COLORADO

SPRINGS TOURING, JERRY MANKA; 8 AM;

6880 PALMER PARK BLVD /PALMER PARK

BLVD TO PERTERSON RD; (719) 635-0138;

MOTOCROSS

MAY 8 (S,Y): MAY 9 (S,Y): LAKEWOOD:

QUALIFIER; COLORADO MOTORSPORTS

PROM, DAVID CLABAUGH; 5:30 AM; THUNDER

VALLEY MX /701 S ROONEY RD; (303) 988-

3889; MXTHUNDERVALLEY.COM

MAY 16 (S): DACONO: IMI MOTORSPORTS

INC, BRAD LINKUS; 5 AM; 5074 SUMMIT BLVD

/I-25N OF DENVER/EX 232/2 MI E; (503) 833-

4949; IMIMOTORSPORTS.COM

MAY 23 (S,T): BERTHOUD: E RACING LLC,

ARTHUR PET EDMISTEN; 5:30 AM; 20125

I-25 FRONTAGE RD W /I-25 EX 250/S ON

FRONTAGE RD 1 MI/W TO TRACK; (303) 901-

1480; RMXA.COM

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): COLORADO SPRING: M & M

CONNECTIONS, DOUG MOYES; 12500 E HWY

94 /SIX MI EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS ON

HWY 94; (303) 988-7722; SRAC.ORG

MAY 31 (M,Y): BRUSH: CACTUS PROMOTIONS

LLC, SUZY SWENEY; 5:30 AM; SWENEY CYCLE

PARK /INT CRG & CR31/SE OF TOWN; (970)

768-0518; SWENEYCYCLEPARK.COM

dELAWARE

MOTOCROSS

MAY 1 (S,Y): NEW CASTLE: BLUE DIAMOND

MX, ALAN DECARLO; 6 AM; BLUE DIAMOND

PARK /765 HAMBURG RD/RT 13 & HAMBURG

RD; (302) 834-5867; BDMXPARK.COM

GEORGiA

MOTOCROSS

MAY 22 (S,Y): MAY 23 (S,Y): CHATSWORTH:

QUALIFIER; LAZY RIVER MX RANCH, VICKIE

ROBERTS; 6 AM; 4779 BROWNS BRIDGE RD;

(706) 278-1620; LAZYRIVERMOTOCROSS.COM

idAHO

ROAd RALLY

MAY 1 (R): COEUR D’ ALENE: ABATE-ID NORTH

IDAHO, NORMAN BURCH; 10 AM;; (208) 476-

0189; ABATEOFNORTHIDAHOBIKERS.ORG

MAY 1 (R): IDAHO FALLS: IDAHO COALITION

FOR MOTOR, CHUC COULTER; 11 AM;

AWARENESS RALLY /BONNEVILLE

HS TO FREEMAN PK; (208) 345-6231;

IDAHOBIKERIGHTS.COM

MAY 1 (R): BOISE: IDAHO COALITION FOR

MOTOR, JUSTIN CRAWFORD; 11 AM;

AWARENESS RALLY /SANDY POINT PARK

(ADA CO) TO CAPITOL; (208) 863-4280;

IDAHOBIKERIGHTS.COM

iLLinOiS

SHORT TRACK

MAY 30 (S,T,Y): NEOGA: CENTRAL ILLINOIS

M/C, STEVE SHAFER; 9 AM; CLUB GROUND

/11 MI S OF MALTOON ON RT 121; (217) 234-

2505; CENTRALILLINOISMOTORCYCLECLUB.

ORG

SCRAMBLES

MAY 15 (S,T,Y): BELLEVILLE: BELLEVILLE

ENDURO TEAM IN, EDWARD M HOEFFKEN; 9

AM; 3000 CENTERVILLE AVE /2 MI S OF TOWN

ON RT 158; (618) 277-3478; BETDIRT.COM


M/C, STEVE SHAFER; 9 AM; CLUB

GROUND /11 MI S OF MALTOON ON RT 121;

CENTRALILLINOISMOTORCYCLECLUB.ORG

HiLLCLiMB

MAY 1 (S,T,Y): WESTVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT:

PLEASURE RIDERS MC, KELLY BRADY;

STATELINE RD /SEE WEBSITE; (217) 247-2216;

PLEASURERIDERS.NET

MAY 15 (S,Y): WHITE CITY: CAHOKIA CREEK

DIRT RIDERS, BOBBY BROWN; 8 AM; I-55

EXIT 44 HWY 138 WEST 2MIL; (618) 946-4316;

CCDIRT.COM


M/C, STEVE SHAFER; 2 PM; CLUB GROUND



ORG


M/C, STEVE SHAFER; 9 AM; CLUB GROUND



ORG

MOTOCROSS

MAY 1 (S,T,Y): BELLEVILLE: BELLEVILLE

ENDURO TEAM IN, EDWARD M HOEFFKEN; 9

AM; 3000 CENTERVILLE AVE /2 MI S OF TOWN

ON RT 158; (618) 277-3478; BETDIRT.COM

MAY 8 (S,Y): MAY 9 (S,Y): WALNUT: QUALIFIER;

4P PROMOTIONS INC, JAN PISTOLE;

SUNSET RIDGE/24558 1100 E ST /4 MI S OF

NORMANDY/GPS N4130 W8938; (815) 379-

9534; SUNSETRIDGEMX.COM

MAY 8 (S,T): MAY 9 (S,T): MAY 29 (S,T): MAY 30

(S,T): MAY 31 (S,T): CASEY: LINCOLN TRAIL

MOTOSPORTS, TIM JACKSON; 6 AM; 649

CR2150E /5 MI W OF TOWN ON RT 40; (217)

932-2041; LINCOLNTRAILMOTOSPORTS.COM

MAY 15 (S,T,Y): FOSTERBURG: 2 DAY EVENT:

SPLINTER CREEK DIRT RIDER, TODDD

ROMANN; 6 AM; 2996 TERPENING LN /8 MI N

OF RT 140/L ON TERPENING; (618) 372-4355;

SPLINTERCREEK.COM

MAY 23 (S): MT CARROLL: MC MOTOPARK,

REID LAW; 6 AM; 1 MI N OF TOWN ON RT 78;

(815) 238-1614; MCMOTOPARK.COM

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): PINCKNEYVILLE: EURO

RACEWAY LLC, FRANK BARTOLOTTA; 7 AM;

7342 RICE RD; EURORACEWAY.COM

HARE SCRAMBLES

MAY 9 (S,Y): CANTON: CANTON MOTORCYCLE

CLUB IN, MATT WESTLAKE; 7 AM; 26897 E

BIRDSCORNER RD /7 MI EAST OF CANTON IL

ON CO HWY 27; (309) 224-6367;

MAY 9 (S,T): MAY 30 (S,T): CASEY: LINCOLN

TRAIL MOTOSPORTS, TIM JACKSON; 6 AM;

649 CR2150E /5 MI W OF TOWN ON RT 40;

LINCOLNTRAILMOTOSPORTS.COM

indiAnA

ROAd Run

MAY 16 (R): COLUMBIA CITY: CHARITY;: OLD

FORT MOTORCYCLE CLUB, DAVID O DEWITT;

11 AM; CLUBHOUSE/4863 E LINCOLN WAY /E

OF TOWN; (260) 489-3707;

MAY 31 (R): KOKOMO: MIDNIGHT RIDERS

MC, CHARLES T KIRKMAN; 12 PM; VFW POST

1152 /920 N WASHINGTON ST; (765) 566-3807;

MIDNIGHT-RIDERS-MC.COM

POKER Run

MAY 1 (R): AUBURN: AMA-DIST 15 ROAD

DIVISION, DON CHISHOLM; 1130 W SEVENTH

ST /PONDEROSA STEAK HOUSE AUBURN;

(937) 325-8340;

ROAd RALLY

MAY 21 (R): WEST HARRISON: 2 DAY EVENT:

MOTORCYCLISTS FOR JESUS M, KARL

WARDLAW; 4 PM; 3280 LOGAN CREEK LANE

/I-74 EXIT 169; (937) 833-3818; GO2MJM.COM

HiLLCLiMB

MAY 16 (S,T,Y): MIDDLEBURY: GOSHEN

IRON HORSEMEN, RANDY DILLON; 11 AM;

CLUBGROUNDS /2.5 MI E OF IN13 ON IN120;

(574) 825-3399;

MOTOCROSS

MAY 2 (S,T,Y): WABASH: WABASH

CANNONBALL MOTORCY, STEVE W HENSON;

6 AM; PO BOX 59 /595 W 250 S, WABASH;

WABASHCANNONBALLMC.COM

MAY 16 (S,Y): PARIS CROSSING: HOOSIER

HILLTOPPERS, BOB LEWIS; 6:30 AM; 10665

S CO RD 410 W /I-65 S. OF SEYMOUR, EX 41

EAST ON ST RD 250; (502) 713-3495;

MAY 22 (S,T,Y): WABASH: 2 DAY EVENT:

WABASH CANNONBALL MOTORCY, STEVE W

HENSON; PO BOX 59 /595 W 250 S, WABASH;

WABASHCANNONBALLMC.COM

HARE SCRAMBLES

MAY 16 (S,Y): COLUMBUS: STONEY

LONESOME M/C, BEN B BREEDLOVE;

7 AM; 14001 W HWY 46 /8 MI W OF

COLUMBUS ON HWY 46; (812) 350-5732;

STONEYLONESOMEMC.COM

iOWA

MOTOCROSS

MAY 1 (S,T,Y): MAY 30 (S,T,Y): MONTEZUMA: 2

DAY EVENTS:FV MOTO X, CHIP BRYAN; 7 AM;

FUN VALLEY SKI AREA /1066 500TH AVE/ 2.5

MI SW OF TOWN; (641) 623-3456; FVMOTOX.

COM

MAY 8 (S,T,Y): MAY 22 (S,T,Y): MAY 29 (S,T,Y):

CEDAR RAPIDS: CEDAR VALLEY TRAIL

RIDERS, CURT HEJDA; 1 PM; HAWKEYE

DOWNS /4400 6TH ST SW; (319) 363-7800;

CVTR.ORG

HARE SCRAMBLES

MAY 23 (S,Y): BROOKS: NISHNA VALLEY NOW,

MATT PORTER; 7 AM; NOW 160 RIDING AREA

/1.6 MI S OF TOWN; (712) 249-5031;

KEnTuCKY

duAL SPORT RidE

MAY 1 (R): MT VERNON: NATIONAL;: 2 DAY

EVENT: 4 FUN TRAIL RIDERS LLC, VICKY

STEPHENSON; 8 AM; RENFRO VALLEY /I-

75 EX 62/N ON 25 TO KOA; (859) 363-8332;

4FUNTRAILRIDERS.COM

MOTOCROSS

MAY 15 (S,T,Y): LONDON: QUALIFIER; VICTORY

SPORTS INC, SAM GAMMON; DANIEL BOONE

MX PARK /I-75 EXIT 41/5 MI W ON HWY 80;

(423) 323-5497; VICTORYSPORTSRACING.COM

MAY 16 (M,T,Y): LONDON: QUALIFIER; VICTORY

SPORTS INC, SAM R GAMMON; DANIEL

BOONE MX PARK /I-75 EXIT 41/5 MI W ON HWY

80; (423) 323-5497; VICTORYSPORTSRACING.

