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A Hot Time in Knoxville at the Ol’ Honda Hoot 2006

by Bill Stermer photography by the author and courtesy American Honda How many years does it take before a rally is considered to be established? With...

Hodaka Days 2005

story and photography by Darrell Ohs On approach to Athena City Park in northeast Oregon, Hodaka Days 2005 looked more like a Sunday-school picnic than...

The 26th Annual Hansen Dam British Bike Rally in Southern California

story and photography by Paul Garson Last year rain pelted the event, but this year’s 26th Annual Hansen Dam Ride was drenched only in sunshine…and...

The 34th Annual GP Sidecar Rally in Southern California

story and photography by Paul Garson Don’t start dusting off your roadracing leathers, the GP in the title above refers to Los Angeles’ Griffith Park,...

The 2006 Legend of the Motorcycle: International Concours d'Elegance

story and photography by Clement Salvadori Nothing like wandering along acres of ocean-front lawn, admiring scores of beautifully turned-out motorcycles parked on the well-mowed grass…. A...

Corsa MotoClassica

story and photography by Paul Garson If you’re vintage enough yourself, you’ll remember when Ike was elected President, and after 40 years of rule in...

Tagging Along on the Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America

by James R. Petersen; photography by the author and Kevin Kane The rooftop garage corrals 175 motorcycles. I watch a man wearing an “Old Guys...

Bonneville To Bonneville: Running the Time Traps at the 2010 BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials

The eerie thing about the Bonneville Salt Flats is exactly what makes them so good for high-speed runs—-their flatness. I’m sitting on my 2006...

21st-Century Pony Express

Wanted: YOUNG, SKINNY, WIRY FELLOWS, not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, and willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages $25 a week. Advertisement...

Honda Hoot 2005

The Honda Hoot is like a wheel: If the vendors, demonstrations and demo rides at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville each day are its hub,...

Americade Rally 2005

Gather 40,000 riders in one area for a week-long rally, riding and eating and attending events, and it’s tough to summarize the experience. However,...

The 25th Annual Hansen Dam British Bike Rally

It was a bit rough even on the 1930 Brough Superior, one of the more than 400 bikes that rumbled in for the 25th...

2004 Curve Cowboy Reunion—An Unusual BMW Rally

The 2004 Curve Cowboy Reunion Rally had to be the antithesis of the usual BMW motorcycle ride and rally, there being none of the...

ANPAC Motorcycle Jamboree 2004

The ANPAC Motorcycle Jubilee was formerly known as the Ozark Motorcycle Jubilee and was held in Springfield, Missouri. A couple of major changes took...

Big Dog Adventure Ride

Foolish youth celebrate Spain’s Fiesta of Saint Fermin (patron saint of fools) with the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona. Avid riders of...

Fourth Annual Peace Officers Memorial Run

The shortest distance between two points used to be a straight line, but modern physics has tweaked that popular expression. Now the shortest distance...

The Four-Stroke Singles National Owners Club Rally in Wyoming

Motorcycle celebrations take many shapes and forms. Own a Harley-Davidson in 2003 and you could have rallied in Milwaukee to celebrate 100 years of...

The 32nd Annual Griffith Park Sidecar Rally

Even Huell Howser, the host of PBS-affiliate KCET TV’s popular “California Gold,” showed up for the weekend event that brought sidecar rigs trundling into...

The AMA’s Annual Hall of Fame Induction: 2003

As a motorcycle enthusiast, what would constitute your perfect day? For me it would be to have breakfast with several notable riders, tour a...

STAR Days Rally 2003

When you think of Utah, which of its famous places do you think of first? A lot of people will conjure up the Bonneville...

True Grits Fun Run, Suches, Georgia

My Uncle Myron, a sports writer and boxing fanatic, realized his lifelong dream the night he donned a tuxedo and climbed into center ring...

The 2002 Del Mar Concours D’Elegance

Fred Lange’s restored 1916 Harley-Davidson and John Howard’s 1912 Indian, both boardtrack racers, may have once spit splinters at each other, but now they’re...

A Stop on the Harley-Davidson Open Road Tour

I like Harleys, I really do. The 100th Anniversary Fat Boy would fit right nice positioned betwixt my leathers. Thing is, I’ve liked something...

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