Road Dirt Crew

Beaubier Makes History

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | Aug 17, 2025 | Industry & Racing, Ride Life |

In March of 2010, a fresh-faced 17 year old named Cameron Beaubier won the first AMA professional race of his career at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Today, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, Beaubier won his 90th career race, making him the winningest road racer across all classes in AMA Pro Racing history. He’s now a 32-year-old, five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion, husband, and father. And arguably the face of the series.

Suzuki Goes Retro Cool

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | Jul 14, 2025 | Bikes & Gear |

From the old-school round headlights and bar-end mirrors, the tuck/roll seat stitching of the 8T, to the sweet 1980s style square headlight cowling and under-cowl below the pipe headers on the 8TT, not to mention the gorgeous paint jobs, both bikes drip 1970s-early 80s inspiration. These bikes are long overdue from Suzuki, and we’re sure they’ll be popular with North American buyers if the price point is right (no price yet as of the time of this writing).

Record Crowds At Road America

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | Jun 2, 2025 | Industry & Racing |

The famous Road America race course saw its largest ever attended motorcycle racing audience over the weekend, with the MotoAmerica series roaring into Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The weather was perfect, the track conditions were ideal, and the crowds came from near and far, filling the stands, the campgrounds, and along the fences around this legendary track. They were not disappointed, as the racing was outstanding.

Honda Hits Motorcycle Milestone

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | May 23, 2025 | Industry & Racing |

500 million motorcycles, in 76 years. We can’t even fully get our heads around that. Mind boggling. It seemed appropriate that Honda would make the announcement from India, as in most parts of the world, definitely in India, motorcycles are a vital means of transportation, not just recreation.

Spotlight: Local Motorcycle Shops

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | May 15, 2025 | Nuts & Bolts, Ride Life |

There’s something special about the small, privately owned “mom & pop” motorcycle shops. The true essence, the heart and soul of our motorcycling culture and lifestyle can really only be tasted in these local shops. Our friend Ryan Richardson, the North Georgia rep for Law Tigers, knows this very well.

The Legend of Slippery Sam

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | May 8, 2025 | Legendary Bikes |

There are many tales of historic race motorcycles over the years. We’ve endeavored to tell a few of those here at Road Dirt, as we love racing. With the recent debut by Triumph Motorcycles of their commemorative “67” Trident Tribute, we felt the story of “Slippery Sam” needed to be told.

Daytona 200 2025: Herrin Makes History

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | Mar 8, 2025 | Industry & Racing |

Josh Herrin made history on Saturday at Daytona International Speedway when he became the first rider in Daytona 200 history to win “The Great American Motorcycle Race” three times in a row. It was also Herrin’s fourth Daytona 200 victory, putting him one win away from tying the all-time win leaders, Scott Russell and Miguel Duhamel.

Top Five Favorite Motorcycle Movies

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | Jan 30, 2025 | Ride Life |

We got thinking about the motorcycle movies several of the Road Dirt guys have mentioned before as film favorites, and thought we’d share them here. They’re not the usual “bad boy” or “biker gang” movies that have been a dime a dozen over the years. These are movies that we feel really capture in some way our collective moto culture. And we love them.

An Interesting Pair of Harleys

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | Jan 24, 2025 | Bikes & Gear |

very January, motorcycle brands pull the wraps off of new, updated, or revised motorcycles for the new year. We’ve seen several unique offerings already by different companies, and two in a recent press release from Harley-Davidson caught our attention. Harley is offering a Street Glide Ultra this year, and they are debuting what some say might be the closest we’ll see to that Bronx prototype from several years ago, in a stripped-down and hopped up Pan America 1250 ST.