COM

LOuiSiAnA

MOTOCROSS

MAY 15 (S,Y): GRAND CANE: QUALIFIER;

FREESTONE COUNTY RACEWAY, TONY

MILLER; DESOTO MOTORSPORTS PARK; (318)

697-0788; DESOTOMOTOSPORTSPARK.COM

MAY 16 (S,Y): GRAND CANE: QUALIFIER;

FREESTONE COUNTY RACEWAY, TONY

MILLER; DESOTO MOTORSPORTS PARK; (318)

697-0288; DESOTOMOTOSPORTSPARK.COM

MARYLAnd

ROAd RALLY

MAY 23 (R): GERMANTOWN: CLASSIC

MOTORCYCLE DAY IN, BILL FORD; 10 AM;

BUTLERS ORCHARD /I-270 EX 16/N ON

RT 27/R DAVIS MILL RD; (301) 424-7010;

CLASSICMOTORCYCLEDAY.ORG

MOTOCROSS

MAY 22 (S,Y): EASTON: 2 DAY EVENT: MIDDLE

ATLANTIC MOTOCROSS, RUTH ANN BENSON;

6 AM; 7050 BAKER LANDING RD /DELMARVA

MX PARK; (410) 375-1059; MAMAMX.COM

MAY 30 (S): BUDDS CREEK: INDOOR; 2 DAY

EVENT: BUDDS CREEK MOTOCROSS PAR,

JONATHAN E BEASLEY; 6 AM; BUDDS CREEK

MX PARK /27963 BUDDS CREEK RD; (301) 481-

6148; BUDDSCREEK.COM

MASSACHuSETTS

duAL SPORT RidE

MAY 23 (R): NEW BOSTON: BERKSHIRE

TRAIL RIDERS AS, CHRIS; 9 AM; TUCKERS

RESTAURANT /1 MI S OF INT RTS 8 & 57; (860)

483-0945; MUDSLINGER.ORG

HiLLCLiMB

MAY 2 (S,T,Y): MONSON: QUABOAG RIDERS

INC, RONALD J GUERTIN; 8 AM; KING

AVE /RT 32 TO KING AVE; (413) 267-4414;

QUABOAGRIDERS.COM

OBSERvEd TRiALS

MAY 23 (S,Y): BRIMFIELD: SPRINGFIELD

MOTORCYCLE CL, STEVE TOUGIAS; 7 AM;

SMC PROPERTY #219 WARREN RD; (413)

530-4617

MiCHiGAn

POKER Run

MAY 2 (R): NORTON SHORES: MUSKEGON

MOTORCYCLE CLUB, RUSS HANSON; 9

AM; 5803 LAKE HARBOR/MT GARFIELD /US

31/PONTALUNA RD/WEST; (231) 726-6937;


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BIKE BLESSING

MAY 16 (R): BALDWIN: PARA-DICE MC, CAROL

SCHANTZ; 9 AM; BALDWIN AIRPORT /M 37;

(616) 530-3827;

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK

MAY 29 (S,T,Y): ADRIAN: BOULIS RACING,

ETHEL M BOULIS; 12 PM; LENAWEE COUNTY

FAIRGROUNDS; (810) 686-7083;

SHORT TRACK

MAY 22 (S,T): DEFORD: LUCKY THUMB MC,

GENELDA STOLZMAN; 8 AM; 7394 BEVENS RD

/3 MI N OF M46 & M53/2 MI W; (989) 635-2282;


ETHEL M BOULIS; 12 PM; LENAWEE COUNTY

FAIRGROUNDS; (810) 686-7083;

SCRAMBLES

MAY 23 (S,T): DEFORD: LUCKY THUMB MC,

GENELDA STOLZMAN; 8 AM; 7394 BEVENS RD

/3 MI N OF M46 & M53/2 MI W; (989) 635-2282;


ETHEL M BOULIS; LENAWEE COUNTY

FAIRGROUNDS; (810) 686-7083;

MOTOCROSS

MAY 1 (S,T,Y): PORTLAND: PORTLAND

TRAIL RIDERS, LUKE T ADAMS; 7 AM;

11999 SANDBORN RD /4 MI S OF TOWN

ON CHARLOTTE HWY; (517) 547-7045;

PORTLANDTRAILRIDERS.COM






MAY 8 (S,Y): BELDING: GRATTAN

RACEWAY MOTOCROSS, MIKE FAASEN;

7 AM; 7201 LESSITER; (616) 691-7221;

GRATTANRACEWAYMX.COM

MAY 9 (S,T,Y): CADILLAC: CADILLAC

MOTORCYCLE CLUB, RICK AUGUSTSON; 7

AM; 3747 S 39 RD, PO BOX 236 /.25 MI N OF

34 RD (BOON RD) ON 39 RD; (231) 884-3729;

CADILLACMC.COM

MAY 9 (S,Y): BELDING: GRATTAN

RACEWAY MOTOCROSS, SAM FAASEN;

7 AM; 7201 LESSITER; (616) 691-7221;

GRATTANRACEWAYMX.COM

MAY 15 (S,T): MAY 16 (S,T,Y): BRONSON: JB

MX MOTORSPORTS, JEFF BEERBOWER;

7 AM; LOG ROAD MX PARK /I-69 EX 13/W

10 MI TO LOG RD/S 1.5 MI; (419) 636-5430;

LOGROADMX.COM

MAY 15 (S,Y): NEWAYGO: 2 DAY EVENT:

BIG AIR MOTOCROSS, MATT POWERS; 7

AM; 1262 SPRING DRIVE; (231) 652-5225;

BIGAIRMOTOCROSS.COM

MAY 16 (S,Y): MILLINGTON: BULLDOG RIDERS

M/C, DOUG EVANS; 7 AM; 9113 BELSAY RD

/I-75 BIRCH RUN RD/E TO BELSEY RD; (248)

284-5570; BULLDOGMX.COM

MAY 22 (S,Y): MAY 23 (S,Y): BLOOMINGDALE:

QUALIFIER; DUTCH SPORT PARK, DREXEL

AKIN; 6:30 AM; 13566 CR 665 /5 MI N OF

GLENDALE (M43) ON CR665; (269) 683-4418;

DUTCHSPORTPARKMX.COM

MAY 23 (S): MIDLAND: POLKA DOTS M/C,

THOMAS WOODS; 7 AM; 760 W BROOKS RD

/8 MI N OF M46 OR 5 MI S OF M20; (989) 832-

8284; POLKADOTSMC.NET

MAY 29 (S,T,Y): MAY 30 (S,T,Y): BRONSON: JB

MX MOTORSPORTS, JEFF A BEERBOWER;

7 AM; LOG ROAD MX PARK /I-69 EX 13/W

10 MI TO LOG RD/S 1.5 MI; (419) 636-5430;

LOGROADMX.COM

HARE SCRAMBLES






MAY 23 (S,T,Y): BATTLE CREEK: BATTLE

CREEK MOTORCYCLE C, BYRON KIRBY;

6 AM; CLBGRNDS/21758 WAUBASCON

RD /HELMER N TO MORGAN/E TO

WAUBESCON/N 3 MI; (269) 660-1613;

BATTLECREEKMOTORCYCLECLUB.COM

OBSERVED TRIALS

MAY 16 (S,Y): FLUSHING: MICHIGAN ONTARIO

TRIALS A, JEFF POLLACK; 9 AM;; (248) 583-

1437; MOTATRIALS.ORG

MAY 23 (S,Y): WHITMORE LAKE: MICHIGAN

ONTARIO TRIALS A, CRAIG BOARDMAN; 9 AM;

(517) 849-9231; MOTATRIALS.ORG

DRAG RACES

MAY 15 (S): MARTIN: 2 DAY EVENT: AMA

DRAGBIKE, BRANDI NEITHAMER; 9 AM;

US 131 MTRSPTS PK /US 131 EX 55/BET

KALAMAZOO & GRAND RAPIDS; (513) 943-

9700; AMADRAGBIKE.COM

MINNESOTA

TRAIL RIDE

MAY 22 (R,T,Y): THEILMAN: 2 DAY EVENT:

GOLDEN EAGLES CYCLE CLUB, THOMAS

A EARLY; 8 AM; COUNTY RD 4 SOUTH TO

WHIPPOORWILL CAMPGROUND; (715) 307-

0936; GOLDENEAGLESMC.ORG

ROAD RUN

MAY 15 (R): MANKATO: KATO CYCLE CLUB,

JOHN E WINCH; 11:30 AM; 19836 539TH

LANE /7 MI S OF TOWN; (507) 381-4708;

KATOCYCLECLUB.COM

MOTOCROSS

MAY 1 (S,Y): KELLOGG: VINTAGE; MOTOKAZIE

INC, LEE M THEIS; 6:30 AM; 58374 HWY 42 /

ON HWY 42 BETWEEN PLAINVIEW & KELLOGG

MN; (952) 244-9996; MOTOKAZIE.COM

MAY 2 (S,Y): MAY 30 (S,Y): MAY 31 (S,Y):

MILLVILLE: HI WINDERS, JOHN C MARTIN;

SPRING CREEK MX PARK /63633 298TH AVE/9

MI E OF HWY 63 ON HWY60; (507) 753-2779;

SPRINGCREEKMX.COM

MAY 2 (S,Y): MAY 9 (V,Y): MAY 16 (S,Y): BROOK

PARK: BERM BENDERS RACEWAY, KURT

CASWELL; 6:30 AM; 2393 SHERWOOD ST /

HWY 23E 8 MI TO SHERWOOD ST CR 68N;

(320) 679-2582; BERMBENDERS.COM

MAY 2 (S,Y): MAY 16 (S,Y): MAY 23 (V,Y):

BROOKSTON: ECHO VALLEY MOTOCROSS

PAR, TERI LUND; 6:30 AM; 4650 LAVOY RD /10

MI W OF HWY 33 ON HWY2/MILE MARKER 235;

(218) 348-4754; ECHOVALLEYMOTOCROSS.

COM

MAY 2 (V,Y): MAY 9 (S,Y): KELLOGG:

MOTOKAZIE INC, LEE M THEIS; 6:30 AM; 58374

HWY 42 /ON HWY 42 BETWEEN PLAINVIEW &

KELLOGG MN; (952) 492-2090; MOTOKAZIE.

COM

MAY 16 (V,Y): CAMBRIDGE: RTW RACE

PROMOTIONS, JEFF OLDENBURG; 7 AM; HWY

95 & HWY 47 /HWY 95 TO HWY 47 N 1 1/2 MI

ON LEFT; (320) 980-4428; OAKHILLMX.COM

MAY 16 (S): MAZEPPA: HURRICANE HILLS MX

PARK I, JEFFERY GRAY; 6:30 AM; 43560 232ND

AVE /6 MI E OF ZUMBROTA ON CR10 TO 232ND

AVE; (507) 843-5154; HURRICANEHILLS.COM

MAY 22 (S,Y): LITTLE FALLS: QUALIFIER;

RM PROMOTIONS, DALE KEDLEC;

15575 HAWTHORN RD; (612) 919-3457;

MOTOCITYRACEWAY.COM

MAY 23 (S,Y): MANKATO: MOTOKAZIE INC, LEE

M THEIS; 6:30 AM; 44.117663,-94.114499 /169S

THRU MANKATO, LT ON 169S LT ON 539TH LN;

(952) 601-1169; MOTOKAZIE.COM

MAY 23 (S,Y): LITTLE FALLS: QUALIFIER;

RM PROMOTIONS, DALE KADLEC;

15575 HAWTHORN RD; (612) 919-3457;

MOTOCITYRACEWAY.COM

MAY 30 (S,Y): CAMBRIDGE: 2 DAY EVENT: RTW

RACE PROMOTIONS, JEFF OLDENBURG; 7

AM; HWY 95 & HWY 47 /HWY 95 TO HWY 47 N

1 1/2 MI ON LEFT; (320) 980-4428; OAKHILLMX.

