Few motocross bikes enjoy as colorful a history as Husqvarna’s 400 Cross. The production-based motocross racer, powered by its all-new 396cc 2-stroke single-cylinder engine, began life in 1969, winning the first of two consecutive 500cc World Championships in the capable hands of Swedish ...
Fifty years ago this July, motorcycling experienced a rebirth in America, if not the world. That mid-summer month is when, in 1971, Bruce Brown’s movie On Any Sunday premiered on the big screen, in the process changing the sport — and industry — of motorcycling forever. After years of ...
By and large, motorcycle racers are a likable lot. As a former racer myself I know that racers generally have many friends, even in low places. One such place is The Wreck, a lovable dive bar with a colorful history in Lake Elsinore, California, also home to the legendary Elsinore Grand Prix. ...
"You Meet The Nicest People On A Honda” is perhaps the most iconic motorcycle sales slogan ever created, and it certainly is among the most effective. Sales of all motorcycles imported to America in 1959 accounted for approximately 6,300 units. That same year, Honda Motor Co. founded its U.S. ...
Whether you’ve been riding for 50 years or five months, whether you’re a seasoned racer or a dedicated rail bird, or that you happen to be a lone biker who simply enjoys pointing a bike’s headlight into the wind, chances are you’ve collected some motorcycle memorabilia that’s ...
Bultaco Metralla Mk2/Kit America Engine: 244cc air-cooled single, 72mm x 60mm bore and stroke, 38hp @ 9,500rpm Top speed: 105mph plus Carburetion: Single Mikuni (original 30mm Amal 389 GP) Transmission: 5-speed, GP clutch Electrics: Femsa electronic ignition Wheelbase: 51in ...
Whether you’re a diehard Harleyphile or someone who simply enjoys motorcycles of all brands, shapes, sizes and colors, a visit to the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is well worth the trip. The imposing structure, an edifice to the blue collar industries that helped forge ...
It was to be the motorcycle race to top all motorcycle races in America. The 1971 Champion Spark Plug Classic 250 was, according to sources at the time, the longest road race in AMA history, boasting the largest prize purse ever. It also was the 1971 season finale where the championship ...
How and why, exactly, did Ontario Motor Speedway — aka The Big O — fail? Several factors contributed to its demise, but in the end the fickle finger of fate primarily points to the root of all evil — money. In particular it was real estate money that helped bury the Big O. Ontario’s ...
On Any Sunday probably registered first in your mind as one of those films, but if you weren’t part of the motorcycle scene during the early 1980s you may not be familiar with the other title, Take It To The Limit, produced and directed by expatriated Englishman Peter Starr. Starr’s ...
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