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GOOD GUYS, BAD GUYS I’ve been riding motorcycles for going on 50 years now, and I have to say, I’m tired of people, politicians and bureaucrats with the Each month, a lucky AMA member wins a attitude that motorcyclists who modify their BikeBandit.com gift card worth $100. Didn’t machines, and motorcyclists who ride offwin? No worries. You can still take advantage road, are bad guys. Bull! Pardon my French. of your 10 percent AMA member discount at BikeBandit.com.

Individuals enjoying and personalizing their private possessions, expressing their individualism, and enjoying “carbon sports” are heroes in our society, and those who condemn them, or try to regulate them, or ban them, or ban them from using public land—to save those lands for “future generations” who won’t be allowed to use them either—are the bad guys, and I mean really bad guys.

They are tyrants, and they are destructive to both our society and our economy.

When Joe Biker buys his American V-Twin (paying a ton of taxes), and then replaces the stock exhaust, intake, cams, pistons, etc., and all the other cosmetic goodies that go along with personalizing his ride, he is supporting Americans jobs, and paying sales taxes, that Mr. Approved isn’t, and his weekends spent enjoying his lifestyle are a rolling re-distribution of wealth, and he’s also supporting charities when attending rides. Likewise, off-road motorcyclists, OHV-ers, boaters, RVers are non-stop purchasers of replacement parts, repairs, services, accessories and spenders in stores, restaurants, campgrounds, gas stations, etc., injecting their carbon sports dollars throughout the country.

We support mechanics, machinists, manufacturers, engineers, painters, chromers, cashiers, waitresses, bartenders, delivery drivers, material producers, parts clerks, shop owners, office managers, distributors—the list is endless—and we do it voluntarily, and if you stop us from enjoying our lifestyles, you harm all those other people we support, and stop the tax revenue, and you harm those enthusiasts by depriving them of a healthy and productive form of recreation.

The regulators and the banners are evil, destructive people, and that is quantifiable fact, because they impose their will on everyone using questionable, hypothetical benefits as justification, while freedom and individual expression, and the innovation and energy we inject into society are obvious, many and powerful.

When you step into the polling booth next time, put Big Brother on the unemployment line, and the next time you see a fellow biker, or boater or hot rodder filling up at the gas station or checking out at the diner, give him a pat on the back, because we are the good guys, and it’s time we started celebrating it.

Eric Robinson AMA Member, American

EVERYBODY RIDES [In response to the “Unlikely Riders?” article in the September issue] I guess librarians are somewhat under-represented in the motorcycling world! Here’s a photo of me reading a copy of American Marc David Horowitz

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Marc David Horowitz Library Director The North Babylon Public Library North Babylon, N.Y. MAKING CHOICES I joined the AMA, initially, in 1970. I raced motocross in AMA Districts 38 and 36, and after Vietnam, spent three years racing a Maico 250 GP in Germany. Since I was 15, the only period I did not own a motorcycle was my time in SEA. I was also the only Motorcycle Safety Instructor for the U.S. Air Forces Europe from 1974

to 1977. After release from active duty to the San Diego area, I took a position with American Honda Dealer 1058, Valley M/C Sales in El Cajon, Calif.

Over the years, I have had mostly dirt-oriented bikes, but always had one mid-size sport bike (a 1979 Honda CB650 for many years). As I have always ridden in the street, I have always known how important having an entire lane was to my safety. As such, I insisted on acting like a car in traffic—no lane splitting and sitting in traffic when traffic backed up, just as the cars were forced to wait—and this on air-cooled motorcycles! With [this] being the way I felt, I also felt that lane splitting was insane and indicative of an advanced case of suicidal tendencies.

We often talk about what we as motorcyclists can do to better our image with America. We know that loud exhaust noise makes us no friends at all. However, from talking with those I work with (I am a federal officer) and those who I come in contact with, I find that lane splitting makes us even more enemies in middleAmerica. For instance, here in California where lane-splitting is ostensibly legal, it requires the cars to be moving no more than 30 miles per hour, and the motorcycle moving no more than 10 mph faster than the cars. Yet, how many times do you see cyclists splitting the lanes through 65 mph freeway traffic, while doing at least 75 mph themselves?

Today, I have re-entered the competition world, and will be racing AMA district races on a 1973 Yamaha 250MX. My street bike is a “barely street legal” 1973 Yamaha RT-3, 360 Enduro. It gives me the warm fuzzies to know that the EPA and California Air Resources Board are just having conniption fits every time I fire up the 360 and hit the streets/trails.

I have no doubt that many of those who read this will get upset by my thoughts.

So be it. I have been known for my candor ever since I entered the military at 17. I have broad shoulders and I can handle it.

You can’t ignore the truth, any more than pigs can fly.

Mark O. Hamersly California Thanks for sharing your opinion Mark.

As noted in the AMA position statement on lane splitting (http://americanmotorcyclist. com/Rights/PositionStatements/ LaneSplitting.aspx), those opposed to the practice should consider the desires

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Sound Off! A roundup of recent comments on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/americanmotorcyclist of other motorcyclists who believe they benefit from it. Lane splitting should be a matter of choice.

DEALER THAnKS I was on Day 3 of a trip to see some racing out west when I noticed a pool of antifreeze under my 2005 Suzuki Burgman, and they don’t carry that much anyway. This was at a fuel stop in Three Forks, Mont., which is a long way from Illinois. I asked the gal at the convenience store if there was a Suzuki dealer nearby and she sent me about 7 miles back east, where a guy at a car repair shop redirected me to a dealer in Bozeman. He was jam-packed and couldn’t get me in for a week, so he gave me phone numbers for dealers in Butte, which was in the direction I was going, and Billings, which I was not. So, I called Staacks Motorsports in Butte and talked to Jason. I told him my circumstance and he said he might be able to squeeze me in. After 95 worrisome miles, I pulled into their lot.

This was on a Thursday Steve Gabbert afternoon.

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Remembering a long road ride…

“First motored thing with two wheels I ever rode. A teenager a block away got one around 1960 and gave all the younger kids a ride. I would say half of us were hooked for the rest of our lives.”—Monty Smith

“At 16, I took my dad’s CL175 from West Des Moines to Sturgis. Everyone wanted to know my story. I’ll never forget it. Summer of ‘79.”—Jim Collins On news that existing AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Willie G. Davidson will be celebrated as a Hall of Fame Legend at the 2014 induction ceremony…

In response to a photo of the new Indian Motorcycle display at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum…

“Congrats, Willie G. You have and continue to be a passionate ambassador for motorcycling, the AMA and our lifestyle. Thank you, sir.”—B.J. Keller

“Wow!”—Jeff Ritchie

Saturday night, over 400 miles away. After some diagnosing, we decided to replace the water pump, but due to it being later in the day, it wouldn’t be there until Saturday morning. That’s when Ed Staack said he could get me a good deal on a rental car, which was only a couple of blocks away.

What a stroke of luck.

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One of the AMA’s most popular racing disciplines is motocross. From hometown tracks to the annual AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., riders all over the country participate in this sport every weekend. In addition to the national, a number of Major Events and Featured Events/Series have emerged, achieving the highest standards of professionalism, competition and media exposure.

Learn more about these events at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/racing/ motocross/motocrosschampionships.aspx But motocross is just a small piece of what we do. As you can see, there is a broad range of event types and disciplines on the AMA-sanctioned calendar. For a longer description of the competition sanctioned by the AMA, see our website at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/racing.

Despite the diversity of motorcycle racing—and riding—in America, whether it’s off-road or on track, on motorcycles or ATVs, over jumps or firmly planted on terra firma, we’re all competitors in some form or another. We are bound together by our shared appreciation for fairness, freedom and the thrill of competition. As an AMA member, you support each of those pillars for not just today’s racers, but tomorrow’s future riders as well.

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Motorcycling has changed a number of AMA National considerably since the AMA Championship Series. These are was founded in 1924. What season-long, multi-event Pro-Am has not changed, however, is and amateur competition series. the AMA’s commitment to fair Although the top racers in competition and promoting these series often represent the sport. That year, the AMA the country’s fastest riders in sanctioned its first event—the that discipline, AMA National National Six-Days Trial—and Championship Series also

By Jeff Massey your association has remained include classes for competitors committed to the sport of of all skill levels. motorcycle racing ever since.

Examples of AMA National It’s safe to say that over the past Championship Series include the nine decades, the AMA has sanctioned AMA National Enduro Championship more motorsports events than any other Series, the AMA Hare & Hound National sanctioning body in history. From local Championship Series, the Grand amateur events that attract around 100 National Cross Country Series, the AMA riders to multi-day, national-caliber Arenacross National Championship championships featuring the country’s Series, the AMA EnduroCross National most-talented racers, our competition Championship Series, the AMA Vintage calendar has a wide range of opportunities Dirt Track National Championship to compete.

Series, the AMA ATV Harescrambles Today, you can count yourself as part National Championship Series, the AMA of the largest amateur motorsportsSupermoto National Championship sanctioning body in the world. The Series and the AMA Speedway National AMA schedule includes thousands of Championship Series, among others. motocross, off-road and track-racing Then there are AMA Pro-Am events. events every year.

Popular in motocross, these allow amateur Providing the foundation of AMAracers to collect the points they need for a sanctioned competition are local AMA professional racing license. These events District events. These are the grassroots also may include classes for non-expertevents that define amateur motorcycle level amateur racers. racing for most competitors in the The AMA also sanctions, supports and country. They are the venue of both helps organize various featured series and weekend warriors and future national events. These include both international champions. Held and promoted locally, and regional competition, including racers compete against other local talent world-championship-caliber off-road for trophies, season points and bragging events. Examples include qualifiers for the rights in their own backyard.

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Tra RV Every two years, the AMA Government Relations Department assembles a guide to help its members determine candidates for office who are motorcycle friendly in races across the country.

The AMA is a nonpartisan organization that does not make political endorsements. The AMA Vote Like A Motorcyclist Guide is intended to provide AMA members with information they can use to make informed choices on Election Day. AMA staff members in Washington, D.C., are sending questionnaires to candidates in congressional and gubernatorial races in every state.

The candidates’ responses will be compiled into an easy-to-navigate guide on the AMA website.

Among the issues the candidates were asked to address: • Health-insurance discrimination; • Motorist education campaigns; • Motorcycle-only checkpoints; • Off-highway-vehicle access to federal lands; • Proper use of fees collected from motorcyclists; and • Privacy protections.

When the guide is complete, it will be posted on the AMA website. You will need to sign in as an AMA member to access the guide.

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MARYLAND OFF-ROAD TRAILS PLANNED State Accepting Input On Savage River State Forest Plan

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources plans to develop 14 miles of off-road-vehicle trail in the St. John’s Rock area of the Savage River State Forest near Cumberland.

DNR officials are consulting with the

Maryland Off-Highway Vehicle Alliance regarding the design, and they hope to open the new trail in the spring of 2015.

The agency closed an 18-mile trail in the Green Ridge State Forest and another in the Savage River State Forest in 2011.

SURGEON’S DRIVER LICENSE SUSPENDED ONE YEAR IN RIDER DEATH

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Toledo, Ohio, Municipal Judge Timothy Kuhlman granted the doctor permission to drive to and from work during the suspension.

After pulling his car into the path of Lawrence J. Hilton, 54, of Swanton, Ohio, in August 2013, Ebraheim—a prominent local surgeon—did not get out of his car to render aid to the fallen rider, according to witnesses.

Ebraheim had six previous traffic citations, according to statements made in court.

Doctor Also Ordered To Pay Fine, Attend Classes

For causing a crash that killed a 54-year-old motorcyclist on his way to work, Dr. Nabil Ebraheim, of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, lost his driving privileges for a year and was ordered to pay a $750 fine, complete a defensive-driving course, and attend a victim-impact

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IDAHO RESIDENTS FIGHT FOR ACCESS IN BOULDERWHITE CLOUD AREA

Environmentalist groups urging President Barack Obama to create a new national monument in the Boulder-White Cloud Mountains area of central Idaho reached a deal with mountain bikers and hikers earlier this year, but left the question of motorized recreation unanswered until after the monument designation is made.

Dirt bike trails already account for less than one in five routes in the area, and trail users fear losing access altogether, should the monument effort succeed.

A group called Your Boulder-White Clouds opposes the creation of a Boulder-White Clouds National Monument.

“We need to show President Obama that most Idahoans do not want him to act on his own, without congressional approval, to take 590,000 acres of Central Idaho mountains for a monument,” the group says on its website.

Your Boulder-White Clouds is asking supporters to sign its petition at www.yourboulderwhiteclouds.org.

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Motorized Recreation Left Out Of Monument Discussion

ARIZONA GROUP GETS $150,000 SAFETY GRANT Rider Training To Be Focus Of Efforts

The Arizona Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Foundation used $150,000 it received from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and the Arizona Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council to provide scholarships for motorcycle rider training classes.

“We are very excited to have this opportunity to give out scholarships,” says AMSAF Chairman Mick Degn. “This will be the largest thing we’ve been able to do to promote motorcycle safety and awareness and to reduce motorcycle accidents and fatalities.”

A basic rider’s course can cost a motorcyclist in Arizona up to $300.

However, the AMSAF scholarships enable riders to obtain necessary safety training with a minimal out-of-pocket investment: a $50 co-pay.

Every Arizona motorcycle rider or potential rider is eligible.

The program’s 600 scholarships were snapped up quickly, and no funding is available at this time.

Check the AMSAF online at www.

AMSAF.org for information about future scholarship availability.

CALIFORNIA LANE-SPLITTING GUIDELINES UPDATES

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AMA In Talks With State Transportation Officials

The AMA’s support of lane splitting in California and its disappointment in the state’s removal of safety guidelines, published in 2013, from the websites of state agencies has been the topic of discussions between the AMA and the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA).

CalSTA is the agency that oversees the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Traffic Safety and the Department of Motor Vehicles, all of which published lane-splitting safety guidelines to aid motorists and motorcyclists.

The removal of the guidelines from state websites and publications – prompted by the complaint of a Sacramento resident opposed to lane splitting – created an uproar among California motorcyclists.

Nick Haris, AMA’s western states representative, was quoted about the controversy in several California newspapers and appeared on six radio shows throughout the state.

Shortly after the agencies removed these useful guidelines, an AMA petition calling for their restoration was circulated. At press time it had nearly 5,000 signatures.

CalSTA responded to the outcry by inviting Haris to an August meeting to discuss the issue.