COM

MAY 30 (V): MAZEPPA: 2 DAY EVENT:

HURRICANE HILLS MX PARK I, JEFFERY

GRAY; 6:30 AM; 43560 232ND AVE /6 MI E OF

ZUMBROTA ON CR10 TO 232ND AVE; (507)

843-5154; HURRICANEHILLS.COM

HARE SCRAMBLES

MAY 2 (S,Y): MONTICELLO: NORSEMEN

MOTORCYCLE CLUB, JAY S WAALEN; 8 AM;

9842 BRIARWOOD AVE NE /HWY 25 S. OFF 194

RT ON CHELSEA RD LT CR39,LT; (763) 263-

9835; NORSEMENMC.ORG

MAY 16 (S,T,Y): MILLVILLE: HI WINDERS, JOHN

C MARTIN; SPRING CREEK MX PARK /63633

298TH AVE/9 MI E OF HWY 63 ON HWY60;

(507) 753-2779; SPRINGCREEKMX.COM

OBSERVED TRIALS

MAY 16 (S,Y): MANKATO: UPPER MIDWEST

TRIALS ASSO, GORDON BOGGIE; 9 AM; 49624

OLD RIVER BLUFF RD; (952) 881-9427; UMTA.

ORG

MAY 29 (S,Y): MAY 30 (S,Y): THEILMAN: UPPER

MIDWEST TRIALS ASSO, GORDON BOGGIE; 9

AM; COUNTY RD 4 SOUTH TO WHIPPOORWILL

CAMPGROUND; (952) 881-9427; UMTA.ORG

MISSOURI

ENDURO

MAY 16 (S,Y): PARK HILLS: NATIONAL;

MISSOURI MUDDERS, MICHAEL SILGER; 6:30

AM; ST JOE ORV PARK /I-55S/HWY 67S/HWY

32W/1 MI; (636) 639-6373; MOMUDDERS.COM

NEVADA

MOTOCROSS

MAY 7 (G,Y): LAS VEGAS: SOURCE INTERLINK

MEDIA, BECKY KOONS; 9 AM; ORLEANS

ARENA 4500 TROPICANA /MINI MOTO SX; (817)

246-6751; MINIMOTOSX.COM


GRAND PRIX

MAY 1 (S,T,Y): PRIM: 2 DAY EVENT: SUNLAND

SHAMROCKS, RONALD G MAAS; 6 AM;

BUFFALO BILLS; (818) 767-4594;

ARENA CROSS

MAY 8 (M,Y): LAS VEGAS: NATIONAL; 2 DAY

EVENT: FELD MOTOR SPORTS, JAYME

DALSING; 6:30 AM; SAM BOYD STADIUM; (800)

216-7482; ARENACROSS.COM

MAY 9 (M,Y): LAS VEGAS: FELD MOTOR

SPORTS, JAYME DALSING; SAM BOYD

STADIUM; (800) 216-7482; ARENACROSS.COM

NEW HAMPSHIRE

MOTOCROSS

MAY 15 (S,Y): WINCHESTER: QUALIFIER;

WINCHESTER SPEEDPARK, SUZANEE

BOISVERT; 4 PM; WINCHESTER SPEEDPARK

/517 KEENE RD; (603) 239-6406;

WINCHESTERSPEEDPARK.COM

MAY 16 (S,Y): WINCHESTER: QUALIFIER;

WINCHESTER SPEEDPARK, SUZANNE

BOISVERT; WINCHESTER SPEEDPARK

/517 KEENE RD; (603) 239-6406;

WINCHESTERSPEEDPARK.COM

NEW JERSEY

POKER RUN

MAY 8 (R): FLANDERS: ROCKAWAY FLORHAM

PARK ROT, GEORGE BERRY; 10 AM; 272

EMMANS RD/PIG ROAST AFTER /RT 206/E

RT613/L ON HILLSIDE/L ON EMMANS; (973)

627-9337; FLORHAMPARKROTARY.ORG

ROAD RALLY

MAY 30 (R): BRIDGEWATER: DAWN PATROL

MOTORCYCLE CL, PATRICIA GORGI; ROBERT

ST /OLD YORK RD/BRADLEY GARDENS

SECTION; (908) 722-4664; DAWNPATROLMC.

ORG

HARE SCRAMBLES

MAY 1 (U): MAY 2 (S,Y): DORCHESTER:

NATIONAL; TRI-COUNTY SPORTSMEN MC

I, DENNIS MCKELVEY; 6 AM; HUNTERS MILL

RD /BTWN CR548 & RT347; (609) 390-3772;

TEAMHAMMER.ORG

ENDURO

MAY 23 (S): CHATSWORTH: PINE BARONS

ENDURO RIDERS, PETER LANGE; HEDGER

HOUSE /RT 563; (609) 654-6300;

NEW MEXICO

ROAD RUN

MAY 23 (R): ALBUQUERQUE: CHARITY;:

PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK;

8 AM; JOURNAL PAVILION /I-25 S OF I-40/5601

UNIVERSITY BLVD SE; (800) 253-6530;

RIDEFORKIDS.ORG

ROAD RALLY

MAY 20 (R): RUIDOSO: 4 DAY EVENT: GOLDEN

ASPEN RALLY ASSN I, PATRIC PEARSON;

8 AM; CONVENTION CENTER /111 SIERRA

BLANCA DR/OFF HWY 48N; (800) 452-8045;

MOTORCYCLERALLY.COM

NEW YORK

ROAD RUN

MAY 23 (R): LIDO BEACH: MARCH OF

DIMES-NY LONG IS, LINDA SHAPIRO; 6

AM; TOWN PARK POINT LOOKOUT /LOOP

PARKWAY TO LIDO BEACH; (516) 496-8198;

BIKERSFORBABIES.ORG

MAY 29 (R): MELVILLE: IDONTKNOW MC,

GERRY DOUGLASS; 6 AM; PARK & RIDE /

NORTH SERVICE RD/LIE 495; (641) 715-3900;

IDONTKNOWMC.COM

ROAD ENDURO

MAY 2 (R): OAKDALE: CROSS ISLAND M.C.,

ROBERT GOLDMAN; 9 AM; 4030 SUNRISE

HWY /FORMULA ONE MOTORSPORTS, 10AM

KEY TIME; (917) 679-2488; CROSSISLANDMC.

NET

DICE RUN

MAY 2 (R): GOWANDA: ZOAR VALLEY RIDERS

M/C, KATHY PARENT; 10:30 AM; GOWANDA

HARLEY /2535 ZOAR RD; (716) 338-2623;

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK

MAY 1 (S,T,Y): MAY 15 (S,T,Y): PORT CRANE:

SQUARE DEAL RIDERS M/C, CRAIG

ESTELLE; 2 PM; 163 ALLEN RD /EX 5 I-88

RT 7 W TO ALLEN RD; (607) 206-5494;

SQUAREDEALRIDERS.COM

SHORT TRACK

MAY 16 (S,T,Y): PATTERSONVILLE: ELECTRIC

CITY RIDERS, FRANK J CARPINELLO; 8

AM; INDIAN LOOKOUT COUNTRY CLUB

/1142 BATTER STREET; (518) 542-2144;

ELECTRICCITYRIDERS.COM

MOTOCROSS

MAY 2 (S,T,Y): NEW BERLIN: ROBINSON

ENTERPRISES, LLC, JILL ROBINSON;

UNADILLA MX 5986 ST HWY 8 /ST HWY 8,

30 MINS. SOUTH OF UTICA; (607) 965-8784;

UNADILLAMX.COM

MAY 8 (S,T,Y): MAY 9 (M,T,Y): MAY 22 (S,Y): MAY

23 (S,Y): RICHFORD: BROOME TIOGA SPORTS

CENTE, TOM HURD; 7 AM; 50 SHAFFER

RD /I-81 EX 8/RT 79W 8 MI; (607) 849-4438;

BROOME-TIOGA.COM

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): MAPLE VIEW: SMX

ASSOCIATES LLC, ALBERT MORGAN; 7 AM;

3098 ST RT 11 /SEE WEBSITE; (315) 374-1524;

MOTOMASTERS.COM

MAY 30 (S,T): CAROGA LAKE: 2 DAY EVENT:

ROYAL MOUNTAIN SKI AREA, JIM BLAISE;

3072 RT 10; (518) 835-6445; ROYALMOUNTAIN.

COM

HARE SCRAMBLES

MAY 2 (S,T,Y): VAN ETTEN: DREAM RIDERS,

JAMES STEINER; 12 PM; 1022 LANGFORD CK

RD /20 MILES S OF ITHACA; (607) 589-6337;

OBSERVED TRIALS

MAY 2 (S,Y): ELMIRA: AMA-DIST 4 TRIALS

COMMITT, REGAN FAUGHT; 10 AM; 147 CLARK

HOLLOW RD; (607) 732-3027;

MAY 16 (S,Y): BOLIVAR: AMA-DIST 4 TRIALS

COMMITT, RICH FREER; 10 AM; 1100 WHITES

HILL RD #2; (716) 372-4576;

MAY 23 (S,Y): LANSING: AMA-DIST 4 TRIALS

COMMITT, MIKE CHISMAN; 10 AM; 1060

SALMON CREEK RD; (479) 739-6631;

NORTH CAROLINA

ROAD RUN

MAY 2 (R): PITTSBORO: CHARITY;: PEDIATRIC

BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8 AM;

WHITE OAK RECREATION AREA /OFF US64

1/2 MI E OF LAKE BRIDGE; (800) 253-6530;

RIDEFORKIDS.ORG

ROAD RALLY

MAY 28 (R): SPARTA: 4 DAY EVENT:

MOTORCYCLE SPORT TOURING, JANET

CAMPBELL; ALLEGHANY INN; (888) 372-2501;

MOTOCROSS

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): IRON STATION: IRON STATION

MOTORSPORTS, STACY LANE; 3636 E HWY

27 /INT HWYS 27E & 73; (704) 735-9132;

TOPGUNMX.NET

MAY 30 (S,T,Y): ELLERBE: WINDY HILL

SPORTS, JOE USSERY; 6 AM; 2782 US HWY

220N /3 MI N OF TOWN; (910) 895-4387;

WINDYHILLSPORTSMX.COM

HARE SCRAMBLES

MAY 8 (V,Y): MAY 9 (S,Y): YADKINVILLE: RACER

PRODUCTIONS INC, RITA COOMBS; (304) 284-

0084; RACERPRODUCTIONS.COM

OHIO

ROAD RUN

MAY 16 (R): AKRON: GREATER AKRON

MOTORCYCLE, PAT TENNEY; 10 AM; 1540

SMITH RD; (330) 655-2525;

POKER RUN

MAY 2 (R): GREENVILLE: TREATY CITY

MOTORCYCLE CL, DAN R KNECHT; 12 PM;

CLBGRNDS/7270 MOTORCYCLE DR /3.5 MI

NW OF TOWN OFF SR 571; (937) 548-7197;

TREATYCITYMC.COM

MAY 2 (R): PORTSMOUTH: PORTSMOUTH

CYCLING CLUB, ALAN F ODLE; 11

AM; CLUBHOUSE/101 FRONT ST /

(AT END OF STREET); (740) 352-7200;

PORTSMOUTHCYCLEINGCLUB.COM

ADVENTURE RIDE

MAY 22 (R): ZALESKI: NATIONAL;: 2 DAY

EVENT: BUCKEYE DUAL SPORTERS, WILLIAM

A KAEPPNER; 7 AM; LAKE HOPE STATE PARK

/1.25 MI N OF LOGAN ON SR33; (740) 380-3050;

KAEPPNERSWOODS.COM

DUAL SPORT RIDE

MAY 22 (R): ZALESKI: NATIONAL;: 2 DAY

EVENT: BUCKEYE DUAL SPORTERS, WILLIAM

A KAEPPNER; 7 AM; LAKE HOPE STATE PARK

/1.25 MI N OF LOGAN ON SR33; (740) 380-3050;

.KAEPPNERSWOODS.COM

MOTOCROSS

MAY 1 (S,Y): MAY 2 (S,Y): MILLFIELD:

QUALIFIER; RUSSELL RACING INC, CARRIE

RUSSELL; SUNDAY CREEK RACEWAY /RT 13N

(FROM ATHENS) TO JACKSONVILLE; (304) 284-

0084; SUNDAYCREEKRACEWAY.COM

MAY 2 (S,Y): MAY 23 (S,Y): DAYTON: DAYTON

MOTORCYCLE CLUB IN, KEVIN LOONEY;

3515 STONY HOLLOW RD /I-75/35W/S

GETTYSBURG RD/LEFT; (937) 263-9321;

DAYTONMC.COM

MAY 9 (S,T,Y): BLANCHESTER: DIRT

COUNTRY, CYNTHIA KING; 6901 RT 133 /3.5

MI S OF TOWN ON RT 133; (513) 625-7350;

DIRTCOUNTRYMX.COM

MAY 15 (S,T,Y): NELSONVILLE: FAST TRAXX

PROMOTIONS LLC, SHAWNA BICKLEY; 8 AM;

5999 WARREN DR /BTWN ATHENS & TOWN

ON RT 33; (740) 767-3740; FASTTRAXXRACING.

