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Rule Change Bans Indian FTR750 from Flat Track

Rule Change Bans Indian FTR750 from Flat Track

American Flat Track (AFT) has a long and illustrious motorcycle racing history, with the series officially sanctioned in 1954 but its roots stretching way earlier. Motorcycles have changed a lot over those years, and the competition rules have needed to change with them. Recently, AFT implemented another set of new

American Ricky Brabec Wins Dakar Rally for Second Time | RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel

American Ricky Brabec Wins Dakar Rally for Second Time

It’s easy enough to be the best at something once—the hard part is doing it again. American motorcycle racer Ricky Brabec just proved he can do it twice by snatching his second Dakar Rally victory. On January 19, Brabec won the motorcycle class of the 2024 Dakar Rally,

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MotoGP 2023

Way back in 2005, my good friend Andrew Ferguson and I witnessed Nicky Hayden win the MotoGP race at Laguna Seca. What a glorious day it was for both him and Colin Edwards, who placed second ahead of Valentino Rossi. Hayden rode Honda and the Yamaha bikes were colored yellow

Racing The 2022 Biltwell 100: One Of The Best Days Of Our Lives

Racing The 2022 Biltwell 100

One Of The Best Days Of Our Lives The Biltwell 100. It’s a (you guessed it) 100-mile desert race, smack-dab in the middle of the California desert—just outside of Ridgecrest, CA—on a sliver of dusty, sandy BLM land. This is an event where novice and experienced riders

Indian and Harley-Davidson Announce 2022 King of the Baggers Teams

Indian and Harley-Davidson Announce 2022 King of the Baggers Teams

After a wildly successful season debut, MotoAmerica’s King of the Baggers (KOTB) Championship returns in 2022. Indian and Harley-Davidson are ready to race for victory with their recently announced teams. The American motorcycle manufacturers have brought high-caliber talent to their stables. Both teams have two riders, while Indian also

2021 Tennessee Knockout Hard Enduro

2021 Tennessee Knockout Hard Enduro

We humans have always enjoyed watching people perform tasks with extreme proficiency. This seemingly unique quality has been studied by psychologists and helps explain the advent of spectator events in virtually every society that we know of. Whether it’s the Tokyo Olympics, the gladiators of ancient Rome, or an