The discussions are continuing and the AMA will keep its members apprised of the progress. The online petition can be found at http://cqrcengage.com/amacycle/app/ take-action?engagementId=55066.

Meanwhile, all motorcyclists can still review the removed lane-splitting document at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/ Libraries/Rights_Documents_State/lanesplitting_guidelines. sflb.

VERMILLION BASIN OFF PRESIDENT’S MONUMENT LIST U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), chairman of the Senate’s National Parks Subcommittee, reports that the Obama Administration is not considering an Antiquities Act designation for the Vermillion Basin in northwest Colorado.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell confirmed this fact during a meeting with Udall.

“When exercised in close consultation with the local community, the Antiquities Act is an important tool that has been used throughout Colorado’s history to preserve and protect many of the iconic public lands that strengthen our special way of life and support our outdoor-recreation economy,” Udall says. “That said, I am glad Secretary Jewell has rebutted the rumors some lawmakers have used to create uncertainty for the residents of northwest Colorado.”

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NEW MEXICO OFF-ROADERS LOSE BID TO RETAIN TRAILS U.S. District Judge Rules In Favor Of Forest Service

The New Mexico Off-Highway Vehicle Alliance lost its bid in federal court to keep about 5,400 miles of federal trails open to motorized recreation in the Santa Fe National Forest.

In a ruling issued in July, Judge William P. Johnson of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico upheld the U.S.

Forest Service Plan that includes reducing the trails available to off-highway vehicles from 7,832 miles to 2,463.

NMOHVA’s board of directors is considering whether to appeal the ruling.

Learn more about this issue, in addition to how you can help, at NMOHVA’s website at www.nmohva.org.

S TATEWAT CH ILLINOIS Senate Bill 3130, sponsored by Don Harmon (D-Oak Park), defines an autocycle as “a three-wheel motor vehicle that has a steering wheel and seating that does not require the Gov. Pat Quinn operator to straddle or sit astride it.” It also provides that the operation of an autocycle requires a Class D driver’s license – with no motorcycle endorsement—and makes certain provisions for titling vehicles with challenged titles. The bill was signed into law by the governor on July 21.

Also, Senate Bill 2633 amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act, setting the fee for an off-highway vehicle usage stamp for a vehicle with an engine capacity of more than 75cc at $15 annually. The fee for an OHV usage stamp for a vehicle with an engine capacity of 75cc and lower is $10 annually. The bill was signed by Gov. Pat Quinn and is effective immediately.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Senate Bill 232, adjusting the speed limits for off-highway recreational vehicles, was adopted by both bodies in the state’s General Court. The new law, introduced by Sen. Jeff Woodburn (D-Concord), sets the speed limit at 10 mph within 150 feet of

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any bob-house, fishing shanty or occupied fishing hole of another. The speed limit is raised from 10 mph to 20 mph on Class I through Class VI. At trail junctions or in parking lots, or when passing trail grooming equipment, or on town or city sidewalks, the limit is 10 mph. The speed limit is raised from 15 mph to 20 mph on plowed roads on department of resources and economic development property open to OHRV operation. And the speed limit is reduced from 45 mph to 35 miles per hour on all trail connectors and any approved OHRV trail, unless posted otherwise.

RHODE ISLAND House Bill 7258, sponsored by Rep. Nicholas A. Mattiello (D-Cranston) forbids the installation of an electronic tracking device on a motor vehicle for the purpose of tracking Rep. Nichoas Mattiello the operator or occupant of the vehicle. The bill allows specific exceptions for law enforcement for the purpose of criminal investigations and for parents or guardians using such devices for the purpose of monitoring minors. The Senate Committee on Judiciary has recommended passage of the bill, which now moves on to the upper chamber.

UP to the Philadelphia Parking Authority for a pilot program for motorcycle and scooter parking in its Center City and University City districts. The July-through-October program permits motorcycle and scooter parking on sidewalks in front of the operators’ homes. On commercial streets, the PPA installed 47 corrals for 180 motorcycles or scooters. During the pilot period, there is no charge to park in the corrals. The PPA also revamped downtown AutoPark garages and lots to accommodate motorcycle and scooter parking. The AMA is sharing information with the the Philadelphia Motorcycle and Scooter Coalition — including AMA members Gary Lowe and Morgan Jones — as it works with PPA to develop a long-term program.

DOWN to the Orlando, Fla., motorcyclists who shut down a section I-4 in June to perform stunts on their bikes and brag about it through social media. The AMA never condones illegal behavior or irresponsible riding. There are plenty of outlets for riders who want to test their skills responsibly, such as track days and AMA-sanctioned amateur racing.

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DOWN to Aaron Huntsman, a 19-year veteran Connecticut state trooper who pleaded guilty to stealing cash and jewelry from a dying motorcycle crash victim. The Connecticut Post reports Huntsman entered a guilty plea to charges of larceny and tampering with evidence.

Huntsman was caught on video from his cruiser’s dashboard camera taking a gold chain and $3,700 from dying motorcyclist John Scalesse in September 2012.

Sentencing is Oct. 3. Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin said he would impose a 16-year prison term and five years probation.

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6 Questions With…

Factory Honda’s trey canard In his first full year as a pro, Trey Canard captured the 2008 AMA Supercross East Coast Championship. A couple years later, he won the 2010 AMA 250 Motocross Championship. The Oklahoman’s meteoric success was muted by injury when he moved up to the 450 class. Still, Canard keeps coming back to find success—a trait that must appeal to the Honda factory team, which has signed him for two more years.—Jim Kimball AmericAn motorcyclist: Trey, let’s begin with the recent news of you re-signing with Honda for another two years.

Trey canard: I’m really grateful to have those guys behind me. We have had a very good relationship these past four years, and they have stuck by me through thick and thin.

I think there are a lot of good things going on right now, and believe that there will be even more in the future. I’m happy to be a part of it, and looking forward to the future.

My whole professional career has been on a Honda. There is a lot of history at Honda. They have had a lot of success.

They may have not had all the success in these last years, but I know that everyone there is really hungry to win. All the people there are passionate about racing, and that makes it a great atmosphere.

Tc: First of all, I am a racer and I want to race. I get paid to race, so that was a big priority. I think racing Supercross was a big building experience for outdoors. You never get that full gate-drop experience without actually racing. You can only get so ready by just riding practice laps, and I think that I made the right decision.

you came back to race some of the final Supercross rounds before the motocross series started. Why didn’t you just wait until the outdoor series?

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aM: How do you feel about your outdoor season?

Tc: I think that it has gone great.

Obviously, you always want to do better.

I don’t know if I am ever truly happy unless I am winning. You want to get wins, overalls, and the championship. I may have fallen a little short, but all in all it’s been a good season. It’s been good for my maturity being with the team, and I have truly had a lot of fun.

you got married late last year, right?

It’s funny. When you are younger you don’t really want to have a steady girlfriend, as they can be a distraction. We met about two years ago on a mission aM:

trip to Tanzania. We were in a little group together, and we just kind of hit it off. It’s been great, and [I am] so thankful for who she is, and what she does to help me. She goes to about every race and helps a lot with all the stuff that I don’t have time for – like preparing meals, mixing protein drinks, and a lot of other stuff. Before I met her she had never been to a race or heard of it, so it’s been pretty fun. aM: How is it living in Oklahoma rather than relocating to someplace closer to the industry or better suited to year-round riding, such as california or Florida?

Tc: I try to stay in Oklahoma as much as I can. My family is here, and it’s home.

I enjoy it here a lot. It’s definitely off the beaten path, and there can be some crazy weather, but I just love it here. It’s a very down-to-earth place. You can sometimes get caught up in this fantasy world of motocross, so it’s nice to come home and be humbled a little bit.

Any big off-season plans?

I’m going to stay home this year. No European Supercross races, but at this point I do plan on racing the Monster Energy Cup. Besides that, I’m going to enjoy being at home on the weekends spending time with my family and working on our house. I feel really good about the team and where we are going. I want to shoot for a Supercross and motocross championship, but if I come up a bit short I’ll just keep trying—no matter what. aM: Tc:

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Industry Racing’s Grand Arena played host to two marquee events Aug. 9-10, showcasing both the third round of the AMA Speedway National Championship Series as well as the second annual AMA/ FIM Junior Speedway Silver Cup Championship.

On Saturday night, Billy Janniro extended his points lead in the AMA National Championship standings, while a trio of budding speedway stars earned the most coveted wins of their young careers on Sunday afternoon at the Speedway Silver Cup. The weekend festivities began with the penultimate round of the four-race AMA Speedway National Championship, as a strong crowd welcomed the top 16 riders in America to The Grand Arena. The GP format produced incredible racing all night long, but it was clear that Janniro was the favorite for the win.

The four-time and defending AMA National Champion took one step closer to a fifth title with as close to a perfect night as he could ask for. Janniro won every one of his heats, as well as the Semi, before dominating the Main Event to compile a maximum point tally for the evening with 21 points.

Perhaps the most impressive

moment of the night for Janniro came in Heat 16, when he showcased his willingness to push the limit for a shot at victory. Both Max Ruml and Charlie Venegas got the jump on Janniro and came onto the backstretch side-by-side battling for the lead. Undeterred, Janniro chose to split the duo and go three wide, carrying more speed into the corner and finding enough traction to take control of the race.

In the main event, Janniro took advantage of his pole position to take control immediately, and relied on his patented outside line at Industry Racing to run a torrid pace that allowed him to maintain a multiple-bike-length advantage over the field en route to a wire-towire win.

Venegas rode his way to a solid runner-up effort while Ruml and Bast rounded out the final four.

On Sunday in the AMA/FIM Junior Speedway Silver Cup, three classes of competition took to the track at the most prestigious junior speedway event in the United States, with Dillon Ruml winning the 250cc Junior Speedway title, Sterling Martin emerging victorious in 150cc 1st Division Mini Speedway and Keelan Venegas earning the 150cc 2nd Division Mini Speedway crown.

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ARMED FORCES PARTICIPATE IN MOTORCYCLE SAFETY DAY Fourth Annual Event Draws About 250 Participants

An estimated 250 riders and non-riders attended the fourth Motorcycle Safety Day in June, sponsored by the Air Force Sergeants Association at Maryland’s Joint Base Andrews, also known as Andrews Air Force Base, the home of Air Force One. The event was organized “to rally up Department of Defense military and civilian riders of all experience levels, regardless of make or model, to receive briefings on safety, technique demonstrations, accident testimonials, exposure to a variety of vendors and local entertainment, and to participate in contests, a bike show as well as a policeescorted group ride,” says Paul Grugin, deputy director of government relations for the Air Force Sergeants Association.

“All that was done with the intent of promoting motorcycle safety and general road awareness,” he explains.

Participation was open to all branches of the military within the National Capital Region, including the Pentagon, Bolling Air Force Base, Fort Belvoir Army base, Fort Meade Army installation and Patuxent River

Naval Air Station, among others.

Members of the civilian community also were invited.

Eleven vendors set up displays for the day, and four police motorcycle units attended, as well. Air Force Master Sgt. Freddie Mims and Jamie Kesselring were the event co-coordinators assigned to Andrews.

Sean Hutson, AMA legislative assistant, and AMA Grassroots Coordinator Danielle Fowles were both on hand to talk about motorcyclists’ rights, as well as discuss the AMA’s positions and actions on important issues.

Domonic Anderson, who competed in the AMA Dragbike Series and now races for BMW, attended the event and offered his assessment.

“The day included a police-escorted off-base ride, live entertainment, riding demonstrations, a bike show that awarded 11th Wing Safety Office, Wing Weapons Safety Manager Harry Waddle with the Best of Show award with his patriotic Stars and Stripes Victory Cross Country,” Anderson says.

The audience received expert advice from professional road racer Jeremy Scott, Ride Like a Pro’s Dave Russell and Anderson.

“I enjoy attending events like this,” Anderson says. “It gives me an opportunity to share my expertise and experience to help support and raise awareness for motorcycle safety.

These men and women give their time and so much more to us. I’m honored to lend my experience to

support them.”

Each year, Motorcycle Safety Day has grown in size and scope.

“The event has steadily grown, both in attendance and reputation,” Grugin says. “In year one, we were observed by the USAF Safety office, and they shared our success as a ‘benchmark’ for other installations around the planet.

“Each year, we make improvements and refine the menu of activities,” he continues. “One such evolution was inviting AMA to participate or observe.

Now, we’re looking at the possibility of becoming an AMA-sanctioned event.”

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The MotoPumps Mini Pro Inflator (motopumps. com) is designed to be a compact air compressor that can help you maintain your

By Scott Williams motorcycle tires on the road.

The pump measures 6-inches x 4¾-inches x 2-inches and weighs 19 ounces. The fan-cooled, 12V motor produces up to 50 PSI at 0.5 CFM, draws less than 5A (compatible with BMW CAN bus), and is rated for 30 minutes of continuous use.

Connecting to 12V power illuminates an LED worklight and a backlit pressure gauge (0-50 PSI in 2-pound increments).

The polyurethane air hose, which uncoils about three feet from a recess in the chassis, features a brass zero-loss air chuck that screws onto valve stems and suspension fittings more reliably than those plastic chucks with a thumb lever, plus it’s smaller to aid stowage. Three fittings for your inflatable toys and balls store in the chassis, too.

An on/off switch on the chassis controls the pump and an LED warns when polarity is reversed.

The main power cord features an SAE connector that lets you attach various fused pigtails to source 12V power different ways. The standard model includes a pigtail with a cigarette lighter plug (a convertible SAE/BMW plug would have been nice). The deluxe

CODY WEBB RULES TENNESSEE KNOCKOUT ENDURO Beta Rider Dominates

Beta USA’s Cody Webb came out on top at the Aug. 16-17 KENDA AMA Tennessee Knockout Enduro, the fourth running of the extreme off-road race held in Sequatchie, Tenn.

Webb won all three preliminary races and then best in the field in the five-lap final. This is the second straight year that the Webb has won the event.

Webb, a pro trials and AMA Endurocross racer, wasn’t fazed by the rainstorm that pounded the course in the afternoon, making already challenging conditions more difficult.

“I basically got the holeshot and rode a mistake-free race, avoiding the carnage,” Webb says. “I’m pretty excited to have won this event two years in a row.”

KTM riders Taylor Robert and Grant Baylor finished second and third.

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model adds two pigtails (alligator clamps and battery terminal rings) plus a dualcompartment neoprene case that holds the compressor and the extra leads.

