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Another Year Without The TT

Posted by Christian Pierce | Dec 7, 2020 | Industry & Racing, Ride Life | 0 |

MotoAmerica Rides The Ridge

Posted by Ted Edwards | Aug 31, 2020 | Industry & Racing | 0 |

Legendary Bikes: 1968 Egli Vincent Black Shadow Re...

Posted by Road Dirt Crew | Jun 10, 2020 | Legendary Bikes | 0 |

Road Racing Returns at Road America

Posted by Rob Brooks | May 31, 2020 | Industry & Racing | 0 |

Another Year Without The TT

by Christian Pierce | Dec 7, 2020 | Industry & Racing, Ride Life | 0 |

Just when I thought hope was on the horizon, the pandemic reared its ugly head once again. Last week, I learned that one of the highlights of the sporting calendar, the Isle of Man TT, has been cancelled for 2021. The upcoming races were scheduled to start at the end of May. So, despite the promising news involving international vaccine programs to combat the spread of Covid-19, it would appear that 2021 will be a far cry from normal as well (at least to start the year).

MotoAmerica Rides The Ridge

by Ted Edwards | Aug 31, 2020 | Industry & Racing | 0 |

The Ridge Motorsports Park opened to the MotoAmerica road racing series this past weekend, a first for both. Teams rolled in early last week to familiarize themselves with the track, which only a handful of racers had ever ridden on. And it showed. Numerous riders crashed and crunched up their bikes, before even the first green flag on Saturday. The problem wasn’t so much the track itself, which the majority of racers and MotoAmerica personnel said they loved, but their unfamiliarity with it. At 2.47 miles in length, 16 dramatic turns and over 300 feet of elevation change across the track, including a 50 foot plunge down the Ridge Complex of switchbacks, a lap on the Ridge tarmac is filled with high speed straights, sweeping turns, huge compressions, weightless crests and hard esses that challenge and exhaust racers like few tracks in the States.

Legendary Bikes: 1968 Egli Vincent Black Shadow Recreation

by Road Dirt Crew | Jun 10, 2020 | Legendary Bikes | 0 |

One look is all it takes to fall in love with the unique architecture of the 1968 Egli Vincent Black Shadow Recreation. This gorgeous piece of machinery is produced by Vincent expert Patrick Godet, a French designer given sole license to produce frames by original designer Fritz Egli himself. The story of this beautiful bike began in 1967, when Swiss engineer and racer Fritz Egli teamed up with Vincent to create an updated bike frame worthy of “the world’s fastest engine”.

Road Racing Returns at Road America

by Rob Brooks | May 31, 2020 | Industry & Racing | 0 |

In one of the first live sporting events on TV since COVID-19 brought changes to sporting schedules worldwide, MotoAmerica motorcycle road racing got underway at the fabled Road America racetrack in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin this weekend. With no fans present, and strict social distancing protocols in place for all teams, track and series personnel, and media representatives, the Saturday races launched amidst silent stands and grounds. Yet the races are being carried across the globe, as MotoAmerica inked a deal to broadcast their races on Eurosport, exposing the American race series to a worldwide audience.