COM

MAY 16 (S,Y): GREENVILLE: TREATY CITY

MOTORCYCLE CL, DAN R KNECHT; 7 AM;

CLBGRNDS/7270 MOTORCYCLE DR /3.5 MI

NW OF TOWN OFF SR 571; (937) 548-7197;

TREATYCITYMC.COM

MAY 30 (S,T,Y): SUGAR GROVE: CENTRAL

OHIO COMPETITION, JANET FOUT; 6 AM; 9171

BUCKEYE RD /6 MI E OF LANCASTER/LEFT AT

LIGHT; (740) 983-3937; COCRMX.COM

MAY 31 (S,T,Y): MARYSVILLE: AMERICAN

MOTOSPORTS LLC, MATTHEW D EASTMAN; 7

AM; 24400 YEARSLEY RD /FROM MARYSVILLE

TO SR 31N TO SR 347 W; (937) 358-2427;

AMERICANMX.COM

HARE SCRAMBLES

MAY 30 (S,T,Y): LITTLE HOCKING: WILDWOOD

LAKE RACEWAY, BRENT WINDLAND; 7 AM;

2392 WILDWOOD LAKE RD /SR50/7 TO SR555

TO WELCH RD TO WILDWOOD LAKE; (740)

989-2866; WILDWOODLAKERACEWAY.COM

ENDURO

MAY 30 (S): WELLSTON: APPALACHIAN DIRT

RIDERS I, WILLIAM DEPUE; 10 AM; JAYMAR/

JOLLY MINE /5 MI E OF TOWN ON SR 32; (740)

384-6379; ADROHIO.ORG

GRAND PRIX

MAY 1 (S,T,Y): LOGAN: FIVE BROTHERS

RACEWAY, MARCIE WESSELHOEFT; 7

AM; 5207 SR312 /SR33 TO SR 93/N TO

SUTTON RD/TURN RIGHT; (740) 385-3532;

FIVEBROTHERSRACE.COM

MAY 2 (S,T,Y): ATHENS: DYNAMIC

PROMOTIONS LTD, WILLIAM W ALLEN; 8 AM;

3252 FISHER RD /SEE WEBSITE; (740) 593-

6704; DYNAMICPROMOTIONSRACING.COM

MAY 9 (S,T,Y): MAY 23 (S): ATHENS: ACTION

SPORTS PROMOTIONS, DREW WOLFE; 8 AM;

SALEM RD /SEE WEBSITE; (740) 594-6686;

ACTIONSPORTSRACING.COM

MAY 15 (S,T,Y): NELSONVILLE: FAST TRAXX

PROMOTIONS LLC, SHAWNA BICKLEY; 8 AM;

5999 WARREN DR /BTWN ATHENS & TOWN ON

RT 33; (740) 767-3740; FASTTRAXXRACING.COM

MAY 16 (S,T): ATHENS: ATHENS MOTORCYCLE

CLUB, JIM C BARNHART; 7 AM; 13426

DUTCH CREEK RD /RT 550 TURN RIGHT ON

DUTCHCREEK 1.6 MILES; (740) 541-2095;

ATHENSMOTORCYCLECLUB.COM

MAY 29 (S,T,Y): LOGAN: FIVE BROTHERS

RACEWAY, MARIE WESSELHOEFT; 7

AM; 5207 SR312 /SR33 TO SR 93/N TO

SUTTON RD/TURN RIGHT; (740) 385-3532;

FIVEBROTHERSRACE.COM

OKLAHOMA

ROAD RUN

MAY 23 (R): TULSA: CHARITY;: PEDIATRIC

BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8 AM;

TULSA HEALTH DEPARTMENT /5051 S 129TH

EAST AVE; (800) 253-6530; RIDEFORKIDS.ORG

OBSERVED TRIALS

MAY 1 (S): TISHOMINGO: NATIONAL; 2 DAY

EVENT: TEXHOMA TRIALS CLUB, ROBERT

SHAW; 7200 ROCK CREEK RD /SEE WEBSITE;

(580) 504-6750; TEXHOMATRIALSCLUB.COM

OREGON

ROAD ENDURO

MAY 8 (R): PORTLAND: ROSE CITY

MOTORCYCLE CLUB, CHAR L MESSINGER;

4:30 AM; WD JACKSON ARMORY /6255 NE

CORNFOOT RD; (503) 706-3969; ROSE-CITY-

MC.ORG

REC POKER RUN

MAY 1 (R): BEND: CENTRAL OREGON

MOTORCYCLE, DAVE SLAGHT; 7 AM; E FORT

ROCK OHV STAGING AREA /HWY 20/20 MI E

OF TOWN/R ON PAVED RD 23 TO 25; (541) 546-

6462; COMACCLUB.ORG

PENNSYLVANIA

POKER RUN - OFF-ROAD

MAY 30 (R,T,Y): MARKLEYSBURG:

BRADDOCK’S TRAIL RACEWAY, HEATHER

SAVAGE; 10 AM; 4834 NATIONAL PIKE /

GPS: 39.770894,-79.48028; (724) 880-5416;

BRADDOCKSTROADRACEWAY.COM

ROAD RUN

MAY 8 (R): HORSHAM: MOTORCYCLISTS

FOR JESUS M, FREDERICK MCCLINCY;

9:30 AM; NEBRASA BRAZILIAN STEAK

HOUSE /RT 611 ACROSS FROM WILLOW

GROVE NAVAL STATION; (215) 260-4957;

MJMCALVARYRIDERS.COM

MAY 31 (R): LEBANON: LEBANON VALLEY

MOTORCYCLE, HENRIETTA STEINER; 9 AM;

LEBANON VALLEY MC /11 S 22 ST; (717) 270-

9797; LEBANONVALLEYMC.COM

POKER RUN

MAY 2 (R): LYNC: GENTLEMEN MC

SPORTSMEN, DEAN VITATOE; 9 AM; GMC

CLUB GROUNDS /10 MI SOUTH OF LYNC, RT

272 SOUTH; (717) 285-3710;

MAY 8 (R): LEBANON: MOTOR MAIDS-PA

CHAPTER, DIANE RUMBEL; 4 PM; LEBANON

VALLEY MC /11 S 22 ST; (570) 889-5114;

PAWNYMOTORMAIDS.COM

MAY 9 (R): MARIETTA: AMERICAN LEGION

RIDERS PA, SAM BRINTON; 11 AM; 19 S GAY

ST /CALL FOR DIRECTIONS; (717) 898-0871;

MAY 9 (R): RED HILL: FREEDOM RIDERS

MOTORCYCLE, WAYNE STUMP; 10 AM; CLUB

HOUSE/331 6TH ST /RT 29 TO SIXTH ST; (215)

679-4766; FREEDOMRIDERS.COM

MAY 16 (R): YORK: YORK MOTORCYCLE CLUB,

JERRY MYERS; 9 AM; 2333 WHITEFORD RD

/83-30E MT ZINN RD(NORTH) WHITEFORD

RD(LF); (717) 755-1311; YORKMOTORCYCLE.

COM

MAY 16 (R): KRESGEVILLE: ZINC CITY MC,

PHYLLIS KRESGE; 11 AM; ZC CLUBGROUNDS

/1 MI SO. OF KRESGEVILLE ON ROUTE 209;

(610) 681-9903; ZINCCITYMC.ORG

MAY 16 (R): COLUMBIA: THUNDERBIRD

MOTORCYCLE CL, SAM BRINTON; 10 AM; 1472

HABECKER RD /CALL FOR DIRECTIONS; (717)

898-0871;

MAY 16 (R): NORRISTOWN: H.O.G.-PA VALLEY

FORGE CH, JERRY N RHODES; 1217 S

TROOPER RD; (610) 666-5122;

MAY 30 (R): SCHUYLKILL HAVE: SCHUYLKILL

COUNTY MOTORCY, BEVERLY A MILLER; 9

AM; 958 SCHUYLKILL MTN RD /E OFF 183;

(570) 385-1460; SCHUYLKILLCOUNTY

MOTORCYCLECLUB.COM

DUAL SPORT RIDE

MAY 16 (R): LAWTON: BACK MOUNTAIN

ENDURO RIDE, MARTY NOON; 5 PM; ALLEN

FARM /.8 MI OF JNCT RTS 267N & 706E; (570)

675-1814; BMER.ORG

ROAD RALLY

MAY 21 (R): SOMERSET: 2 DAY EVENT:

CONCOURS OWNERS GROUP INC, GUY B

YOUNG II; 7 AM; 215 RAMADA ROAD/QUALITY

INN; COG-ONLINE.ORG

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK

MAY 15 (S,T,Y): MECHANICSBURG:

SHIPPENSBURG MC, DARRYL BAER; 8 AM;

600 COLONIAL VIEW RD /SHIOPPENSBURG

SPEEDWAY; (717) 796-0294;

MAY 30 (S,T): SPRING RUN: NATIONAL; TWO

WHEEL PROMOTIONS, VICKI FLOWERS; 10

AM; 17911 DRY RUN RD W /PA TURNPIKE EX

189 RT 75 N, 641 W TO DRY REIN; (717) 368-

5902; PATHVALLEY.COMSHORT TRACK

MAY 2 (S,T,Y): MECHANICSBURG:

SHIPPENSBURG MC, DARRYL BAER; 9 AM;

600 COLONIAL VIEW RD /SHIOPPENSBURG

SPEEDWAY; (717) 796-0294;

MAY 29 (S): SPRING RUN: NATIONAL; TWO

WHEEL PROMOTIONS, VICKI FLOWERS; 3 PM;

17911 DRY RUN RD W /PA TURNPIKE EX 189

RT 75 N, 641 W TO DRY REIN; (717) 368-5902;

PATHVALLEY.COM

SCRAMBLES

MAY 9 (S,Y): PARKESBURG: E PA PISTON

POPPERS MC IN, CURT WISE; 8 AM; RT

30 W END COATESVILLE/DOWNINGTON

BYPASS; (484) 336-9160; MYSPACE.COM/

PISTONPOPPERS

MAY 21 (S,T,Y): BIRDSBORO: 2 DAY EVENT:

PAGODA MOTORCYCLE CLUB, RANDY

KASTLE; 7 AM; 441 RED LANE /422 TO 82 TO

LINCOLN RD TO RED LANE; (610) 582-3717;

PAGODAMOTORCYCLECLUB.COM

MAY 29 (S,T): SPRING RUN: NATIONAL; TWO

WHEEL PROMOTIONS, VICKI FLOWERS; 9 AM;

17911 DRY RUN RD W /PA TURNPIKE EX 189

RT 75 N, 641 W TO DRY REIN; (717) 368-5902;

PATHVALLEY.COM

MOTOCROSS

MAY 2 (S,T,Y): CLIFFORD: HURRICANE HILLS

MOTORSPOR, JOE FRITZ; 200 RTE 106 /RT81

EX206,374E TO 106E TRACK 3 MI ON R; (570)

222-9290; HHMOTOCROSS.COM

MAY 2 (S,Y): MAY 16 (S,Y): SHIPPENSBURG:

DOUBLIN GAP MX PARK INC, RODNEY

YENTZER; 8 AM; 100 REASNER LANE /6 MILES

NORTH OF DOWNTOWN SHIPPENSBURG;

(717) 249-6036; DOUBLINGAP.COM

MAY 2 (V): PINE GROVE: DUTCHMEN MX PARK,

LLC., ROBERT PAPP; 7 AM; DMX/670 ROCK RD

/3 MI E OF TOWN ON RT 895; (570) 573-9800;

DUTCHMENMXPARK.COM

MAY 2 (S,T,Y): MAY 16 (S,T,Y): MAY 16 (M):

DELMONT: BELLCO INC, RITA COOMBS;

STEEL CITY RACEWAY /JCT COUNTY

RD & THORN RUN RD; (304) 284-0084;

RACERPRODUCTIONS.COM

MAY 7 (S,T,Y): MAY 21 (S,T,Y): LATROBE: MX



MUSEUM EXHIBITS

AMA MoTorcyclE HAll of fAME

MUSEUM MotorcycleMuseuM.org

The Hall of Fame is located on the AMA campus

in Pickerington, Ohio, and is open 9 a.m. to

5 p.m. seven days a week. Closed: Easter,

Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.

