Events

Huge Collection of Restored Vintage/Classic Race Bikes to Include Yamaha YZF750/1000 Yamamonster DENVER, Colo. (January 18, 2012) - When M1 PowerSports and AMA Pro Road Racing head back to Braselton, Ga.'s Road Atlanta for the return of the Big Kahuna Atlanta, scheduled for April 20 - 22, 2012, the action-packed ...    Read more

Get more information about the ride, click here! See the video! - Best of Baja Video with Malcolm Ride BAJA with Malcolm and friends, March 2012. This annual charity event raises the funding for El Oasis Orphanage in Valle Trinidad, and gives riders ...    Read more

Victory Motorcycle is hosting "The Gunny", and revealing the first 2013 model - plus new customs by Zach Ness and Klock Werks Kustom Cycles. Medina MN - 1/17/2012: Victory Motorcycles rings in 2012 with an early release 2013 model motorcycle and legendary Marine Corps Drill Instructor, Hollywood actor, ...    Read more

According to the auction house, this bike… “may be the most rideable, original, matching numbers example to come on the market in many years. Its restoration was overseen and participated in by renowned Vincent experts Dick Busby, Mike Parti, Haig Altounian, and numerous others. Every aspect of the restoration was done ...    Read more

• Auctions America by RM’s debut Vegas auction to feature more than 450 collector motorcycles, Jan. 12-14

• Celebrity bikes from Criss Angel MINDFREAK Collection and Michael Jordan Motorsports to cross the block

• A rare 1938 Harley-Davidson and 1929 Scott Squirrel once owned by actor Steve McQueen will be offered

AMA amateur dirt-trackers will compete at half-mile and short-track venues, including the Daytona Flat Track Stadium's limestone oval, this March 10-13 in Georgia and Florida. Youth, vet/senior, the next generation's stars and vintage racers will all line up to battle at the featured series. In addition, three of the Daytona ...    Read more

To those familiar with the premium motorcycle pavement draped over the mountains of California’s central coast, two roads always seem to be near the top or the bottom of the list, depending on skill and general point of view: Nacimento-Fergusson and Santa Rosa Creek. Rough, narrow, dirty and genuinely twisted ...    Read more

Maxton is a sleepy nowheresville in a dry county along the North and South Carolina border, on a broad coastal plain that stretches to the Atlantic ocean 60 miles away. It’s an unremarkable place, except for an abandoned, World War II-era airstrip secluded in a stand of pines just outside ...    Read more

The look on the mechanic’s face in the first picture says it all: “If anything goes wrong out there, you better pray to God you don’t survive the crash.” In fact, he had just said so in not as many words. So did A&A Racing’s Ray Abrams, and pretty much ...    Read more

You’ve heard of the “dog days” of summer—those hot, sultry August afternoons when Sirius, the Dog Star, hovers close to the sun. We’re looking forward to our own variation, called the “Duc days.” The weather won’t be the only thing hot and sultry. Those adjectives will describe the lust-inducing Italian ...    Read more

It’s the bike that inspired Kenny Roberts, one of the most fearless motorcycle racers that ever lived, to utter these immortal words: “They don’t pay me enough to ride that thing!” Desperate to compete with the dominant Harley-Davidson XR750s in the 1975 AMA Grand National championship, tuner Kel Carruthers shoe-horned ...    Read more

The most beautiful young women this side of a Paris catwalkPhotos: Aaron FrankWhen it comes to new motorcycles, it's not hard to attract our attention. Hell, we'd queue up next to a dumpster behind the local Burger King to get our first hard look at Aprilia's RSV4, or road trip ...    Read more

There comes a time in a relationship when parting becomes thenecessaryWORDS: Ralph CoueyPhoto: Courtesy of Darryl Cannon: Killboy.com, Powerhead ProductionsThere comes a time in a relationship when parting becomes thenecessary, even logical thing to do. For riders, a guy especially,the time we spend with our bikes is less "ownership"than "relationship." ...    Read more

On-road, off-road and everything in-betweenThe majestic craggy peaks and deep ravines of the Drakensberg Mountains and the vast dusty plains of the Great Karoo desert are contrasted by miles of untouched beaches flanked by superb roads against a backdrop of an African sky. Needless to say, South Africa offers all ...    Read more

My last motocross outing had ended with a crash and an ambulance rideWORDS: Angie LoyLast November, Jan Plessner, Public Relations Manager at Kawasaki, emailed me with an exciting offer. She had just returned from a dual-sport trek and was itching to go again, this time with friends. Normally I would ...    Read more

I could have sworn that Carl Fogarty had been the road developerWORDS: Luke DunphyAt least 4 of us showed up every Sunday. It was like clockwork. We usually met on base by 7:00 at the gas station. Other than the chuckles at the insane arrival announcement of Mike’s full race ...    Read more

It was by pure luck that my new neighbor Drew happened to be an avid motorcyclist ...WORDS/PHOTO: Luke DunphyIt was by pure luck that my new neighbor Drew happened to be an avid, experienced motorcyclist, 10 years my senior. At only 20 years old, I purchased a ‘97 GSXR 600, ...    Read more

My cronies and I departed from Knoxville on what appeared to be a perfectly dry and clear roadwayWORDS: Jim WestIt was a beautiful, cool September day in eastern Tennessee. It also happened to be my wife’s birthday (age undisclosed!). I asked my bride for permission to take a little breakfast ...    Read more

Riding a 2005 BMW F650 Dakar off-road bike for 27 days seven hours, and 52 minutesIt’s a long and winding road from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina – 15,051 miles to be exact – from the most northern milepost in North American to road’s end in South America. Now ...    Read more

On September 23rd, I bought my first Penton.WORDS/PHOTOS: Michael CandreiaOn September 23rd, I bought my first Penton. It’s a 1972 125 that was raced in the International Six-Day Trials. I own more than 15 vintage motocross bikes, but this is my first European one. My first ride on the Penton ...    Read more

I count touring the Alps on a Motorcyclist Magazine tour as one of my fondest memories.WORDS: Rob CimenoPHOTOS: Andy CherneyI count touring the Alps on a Motorcyclist Magazine tour as one of my fondest memories. Long acknowledged as some of the finest motorcycling roads in the world, all expectations were ...    Read more

Ever since I began riding sportbikes a few years ago, a strange ritual has taken place.WORDS: Angie LoyEver since I began riding sportbikes a few years ago, a strange ritual has taken place. Riding solo with my ponytail in the wind, I’m spotted by a male sportbike rider who examines ...    Read more

I don’t put much stock in conspiracy theories and the like, but the way Honda has treated young Nicky Hayden this season makes me want to reconsider. WORDS: Charles EverittPHOTOGRAPHY: Courtesy of Honda Pro Images I don’t put much stock in conspiracy theories and the like, but the way Honda ...    Read more

As a 20-year PGA Golf Professional, I’ve had the privilege to meet a lot of famous people.WORDS: Jim WestAs a 20-year PGA Golf Professional, I’ve had the privilege to meet a lot of famous people. In reality only some of the time it is a privilege - other times the ...    Read more

Nothing makes a screw-up heal faster than hearing the tale of a guy who messed-up just a bit more than you.WORDS: Rob CimenoNothing makes a screw-up heal faster than hearing the tale of a guy who messed-up just a bit more than you.So I was reading Motorcyclist and one particular ...    Read more