(Hint: You may already have an SAE terminal ring pigtail attached to your battery for heated gear or a battery tender. If so, be sure the fuse is rated for 15A.) I released the air from a 120/70ZR17 tire, fired up the Mini Pro Inflator and raised the pressure to 32 PSI in about four minutes. I topped off the tire pressure in my motorcycles, truck and car, and found the Mini Pro faster and quieter than the portable compressor I’ve used for years. The gauge consistently indicated the same pressure as my shop-grade Milton gauge.

The MotoPumps Mini Pro Inflator was designed by an avid lifetime rider and it shows in the details. The standard model is $69.99. The deluxe is $79.99. Riders who invest in well-made tools will like the Mini Pro.—Scott “Bones” Williams, Wilbraham, Mass.

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IT’S A RAMP —AND MORE! Members Get 20 Percent Discount On Shark Kage Ramps

Loading your motorcycle or ATV into the back of a pickup truck can be a hassle.

Now, AMA members can save on one of the most secure and innovative ramps available today.

AMA-benefit partner Shark Kage, based in Las Vegas, provides a generous 20 percent discount on its ramps to all current AMA members. AMA members can take advantage of the discount by using a unique code available in the Members Only section of www.americanmotorcyclist.com.

“Shark Kage makes one of the most ingenious, multi-use motorcycle ramps you can buy today,” says AMA Vice President of Operations Jeff Massey.

“Anyone who has loaded a motorcycle or ATV into the back of a pickup truck knows how sketchy the process can be.

This heavy-duty ramp eliminates a lot of the worry. It’s really great that Shark Kage is providing this substantial discount exclusively to AMA members.”

Shark Kage (www.sharkkage.com) has also applied to be an AMA Business Member in support of the association’s mission to promote the motorcycle lifestyle and protect the future of motorcycling.

“We’re happy to offer these savings to AMA members,” said Shark Kage Director of Marketing Shauntel Ludwig. “We engineered our six-in-one multi-use ramp with motorcyclists and ATV riders in mind, and its numerous features are designed to make life easier so you can focus more on enjoying your ride.”

The Shark Kage functions as a loading ramp, a bed extender, a secure cargo box and a cargo cover, as well as a worktable and a sunshade with additional accessories. Shark Kage attaches to a truck’s tailgate using a specially designed mounting plate, providing a secure anchor so it can safely perform all six of its functions.

HONORING EXCELLENCE Nominations Accepted For AMA Awards Program

The AMA Awards Program is looking for deserving individuals and organizations to be recognized in 2015. Bestowed by the AMA Board of Directors, these awards often begin with nominations from AMA members.

Awards are as follows: • AMA Dud Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award: Acknowledges the highest level of service to the AMA. It was first presented in 1970.

• AMA Hazel Kolb Brighter Image Award: Recognizes activities that generate good publicity for motorcycling. It was first presented in 1987.

• AMA Outstanding Road Rider Award.

Recognizes someone who has contributed to protecting on-highway motorcycling rights.

• AMA Outstanding Off-Road Rider Award: Recognizes someone who has contributed to protecting offhighway motorcycling rights.

• AMA Bessie Stringfield Award: Honors someone who has been instrumental in introducing motorcycling to emerging markets.

• Friend of the AMA Award: Presented to those in the motorcycling community who have strongly supported the AMA mission to promote the motorcycle lifestyle and protect the future of motorcycling.

Submissions should include the individual’s or organization’s name, contact information, and a summary of accomplishments in 300 words or less.

Send to submissions@ama-cycle.org.

Mail: AMA Awards Program, American Motorcyclist Association, 13515 Yarmouth Dr., Pickerington, OH 43147.

Deadline: Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.

AMA MEMBER MEETING Set For Oct. 17 In Orlando, Fla.

On Friday, Oct. 17, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., the AMA will hold a member meeting for the purpose of ratifying the at-large appointment of Jeff Skeen to the AMA Board of Directors.

Full AMA members in good standing may attend the meeting. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m.

For more information, members may contact AMA Vice President of Administration Bob Chaddock at (614) 856-1900, ext. 1349.

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AMA Motocross Horizon Award Winner: R.J. Hampshire

On July 27-Aug. 2, the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, presented by AMSOIL, showcased the best amateur motocross racers in America in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

In all, 36 AMA national champions were crowned at the prestigious event.

Perhaps the most successful rider at the event was R.J. Hampshire, backed by Factory Connection and AMSOIL Honda.

Hampshire won all six motos he entered in both the 250 A and Open Pro Sport classes. His perfect performance also earned him the AMA Motocross Horizon Award, which goes to the racer who shows the most promise for success in the pro ranks.

New for 2014 at the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship was the AMA Motocross Amateur Rider Award.

This award goes to an outstanding rider outside the A classes. The inaugural winner of this honor was Tristan Charboneau, who won each moto en route to the 450 B title and finished second, first and second to capture

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the 250 B championship.

The AMA Motocross Youth Rider Award goes to a rider under the age of 16 who has an outstanding performance in the youth classes at the motocross nationals. This year’s winner was Garrett Marchbanks, champion of both Mini Sr 1 (12-13) and Mini Sr 2 (12-14).

The AMA Motocross Vet/Senior Rider Award acknowledges an outstanding rider over the age of 30 at the nationals. Always among the most competitive divisions at the event, this year’s vet class turned out John Grewe, who topped both the Senior 40+ and Senior 45+ classes to capture not only two titles, but the coveted AMA Vet/Senior Rider Award.

In other competition at the event, several class champions remained in contention to the final moto.

Jon Ames and Luke Purther entered the last motos tied in Schoolboy 1 (12-16) B/C. Both riders had to work through the pack to keep their title hopes alive, and a late mistake from Purther handed the title to Ames.

Austin Forkner captured the Super Mini 2 title, putting a solid cap on his minicycle days with a three-moto sweep before he moves to the

250F class for 2015. Sean Cantrell (2-2-2) finished second and Jordan Bailey (3-4-4) was third.

Hannah Hodges dominated her third straight moto on Saturday to make it a clean sweep in Girls (12-16) class.

Danielle Grigoletti (3-2-2) and Gracie Van Horn (2-3-3) joined Hodges atop the podium.

In Girls Jr. (9-13), Jordan Jarvis claimed her third straight win to capture the championship, while Jamie Astudillo (2-3-3) and Karly Morgan (3-4-2) finished second and third, respectively.

Bad luck struck for Kaitlyn Morrow in the third moto of Women 14+, as she went down early on and wasn’t able to finish the moto. Mackenzie Tricker (1-2-5) took full advantage and won the championship, her second straight title, over Marissa Markelon (4-5-2) and Brandy Richards (9-3-1).

In Masters 50+, five-time Grand National Cross Country Champion Rodney Smith made it interesting by winning the final moto, but Earl May captured the championship following two moto wins earlier in the week.

One of the best championship battles of the week took place in Vet 30+ B/C. Entering the final moto Saturday, both Reid Edwards and Chad Murphy had captured a moto win in the class. The slugfest continued in Moto 3, as Edwards passed Murphy just before the white flag dropped, but Murphy struck back on the final lap and won by a mere 1.03 seconds.

For full results from the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, presented by AMSOIL, see www.mxsports.com.

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CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT AMA AMATEUR NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

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andrew deLong toPs snow shoe nationaL enduro Husqvarna Rider Wins By 20-Second Margin

Husqvarna Racing’s Andrew DeLong claimed his second national win of the season and the third of his career at the Aug. 10 Snow Shoe National Enduro in Grand Junction, Colo.—round eight of the 2014 Kenda AMA National Enduro Championship Series, presented by Moose Racing.

DeLong won outright or tied for the win in three of the six tests and finished the event with a 20-second margin of victory over runner-up finisher Steward Baylor.

DeLong’s win extended his lead in the series standings to 17 points over KTM rider Jesse Groemm, who

was third in Colorado.

“This was a tough event, but I think I did a good job of deciding where to go for it and where to take it easy,” DeLong says. “There were some parts of the trail that were a little sketchy and you didn’t want to go down in those spots.”

The event was held at an elevation of over 7,500 feet, which put additional stress on the riders.

“The bikes didn’t have as much power as they do at lower altitudes, so that was just one more thing you had to adjust to,” DeLong adds.

Baylor got off to a relatively

slow start, finishing test one over 40 seconds off of DeLong’s time.

However, the FMF/KTM rider picked up the pace midway into the race, and thanks to test wins in three tests he was able to work his way back up into the runner-up slot by the end of the day.

Groemm, who won the previous round in Pennsylvania, wasn’t really in the hunt until late in the race. He topped off his day by winning the final test, which moved him ahead of KTM support rider Grant Baylor for third overall. Meanwhile, Colorado off-roader Ian Blythe tied for the fastest time in two tests and rounded out the top five on his KTM. Nick Fahringer nursed an injured knee to sixth overall but lost valuable points to DeLong in the championship chase. The AirGroup Racing Husqvarna rider led the series point standings after the sixth round, but tore the MCL in his left knee two days before Round 7 and has been off the pace.

Current AMA EnduroCross points leader Cody Webb made the drive from California to make his first ride in a national enduro, and the Beta USA-backed rider came away with seventh overall. The former national AMA MotoTrials champ says he’ll be back to ride an eastern round in the near future.

With two rounds remaining, DeLong holds a 17-point lead over Groemm, 170 to 153, while Fahringer sits in third with 152.

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Peoria Crowns its King Henry Wiles Wins 10th Straight Peoria TT

Few riders have dominated a particular event to the extent Kawasaki’s Henry Wiles has dominated the Peoria TT. Wiles took the AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship Expert Main checkered flag for the 10th consecutive Peoria TT on Aug. 17, pacing runner-up Jared Mees by 1.811 seconds in Round 12 of the season.

“It feels amazing to be able to win 10 in a row here at the Peoria TT,” Wiles says. “This place means so much to me. The race atmosphere, the fans here are always awesome in Peoria. If you haven’t seen this race, you’re missing a little piece of American history. “ Wiles dominated in a fashion that has become routine for him at the event.

He was the fast qualifier and won the Dash for Cash. He got out to a solid start in the Expert main, and then again after a red-flag restart.

The win was the second TT victory of the year for Wiles, who also won the Castle Rock TT on Aug. 2.

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AMA NAMes 2014 Motocross of NAtioNs teAM Ryan Dungey, Eli Tomac, Jeremy Martin Selected

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The 2014 team that will compete for America at the Fédération Internationale de Motocylisme Motocross of Nations in Kegums, Latvia, Sept. 27-28, will include Red Bull/ KTM’s Ryan Dungey, GEICO Honda rider Eli Tomac and STAR Racing Yamaha’s Jeremy Martin.

AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Roger DeCoster will manage the team as it seeks to reclaim the championship that it last captured in 2011. The U.S. team was second in 2013 and third in 2012.

“If you look at the way Ryan, Eli and Jeremy are riding at the moment, we should be back in the hunt for a victory,” says DeCoster, who currently manages the Red Bull/KTM AMA Motocross and Supercross teams, and himself competed

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in numerous FIM Motocross of Nations in the 1960s and ‘70s.

“The track we will be racing at suits our style, and all the riders are talented and on good equipment. Also, all of these riders want to be here, and compete for their country. That’s what we want in a team.”

Dungey, who will race in the MX1 class, returns for the sixth time to the U.S. Motocross of Nations team. He says he is ready to win back a world championship for America.

“It always feels good to represent the United States,” says Dungey, who is currently second in points for the AMA Pro Racing 450MX National Championship.

“To be picked to represent your country is a real honor. The last two years we have

been short of that top step on the podium, and we all want to be back on that top step, to show the world what America can do. With myself, Eli and Jeremy, we’re all riding well and we’re all in strong physical condition to get that job done.”

Tomac, who has returned from an early season injury to log two moto wins and several top-three moto finishes through the ninth round of the AMA Pro Racing Motocross National Championship, said he is thrilled to be on the 2014 Motocross of Nations team.

“It’s an honor to be chosen for the U.S. team at the Motocross of Nations this year,” Tomac says, who will compete in the Open class. “Last year’s Motocross of Nations was a great experience, being my first time, but leaving with second place left a sour taste in our mouths. It’s a new year, a new track and a new country.

I believe our team will be more than prepared to battle for the win!”

Martin, who locked up the 2014 AMA Pro Racing 250MX National Championship with one round to go, will be an FIM Motocross of Nations rookie this year.

“It’s a really cool feeling, but I don’t know what to think because I never

U.S. Team WinS World TiTle aT Fim Jr. World moTocroSS championShip Consistency, Team Effort Carry The Day

Nine U.S. riders finished with the best team score to bring home the world championship for America at the 2014 Fédération Internationale de Motocylisme Jr. Motocross World Championship in Lierneux, Belgium.

The event, held Aug. 9-10, included racers from 33 countries competing at the technical and rocky Pleine Longs Sarts track. The U.S. team had a combined score of 21 points based on the best finishes of their riders in the 65cc, 85cc and 125cc classes.

Germany was second with 23 points and France was third with 29 points.

The best-finishing U.S. riders in each class were Orange Brigade/FMF/KTM rider Alex Frye, from Huntingtown, Md., with a finish of 11th place in the 13-17 year old 125cc class; San Diego, Calif., KTM Orange Brigade rider Conner Mullennix, from San Diego, Calif., with a seventh-place finish in the 11-14 year old 85cc class; and KTM Orange Brigade rider Jeremy Ryan, from Santa Nella, Calif., with third in the 10-12 year old 65 cc class.

“While the FIM Jr. Motocross World Championship is also an individual event, with riders competing for world titles in each class, the primary goal was to bring home the team title,” says AMA Motocross Manager Kip Bigelow.

Along with Ryan in the 65cc class were Hubert’s Lemonade Kawasaki Team Green rider Jett Reynolds from Bakersfield, Calif., and KTM Orange Brigade rider Carter Biese from Appleton, Wis. Reynolds finished fourth and Biese finished fifth.

Racing in the 85cc class with Mullennix were Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green rider Garrett Marchbanks from

Coalville, Utah, finishing 16th, and Brock Papi from McMurray, Pa., finishing 40th.

Papi had earlier qualified second and ran as high as fourth in the second moto.

In the 125cc class alongside of Frye was Yamaha bLU cRU, supported by the Yamaha of Europe/Kemea Team, rider Jon Ames from Riverside, Calif., and KTM Orange Brigade rider Challen Tennant from Willis, Texas. Ames finished 16th overall and Tennant finished 19th overall.