MotoStars: celebrities + Motorcycles:

Priceless machines, memorabilia and tales

from celebrities’ favorite adventures. On

display through April 2010.

Awesome-Ness: The life and art of Arlen Ness:

King of Choppers.

AMA Motorcycle Hall of fame: Recognizing

those who have made significant contributions

to all aspects of motorcycling.

founder’s Hall: Honoring the Hall of Fame’s

generous contributors.

AMA Pro rAcING

AMA SUPErcroSS cHAMPIoNSHIP

SErIES supercrossonline.coM

April 17: St. louis: Edward Jones Dome,

TicketMaster.com, (800) 745-3000

April 24: Seattle: Quest Field, TicketMaster.

com, (206) 381-7500

May 1: Salt lake city: Rice-Eccles Stadium,

TicketMaster.com, (801) 581-UTIX

May 8: las Vegas, Nev.: Sam Boyd Stadium,

TicketMaster.com, (702) 895-3761

AMA Pro SUPErBIkE cHAMPIoNSHIP

AMAprorAcing.coM

May 14-16: Sonoma, calif.: Infineon Raceway

June 4-6: Elkhart lake, Wis.: Road America

July 16-18: lexington, ohio: Mid-Ohio Sports

Car Course

July 23-25: Monterey, calif.: Mazda Raceway

Laguna Seca

Aug. 13-15: Alton, Va.: Virginia International

Raceway

Sept. 3-5: Millville, N.J.: New Jersey

Motorsports Park

Sept. 24-26: Birmingham, Ala.: Barber

Motorsports Park

lUcAS oIl AMA Pro MoTocroSS

cHAMPIoNSHIP MXsportsprorAcing.coM

May 22: rancho cordova, calif.: Hangtown

Motocross Classic

May 29: San Bernardino, cailf.: Glen Helen

Raceway

June 5: Wortham, Texas: Freestone Raceway

June 12: Mt. Morris, Pa.: High Point Raceway

June 19: Mechanicsville, Md.: Budds Creek

Motocross

June 26: lakewood, colo.: Thunder Valley

Motocross

July 3: Buchanan, Mich.: RedBud

July 17: Milleville, Minn.: Spring Creek Motocross

July 24: Washougal, Wash.: Washougal Motocross

Aug. 14: New Berlin, N.y.: Unadilla

Aug. 28: Southwick, Mass.: Moto-X 338

Sept. 4: Delmont, Pa.: Steel City Raceway

AMA Pro flAT TrAck cHAMPIoNSHIP AMAprorAcing.coM

May 1: Prescott, Ariz.: Yavapai Downs Mile

May 29: Springfield, Ill.: Springfield TT, Illinois State Fairgrounds

May 30: Springfield, Ill.: Springfield Mile I, Illinois State Fairgrounds

June 5: Gas city, Ind.: Gas City Short Track, Gas City I-69 Speedway

PRODUCTIONS, GEORGE TESLOVICH; 5

PM; 5114 PLEASANT UNITY RD /RT 981 S.

PAST AIR PORT 2 MILES; (724) 322-0415;

LATROBEMOTORSPORTS.COM

MAY 8 (S,T,Y): ELKLAND: 2 DAY EVENT:

MILES MOUNTAIN MX, PHILLIP EGLESTON;

6 AM; 446 RIVER ST; (814) 258-5593;

MILESMOUNTAINMX.COM

MAY 9 (S,Y): FREDERICKSBURG: SLEEPY

HOLLOW MOTO CROSS, ERIC SWARR;

SLEEPY HOLLOW MOTO CROSS PARK /2

MILES E OF FREDERICKSBURG US ROUTE 22

EAST; (717) 653-4830; SLEEPYMX.COM

MAY 9 (S,T,Y): JOHNSTOWN: PLEASURE

VALLEY RACEWAY, JEFF M CERNIC; 6 AM; 500

COOPER AVE; PVRMX.COM

MAY 16 (S,T,Y): MAY 30 (V,Y): CLIFFORD:

HURRICANE HILLS MOTORSPOR, JOSEPH

C FRITZ; 200 RTE 106 /RT81 EX206,374E

TO 106E TRACK 3 MI ON R; (570) 222-9290;

HHMOTOCROSS.COM

MAY 16 (S,T,Y): THREE SPRINGS: ROCKET

RACEWAY, M CARLTON; 6 AM; 22404 STARR

RD; (814) 448-2701; ROCKETRACEWAY.COM

MAY 23 (S,Y): HANOVER: HAPPY RAMBLERS,

SHARON L FISHER; 7 AM; 4340 HANOVER RD

/RT 116/5 MI W OF TOWN/SEE WEBSITE; (717)

633-7708; HAPPYRAMBLERS.COM

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): BOSWELL: DREAM

PROMOTIONS INC./FIE, TINA BERKEY; 7

AM; 473 BERKEY RD /OFF RT 30 FROM

JENNERSTOWN ON 985N; (814) 629-6774;

FIELDOFDREAMSMX.COM

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): OSCEOLA MILLS: WILD RIDE

MOTOCROSS, DAVID FERGUSON; 7 AM; 211

BAUGHMAN CEMETERY RD /CHECK WEBSITE;

(814) 762-9005; WILDRIDETRACK.COM

MAY 29 (V,Y): DELMONT: NATIONAL; 2

DAY EVENT: BELLCO INC, RITA COOMBS;

STEEL CITY RACEWAY /JCT COUNTY

RD & THORN RUN RD; (304) 284-0084;


MAY 30 (S,Y): FREDERICKSBURG: SLEEPY

HOLLOW MOTO CROSS, ERIC E SWARR;

SLEEPY HOLLOW MOTO CROSS PARK /2

MILES E OF FREDERICKSBURG US ROUTE 22

EAST; (717) 653-4830; SLEEPYMX.COM

HArE ScrAMBlES

MAY 1 (S,Y): SKIPPACK: BLUE COMET

MOTOCYCLE CLUB, JERRY DEWHURST; 7 AM;

CLBGRNDS/4043 MENSCH RD /.25 MI SE JCT

RTS 73 & 113; BLUECOMETMC.COM

MAY 16 (S,T,Y): MARKLEYSBURG:

BRADDOCK’S TRAIL RACEWAY, HEATHER

SAVAGE; 7 AM; 4834 NATIONAL PIKE /

GPS: 39.770894,-79.48028; (724) 880-5416;

BRADDOCKSTROADRACEWAY.COM

MAY 22 (V,Y): MAY 23 (S,Y): SOMERSET:

RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, RITA COOMBS;

MTN RIDGE TRAILS RESORT; (304) 284-0084;


MAY 23 (S,T,Y): BERWICK: BP PROMOTIONS,

BERNADETTE BROMLEY; 7 AM; EVANSVILLE

MX PARK /RT 80 EX 256 RT 93 NORTH; (215)

357-2192; BPPOINTS.COM

MAY 30 (S,T,Y): NEELYTON: FT OF MOUNTAIN,

PIERRON P REASNER; 7:30 AM; 22295

DECORUM RD /PA TRNPK EX 180/RIGHT ON

RT 522 TO RT 641; (814) 259-3873;

ENDUro

MAY 30 (S): SAINT CLAIR: READING OFF ROAD

RIDERS, MARK MOYER; 6 AM; BURMA ROAD /

I78 EX 29 NORTH ON 61 FOR 20 MI., ARROWS;

(610) 921-3592; RORR.ORG

oBSErVED TrIAlS

MAY 1 (S): SPRING GROVE: 2 DAY EVENT:

WHITE ROSE MC, BOB MARKEY; 12 PM; 5252

HILLCLIMB RD /RT 516, 14 MI SW OF YORK;

(717) 229-2621; WHITEROSEMC.ORG

MAY 16 (S): ELIZABETHTOWN: CANDYTOWN

MOTORCYCLE CLUB, KEVIN HIGGINS; 9 AM;

2650 STEINROCK RD /283 E TOLL/EX 341 E;

(717) 246-2116; CANDYTOWNMC.ORG

SoUTH DAkoTA

SHorT TrAck

MAY 22 (S,T,Y): SIOUX FALLS: NATIONAL;

SIOUX VALLEY CYCLE CLUB, DEAN STRABLE;

3 PM; 25868 477TH AVE /INTERSTATE 29 EX

86 E THROUGH RENNER 5 MI; (605) 480-0268;

SIOUXVALLEYCYCLECLUB.COM



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TENNESSEE

roAD rUN

MAY 16 (R): FRANKLIN: CHARITY;: PEDIATRIC

BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8 AM; JIM

WARREN PARK /705 BOYD MILL AVE; (800)

253-6530; RIDEFORKIDS.ORG

MoTocroSS

MAY 1 (S,Y): BLOUTVILLE: QUALIFIER;

VICTORY SPORTS INC, SAM GAMMON;

MUDDY CREEK RACEWAY /450 RIDGEWAY DR;


MAY 2 (M,Y): BLOUTVILLE: QUALIFIER;

VICTORY SPORTS INC, SAM R GAMMON;

MUDDY CREEK RACEWAY /450 RIDGEWAY DR;


TEXAS

roAD rUN

MAY 10 (R): HOUSTON: SAN JACINTO HIGH

ROLLERS, DARREN EBANKS; 8 AM; 4400

TELEPHONE ROAD /TELEPHONE RD @SO

LOOP 610 TO GALVESTON ISLAND; (832) 752-

4497; SJHR.ORG

fUN rUN

MAY 1 (R): CAMILLA: SAN JACINTO HIGH

ROLLERS-, JESSE COBURN; 8 AM; AMERICAN

LGN HALL POST 629 /FM 3278, 59N TO FM150,

R ON 3278 APRX 4 MI R; (936) 327-2064;

MAY 21 (R): LIVINGSTON: 2 DAY EVENT: SAN

JACINTO HIGH ROLLERS-, JESSE COBURN; 6

AM; 6755 WEST FM 942 /59N TO 190W TO 350N

TO 942/2ND DRIVE; (936) 328-9627;

UTAH

HArE & HoUND

MAY 15 (S,Y): JERICO: NATIONAL;

SUGARLOAFERS MC, ROB DAVIES;

JERICO REC AREA; (435) 743-4180;

SUGARLOAFERSMC.COM

VIrGINIA

rEc TrAIl rIDE

MAY 2 (R): DAHLGREN: NORTHERN VIRGINIA

TRAIL R, JOE EPPERSON; 10 AM; FOLLOW

ARROWS FROM US 301; (301) 932-5179; NVTR.

ORG

MoTocroSS

MAY 1 (M,Y): PETERSBURG: 2 DAY EVENT: VMP

MX, STEFFANIE EDEN; 6 AM; 8018 BOYDTON

PLANK RD; (804) 732-7888; VMP-MX.COM

MAY 1 (V,Y): SUTHERLIN: NATIONAL; 2 DAY

EVENT: BIRCHCREEK PROMOTIONS, LL, KEN

FERRELL; 12725 KENTUCK RD; (434) 836-7629;

BIRCHCREEKMOTORSPORTS.COM

MAY 15 (S,Y): MAY 16 (S,Y): DILLWYN:

QUALIFIER; ACTIONTOWN MX CLUB, CARL

REYNOLDS; 257 SPROUSES LANE; (434)

836-7629;

MAY 29 (S,T,Y): AXTON: 2 DAY EVENT: LAKE

SUGAR TREE, APRIL COLLIER; 400 MOVIE

MOVERS EAST /US 58 15MI. W OF DANVILLE

N ON MOVINE MOVERS; (276) 650-1158;

LAKESUGARTREE.COM

GrAND PrIX

MAY 2 (S,Y): MARTINSVILLE: VIRGINIA

CHAMPIONSHIP HAR, DARRYL DALTON; (276)

252-6801; VCHSS.NET

MAY 16 (S,Y): BRISTOL: VIRGINIA

CHAMPIONSHIP HAR, DARRYL DALTON;

HARLEYWOOD FARM /I-81 EXIT 7; (276) 669-

0981; VCHSS.NET

MAY 30 (S,Y): SURRY: VIRGINIA

CHAMPIONSHIP HAR, DARRYL DALTON;

SURRY CO /FRM RT 31 & RT 10 W .75 MI TO

COMMERCE DR; (757) 356-0354; VCHSS.NET

croSS coUNTry

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): JAVA: LONE RIDER

PRODUCTIONS, TIM NORRIS; 12 PM; 2500

ELKHORN RD; (866) 967-8927; VXCS.ORG

WASHINGToN

PokEr rUN

MAY 2 (R,T,Y): BELFAIR: TACOMA M/C, GAIL

M SAXTON; ELF-ENDAL STAGING AREA; (253)

460-9377; TACOMAMC.COM

MoTocroSS

MAY 1 (S,T): BELLINGHAM: 2 DAY EVENT:

GREATER SEATTLE MOTORCYCL, ANNIE

MCCARTHY; HANNEGAN SPEEDWAY; (253)

840-0466;

MAY 16 (S,Y): RAYMOND: WARD CREEK MX,

LISA KLEMP; 6:30 AM; 41 WARD CREEK RD /

SR6 FROM CHEHALIS/SR8 FROM OLYMPIA;

(360) 942-4674; WARDCREEKMX.COM

MAY 29 (S,Y): MAY 30 (S,Y): WASHOUGAL:

QUALIFIER; WASHOUGAL MX PARK LLC,

CAROLYN HUFFMAN; 6 AM; WASHOUGAL MX

PARK /40205 NE BORIN/205 TO HWY 14E; (541)

673-1671; WASHOUGALMXPK.COM

WEST VIrGINIA

MoTocroSS

MAY 8 (S,Y): HEDGESVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT:

MIDDLE ATLANTIC MOTOCROSS, RUTH

ANN BENSON; 6 AM; TOMAHAWK MX/863

TOMAHAWK RN RD /I-81 EX 16W/6 MI TO RT

7/L; (410) 375-1059; MAMAMX.COM

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): HEDGESVILLE: TOMAHAWK

MX LLC, CHAD M GOCHENOUR; 7 AM;

TOMAHAWK MX/863 TOMAHAWK RN RD

/I-81 EX 16W/6 MI TO RT 7/L; (304) 582-8185;

TOMAHAWKMX.COM

WIScoNSIN

roAD rUN

MAY 1 (R): GILMAN: ROAD WOLF

PRODUCTIONS, DEAN HOMMEL; 10 AM; MAIN

ST /HWY 29 TO 73N TO 64W; (715) 785-8025;

PokEr rUN

MAY 16 (R): WEST BEND: KETTLE

MORAINE SPORT RIDE, MIKE VRANA;

4 PM; WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT

HOUSE /HWY 33E; (262) 334-1743;

KETTLEMORAINESPORTRIDERS.COM

roAD rAlly

MAY 21 (R): SPRING GREEN: 3 DAY EVENT:

MOTORCYCLE SPORT TOURING, JANET

CAMPBELL; ROUND BARN LODGE; (608)

588-2568;

SHorT TrAck

MAY 8 (S,T,Y): MAY 22 (S,T,Y): BURNETT:

BEAVER CYCLE CLUB INC, MICHAEL L

SCHWARZENBACHER; 2 PM; DODGE

CO FAIRGROUNDS /3 MILES EAST OF

BEAVER DAM ON HWY 33; (920) 319-6889;

BEAVERCYCLECLUB.COM

MAY 15 (S,T,Y): LAKE MILLS: AZTALAN CYCLE

CLUB INC, JUDY E SUMNER; 1:30 PM; N 6643

GOMOL RD /I94N TO 26 S TO B-W. TO GOMOL-

RIGHT; (414) 297-9367; AZTALANCYCLE.COM

ScrAMBlES

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): BURNETT: BEAVER CYCLE

CLUB INC, MICHAEL L SCHWARZENBACHER;

8 AM; DODGE CO FAIRGROUNDS /3 MILES

EAST OF BEAVER DAM ON HWY 33; (920) 319-

6889; BEAVERCYCLECLUB.COM

HIllclIMB

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): NEKOOSA: RAPID ANGELS

MOTORCYCLE C, TODD ELLINGSON; 7 AM;

DYRACUSE MOTORCYCLE PARK /15 MI S OF

WISCONSIN RAPIDS OFF STATE RD 13; (715)

712-0068; RAPIDANGELS.COM

MoTocroSS

MAY 1 (S): MAY 2 (S): TIGERTON: QUALIFIER;

FANTASY MOTO LLC, SCOTT J BIESE; 6

AM; QUAD PARK LANE /HWY 45 8 MI S F 29

EAST ON QUAD PARK LANE; (920) 419-2863;

FANTASYMOTO.COM

MAY 9 (S,Y): LAKE MILLS: AZTALAN CYCLE

CLUB INC, JUDY E SUMNER; 6 AM; N 6643

GOMOL RD /I94N TO 26 S TO B-W. TO GOMOL-

RIGHT; (414) 297-9367; AZTALANCYCLE.COM

MAY 16 (S): MARSHFIELD: MARSHFIELD T &

T RIDERS I, LARRY ECKES; 5 AM; 51227 W

MANN RD /3 MI S OF SPENCER ON CTY V;

(715) 384-4555;

MAY 16 (S,T): MARIBEL: SPORTS &

COMPETITION, JEREMY TABALSKE; 2

PM; ZANDAR RD /CHECK WEBSITE FOR

DIRECTIONS; (920) 351-4115; DENMARKMX.

COM

MAY 23 (S,T,Y): TIGERTON: FANTASY MOTO LLC, SCOTT BIESE; 6 AM; QUAD PARK LANE /HWY 45 8 MI S F 29 EAST ON QUAD PARK LANE; (920) 419-2863; FANTASYMOTO.COM

MAY 30 (M,T,Y): ATHELSTANE: PINE RIDGE RACEWAY LLC, CONNIE WALLACE; 6 AM; W11359 N LOST LAKE TRL /HWY 41N TO CRIVITZ/W ON A TO CTY C/L DEER LK; (715) 856-6612; PINERIDGERACEWAY.COM

MAY 30 (S,T,Y): HIXTON: CMJ RACEWAY LLC, CHRIS HALVERSON; 6 AM; N9958 LIEN RD /3 MILES N OF HIXTON OFF HWY FL; (608) 220-6853; CMJRACEWAY.COM

HArE ScrAMBlES

MAY 2 (S,Y): HILLPOINT: MADISON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, DAN MANCL; 6 AM; S5711 SUGAR MAPLE ROAD /1/2 MILE N OF HILL POINT ON SUGAR MAPLE RD; (608) 220-4784; MADISONMOTORCYCLECLUB.ORG

MAY 15 (V): MAY 29 (U): RHINELANDER: NATIONAL; SUGAR CAMP AREA RACING EN, SCOTT SCHWALBE; 6 AM; 6345 HWY 17N /10 MI N OF TOWN ON HWY 17; (715) 272-1101; SUGARCAMPENT.COM

MAY 22 (S,Y): PEARSON: MADISON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, DAN MANCL; 6 AM; AUGUSTYN SPRINGS RD /15 MI NE OF ANTIGO WI; (608) 220-4784; MADISONMOTORCYCLECLUB.ORG

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MAY 15 (S,Y): WAUZEKA: 2 DAY EVENT: WISCONSIN OBSERVED TRIALS, JAMES VOIGTLANDER; 9 AM; SEE WEBSITE /SEE WEBSITE; (608) 434-5530; WISCONSINTRIALS.ORG

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June 19: Lexington, Ky.: The Red Mile

June 26: Lima, Ohio: Lime Half-mile, Allen County Fairgrounds

July 10: Lake Odessa, Mich.: I-96 Half-mile, I-96 Speedway

July 25: Castle Rock, Wash.: Castle Rock TT, Castle Rock Fairgrounds

July 31: Calistoga, Calif.: Calistoga Half-mile, Calistoga Fairgrounds

Aug. 7: Hagerstown, Md.: Hagerstown Half-mile, Hagerstown Speedway

Aug. 14: Grove City, Ohio: Beulah Park Half-mile

Aug. 22: Peoria, Ill.: Peoria TT

Aug. 28: Indianapolis: Indiana Mile, Indiana State Fairgrounds

Sept. 4: Springfield, Ill.: Springfield Short Track, Illinois State Fairgrounds

Sept. 5: Springfield, Ill.: Springfield Mile II, Illinois State Fairgrounds

Sept. 11: Minneapolis: Canterbury Park Mile

Sept. 18: Knoxville, Iowa: Knoxville Half-mile, Knoxville Raceway

Oct. 9: Prescott, Ariz.: Yavapai Downs Short Track

Oct. 10: Prescott, Ariz.: Yavapai Downs Mile

AMA nAtIOnAL CHAMPIOnSHIP SeRIeS

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May 1-2: tishomingo, Okla.: Robert Shaw, Texhoma Trials Club; (580) 504-6750; [email protected]; TexhomaTrialsClub.com

June 19-20: exeter, R.I.: Bob ONeil, Stepping Stone Ranch; Rhode Island Trials Club; (508) 285-6074; [email protected]; RITrialsClub.com

June 26-27: Cayuta, n.Y.: David Reed, (607) 796-9558; District 4 Trials, District4Trials.org

July 24-25: Howard, Colo.: Stan Hensley, (719) 564-6476; Rocky Mountain Trials Assoc (RMTA), [email protected]; RMTA.org

July 31-Aug. 1: norden, Calif.: Mike Codde, (530) 426-3635; Sacramento P.I.T.S., Inc.; [email protected]; DonnerSkiRanch.com

AMA RACInG nAtIOnAL HARe &

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April 25: Johnson valley OHvA, Lucerne, Calif.: Vikings MC, Alex Rodriguez; (760) 834-5006; [email protected]; VikingsMC.com

May 15: Jericho, utah: Sugarloafers, Rob Davies; (435) 743-4180; [email protected]; SugarloafersMC.com

Oct. 10: tbA: SoCal MC, Justin Shultz; (949) 981-6776; SoCalMC.com

Oct. 24: Lucerne, Calif.: 100s MC, Ryan Sanders; (949) 584-9395; 100sMC.org

*The U.S. Bureau of Land Management does not allow ATV competition at these locations.