“Although only the best-placing rider in each class is used for the overall team score, every rider on the team was essential to bringing home the gold,” Bigelow says.

“From the day we arrived in Belgium to the checkered flag of the final moto of race day, the team spirit and dedication was never more evident and important.

The riders, their families and the team sponsors made this successful effort possible.”

Bigelow thanked Feld Motor Sports, MX Sports, Farren Racing, Dunlop Tires, Super Sketch, Cernic’s Racing, Fox Racing, Custom Decals, MX Trophies and the team’s presenting sponsor, FMF, for their support. In addition, Bigelow said he appreciated the generosity of Keama Yamaha of France, which supplied a bike for Jon Ames.

“The logistics to put something of this magnitude together couldn’t possibly be done by one person,” Bigelow added.

“Without the help of U.S. Team Manager James Coy, who is KTM North America’s FMF Orange Brigade KTM Lites team manager, Cernic’s Racing Jeff Cernic, and fifth-year attendee and team Logistics Coordinator Helen Mosiman, we simply could not have made this happen.”

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thought I would be in this position,” says Martin, who will compete in the MX2 class. “The best memory I have of the Motocross of Nations is as a fan when it came to Budds Creek and Ricky Carmichael, Ryan Villopoto and Tim Ferry were on the team and rode real well together as a team. I’m looking forward to riding on a team like that. Ryan [Dungey] and I already train together, and I raced against Eli last year. He’s a good guy and has a good family. I just hope to go out there and do the best I can and bring it home.”

The FIM Motocross of Nations is one of the most high-profile motorsport events in the world. It features national teams competing for a combined score to determine the overall championshipwinning country. The event emerged in post-war Europe in 1947 and has run uninterrupted since that time.

The United States last won the FIM Motocross of Nations in 2011 when the event was held in Saint D’Angely, France. The United States is the all-time leader in FIM Motocross of Nations overall team victories with 22. Great Britain is second with 16.

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bikes, which includes road racing, time trialing, criterium and cyclocross.

What was your big event?

The biggest event I did was in 1990, the International Cycling Union Mountain Bike World Cup event here in Durango.

That’s what got me here to live. I rode in the Masters 45+ class. I believe I got a fifth place.

I have also won the mountain bike event several times at the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah.

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WA:

What will your next adventure be?

In Senior Games, we say the age divisions are from 50 to death. So, my next adventure is to make it to 90 and still be racing.

AM:

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CATCHING UP WITH… AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Walt Axthelm

AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST: When did you retire from motorcycle racing and why?

WALT AXTHELM: My last race and retirement were the same time—1980 at the Parker 400. This desert race does one loop on the California side and two loops on the Arizona side.

When I started the second loop on the Arizona side, I started mixing with the pickup trucks in a sand wash, and one jumped in front of me and rocked me so bad I had bruises all over my chest.

I had been thinking of the end, and this was a good time, as it was no longer fun. I

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packed up and went down to my sailboat in Dana Point (Calif.), and that was that. I think I got a 5th place, but did not stay for the awards.

AM: What prompted your interest in bicycling?

WA: I started mountain biking in 1987, as it was a natural transition from motorcycle handling—except for learning how to pedal and deal with the high heart rates and endurance. Living here in Durango, you don’t just ride “a” bike. You ride many types of bikes. Today, I do mainly road

Jo Axthelm

Walt Axthelm, a member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, was an influential Southern California off-road rider who competed from the 1950s through the 1970s. He was the third American to ride the International Six Days Trial and he won many off-road racing events on Catalina Island, Calif.

Now in his early 80s and living in Durango, Colo., Axthelm remains an avid competitor—but on bicycles rather than motorcycles. Axthelm’s 2013 racing resume includes seven first-place finishes in the 80- to 84-year-old age group at events in Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon.

Axthelm took a few moments to share some details about his retirement from motorcycle competition and his subsequent two-wheeled adventures.

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2003 HONDA CR250R The GOAT’s Weapon Few people in any endeavor have ever earned the title of The Greatest Of All Time. Ricky Carmichael has. Carmichael was, without question, the most dominant rider ever in AMA Motocross. Beginning in 1997, when he won the 125 Motocross Championship, he won at least one championship in every season he raced, and never failed to defend a title when he was able to ride the entire season.

In total, Carmichael earned 15 National Championship titles in AMA Motocross and AMA Supercross and three team world championships in the FIM Motocross of Nations. He notched undefeated outdoor seasons three times—and two of those times he never lost a single moto.

One of the most impressive aspects of Carmichael’s career is that his success straddled two distinct eras. Carmichael and his contemporaries grew up racing twostrokes, known for their explosive power and quick acceleration. But by the early 2000s, most racers had decided that fourstroke motocross bikes, with their greater displacement and horsepower and torquey delivery, were a big advantage over the two-stroke competition.

Unless, however, Ricky Carmichael was the two-stroke competition.

In 2003, Carmichael showed that two-

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strokes—specifically, this Honda CR250R—were still formidable.

The first proof came in the 2003 AMA Supercross Championship, where he raced this Honda to seven overall victories to take the title over Chad Reed by 7 points. Those wins made this machine the last two-stroke to win an AMA Supercross Championship. When the action moved to the outdoor AMA Motocross Championship, Carmichael prevailed as well, riding this bike to win the series handily in nine of 11 rounds.

This CR250R featured a number of special touches, including a start device on the front forks, a start mode for the ignition, heavy duty custom wheels and triple clamps, a rider-adjustable clutch, custom engine case guards and more to keep Carmichael at the front.

This remarkable motorcycle is on loan from American Honda. You can see it, along with many of the other machines that have shaped the history of American motorcycling, at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio.

Photos Rainer Ziehm

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AMA Motorcycle Hall Of Famer

Ben Campanale: 1938-39 Daytona 200 Winner One of the first AMA Class C racing stars, Ben Campanale was a top racer in New England during the mid-1930s. He made a name for himself nationally by becoming the first two-time winner of the Daytona 200, winning the classic event in 1938 and 1939.

Born in Worcester, Mass., on Sept. 19, 1914, Campanale came into motorcycling in perhaps one of the most roundabout ways of any Hall of Famer. As a teenager, Campanale was a bicycle racer of some renown. Always looking for a thrill, he wanted to build an iceboat to speed along the frozen lakes near his home. He found a farmer who had on old HarleyDavidson sitting behind a barn out in the elements. Campanale paid five dollars for the abandoned bike, took the engine out and went to work rebuilding it. He finally got the motor running and, with the addition of an old propeller from a nearby airport, had the major ingredients to build his iceboat.

“The first time I put it on the ice it ran great until I hit the higher speeds,” Campanale recalled. “The propeller wasn’t angled right and the boat tried to lift itself off the ice.”

In the spring, Campanale fixed up the frame of the old 1924 Harley, installed the motor and learned to ride in the fields behind his house. He kept riding, and in 1934, Campanale entered his first race, the national championship TT in Keene, N.H. “I just went up, paid my one dollar AMA membership fee and was ready to race,” said Campanale, who was just 19 years old at the time. “Things were a lot simpler

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in those days. E.C. Smith looked at the old rig I had and just sort of grinned. I’m sure it was quite a picture with me, no racing experience, and riding this old worn-down street bike.”

Campanale surprised everyone that day in Keene by not only finishing the race, but finishing in fifth place as well. A total unknown to his fellow racers, Campanale became somewhat of a local celebrity.

From there, Campanale went on to establish quite a reputation by winning regional TT and hillclimbing championships in New England.

In 1938, Campanale went to Daytona Beach, Fla., to take a shot at racing in the 200. Once again, he was relatively unknown, this time going against more than 100 of the best motorcycle racers in the country. His bike was a HarleyDavidson WLDR street bike with the lights taken off. As the race progressed, it became a battle between Campanale, Tommy Hays and Lester Hillbish. At one point, Hillbish forced Campanale off the course. This infuriated Campanale and he charged as hard as he could to catch Hillbish. After gaining on Hillbish, Campanale pulled alongside and began kicking at Hillbish’s front wheel.

“I was going to let him know he’d better not mess with me again,” recalled Campanale. Perhaps thinking Campanale was a crazy man, Hillbish kept his distance.

Campanale pulled away to win by about one minute over Hillbish, with Hayes a distant third. Afterward, Hillbish and some of his friends came over to protest Campy’s rough riding. Luckily for Campanale, AMA official and former racing great Jim Davis saw Hillbish run Campanale off the track and did not allow the protest.

The next year Campanale returned, but was no longer the underdog. This time

he was given a factory Harley-Davidson.

William Harley, one of the founders of Harley-Davidson, came up to Campanale just before the race and asked him how the motor was running. Campanale replied that it was just perfect.

Campanale went on to win the race to become its first two-time winner.

To make extra money during his racing days, Campanale did stunt riding. His best-known stunt was crashing through a wall of wooden boards. He gave up stunt riding when once he had to use fresh wood and the boards didn’t give way when he hit them.

Campanale survived one of the worst motorcycle racing crashes of all time at Oakland, Calif., in 1941. When June McCall went down at a high rate of speed during the running of the Oakland 200, Campanale and several other riders crashed trying to avoid him. Campanale was forced to hit the outside fence in the incident. In all,

five riders were involved in the crash.

Tommy Hays and McCall were killed in the accident.

Campanale said it looked as if a bomb had gone off over the racetrack with riders and bikes strewn all over. He and Jim Kelly were both hospitalized for months. Campanale said the doctors gave him less than a 50-50 chance to live after the crash and his wife, Anna, was so shaken by the incident she never attended another race. Because of his injuries, Campanale was never drafted during World War II. Campanale came back after the war and resumed his racing career, winning several AMA Pacific Coast titles. He also moved to California and opened a Harley-Davidson dealership in Pomona. One of his most famous regular customers was Clark Gable.

The mayor of Laconia, N.H., declared June 9, 1997 as Ben Campanale Day. He also received a formal commendation from New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, recognizing Campanale as a national motorcycle racing hero and legend.

Ben Campanale was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998. He passed away in 2003.

AMA Motorcycle HAll of fAMer MArgAret Wilson pAsses Motorcycling Great Was Longtime Supporter Of Museum The AMA expresses its condolences to the friends and family of Margaret M. Wilson, AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer and longtime patron of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Mrs. Wilson passed away July 23 after a short illness. She was 98.

“Margaret Wilson was not just a role model for women motorcyclists, but all motorcyclists, setting an immeasurable example of dedication, grace, humility and generosity,” says AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman. “On behalf of AMA staff, our members and the boards of directors of the AMA and American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, I express our deepest condolences to her family and friends, and particularly her husband, Mike Wilson, who along with Margaret has provided unequaled support to the Hall of Fame, where their contributions and accomplishments will live on in perpetuity.”

Mrs. Wilson was among the first of a generation of female motorcyclists in post-World War II America who took up the sport and began changing the image of motorcycling as the exclusive domain of

Margaret and Mike Wilson, AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famers

men. Her many accomplishments include becoming a Golden Life Member of the Motor Maids, being voted America’s Most Popular and Typical Girl Rider for 1958, and logging more than half-a-million miles riding throughout the United States and Canada.

Along with her husband Mike, Margaret ran Wilson’s Motorcycle Sales of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the couple was instrumental in helping establish the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.

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ElEctric MotorcyclEs charging into MarkEtplacE Investments By Harley-Davidson, Polaris Spark Interest

By Jim Witters

The Project LiveWire electric motorcycle national tour by the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. this past summer lit up the main-stream media, flooded the social networks and challenged motorcycling’s old guard to take a fresh look at cherished traditions.

Harley’s involvement—coupled with Polaris Industries Inc.’s 2011 investment in electric-motorcycle builder Brammo Inc.—provides big-time corporate credibility to the fledgling industry.

While one custom builder of electric bikes worries that the market may grow cold while people wait for an electric Harley, industry leaders Zero Motorcycles and Brammo say their web traffic, social media and consumer inquiries hit all-time highs after Harley’s tour announcement.

“If Harley-Davidson is serious and they move fast to get a bike out there in the market, that’s fine,” says custom builder Chris Bell, owner of Brutus Electric Motorcycles. “Otherwise, people will wait to buy until Harley does something.”

But Scot Harden, Zero’s vice president of global marketing, says the immediate affect has been positive.

And Adrian G. Stewart, director of marketing at Brammo, says, “HarleyDavidson has done an excellent job of raising EV [electric vehicle] awareness and increasing consumer confidence both in the main stream media and in the

HarleyDavidson’s LiveWire electric motorcycle

specialist press.

“Since [the Harley launch], we have seen a steady stream of riders coming into our dealer network to take a more serious test ride on an Empulse, after having ridden the LiveWire,” Stewart explains.

Zero’s experience was similar.

“Our web traffic doubled when HarleyDavidson announced Project LiveWire,” Harden says. “They confirmed what we have been saying all along.”

What Zero, Brammo and other manufacturers have been saying is that motorcycling’s future—at least a big chunk of it—will be in electric machines.

Electric motorcycles generate no vibration or exhaust fumes, produce little noise and eliminate the need to shift gears. Maximum torque is available immediately. Electric motors require no oil changes or waiting in line at a gas station.

“You get all of the fun without any of the

drama,” says Harden, a member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and winner of the 2014 AMA Bessie Stringfield Award for his work promoting motorcycling to emerging markets. “I’ve been riding all my life, and the feeling of electric motorcycles takes me back to when I first started. It’s all about the experience.”

Well Within Range

One of the knocks on electric vehicles, including motorcycles, has been the relatively limited range available before a recharge is needed.

Early commercially available motorcycles were claiming a less-than-40-mile range, severely limiting their usefulness among motorcyclists envisioning long country rides on the weekends. Recharging the batteries was not as quick and simple as stopping at a gas station along the road.

But today’s electric motorcycles boast ranges of 70 miles to nearly 200 miles per charge. And some offer quick-charging options that make longer trips easier.

At the same time, though, manufacturers and others say most motorcyclists overestimate the amount of ground they cover on their bikes.

Only 600,000 Americans face a daily “megacommute” of 50 miles or more each way, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

“The average commute is 50 miles in California,” Harden says. “We are well within that range.”

Kelly Blue Book says a typical sportbike travels about 3,000 miles a year, while a touring bike may cover 5,000 miles.

“A funny characteristic of nearly all motorcyclists is that they think they ride more miles than they actually do,” says Jim Williams, AMA vice president of industry relations and business member programs. “For a majority of riders, 50 to 75 miles is probably adequate, but they don’t think it is.”