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April 18: West Point, tenn.: Paul Traufler, NATRA; (256) 837-0084; NATRA.DirtRider.net

May 16: Park Hills, Mo.: Michael Silger, Missouri Mudders; (636) 639-6373; MOMudders.com

June 20: upton, Wyo.: Paul Douglas, Inyan Kara Riders; (307) 468-2840; NationalEnduro.com

July 25: Moorestown, Mich.: Jeff Hunt, Lansing Motorcycle Club; (231) 267-9534

Aug. 22: north berwick, Maine: Peter Anania, Seacoast Trail Riders; (603) 436-4331; SeacoastTrailRiders.org

Oct. 2: Matthews, Ind.: Doug Spence, Muddobbers MC; [email protected]; Muddobbers.org

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July 17: Las vegas, nev.: The Orleans Arena

Aug. 14: Guthrie, Okla.: Lazy E Arena

Aug. 27: Indianapolis: Pepsi Coliseum

Sept. 11: everett, Wash.: Comcast Arena

Oct. 30: denver: Nat’l Western Complex

nov. 20: Las vegas, nev.: The Orleans Arena

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April 24-25: Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

May 8-9: Yadkinville, N.C.

May 22-23: Somerset, Pa.

June 5-6: Millfield, Ohio

June 26-27: Snowshoe Resort, W.Va.

Sept. 11-12: New Berlin, N.Y.

Sept. 25-26: Lafayette, Tenn.

Oct. 9-10: St. Clairsville, Ohio

Oct. 23-24: Crawfordsville, Ind.

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May 15-16: Martin, Mich.: US 131 Motorsports Park

June 12-13: Montgomery, Ala.: Montgomery Motorsports Park

July 31 - Aug. 1: Indianapolis: O’Reilly Raceway Park

Sept. 10-12: Atco, n.J.: Atco Raceway

Oct. 9-10: norwalk, Ohio: Summit Motorsports Park

nov. 12-14: valdosta, Ga.: South Georgia Motorsports Park

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April 18: Youth Only: berwick, Pa.: Duane Fisher, Evansville MX Park; (570) 759-2841; EvansvilleMXPark.com

May 1-2: dorchester, n.J.: Dennis McKelvey, Tri-County Sportsmen; (609) 390-3772; TeamHammer.org

July 17-18: valley view, Pa.; Tiffany Tobias, Rausch Creek Powersports; (570) 682-4600; RauschCreekRacing.com

July 31-Aug. 1: Catawissa, Pa.: Mike Soudas, High Mountain Dirt Riders; (570) 954-7799; HMDR.org

Aug. 7-8: Hill City, Minn.: Paul Otto, Range Riders MC; (763) 229-1177; RangeRidersMC.org

Aug. 28-29: Cortland, n.Y.: Cindy Davis, Knobby Acres; (607) 756-5277; WYNOA.org

Sept. 18-19: Lynnville, Ind.: Kenny Moore, IN, IL, KY Enduro Riders; (812) 549-8385; Blackcoal.org

AMA RACInG WeSt HARe SCRAMbLeS amaraciNG.com

April 17-18: Chappie-Shasta OHv Area, Calif.: Kurt Schneider, Redding Dirt Riders; (530) 245-0342; ReddingDirtRiders.com

June 19-20: elkton, Ore.: Toni Bamford, (541) 688-5428; ETRA.net

Aug. 21-22 - big Sky, Mont.: Jamey Kabisch, Lone Peak Racing Big Sky XC; (406) 223-0478; BigSkyXC.com

nov. 6-7: Rancho Cordova, Calif.: Ed Santin, Dirt Diggers North MC; (800) HANGTOWN; HangtownMX.com

AMA vIntAGe nAtIOnAL dIRt tRACK CHAMPIOnSHIP SeRIeS amaraciNG.com

April 17: Short track, Orangeburg, S.C.: Orangeburg Motoplex; Ed Salley, (803) 664-2942, Orangeburgmotoplex.com

April 18: tt, Orangeburg, S.C.: Orangeburg Motoplex; Ed Salley, (803) 664-2942, Orangeburgmotoplex.com

June 26: Short track, Harpursville, n.Y.: Square Deal Motorcycle Club; Don Miller, (607) 725-3069, Squaredealriders.com

July 9: Half-Mile, Ashland, Ohio: AMA Racing; Ken Saillant, (614) 856-1900, AMARacing.Com

July 24: Mile, du Quoin, Ill.: AMA Racing ; Ken Saillant, (614) 856-1900, AMARacing.com

July 25: Half-Mile, du Quoin, Ill.: AMA Racing ; Ken Saillant, (614) 856-1900, AMARacing.com

Sept. 11: Half-Mile, Waco, texas: Waco Eagles Motorcycle Club; (254) 875-9955

Sept. 12: Half-Mile, Waco, texas: Waco Eagles Motorcycle Club; (254) 875-9955

AMA PRO-AM MOtOCROSS

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April 18: Pell City, Ala: RPM Sports; (205) 699-8857, MillCreekMotocross.com

April 25: Whitney, texas: RPM Sports; (817) 270-1814, MillCreekMotocross.com

May 1-2: Petersburg, va.: VMP MX; (804) 732-7888, VMPMX.com

May 2: blountville, tenn.: Victory Sports; (423) 323-5497, VictorySportsRacing.com

May 9: Walnut, Ill.: 4P Promotions Inc.; (815) 379-9534, SunsetRidgeMX.com

May 9: Richford, n.Y.: Broome-Tioga Sports Center; (607) 849-4438, Broome-Tioga.com

May 16: London, Ky.: Victory Sports; (423) 323-5486, DanielBooneMX.net

May 16: delmont, Pa.: Bellco; (304) 284-0080, RacerProductions.com

May 21: Sacramento, Calif.: Dirt Diggers North MC; (800) 426-4869, [email protected], HangtownMX.com

May 23: bloomingdale, Mich.: Dutch Sport Park; (269) 521-7800, [email protected], DutchSportParkMX.com

May 30: Athelstane, Wis.: Pine Ridge Raceway; (715) 856-6612, PineRidgeRaceway.com

May 31: brush. Colo.: Sweney Cycle Park; (970) 768-0518, SweneyCyclePark.com

June 5-6: Hesperia, Calif.: Competitive Edge; (909) 456-1070, RideCEMX.com

June 6: Wortham, texas: Freestone County Raceway; (713) 880-5533, FreestoneMX.com

June 6: Richford, n.Y.: Broome-Tioga Sports Center; (607) 849-4438, Broome-Tioga.com

June 13: Mt. Morris, Pa.: Racer Productions; (304) 284-0800, RacerProductions.com

June 20: Mt. Carroll, Ill.: MC Motopark; (815) 238-1614, [email protected], MCMotoPark.com

July 4: buchanan, Mich.: Red Bud Recreation; (269) 695-6405, RedBudMX.com

July 11: Kingsbury, Ind.: Motoland, (219) 988-6686, Motoland.com

July 11: blountville, tenn.: Victory Sports; (423) 323-5497, VictorySportsRacing.com

July 25: Washougal, Wash.: Washougal MX Park; (360) 837-3975, WashougalMXpk.com

Aug. 2-7: Hurricane Mills, tenn.: MX Sports; (304) 284-0084, MXSports.com

Aug. 13-16, new berlin, n.Y.: Unadilla Valley Sports Center; (607) 965-8784, UnadillaMX.com

Aug. 22: Armaugh, Pa.: Pleasure Valley Raceway; (814) 695-2453

Aug. 29: Millville, Minn.: Spring Creek MX Park; (507) 753-2779, SpringCreekMX.com

Sept. 4-6: Millington, Mich.: Baja MX; (989) 871-3356, BajaMX.com

Sept. 5: delmont, Pa.: Bellco; (304) 284-0080

Sept. 5: Athelstane, Wis. Pine Ridge Raceway; (715) 856-6612, PineRidgeRaceway.com

Sept. 19: Prentiss, Miss.: Golden Pine Raceway; (601) 506-8669, GoldenPineRaceway.com

Sept. 19: Richford, n.Y.: Broome-Tioga Sports Center; (607) 849-4438, Broome-Tioga.com

Sept. 26: Canton, texas: Kingdom Motorsports; (214) 939-4321, BuffaloCreekMX.com

Oct. 2-3: englishtown, n.J.: Raceway Park; (732) 446-7800, RacewayPark.com

Oct. 3: Gaylord, Mich: Baja MX; (989) 871-3356, BajaMX.com

Oct. 10: Mason, Ill.: Crossroads MX; (618) 686-2769, CrossroadsMX.com

Oct. 16-17: blountville, tenn.:

Victory Sports; (423) 323-5497, VictorySportsRacing.com


Nov. 6-7: Pell City, Ala.: RPM Sports; (205) 699-8857, MillCreekMotocross.com

Nov. 22-24: Gainesville, Fla.: Unlimited Sports MX; (813) 470-7498, UnlimitedSportsMX.com

Nov. 25-27: Gainesville, Fla.: Unlimited Sports MX; (813) 470-7498, UnlimitedSportsMX.com

DUAL-SPORT/ADVENTURE SERIES

AMA BMW NATIONAL ADVENTURE RIDING SERIES AMADirectLink.coM/roADriDe/ADV/

Apr 17-18: Bybee, Tenn.: JB SAKI Promotions, John Strange; [email protected]

May 1-2: Buck Meadows, Calif.: Family Off Road Adventures, Lawrence Borgens; FamilyOffroadAdventures.com

May 22-23: Zaleski, Ohio: Buckeye Dualsporters, BillKaeppner; Kaeppnerswoods.com

June 5-6: Lock Haven, Pa.: Durty Dabbers, Nils Mantzoros; Durtydabbers.com

June 12-13: Wabeno, Wis.: Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, Duane Baer; WIDualsportRiders.org

June 12-13: McCloud, Calif.: McCloud Dual Sport Adventures, Mike Lingsch; McCloudDualsportAdventures.com

June 17-21: Fairbanks, Alaska: Aerostich Tours, Roger Pattison; AerostichTours.com

July 10-11: McCloud, Calif.: McCloud Dual Sport Adventures, Mike Lingsch; McCloudDualsportAdventures.com

Aug. 7-8: Hancock, N.Y.: Bear Creek Sportsmen, Linda Rizzon; (973) 953-6308, BearCreekSportsmen.com

Aug. 21-22: McCloud, Calif.: McCloud Dual Sport Adventures, Mike Lingsch; McCloudDualsportAdventures.com

Aug. 21-22: Columbus, Ind.: Stoney Lonesome MC, Nathan Gaskill; Stoneylonesomemc.com

Aug. 23-27: North Cascades, Wash.: Sound Rider!, Tom Mehren; Soundrider.com/dsport

Sept. 11-12: Cadiz, Ky.: KT Riders, Jesse Thomas; [email protected]

Sept. 11-12: Logan, Ohio: Nutcracker 200, Buckeye Dual Sporters, Bill Kaeppner; [email protected], Kaeppnerswoods.com

Sept. 18-19: McCloud, Calif.: McCloud Dual Sport Adventures, Mike Lingsch; McCloudDualsportAdventures.com

Sept. 18-19: Morgantown, N.C.: JB Saki Promotions; (704) 483-6833, [email protected]

Sept. 25-26: Wolverine, Mich.: Great Lakes Dual Sporters, Jeramey Valley; GLDSmc.org

Sept. 25-26: Wabeno, Wis.: Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, Duane Baer; WIDualsportriders.org

Oct. 2-3: Refro Valley, Ky.: 4-Fun Trail Riders, Vicky Stephenson; 4FunTrailRiders.com

Oct. 9-10: McCloud, Calif.: McCloud Dual Sport Adventures, Mike Lingsch; McCloudDualsportAdventures.com

Oct. 23-24: Chatsworth, N.J.: Meteor MC, Mike Reign; MeteorMC.com

Oct. 23-24: Prescott, Ariz.: Arizona Trail Riders, Frank Staley; ArizonaTrailRiders.org