Dr. Richard M. Goff, associate professor at Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education and co-director of its Center for e-Design, says he gets the “range” question quite often.

“Many people ask me how far I can go on my Zero motorcycle and how long does it take to charge. Currently, it goes as far as I need it to go.”.”

Electric Advantage

Goff says the opportunity in electric motorcycles is limited only by the imagination of the designers— and, of course, the laws of physics.

“The advantage electric power offers motorcyclists is a quiet, cool, no smell, no drip, no emissions, enjoyable ride,” he says. “The bikes are as fast and

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maneuverable as gas bikes, without the noise, heat, smell and emissions.

“Motorcycle manufacturers have many more options for packaging than with gas bikes. If manufacturers get creative, they can reinvent the layout, seating position, shape and look of motorcycles, which hasn’t changed, other than cosmetically, since 1900.”

The cost of operating an electric motorcycle also is much lower than a bike with a traditional internal-combustion engine, Harden says.

“Depending on the cost of electricity where an individual lives, the cost of operating a Zero motorcycle can be about a penny a mile,” he says. “And depending on an owner’s circumstances, the savings can pay for the bike.”

In addition,

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“Depending on the cost of electricity where an individual lives, the cost of operating a Zero motorcycle can be about a penny a mile,” he says. “And depending on an owner’s circumstances, the savings can pay for the bike.”

— Scot Harden, Zero Motorcycle’s vice president of global marketing

Goff says, electric motorcycles benefit the community by being quiet and by not polluting their immediate surroundings.

“They give motorcycles a good image with the general public,” Goff says. “They promote a sustainable lifestyle.”

Battery Tech Advances

One key to expanding the range of electric motorcycles is the advancement of storage battery technology.

Traditional lead-acid batteries, such as those used to start cars and trucks, are heavy and bulky.

But electric-vehicle manufacturers use lithium ion batteries, which can pack more power into smaller, lighter packages. Reducing the weight, while retaining the power, extends the vehicle’s range.

Johnson Controls, one of the largest automotive battery technology companies in the world, is expanding its role in the powersports market.

In 2013, the company launched VARTA AGM factory-activated powersports

batteries in the United States, featuring “precision-filled, non-spillable technology.”

“As motorcycle technology evolves, we continuously evaluate ways to leverage our capabilities and expertise from the automotive energy storage space in the powersports market,” the company says.

Stanford University researchers recently reported that they have taken a big step toward revolutionizing battery technology by designing a pure lithium anode— something they refer to as the “Holy Grail” of battery design.

“What we have [today] are lithium-ion batteries,” says Yi Cui, a professor of materials science and engineering and leader of the research team. “The lithium is in the electrolyte but not in the anode.

An anode of pure lithium would be a huge boost to battery efficiency.”

While not specifically mentioning motorcycle applications, Cui says the new technology would benefit an array of applications.

“In practical terms, if we can triple the energy density and simultaneously decrease the cost four-fold, that would be very exciting,” he says.

Who Is Buying Them?

“Initially, the customer base will be relatively affluent riders who wish to add another bike to their stable, not replace one,” Williams says. “This is why Harley’s entry is so significant: Its customer base is both affluent and large in number.”

The price of an electric motorcycle can

ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE MANUfACTURERS (And Those Who Might Be Soon)

Companies with models available in the U.S. market:

Foreign companies currently in production:

Companies in the research and development or prototype phase:

Brammo Inc. Talent, Ore. www.brammo.com/ home

Agility Saietta London, England www.agilitymotors.com

Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Milwaukee, Wis. project.harley-davidson.com

Bultaco CEMOTO Barcelona, Spain www.bultaco.es/en/

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Tokyo, Japan world.honda.com/design/ designers-talk/TMS2011/rc-e/

Brutus Motorcycles (Bell Custom Cycles) Henderson, Nev. brutusmotorcycle.com Lightning Motorcycle San Carlos, Calif. www.lightning motorcycle.com

Mission Motorcycles Inc. San Francisco, Calif. https://www.missionmotorcycles.com Zero Motorcycles Inc. Scotts Valley, Calif. www.zeromotorcycles. com

Energica (CRP Group) Modena, Italy www.energicasuperbike. com LITO Green Motion Inc. Longueuil, Canada www.litogreenmotion.com

Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA Irvine, Calif. www.kawasaki-cp.khi.co.jp/ motorshow2013/index_e.html

KTM North America Murrieta, Calif. www.ktm.com/us/freeride/ freeride-e/highlights.html Suzuki Motor of America Inc. Brea, Calif. www.suzukicycles.com Yamaha Motor Corp., USA Cypress, Calif. www.yamaha-motor.com

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vary as much as the price of a traditional gasoline-powered bike.

For example, Zero lists its 2014 S model at $12,995. Brammo lists its Empulse at $16,995.

Bell says he can build a custom V9—a full-sized electric bike similar in purpose to the Harley Electra Glide—for $32,490.

And then there is the Mission RS GP that lists for $74,999.

Harlan Flagg, owner of electricmotorcycle retailer Hollywood Electrics, says his customer base has evolved from “early adopters to first-time riders and traditional motorcycle enthusiasts” since the store opened in 2009.

“We’ve identified three main market segments,” Flagg says. “The longtime motorcycle enthusiast who has several bikes in the garage; urban riders looking to reduce their commute time and cost; and first-time and returning riders.”

Williams says he will be closely watching the Harley loyalists.

“The interesting aspect of this for me will be to see which segment of HarleyDavidson’s customer base represents the early adopters,” he says. “Will it be the younger demographic or the most senior of their customers? I can see potential motivations for each one.”

Other major manufacturers are still surveying the market. KTM Sportmotorcycle AG has developed an electric dirt bike called the Freeride E, but production was limited to 500 units that were used to test the European market.

KTM also has considered developing an electric street bike.

But Tom Moen, media relations manager for KTM North America Inc., says there is no current plan to import the Freeride E to the United States. The street bike has not moved beyond the concept phase.

“We are still monitoring the marketplace

for this type of bike,” he says.

Pockets Of Resistance

Williams says he believes the market for electric motorcycles is poised for rapid growth, with the major manufacturers— Harley, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha—eventually joining the mix.

“At this point, it’s only cost and fear of the unknown for potential buyers,” he says.

Internet forums, blog comments, and social media posts show a variety of reactions to the Harley-Davidson project.

Many hard-core fans of The Motor Company flatly reject the idea of ever straddling any bike with an electric motor.

But those commenters likely do not represent the target audience for marketers of electric motorcycles.

The Millenials—people who reached young adulthood around the year 2000— will be “the first and most enthusiastic to adopt the concept and the science behind e-bikes,” Williams says.

Flagg says resistance to change is the “biggest impediment” in convincing someone to try an electric bike.

Goff says “people exposed to more electric motorcycles and cars tend to consider them for their own vehicles of choice.”

put a great deal of effort into explaining the technology and our approach to the technology. We do this via Tech Talks in the dealerships and via social media including YouTube.”

Bell says expansion of the market for electric motorcycles also includes hiring and training a sales staff that believes in the product.

“Hollywood Electrics does it right,” he says. “It’s not like some traditional dealerships, where they have one model of electric bike back in the corner, and the sales staff doesn’t know anything about it … or care.”

Flagg says his outlet “is more than an electric motorcycle dealership.”

“It is a classroom where one can learn about electric motorcycles and see which bikes will fit into your lifestyle and how

Education Equals Marketing

The type of exposure Goff refers to includes Harley’s nationwide publicity and market-research campaign, as well as the media coverage and one-on-one interactions with potential consumers.

“The electric motorcycle industry is still in its infancy, and most riders are just starting to learn about the technology and what are the important questions they need answers to before buying,” Stewart says. “At Brammo, we Brutus’ V2 Competition Bike

DO-IT-YOURSELF AN OPTION FOR SOME Ingenuity, Preparation Are Keys

Chad Dappert of Kenton, Ohio, says he “got disgusted with the short life” of the gasoline-powered engines he saw coming through his vehicle repair shop.

So, he started tinkering.

During the past eight years,

Dappert’s All Seasons Electric Vehicles has converted dirt bikes, street bikes, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, trucks and a Massey Ferguson tractor to electric power.

“We do conversions, instead of building custom bikes, and we use lead-acid batteries to try to make these vehicles affordable for everyone,” Dappert says.

Dappert can convert a vehicle the customer owns or provide the bracket system and let the customer do the work.

A Kawasaki Ninja 250 conversion, completed in 2012, used $2,200 in parts.

Chad Dappert’s CBR550 Conversion

A set of brackets for converting a motorcycle from gas to electric can cost as little at $250, Dappert says. The batteries, controllers, cables and motor are the more costly items.

“The batteries we use in most applications are military grade,” he says.

And, depending on the motor and other components chosen, there are some maintenance costs involved.

“Wear parts will need to be replaced, such as brushes and bearings, at about 500 hours for higher performance units and up to 4,000 hours for the general work

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they will improve your quality of life and meet your transportation needs,” he says.

In addition to talking to people about the benefits of electric power, manufacturers and retailers will have to get more people on the bikes to see for themselves, Williams says.

ACADEMIC EFFORTS

Universities Field Electric Motorcycles With Different Goals

Two universities. Two electric-motorcycle projects. Two goals.

At The Ohio State University, the Buckeye Current team is chasing racing championships, competing head-to-head with well-financed factory teams in the Isle of Man TT. At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Dr. Richard M. Goff’s team is working on aerodynamics in an attempt to reduce fuel consumption to the absolute minimum needed to accomplish a task.

The Growth, So Far

Even though the electric-motorcycle market is growing, it remains small when compared to total U.S. motorcycle sales.

Zero is the American market leader in electric motorcycles, with a goal of selling 2,400 units in 2014, Harden says. That figure compares to Harley-Davidson’s U.S. sales of 58,225 motorcycles in just the second quarter of 2014.

Flagg says Hollywood Electric’s sales have increased 100 percent each year since the store opened in 2009.

Hollywood Electrics announced in July that it would carry Brammo motorcycles in addition to its original Zero line.

Stewart says he expects the growth to continue apace.

“The vast majority of electric motorcycle innovation and production takes place here in the USA, and the rate of innovation and product development is breathtaking,” he says. “This tells me that there is a passion and interest here in the USA that will be reflected in the sales growth—not only from existing riders, but also those who are new to motorcycles and those who are returning to motorcycling. The future for electric is bright in our opinion.”

Goff agrees: “The future of electric motorcycles in America is very bright. Once they become more widespread and the cost of batteries comes down, sales will take off.”

And Flagg concludes: “Once you’ve had the opportunity to take one for a ride, it’s hard to look back. Everything else looks archaic in comparison.”

Buckeye Current

The Buckeye Current team has notched consecutive third-place finishes in the TT Zero, edging out Saroléa, a professional Belgian team, by 0.37 seconds this year, while setting the collegiate lap record at 24:12.23 averaging 93.531 mph.

The bikes finishing ahead of Buckeye Current rider Rob Barber were with Honda’s race team, Myugen Shinden.

Buckeye Current formed in 2010 to design, build and race electric motorcycles to promote innovation in electric-vehicle technology. The AMA helped get the program rolling by donating parts, including the MV Agusta frame on which the team’s first bike, the RW-1, was built.

The RW-1 set the East Coast Timing Association record for electric motorcycles at 144 miles per hour.

Brendan Kelly, founding member and business manager for the team, says “the team then switched its focus to testing its developments against the notorious Isle of Man TT.” In 2015, the team will tackle the Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb.

Kelly says racing “provides unique challenges and truly pushes the technology to the edge of performance.”

“If we can design and build a bike that survives the Isle of Man or climbs Pikes Peak, we can design a commuter,” he says. “Racing requires the most power and speed on a bike

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units,” he says. “This equates to several years, in most cases.”

Dappert posts videos of his homemade creations on his YouTube channel under the name “Dappman.”

Other online sources for electric motorcycle conversions include: • Ben Nelson, Wisconsin, 2008-2014: http://300mpg.org/projects/evcycle/ • Lennon Rodgers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012: https://sites. google.com/site/lennonrodgers2/e_moto • Toni Palmén, Vantaa, Finland, 2014: http://electricfinn.wordpress.com

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fully optimized for performance.”

Among the innovations emerging from Buckeye Current are SIMba — a data-modeling tool that predicts the bike’s performance through the Isle of Man course — and a battery management system.

Economy, Efficiency

In July, Goff competed in the Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge at BikeBandit. com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle.

The challenge requires riders to complete a road course in normal driving conditions at normal speeds in a vehicle that can carry four full grocery bags. The winner is the rider completing the course with the lowest cost per mile.

Goff rode his 2012 Zero DS electric motorcycle outfitted with a Vetter aerodynamic nose. The streamlining netted him a 25 percent increase in range, but he failed to finish the course.

Vetter says that if Goff had been able to complete the course, he would have won the 2014 event easily.

“I chose electric power, because this is the fuel that will win this event eventually,” Goff says. “Once the battery is chosen and installed for the range required, there is no other fuel source that can run as inexpensively.

“I also think that electric motorcycles, particularly commuter motorcycles, will be the bikes of choice in the near future,” Goff explains, “and I want to promote this form of sustainable transportation.”

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History’s Best on Display Annual Event Celebrates Vintage Motorcycles It’s early Friday, July 11, and Tom White—owner and curator of the Early Years of Motocross Museum, member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 2014 and the founder of White Brothers Cycle Specialties—is settling in to present a seminar on vintage motocross at BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, when he takes some time to talk about the event itself.

“There truly is nothing like AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days,” White says. “It is a time warp when you roll through the gates. You see the history of motorcycling right in front of your eyes.

For a history and racing buff like me, it’s also a wonderful opportunity to watch vintage racing, not to mention rub elbows with all these motorcycling heroes.”

Thousands of motorcyclists have joined White at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, to do just that:

enjoy vintage racing, see some amazing classic bikes, learn from motorcycling experts, shop North America’s largest motorcycle swap meet, spend time with old friends, connect with new friends, and through it all contribute to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.

The 30th year of AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days kicks off with great weather and top attractions thanks to event partners BikeBandit.com, Indian Motorcycle and more.

White’s weekend begins with a special presentation titled “Motocross: The Early Years” in the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame tent adjacent to the lower road race paddock.

It’s history intertwined with White’s.

His seminar is an example of what makes AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days so cool: It’s not just about celebrating the past, but celebrating it with those who didn’t just witness it, but made it.

SwAp MEEt trEASurES One of the biggest draws of AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days is the swap meet, which Federal Motorcycle Transport, agent for STI, sponsors this year.

Dick and Eric Hilderbrant traveled from the Chicago area to see what they could find. It doesn’t take them long to start exchanging cash for parts.

“We build old bikes,” Dick says. “We’ve been to six meets already this year. And this is by far the best.”

Eric chimes in: “We were told this is the best swap meeting in the country, and they were right.”

The Hilderbrants operate E&D Vintage

Dennis and Colleen Kochever just got married and are celebrating their honeymoon at the event.

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Motorcycles, specializing in 1968-1983 Japanese brands.

Their prize finds before midday Friday: a Yamaha fuel tank with dual petcocks and gas cap that was only made for two years.

“You can’t find these anywhere any more,” Eric says of the tank. “I’ve never seen one in this good of shape.”

riVAlriES liVEn pit row On Friday, road racers enjoy a practice session on the road-race course before national championship competition gets under way on Saturday.

Don Drake, owner of Drake Cycle Shop in Decatur, Ind., says the track, the people and the facilities make AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days a must-attend event.

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Racing Drake motorcycles are Linda Mihalec and Chris Langford, a wife-and-husband crew from Lexington, Ky.

AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days in recent years, embarks on a 154-mile ride through Central Ohio’s twisty backroads.

The contest, run by AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Craig Vetter, challenges participants to extract the most fuel mileage possible from their motorcycles.

This year, Alan Smith, from California, takes the overall victory, achieving 181.6 mpg at a cost of 1.57 cents per mile.

Smith also wins the traditional fuels class.

Fred Hayes wins the alternate fuels category with a diesel motorcycle. He gets 178 mpg at a cost of 1.85 cents a mile.

team member Jodie Hance. “The whole thing has been a treat.”

A few spots down pit row, four racing buddies share a garage.

Roy Chapman, from Adairsville, Ga., Dave Rutherford, of Talking Rock, Ga., Stu Carter, from Detroit, and Frances Ganache, from Cincinnati converge every year at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days.

This year, Chapman brought his 1949 Japan’s FinEst on thE Harley Davidson WR. Racing Drake motorcycles are Linda inFiEld “I just finished this bike last year, so Mihalec and Chris Langford, a wife-andThe Honda it hasn’t been raced in many events,” husband crew from Lexington, Ky.450, with its double Chapman says. “But when I heard Indian overhead cam, was a clear indicator that the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers was the featured marque this year, I knew those Indian riders would be out here. were going all-in on bigger-displacement bikes, says the Vintage Japanese So, I thought I should at least make it a Motorcycle Club’s Sean Carrigan.

Harley-Indian war.”

VJMC is one of the classic motorcycle clubs displaying vintage motorcycles on Economy challEngE the infield during the event.

Also participating are the Bridgestone Early Friday, the Craig Vetter Fuel Motorcycle Club, the Louisville Vintage Economy Challenge, a staple event of Motorworks, Café Racer magazine, the Indian 4 Cylinder Club, the Kawasaki ZL Owners Association and the Cincinnati Life Member Bill Johnson Classic British Motorcycle Owners. from Acme, Pa. The Honda 450 being displayed by owner Bill Hovis of Cincinnati, Ohio, is just one of many market-changing motorcycles on display in the club’s tent.

One of the rarer bikes is a 1975 Suzuki RE5M. An example, owned by Auburn, Ind., resident Todd Haifley, sits at the edge of the VJMC tent this year.

indian motorcyclEs arE Big draw

from Norwalk, Ohio, early Saturday just to try out the new Indian Motorcycle models.

“This year I came because of the Indians,” says Leber, one of dozens lined up Saturday morning for a test ride.

“The crowd has really embraced the Indians,” says Chris Vallie, Indian Motorcycle demo truck operator.

The team brought four Indian Classics, six Indian Vintage and six Indian Chieftan models to the event this year.

Noon on Saturday brings another treat.

A crowd gathers in the Hall of Fame tent to witness Indian Motorcycle’s first reveal from the 2015 lineup.

“Polaris bought Indian Motorcycles in April 2011, and 27 months later, we introduced three new motorcycles—the Classic, the Vintage and the Chieftan,” says Indian Motorcycle’s Robert Pandya.

“When we started promoting these bikes, I said that we have to be at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days.”

The new Indians feature brilliant twotone paint schemes.

“These are the paint schemes everyone has been asking for,” Pandya says.

L-R: Vic Valdez, Alan Smith, Craig Vetter, Fred Hayes, Richard Goff

Indian Motorcycle, the marque of the year for 2014, is one of America’s most historic brands, but it’s the future that’s on many riders’ minds as they line up for Indian motorcycle demo rides.

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Brett, Brooke and baby Vance Gatrell from Lexington, Ohio

The ORANGe BRIGADe John Stanley of Dayton, Ohio, kicks off his Saturday the best way he knows how: riding a KTM 690 Duke during the demo rides.

“I have a Suzuki DR 650 and a Kawasaki ZRX 1200,” Stanley says. “I just want to see what the Duke will do.”

Stanley took his place under the KTM awning waiting for his turn to ride. The KTMs have been very popular.

Mark Hyde, KTM’s Ride Orange manager, says all but seven spots for Saturday’s rides are filled by 9:30 a.m.

Justin Burr, of Blacksburg, Va., got signed up early.

“I missed out on the demo rides last year,” he says. “My friends all said that the KTMs are great bikes, so I want to try them out and see for myself.”

ClAssIC BIkes shINe Carl Peshoff knows efficiency. The Canton, Ohio, resident wins five trophies Saturday afternoon at AMA

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Motorcycle Hall of Fame Bike Show, but brought only two bikes—a 1947 BSA A7 and a 1939 Indian Scout.

Peshoff, who loves to ride Ducatis on the street, said the vintage Indian motorcycles he owns provide a smooth ride and a sense of nostalgia.

“The Indian is a bike with passion,” he says.

His 1939 Indian Scout Four took Best of Show awards in American bikes, the Indian Award and best in class for American bikes through 1939.

The 1947 BSA A7 took Best of Show in British bikes and the British Bikes class for 1940-1949.

David Nuzum (left) and Todd Miller

Jake and Sara Sites make the trip to AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days every year from their home near Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Wall of Death Motorcycle Thrill Show is on their must-do list.

The Wall of Death Motorcycle Thrill Show is a traveling show in which motorcyclists ride the 14-foot-tall walls of a motordrome, thrilling as many as 150 spectators during each performance.

The Sites’ 4-year-old son, Jack, hasn’t missed an AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days. And, this year, little brother Wyatt— just 10 months old—also gets to see the show.

“We have been bringing Jack since he was a baby, and I was pregnant with Wyatt last year,” Sara says. “It’s a family tradition.”

RARe & CUTTING eDGe The folks in the Bridgestone Motorcycle Club are keeping alive a little-known and oftenneglected Japanese marque that was sold in the United States from 1962 to 1971.

On Saturday evening at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, they’re entertaining a steady flow of visitors through their tent on the infield. The curious are eager to learn more about these rare motorcycles.

Bridgestone MC member Larry Young says the marque was well known in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, but few people in America are aware that the company known for its tires once built and sold cutting-edge motorcycles as well.

“In its class, and in its day, this was a very advanced motorcycle,” Young says.

Young, who lives near Syracuse, N.Y., owns more than 20 Bridgestones and a barn full of parts.

“In the 1968 race at Daytona, Bridgestones took first, second, fourth and fifth in the 175 class,” he says.

OffROAD ChAlleNGe The woods surrounding Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course come alive with the sights, sounds and smells of old motorcycles during AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days.

On Friday, harescrambles racers have command of the forest, navigating a flowing track that many call the event’s “best ever.”

On Sunday, trials riders get their turn, bouncing, sliding and turning their way through an expertly designed collection of sections across rocks, over logs and up steep creek banks.

Sitting under a canopy of

maple leaves, David Nuzum, from Shinnston, W.Va., and Todd Miller, from Grafton, W.Va., just finished a winding section that took them through a creek, over several logs and across a bed of loose rock.

“It’s fantastic here,” says Nuzum, who is riding a 1974 Yamaha TY250 in the Vintage Factory Intermediate class.

“I plan on coming here every year. There’s no pressure. If you do well, you do well. If you don’t, you don’t.”

Miller’s 1974 Suzuki RL250 was a “basket case” before he started getting it ready for the trials at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days.

“I just put a new engine in it last week,” he says.

Miller, who is competing in the Vintage Clubman class, says vintage competition reminds him of when he was younger.

“I like getting to ride the old bikes that were around when I was a kid,” he says. “I had one of these RLs when I was 18.”

GRAND CHAMPIONS CROWNED The vintage racing at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days creates much of the event’s immersive experience, with competition in motocross, harescrambles, dirt track, road racing and trials.

Although all disciplines are part of the AMA amateur national championship calendar, the event also

awards AMA Vintage Grand Champion honors to three riders who have the most impressive performances across disciplines.

Todd Narduzzi, 48, of Wadsworth, Ohio, is the AMA Track Racing Vintage Grand Champion. Narduzzi also won the title in 2011.

Quinn Wentzel, 20, of Canfield, Ohio, wins the AMA Off-Road Vintage Grand Championship.

Jeff Fredette, 56, of Beecher, Ill., claims AMA Off-

“It’s always a challenge to put together a solid weekend,” Narduzzi says.

In off-road, the trials program was the deciding discipline in each award.

Wentzel, a nationally ranked trials rider in modern competition, was third in Vintage Grand Championship points behind Trevor Kline and John Frackelton following the motocross and harescrambles.

“We had some issues in the harescrambles. I didn’t finish as well as I hoped because the

ripper. I was winning that class but derailed a chain. I then came back in the 250 race and finished second in each moto. My best finishes were a third and a second, and Trevor had two firsts, so I knew what I had to do for trials.”

And that was ace it, which Wentzel did, finishing with no penalty points.

Fredette was in a threeway tie with David Smeal and Elmar Kruza heading into the trials competition. Fredette won by edging both riders in his third and fourth loop. “[The close competition] makes it more fun,” says Fredette, an AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer due to his long, successful off-road racing career in modern competition.

“It’s kind of cool. It’s old bikes.

You never know what’s going to happen with old stuff.”

THE WINNING TICKET On Sunday at the event, Bill Tuman, accompanied by his co-Grand Marshal Bobby Hill, pulls the winning ticket.

Road Senior Vintage Grand Champion honors.

Both Wentzel and Fredette successfully defended the titles they won in 2013.

Narduzzi won two road racing national championships and placed fourth in the dirttrack program held at Ashland County Fairgrounds.

bike broke,” Wentzel says.

Quinn and his dad, Bob Wentzel, had to improvise.

“So, I switched from Open A to 250 A in motocross and raced my dad’s 250, and then we bought a 125 a couple minutes before the race so I could do two classes,” Wentzel says. “The 125 was a

One of the highlights of AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days is the drawing for the winner of the annual AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame raffle bike.

On Sunday, co-Grand Marshal Bill Tuman pulls the winning ticket.

Robert Hines of Piggot, Ark., wins the bike, a 1947 Indian Chief. The AMA bought the bike at the 2013 Vintage Motorcycle Days swap meet.

Hines is not in attendance, but will check his voicemail to find a message that will make his Sunday a very good day.

Left: The Wall of Death’s Charlie Ransom (far left) with the Sites family from Pittsburgh, Pa. Below: Bike show at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Tent

For additional coverage and photos from BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, see www.amavintagemotorcycledays.com.

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If you’re looking for a good time on your dual-sport machine, then head over to the Shenandoah 500 dual sport event hosted by the Washington Area Trail Riders. Oct. 4-5 in Mount Solon, Va. This event is part of the AMA Husqvarna National Dual-Sport Series.

Info: dualsport@watr.us.

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The Big Bike Weekend, Oct. 1012, in the Northern California town of Redding is a great destination for street riders looking for a fun time with numerous traditional rally activities.

This year’s event benefits the American Red Cross, the Missing in America Project and a preThanksgiving Food Drive (Stuff The Truck) Info: www.bigbikeweekend.com.

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If you’ll be in the Hicksville, N.Y., area on Oct. 19, then plan to take part in the 18th Annual Tombstone Tour, a recreational road ride poker run hosted by the American Spirit Motorcycle Club.

Info: www.americanspiritmcinc.com.

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The finale of the AMA Pro Hillclimb National Championship Series is set for Oct. 12 in Oregonia, Ohio, hosted by the Dayton Motorcycle Club. If you haven’t seen the pros in action lately, the Devils Staircase Pro Hillclimb is an event you won’t want to miss.

Info: www.daytonmc.com.

Support a good cause and have some fun at the same time by taking part in the Tour of Honor, an AMA Grand Tour that ends Oct. 31. The Tour of Honor benefits the Wounded Warrior Project and involves self-directed rides to memorials and monuments. Visit as many sites as you want, along any route you choose. Info: www.tourofhonor.com.

Make your reservation now for one of the greatest motorcycling events of the year: the AMA National Convention in conjunction with the AIMExpo Oct. 16-19 in Orlando, Fla. The convention features the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Reception among many other AMA activities. Get more info: www.americanmotorcyclist.com/events/ AMAConvention.aspx.

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A few of the hundreds of AMA-sanctioned events this month, detailed on the following pages.