Nov. 6-7: Port Elizabeth, N.J.: Tri-County Sportsmen, E. Polhaumus; TeamHammer.org

Nov. 26-27: Palmdale, Calif.: L.A.-Barstow to Vegas: AMA D-37 Dual Sport, Paul Flanders; (626) 792-7384, District37AMA.org

AMA KTM NATIONAL DUAL-SPORT TRAIL RIDING SERIES AMADirectLink.coM/roADriDe/DS/

May 1-2: Renfro Valley, Ky.: Renfro Valley Dual Sport Ride, 4Fun Trail Riders, Vicky Stephenson, (859) 363-8332; [email protected], 4FunTrailRiders.com

May 22-23: Zaleski, Ohio: Hanging Rock 200, Buckeye Dualsporters, Bill

Kaeppner, (740) 380-3050; [email protected]; Kaeppnerswoods.com

June 5-6: Bixby, Mo.: Show Me 200, Midwest Trail Riders Assoc., Robert Kaufman, (314) 434-5095; [email protected]; RideMTRA.com

June 5-6: Custer, Mich.: Whiskey Creek Classic, Great Lakes Dual Sporters, Jeramey Valley, (989) 751-6863; [email protected]; GLDSmc.org, RideMTRA.com

June 5-6: Lock Haven, Penn.: Durty Dabbers Nat’l Dual Sport, Durty Dabbers, Nils Mantzoros, (570) 748-9456; DurtyDabbers.com

June 12-13: Wabeno, Wis.: Ride for Research, Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, Duane Baer, (920) 350-2030; [email protected]; WIDualsportRiders.org

June 19-20: Bend, Ore.: China Hat Dual Sport National, Lobos MC, Billy Toman, (503) 656-5801; [email protected]; Lobosmc.com

July 24-31: Newberry, Mich.: 26th Annual Six Days of Michigan, Cycle Conservation Club of Mich., Lewis Schuler, (517) 781-4805; [email protected], CycleConservationClub.org

Aug. 7-8: Hancock, N.Y.: Bear Creek Sportsmen, Linda Rizzon; (973) 953-6308, BearCreekSportsmen.com

Aug. 21-22: Columbus, Ind.: Buffaloe 500 D/S Adventure Ride, Stoney Lonesome MC, Nathan Gaskill, (812) 343-9772; [email protected]; StoneyLonesomemc.com/DualSport/index.html.

Sept. 11-12: Cadiz, Ky.: LBL 200, KT Riders, Jesse Thomas, (270) 522-3703; [email protected]

Sept. 11-12: Logan, Ohio: Nutcracker 200, Buckeye Dual Sporters, Bill Kaeppner; (740) 380-3050, KaeppnersWoods.com

Sept. 18-19: Sterling, Ill.: Cow Patty Cruise, Brushpoppers MC, Jack Sumption, (815) 622-4099; [email protected], BrushPoppersmc.com

Sept. 25-26: Buck Meadows, Calif.: Yosemite Dual Sport Adventure, Family Off Road Adventures, Lawrence Borgens, (209) 649-3633; [email protected], FamilyOffroadAdventures.com

Sept. 25-26: Wolverine, Mich.: Ted’s Chandler Hill Challenge, Great Lakes Dual Sporters, Jeramey Valley, (989) 751-6863; [email protected]; GLDSmc.org

Sept. 25-26: Wabeno, Wis.: Big Woods 200, Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, Duane Baer, (920) 350-2030; [email protected]; WIDualsportriders.org

Oct. 2-3: Mt. Solon, Va.: Shenandoah 500 Dual Sport, Northern VA Trail Riders, Detter Merz; (703) 505-9123, NVTR.org

Oct. 9-10: McArthur, Ohio: Baby Burr Nat’l Dual Sport, Wisc. Dual Sport Riders, Enduro Riders Assoc., Steve Barber, (614) 582-7821; EnduroRiders.com

Oct. 23-24: Chatsworth, N.J.: Meteor Ride in the Pines, Meteor MC, Mike Reign, (856) 287-8170; MeteorMC.com

Oct. 23-24: Study Butte, Texas: 13th Annual Terlingua Nat’l Dual Sport Ride, Trail Riders of Houston, Jack Jennings, (713) 248-7222; [email protected]; TRH-cycle.org

Oct. 23-24: Prescott, Ariz.: Arizona Trail Riders, Frank Staley, (623) 826-1092; ArizonaTrailriders.org

Nov. 6-7: Port Elizabeth, N.J.: Hammer Run, Tri-County Sportsmen, E. Polhaumus, (856) 785-2754; [email protected]; TeamHammer.org

Nov. 26-27: Palmdale, Calif.: L.A.-Barstow to Vegas: AMA D-37 Dual Sport, Paul Flanders; (626) 792-7384, District37AMA.org

AMA PREMIER TOURING SERIES AMADIRECTLINK.COM/ROADRIDE/ TOURING

NATIONAL CONVENTIONS

June 11-13: Lake George, N.Y.: Americade & TourExpo – AMA 2010 Grand National Rally: Bill Dutcher, (518)

798-7888, TourExpo.com

Sept. 15-19: Ruidoso, N.M.: Golden

Aspen Rally: Golden Aspen Motorcycle

Assn; Patric Pearson, (800) 452-8045,

Motorcyclerally.com

NATIONAL GYPSY TOUR

Jun 12-20: Laconia, NH: Laconia

Motorcycle Week: Laconia Motorcycle

Week Assn; Charlie St. Clair, (603) 366-

2000, LaconiaMCWeek.com

SIGNATURE EVENTS

April 18: Jacksonville, Fla.: Northeast

Florida Ride For Kids: Registration

8-9:45 a.m., Florida State College;

PBTUS.org/rideforkids

April 18: San Bernardino, Calif:

Southern CA Ride For Kids – Dual

Sport Ride: Registration 8-9:45 a.m.,

Glen Helen Raceway Park; PBTUS.org/

rideforkids

April 25: Humble, Texas: Ride For

Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m., Humble

Civic Center; PBTUS.org/rideforkids

May 2: Raleigh, N.C.: Triangle Area

Ride For Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m.,

White Oak Recreation Area; PBTUS.org/

rideforkids

May 2: Torrance, Calif.: Los Angeles


American Honda Motor Co.; PBTUS.

org/rideforkids

May 16: Franklin, Tenn.: Middle

Tennessee Ride For Kids: Registration

8-9:45 a.m., Jim Warren Park; PBTUS.

org/rideforkids

May 23: Albuquerque, N.M.:

Albuquerque Ride For Kids: Registration

8-9:45 a.m., Journal Pavilion; PBTUS.

org/rideforkids

May 23: Tulsa, Okla.: Oklahoma Ride

For Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m., Tulsa

Health Dept.; PBTUS.org/rideforkids

June 6: Alpharetta, Ga.: Atlanta Ride

For Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m.,

North Point Mall; PBTUS.org/rideforkids

June 6: Mechanicsville, Va.: Richmond


Richmond Times-Dispatch; PBTUS.org/

rideforkids

June 6: Rocky River, Ohio: Cleveland


Rocky River HS; PBTUS.org/rideforkids

June 13: Golden, Colo.: Colorado Ride

For Kids: Registration 8 a.m.-9:45 a.m.,

Jefferson Cty Human Services Bldg;

PBTUS.org/rideforkids

May 20-23: Ruidoso, N.M.:

Aspencash: Patric Pearson, (800)452-

8045, Motorcyclerally.com

July 28-31: Stevenson, Wash.:

Sportbike Northwest: Sound Rider!;

Tom Mehren, (206) 329-7808,

SoundRider.com/rally/

AMA GRAND TOURS

WITH KOA ALONG THE WAY

April 1- Nov. 30: USA 4 Corners Tour:

So. CA Motorcycling Assoc; David L.

Johnson, (909) 271-0137, USA4Corners.

org

April 1- Nov. 30: Call of the Wild Grand

Tour: Midnight Riders; Charles Kirkman,

(765) 566-3807, Midnight-Riders-MC.

com

April 14- Sept. 15: Titanic Grand Tour:

Great Lakes Motorcycle Club; Lee

Bruns, [email protected];

GLMC.org/grand-tour.html

DISTRICT RALLIES AND TOURS

June 19: Kingston, Idaho: D-24 Tour

– Gyro Daze Run: Hi-Rollers MC; Ed

Harris, (509) 326-7154, Community.

Spokane.net

Aug. 29: Dallas, Pa.: D-6 Tour –

Endless Mountain District Tour: Back

Mountain Enduro Riders; Marty Moon,

(570) 675-1814, BMER.org

Sept. 4-6: Groveland, Calif.: Hey Day

Rally: Dist 36 Road Div.; Kay Neelyl,

(209) 983-9106, AMA-D-36.com


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Guest Column

About 16 years ago, I traveled to London where I

fell in with a fast crowd. On Friday nights, hundreds of

motorcyclists gathered for an informal meet along Chelsea

Bridge, a span across the Thames River that had been

attracting motorcycle riders since before World War II.

The old school rockers—also known as Ton-Up Boys—

were distinctive for their black leather riding gear and their

antique cafe-racer-style motorcycles. They’d challenge

riders on modern sportbikes to blasts around the area,

and I was so impressed with the their Triumphs, BSAs and

Nortons that I returned home to Pittsburgh with parts to

build a Triton café racer of my own.

In the following years, I displayed the Triton at various

shows, where I enjoyed the puzzled stares and off-hand

comments the shiny, silver machine garnered. These days,

I seldom hear questions when displaying my café racers.

Instead, I’m greeted with enthusiastic tales from people

amassing parts to build their own classic and neo-classic

café racers. Not only is this groundswell of interest in

these stripped-down street racers burgeoning in cities

from coast to coast, but much of the innovation is taking

place among Generation X and Y riders—kids who were

too young to even remember kickstarters.

I’m impressed. And I’m not alone.

The number of custom motorcycle builders who are

embracing the retro-café racer craze is growing, with

machines from the likes of Roland Sands, Jesse Rooke,

Santiago Choppers, Roger Goldammer and others slowly

replacing the choppers and bobbers that have captured

the public’s imagination for the past two decades. A small-

but-growing cafe parts aftermarket is also showing signs

of life, but the scene remains relatively underground.

The somewhat obscure nature of the café racer cult,

I believe, is part of its allure with the current generation,

which is wary of being marketed to and sick of focus-

group, demographic-specifi c advertising. The café racer

represents perhaps motorcycling’s last unexplored

subculture. Unlike the chopper and cruiser scenes, there

are no off-the-shelf kit bikes to purchase and no mass-

produced aftermarket catalogs to choose parts from. To

build a genuine café racer requires getting your hands

dirty and discovering success through trial and error—just

like the Ton-Up Boys did in Mid-Century Great Britain.

Another part of the appeal of turning a 30- or 40-year-

old streetbike into something that looks and handles

better than the factory ever intended has to do with the

Great Recession, an unfortunate turn of events that has

caused new motorcycle sales to falter.

As a result, younger riders and motorcyclists interested

in customizing machines can’t afford to spend tens

of thousands of dollars on a big bore V-Twin or new

Return Of The Coffee Bar CowboysFor Many, The Café Racer Never Went Out Of Style—And Never Will By Mike Seate

sportbike. Instead, they can pick up a good-condition

used machine and, with a few adjustments and couple of

grand—or in some cases, a few hundred dollars—create

a completely different ride. To American Ton-Up fans, the

1970s Japanese streetbike is not only cheap and reliable,

but also makes a fi ne café racer.

Lucky for us, there are plenty of cool, older, used

motorcycles around for customizing. And every time I see

one, I remember how exciting it was—and still is—to create

a unique café racer of your own.

Mike Seate is editor and publisher of Café Racer

Magazine. Find it online at CafeRacerMag.com.

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