OCTOBER EVENTS ARIZONA RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN OCT 19: GILBERT: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG ROAD RALLY OCT 17: BENSON: 2 DAY EVENT, SOUTHERN ARIZONA HARLEY RIDERS MC, (520) 586-9983, SAHR.US COMPETITION GRAND PRIX OCT 4: (Includes ATVs) LITTLEFIELD: WILD BUNCH, (702) 521-1148, MRANRACING.COM OBSERVED TRIALS OCT 19: PRESCOTT: CENTRAL ARIZONA TRIALS INC., (602) 840-3640, CENTRALARIZONATRIALS.ORG CALIFORNIA RECREATIONAL BIKE SHOW OCT 10: SAN LUIS OBISPO: CENTRAL COAST CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE CLUB DUAL SPORT RIDE OCT 4: UKIAH: 2 DAY EVENT, NORTH BAY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (707) 824-8643, NORTHBAYMC.ORG OCT 10: BISHOP : VENTURA COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (805) 857-2522 POKER RUN OCT 4: SACRAMENTO: BLACK WIDOWS INC., (916) 649-2240 ROAD RUN OCT 4: CANYON COUNTRY: 2 DAY EVENT, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOTORCYCLING ASSN, (562) 298-6236, SC-MA.COM OCT 5: FAIRFIELD: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG OCT 25: BAKERSFIELD: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOTORCYCLING ASSN, (562) 298-6236, SC-MA.COM ROAD RALLY OCT 10: REDDING : BIG BIKE WEEKEND, (530) 276-5802, BIGBIKEWEEKEND.COM COMPETITION ENDURO OCT 19: OAKLAND: OAKLAND MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (510) 828-1494, OAKLANDMC.ORG

OCT 4: (Includes ATVs) RIDGECREST: 2 DAY EVENT, VIEWFINDERS MC INC., (661) 450-8150, VIEWFINDERSMC.COM HARE & HOUND OCT 25: (Includes ATVs) LUCERNE VALLEY: 2 DAY EVENT, 100’S MC, (714) 863-7170, 100SMC.ORG HARESCRAMBLES OCT 4: (Includes ATVs) RIDGECREST: 2 DAY EVENT, VIEWFINDERS MC INC., (661) 450-8150, VIEWFINDERSMC.COM OCT 11: SAN JOSE: 2 DAY EVENT, TIMEKEEPERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (408) 739-5762 MOTOCROSS OCT 1: RANCHO CORDOVA: A.M.P. RACING, LLC, (209) 656-9682, AMPGFIMOTOCROSS.COM

OCT 26: FORT WALTON: SAND DOLLAR MC, INC., (850) 244-0376 ROAD RUN OCT 12: UMATILLA: CENTRAL FLORIDA CRUISERS, INC., (352) 396-3239, CENTRALFLORIDACRUISERS.ORG OCT 16: ORLANDO: AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1920 OCT 18: ORLANDO: AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1920 COMPETITION MOTOCROSS OCT 5: OKEECHOBEE: UNLIMITED SPORTS MX INC, UNLIMITEDSPORTSMX.COM

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OCT 12: NEWBERRY: UNLIMITED SPORTS MX INC, UNLIMITEDSPORTSMX.COM

OCT 10: AUBURN: FAST FRIDAYS SPEEDWAY, (530) 878-7223, FASTFRIDAYS.COM

OCT 19: DADE CITY: UNLIMITED SPORTS MX INC, UNLIMITEDSPORTSMX.COM

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OCT 26: JACKSONVILLE: UNLIMITED SPORTS MX INC,

OCT 4: (Includes ATVs) LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 3687182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM TTS OCT 11: (Includes ATVs) LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 3687182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM OCT 18: (Includes ATVs) LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 3687182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM OCT 25: (Includes ATVs) LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 3687182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM OCT 26: (Includes ATVs) LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 3687182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM COLORADO COMPETITION ENDUROCROSS OCT 4: DENVER: SOURCE INTERLINK MEDIA, (303) 299-5515, NATIONALWESTERNCOMPLEX.COM OBSERVED TRIALS OCT 11: COLORADO SPRINGS: 2 DAY EVENT, ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRIALS ASSN, (719) 395-8505, ROCKYMOUNTAINTRIALS.ORG CONNECTICUT COMPETITION OBSERVED TRIALS OCT 26: MERIDEN: MERIDEN MOTORCYCLE CLUB, NEWENGLANDTRIALS.COM FLORIDA

ILLINOIS RECREATIONAL TRAIL RIDE - RECREATIONAL OCT 5: (Includes ATVs) OTTAWA: VARIETY RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC., (815) 434-3669, VARIETYRIDERS.COM OCT 19: (Includes ATVs) OTTAWA: VARIETY RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (815) 434-3669, VARIETYRIDERS.COM COMPETITION ENDURO OCT 19: WHITE CITY: CAHOKIA CREEK DIRT RIDERS, (618) 946-4316, CAHOKIACREEKDIRTRIDERS.COM HARESCRAMBLES OCT 12: (Includes ATVs) PLAINVIEW: WFO PROMOTIONS, (309) 314-3343, WFOPROMOTIONS.COM OCT 18: (Includes ATVs) CASEY: MID AMERICA XC RACING, (317) 418-6084, THEMAXC.COM MOTOCROSS OCT 12: MASON: CROSSROADS MX AND OFF-ROAD PARK, LLC, (618) 686-2769, CROSSROADSMX.COM OCT 19: (Includes ATVs) WALNUT: 4P PROMOTIONS INC, (815) 379-9534, SUNSETRIDGEMX.COM OCT 25: CASEY: 2 DAY EVENT, LINCOLN TRAIL MOTOSPORTS, (217) 932-2041, LINCOLNTRAILMOTOSPORTS.COM

OCT 26: GRIZZLY FLATS: POLKA DOTS MOTORCYCLE CLUB,

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OCT 5: (Includes ATVs) IMPERIAL : ROADRUNNER OFF-ROAD RACING CLUB, (760) 275-9852, AMAD38.COM

OCT 18: ORLANDO: DIXIE DUAL SPORT, INC., (727) 919-8299, DIXIEDUALSPORT.COM

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OCT 4: (Includes ATVs) WABASH: WABASH CANNONBALL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (260) 571-6622, RIDEWABASH CANNONBALLMX.COM

OCT 11: MECHANICSVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT, BUDDS CREEK MOTOCROSS PARK, (301) 4752000, BUDDSCREEK.COM

OCT 12: MILLVILLE: HIWINDERS, (507) 753-2779, SPRINGCREEKMX.COM

OCT 5: (Includes ATVs) WABASH: WABASH CANNONBALL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (260) 571-6622, RIDEWABASH CANNONBALLMX.COM

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OBSERVED TRIALS

COMPETITION

OCT 18: BLOOMINGTON: 2 DAY EVENT, TRIALS INC., (502) 515-6514, TRIALSINC.ORG IOWA COMPETITION ENDURO OCT 5: BARTLETT: C C RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC., (712) 313-0256, IERA22.COM HARESCRAMBLES OCT 12: ATALISSA: IOWA CITY COMPETITION RIDERS, (319) 530-1554 MOTOCROSS OCT 19: (Includes ATVs) MONTEZUMA: FV MOTO X, (641) 623-3456, FVMOTOX.COM KENTUCKY COMPETITION MOTOCROSS OCT 4: GREENSBURG: RUSSELL CREEK PROMOTIONS, RUSSELL CREEK OFFROAD CAMPGROUND- FACEBOOK MARYLAND RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN OCT 5: MECHANICSVILLE: MARCH OF DIMES-MARYLAND NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA CHAPTER, (571) 257-2310, BIKERSFORBABIES.ORG /MARYLAND

MICHIGAN POKER RUN OCT 5: CALEDONIA: PARA-DICE MC, (616) 363-1030 HARESCRAMBLES OCT 5: (Includes ATVs) PORTLAND: PORTLAND TRAIL RIDERS, (517) 647-7045, PORTLANDTRAILRIDERS.COM MOTOCROSS OCT 12: MILLINGTON: BULLDOG RIDERS M/C, (810) 241-7740, BULLDOGSMX.COM OBSERVED TRIALS OCT 12: FLUSHING: MICHIGAN ONTARIO TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (248) 583-1437, MOTATRIALS.COM MINNESOTA RECREATIONAL TRAIL RIDE - RECREATIONAL OCT 18: AKELEY: 2 DAY EVENT, PAUL BUNYAN FOREST RIDER MC, (701) 219-5875, PAULBUNYAN FORESTRIDERS.COM COMPETITION HARESCRAMBLES OCT 12: MAZEPPA: GOLDEN EAGLES CYCLE CLUB, (507) 2737400, GOLDENEAGLES.ORG MOTOCROSS OCT 5: BROWERVILLE: MOTO CITY RACEWAY & RECREATION INC, (218) 894-2826, MOTOCITYRACEWAY.COM OCT 5: BROOK PARK: BERM BENDERS RACEWAY, (320) 679-

OBSERVED TRIALS OCT 11: THEILMAN: UPPER MIDWEST TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (507) 351-8879, UMTA.ORG OCT 12: THEILMAN: UPPER MIDWEST TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (507) 351-8879, UMTA.ORG

OCT 25: MILLVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT, COMPETITION DIRT RIDERS, (609) 319-7496 NEW MEXICO RECREATIONAL DUAL SPORT-OFF ROAD

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OCT 24: TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES: NEW MEXICO OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE ALLIANCE (NMOHVA), NMOHVA.ORG

ROAD RUN

COMPETITION

OCT 26: RIDGELAND: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG

OBSERVED TRIALS

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

OCT 4: ROSWELL: 2 DAY EVENT, NEW MEXICO TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (505) 780-2551, NEWMEXICOTRIALS.COM

RECREATIONAL

ROAD RACE

POKER RUN - OFF-ROAD

OCT 5: ALBUQUERQUE: SANDIA MOTORCYCLE ROADRACING, INC., (800) 647-5028, SMRI-RACING.ORG

OCT 5: (Includes ATVs) VIBURNUM: MIDWEST TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION, (314) 434-5095, RIDEMTRA.COM

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COMPETITION

RECREATIONAL

HARESCRAMBLES

POKER RUN

OCT 12: PARK HILLS : MISSOURI MUDDERS, (636) 639-6373, MHSCRACING.COM

OCT 5: AMITYVILLE: SOUTH SHORE MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (516) 579-5499

NEW JERSEY

OCT 5: NEW WINDSOR: BLUE KNIGHTS LAW ENFORCEMENT MC, INC., NY CHAPTER XIV, (845) 590-9877, BLUEKNIGHTSNYXIV.COM

RECREATIONAL DUAL SPORT RIDE OCT 25: EGG HARBOR CITY: 2 DAY EVENT, METEOR MC, (856) 287-2272, METEORMC.COM DUAL SPORT-OFF ROAD OCT 19: WARREN GROVE: MOTORCYCLE COMPETITION INCORPORATED, (609) 306-6675, MOTORCYCLECOMPETITIONINC .COM POKER RUN OCT 5: BRIDGEWATER: AMA DISTRICT II OF NEW JERSEY, (732) 603-8434

ROAD RUN OCT 12: SLOATSBURG: RAMAPO MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (845) 304-3454 OCT 19: BROOKLYN: ROLLING THUNDER, NEW YORK, CHAPTER 1, (212) 330-8094, ROLLINGTHUNDERNY1.COM

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MOTOCROSS OCT 26: (Includes ATVs) WALKILL: WALDEN MX, (845) 895-2537, WALDENMX.COM OBSERVED TRIALS OCT 5: CAYUTA: DISTRICT 4 TRIALS COMMITTEE, (607) 2276468, DISTRICT4TRIALS.COM NORTH CAROLINA RECREATIONAL SCHOOLS - ROAD OCT 6: PISGAH FOREST: 2 DAY EVENT, MOTOMARK1, LLC, (919) 637-0947, MOTOMARK1.COM OCT 8: STECOAH: 2 DAY EVENT, MOTOMARK1, LLC, (919) 6370947, MOTOMARK1.COM OCT 18: WILKESBORO: MOTOMARK1, LLC, (919) 6370947, MOTOMARK1.COM COMPETITION MOTOCROSS OCT 5: (Includes ATVs) IRON STATION: IRON STATION MOTORSPORTS, INC., (704) 732-8200, ALLANEMOTORSPORTS.COM OCT 11: (Includes ATVs) ELIZABETH CITY: 2 DAY EVENT, ELIZABETH CITY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (757) 754-8008, ECMX.COM OHIO RECREATIONAL ADVENTURE RIDE OCT 5: LOGAN: HOCKING VALLEY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (740) 385-7695, HOCKINGVALLEYMC.COM OCT 11: MCARTHUR: 2 DAY EVENT, ENDURO RIDERS ASSOCIATION, (614) 871-3417, ENDURORIDERS.COM

TURKEY RUN

DUAL SPORT RIDE OCT 11: MCARTHUR : 2 DAY EVENT, ENDURO RIDERS ASSOCIATION, (614) 582-7821, ENDURORIDERS.COM POKER RUN OCT 19: PORTSMOUTH: PORTSMOUTH MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (740) 353-0927, PORTSMOUTHMC.NET

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OCT 26: BRONX: CELTIC MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (914) 9242170, CELTICMCC.COM

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COMPETITION CROSS COUNTRY OCT 4: (Includes ATVs) ST. CLAIRSVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT, RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, (304) 284-0084, GNCCRACING.COM

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OCT 5: (Includes ATVs) SUGAR GROVE: CENTRAL OHIO COMPETITION RIDERS INC., (740) 983-3937, COCR MX

OCT 5: FARRANDSVILLE: DURTY DABBERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (570) 748-9456

OBSERVED TRIALS OCT 4: WELLSVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT, TRIALS INC, (502) 515-6514, TRIALSINC.ORG OREGON RECREATIONAL POKER RUN OCT 4: TIGARD: ROSE CITY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (503) 7063969, ROSE-CITY-MC.ORG PENNSYLVANIA DICE RUN OCT 4: ORWIGSBURG: DEER LAKE PA H.O.G. CHAPTER, (570) 3660143, SCHAEFFERSHD.COM DUAL SPORT RIDE OCT 12: PINE GROVE: READING OFF ROAD RIDERS, (610) 921-3592, RORR.ORG POKER RUN OCT 5: YORK: TWIN ROSE LADY RIDERS, (717) 697-3211 OCT 5: SCHUYLKILL HAVEN: SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (570) 3851460, SCHUYLKILLCOUNTY MOTORCYCLECLUB.COM OCT 12: COLUMBIA: THUNDERBIRD MOTORCYCLE CLUB, INC., (717) 898-0871 OCT 12: LEBANON: LEBANON VALLEY MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC., (717) 270-9797 OCT 18: SKIPPACK : BLUE COMET MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (267) 2613580, BLUECOMETMC.COM TURKEY RUN OCT 26: LEBANON: LEBANON VALLEY MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC., (717) 270-9797 COMPETITION HARESCRAMBLES OCT 25: SKIPPACK: BLUE COMET MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (610) 4891240, BLUECOMETMC.COM MOTOCROSS OCT 5: THREE SPRINGS: ROCKET RACEWAY, (717) 574-6590, ROCKETRACEWAYMX.COM OCT 12: MT. MORRIS: RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, (304) 2840084, RACERPRODUCTIONS.COM OCT 12: BIRDSBORO: PAGODA MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (610) 5823717, PAGODAMC.ORG OCT 19: (ATV only) THREE SPRINGS: ROCKET RACEWAY, (717) 574-6590, ROCKETRACEWAY.COM OCT 26: BIRDSBORO: PAGODA MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (610) 582-

TTS OCT 5: PARKESBURG: E PA PISTON POPPERS MC INC., (484) 336-9160 RHODE ISLAND COMPETITION OBSERVED TRIALS OCT 5: EXETER: RHODE ISLAND TRAILS CLUB, (508) 285-6074, RITRIALSCLUB.COM SOUTH CAROLINA RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN OCT 12: LEXINGTON: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG TENNESSEE COMPETITION MOTOCROSS OCT 18: (Includes ATVs) BLOUNTVILLE: VICTORY SPORTS INC., (423) 323-5497, VICTORY-SPORTS.COM OCT 19: (Includes ATVs) BLOUNTVILLE: VICTORY SPORTS INC, (423) 323-5497, VICTORY-SPORTS.COM TEXAS RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN OCT 11: HOUSTON: RIDERS FOR THE CURE, (713) 563-9230, RIDERSFORTHECURE.ORG OCT 12: FORT WORTH: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG OCT 26: SELMA: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 6656891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG ROAD RALLY OCT 3: JEFFERSON: 2 DAY EVENT, NORTH TEXAS NORTON OWNERS ASSOCIATION, (903) 665-8582 OCT 25: SAN PATRICIO: GYPSY MC INTERNATIONAL, (361) 774-9165 COMPETITION MOTOCROSS OCT 5: AMARILLO: BOWERS MX, (806) 671-7010, BOWERSMX.COM OCT 12: ALVORD: RTW RACE PROMOTIONS, (940) 577-2225, OAKHILLMX.COM OCT 19: YANTIS: KINGDOM MOTORSPORTS LLC, (903) 217-7965, JOHNSONVILLEMXFARM.COM UTAH ENDUROCROSS OCT 11: SALT LAKE CITY: SOURCE

INTERLINK MEDIA, (801) 325-2000, ENERGYSOLUTIONSARENA.COM VIRGINIA RECREATIONAL DUAL SPORT RIDE OCT 4: MT. SOLON : 2 DAY EVENT, WASHINGTON AREA TRAIL RIDERS, INC., (540) 379-5631, DUALSPORT@WATR.US ROAD RALLY OCT 10: FREDERICKSBURG: 2 DAY EVENT, MASON DIXON 20-20 RIDERS CLUB, RALLYTHEVOID.ORG SWAP MEETS OCT 5: MANASSAS: VIRGINIA BRITISH MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (703) 368-0173, PWCFAIR.COM

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COMPETITION GRAND PRIX OCT 12: RURAL RETREAT: VIRGINIA COMPETITION HARE SCRAMBLE SERVICES, (276) 620-0400, VCHSS.ORG OCT 19: ABINGDON: VIRGINIA COMPETITION HARE SCRAMBLE SERVICES, (276) 701-5142, VCHSS.ORG MOTOCROSS OCT 18: DILLWYN: 2 DAY EVENT, MIDDLE ATLANTIC MOTOCROSS ASSOCIATION, (434) 836-7629, ACTIONTOWNMX.COM WASHINGTON ENDUROCROSS OCT 18: EVERETT: SOURCE INTERLINK MEDIA, (425) 322-2600, COMCASTARENAEVERETT.COM

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Oct. 18: Las Vegas, Nev.: Monster Energy Cup AMA PrO FLAT TrAck aMaproracing.coM

Sept. 27: calistoga, calif.: Calistoga Half-Mile

Sept. 28: Dalton, ga.: Lazy River MX, Thor United States Mega Series; www.victorysports.com Oct. 1-5: rancho cordova, calif.: Prairie City S.V.R.A, Dodge California State Championship / Pro-Am; www.ampgfimotocross.com Oct. 5: Englishtown, N.J.: Raceway Park; www.racewaypark.com Oct. 12: Tallassee, Ala.: Monster Mountain MX Park; www.monstermx.com Oct. 11-12: Duquoin, Ill.: Indian Hills Motocross, Motocross League of America (MLA); motocrossleague ofamerica.com Oct. 19: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek, Thor United States Mega Series; www.victory-sports.com Oct. 26: Buckeye, Ariz.: Arizona Cycle Park, Western Pro-Am; www. arizonacyclepark.com Nov. 1-2: Pell city, Ala.: Mill Creek MX, Motocross League of America (MLA); motocross leagueofamerica.com Nov. 23-26: gainsville, Fla.: Gatorback Cycle Park, Mini Olympics-Supercross; www.unlimitedsportsmx. com

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Nov. 27-29: gainsville, Fla.: Gatorback Cycle Park, Mini Olympics-Motocross; www.unlimitedsportsmx. com

Sept. 21: Spring grove, Pa.: White Rose MC

Nov. 30: St. george, utah: St. George MX; www.stgeorgemxw.com

Oct. 11: Pomona, calif.: Flat Track Season Finale aMaproracing.coM

Sept. 28: Freemansburg, Pa.: Bushkill Valley MC Oct. 12: Oregonia, OH: Dayton MC AMA PrO rOAD rAcINg aMaproracing.coM

Sept. 13-14: Millville, N.J.: New Jersey Motorsports Park

AMA PrO-AM cOMPETITION Sept. 13-14: reynolds, ga.: Silver Dollar MX, Vurb Classic; www. motocrossleagueofamerica. com Sept. 21: New castle, Del.: Blue DIamond MX, Delaware State Championship; www.bdmxpark.com Sept. 21: Tigerton, Wis.: Fantasy Moto, Midwest Mega Series; www. fantasymoto.com Sept. 20-21: garwin, Iowa: Oak Ridge MX, Motocross League of America;

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Sept. 20-21: TBA, Pa.: CarMate TBA Oct. 4-5: St. clairsville, Ohio: ITP Powerline Park Oct. 25-26: crawfordsville, Ind.: AMSOIL Ironman gEIcO AMA ENDurOcrOSS cHAMPIONSHIP

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Oct. 11: Salt Lake city, utah: Energy Solutions Arena Oct. 18: Everett, Wash.: Comcast Arena Nov. 15: Boise, Idaho.: Idaho Center Nov. 22: Ontario, calif.: Citizen Business Bank Arena

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Sept. 14: Matthews, Ind.: Doug Spence, Muddobbers; (765) 998-2236, MuddobbersMC.com AMA EAST HArE ScrAMBLES cHAMPIONSHIP aMaracing.coM

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Oct 12: Pine grove, Pa.: Rorr Dual Sport, Reading Off Road Riders; (610) 921-3592, rorr.org

Sept. 20: Bartow, Fla.: Keith Finnerty, Central Florida Trail Riders; (407) 774-9090, CFTRiders.com

Oct. 25-26: chatsworth, N.J.: Meteor Dual Sport, Meteor Motorcycle Club; (856) 889-7300, www.meteormc.com

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Oct. 4: Plainview, Ill.: Ron Whipple, WFO Promotions; (309) 314-3343, WFOPromotions.com

Sept. 27, youth; Sept. 28, Amateur: Bartow, Fla.: Keith Finnerty, Central Florida Trail Riders; (407) 774-9090, CFTRiders.com

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Oct. 12, Amateur & youth: Plainview, Ill.: Ron Whipple, WFO Promotions; (309) 3143343, WFOPromotions.com

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Sept. 20: york, Pa.: York Expo Center Randy Texter Memorial, Half Mile

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Oct. 4-5: ridgecrest, calif.: Ridgecrest Fairgrounds, Viewfinders GP

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Nov. 1-2: goran, calif.: Quail Valley, Prospectors GP

Oct. 4, youth; Oct. 5, Amateur: ridgecrest, calif.: Chris Cory, Viewfinders MC/Big 6 GP; (661) 450-8150, ViewfindersMC.com

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Sept. 20, youth; Sept. 21, Amateur: yerington, Nev.: Erek Kudla, Get-Xtr-Eme; (805) 2365866, Get-Xtr-Eme.com Oct. 25, youth; Oct. 26, Amateur: Lucerne Valley, calif.: Darren Moen, 100s MC; (714) 863-7170, www.100sMC.org AMA SPEEDWAy NATIONAL cHAMPIONSHIP aMaracing.coM

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Sept. 20: cuddebackville, N.y.: Short Track; Tri-State M/C Ltd.; (845) 2191193; TriStateClub.com Sept. 21: cuddebackville, N.y.: Short Track; Tri-Sate M/C Ltd.; (845) 219-1193; TriStateClub.com AMA VINTAgE MOTOcrOSS aMaracing.coM

Sept. 14: coldwater, Mich.: Log Road Motocross, www.logroadmx.com Oct. 4: greensburg, ky.: Russell Creek Motocross Oct. 18: Paoli Peaks, Ind.: Mammoth East, www. podium1motoplex.com

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Sept. 21: Brandonville, Pa.: Moonshine Enduro, Valley Forge Trail Riders; (484) 9485361, vftr.org

Nov. 1-2: Port Elizabeth, N.J.: TCSMC National Dual Sport, Tri-County Sportsmen MC; (888) 274-4469, teamhammer.org WOMEN’S MOTOcrOSS Mxsports.coM

Oct. 5: Englishtown, N.J.: KROC Raceway Park; (732) 446-7800 Oct. 19: Blountville, Tenn.: Top Gun Showdown; (423) 323-5497 Nov. 29: gainesville, Fla.: Winter Olympics; (312) 689-3461

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Nov. 9: Warren grove, N.J.: Stump Jumper Enduro, Motorcycle Competition Inc.; (609) 575-7820, ride-mci. com

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Nov. 23: New Lisbon, N.J.: Pine Hill Enduro, Central Jersey Competition Riders; (732) 558-6475, www.cjcrmc.org

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Sept. 13-14: MMc Harescrambles, Meteor Motorcycle Club; (856) 889-7300

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Sept. 13: cuddebackville, N.y.: Oakland Valley Race Park Sept. 27: Alton, Va.: Virginia International Raceway

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Sept. 27-28: ridge Harescrambles, Ridge Riders MC; (973) 919-4780 Oct. 4-5: Sahara Sands Harescrambles, Pine Barons Enduro Riders; (609) 654-6300 Oct. 25-26: Ormond Farms Harescrambles, Competition Dirt Riders; (609) 319-7496 Nov. 15-16: Delaware Harescrambles, Delaware Enduro Riders; (302) 834-4411 EAST cOAST ENDurO rIDErS DuAL SPOrT SErIES ecea.org

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WHY WE RIDE … AS A FAMILY Film Reflects Personal Passions

When we set out to make the documentary film “Why We Ride,” we approached the family aspect of motorcycling very

By Bryan H. Carroll, sincerely. Family is Director/Producer of Why We Ride important to me, and we wanted to make a film that was both family-friendly and showed how motorcycles bring families together.

That approach has led to some of the most memorable reactions and comments from viewers. At the first screening of “Why We Ride,” we had mothers approach us to say they had never considered riding with their children, but the film made them realize it was a way to spend more time as a family.

It’s important to continue to share motorcycling with the next generation as our parents did with us. One of the things we are most proud of is that The Quail Motorcycle Gathering allowed us to create the Why We Ride Award, in which kids 12 and under voted on the motorcycle that most inspired them to ride. Those kids selected a restored 1977 Honda XR75, which the builder had received when he was 5 years old – it was a gift from his father.

Bridging a generational gap with motorcycles is nothing new. During Father’s Day weekend, many of our fans shared their experiences of riding with their dads as children.

Motorcycling is something that people are very passionate about, and so “Why We Ride” is a film that affects people very personally. What we did not expect during the process was how motorcycles would affect our own lives. For me, it was about rediscovering a passion that I first fostered as a child. For Producer James Walker, it was an introduction to a whole new experience that has now become an integral part of his lifestyle.

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One thing I told our crew early on in production was that if this movie didn’t change us, then we did not accomplish what we set out to do as filmmakers. I’ve worked on over 50 films, commercials and TV shows and, of all of them, this project has had the biggest impact on me.

The inspiration behind this film really started when we went to meet with the late AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Ed Kretz Jr. He had this amazing garage filled with trophies and motorcycles belonging to his dad, also a Hall of Famer. After the conversation, we realized we weren’t just talking about bikes and racing, we were talking about families.

That really got me thinking. I realized I wasn’t riding anymore, even though I grew up riding. There’s an 8mm film of me at 3 years old riding on the front of my dad’s ’71 Yamaha Scrambler. We’d ride up into the hills and pick wildflowers for my mom after dinner every day. Now I have a family, a wife and two kids, and we weren’t riding.

Why? What happened? Why did I stop? I never made a decision to stop. I guess life just got busy.

At that moment for me, it became a personal quest. I said, “My motto is, ‘Live your passion,’ so let’s go and do just that.”

We started filming, and I started riding again. For Christmas, we gave our crew a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course so everyone could get his or her license.

We all took the class together and started riding together.

I then restored a PW80 for my son, who’s been begging me to learn to ride.

I filmed it: my son receiving his first gas motorcycle is in the movie.

I will never stop riding again. I feel

like I have 10 years, when I wasn’t riding, to make up for. I will.

For James, “Why We Ride” was an introduction to a new world.

“I knew nothing about motorcycling other than bikes passing me on the 405, splitting lanes,” he says. “I found myself at my first motorcycle event in 2012: Sturgis. I walked into the experience as a completely blank board. I let go of my preconceived notions and jumped in. It’s been transformative.

“The movie is great,” James continues, “but what I got out of it personally is that I became a motorcyclist, and have an appreciation for this world and history I didn’t even know existed. It’s one of those few experiences that really changed me.

“I have three motorcycles now. Some of the crew were already riding, but the ones who weren’t became motorcyclists. We weren’t a motorcycle group trying to tell our story. We’re a passionate and creative group of filmmakers that wanted to take a look at this unique world, and we came out of the process with an understanding and a feeling that is conveyed to audiences.”

It was an amazing adventure because James learned to ride and bought bikes, and I got to rediscover riding and bring it back into the family. We grew with the film. We were very much living the film. It is our hope that other riders will feel the same way, and share the motorcycling experience with their own families.

Life is short and every day counts, so you might as well spend them doing what you are passionate about.

For me, I’ll be riding motorcycles, making films that inspire, and spending every possible moment I can with my family. I hope you all do the same.

Bryan H. Carroll is the director/ producer of the acclaimed motorcycling documentary “Why We Ride.” For more information about the film, and to find a booking, see www.WhyWeRide.com.

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