Archive for 'Motorcycle Shows' Category
Vintage Motorcycle Days 2008 Photos 2
31 July 2008After posting some photos yesterday of the motorcycles assembled at Mid Ohio for Vintage Days, several commenters posted links to other sites with many more photos, so I’ll leave those links and just post a few more photos here, in response to questions and a random selection of several more.
The important point here is that [...]
Vintage Motorcycle Days 2008 Photos
30 July 2008As mentioned before, AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio is one of those events you really should attend if you have any interest in motorcycles beyond the latest and greatest factory offerings. I’ve already pointed out a couple of bikes, the Doublewhiz and the Munch Mammut replica, but there were thousands of motorcycles at the [...]
2008 Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid Ohio
2 July 2008If you have any interest in vintage motorcycles whatsoever and you have the chance to get to Mid Ohio July 25-27, 2008, you really should try to be there. This is the best assemblage of old motorcycles, riders and racers you’ll see in one place. There’s a huge swap meet, vintage racing, motorcycle shows and [...]
International Vintage Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet
1 July 2008Next month the Vintage Japanese and European Motorcycle Club of North America will hold their 5th annual International Vintage Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet, August 15-17, 2008 at the Outagamie County Fairgrounds, Seymour, Wisconsin. Dave sent in a question about whether there would be a show this year and I thought I better find out.
This [...]
World Champion Indoor Trials Riding Skill
23 June 2008Dougie Lampkin, World Trials Champion puts on, what might be called, an extreme indoor trials riding exhibition, riding through your basic English estate … indoors, through hallways, up stairs, through the library and offices, storage rooms and patios, you know, just where you would expect to see a trials bike while you’re sipping tea.
In this [...]
Morbidelli Museum Photo Tour
20 June 2008Denny, one of The Kneeslider’s regular readers from Portland, Oregon, sent us a note saying he just returned from a trip to Italy where he and three of his friends, had the opportunity to tour the Morbidelli Museum. Denny says Giancarlo Morbidelli was a most unassuming, gracious and wonderful host. Not only that, they [...]
Buell Firebolt Becomes Fembot in Transformers 2
12 June 2008With all of the press Buell is getting these days, their PR department must be working till the wee hours of the morning or maybe the producers just thought a Buell was the best choice. Either way, according to this leaked call sheet for the upcoming Transformers 2 movie, there is a Buell Firebolt that [...]
Ace Cafe Coming to Sturgis
15 May 2008Always wanted to hang out at the Ace Cafe but you’re on the wrong side of the pond? Well, polish up your cafe racer because this year, you’ll have your chance to hang with the Ton Up boys because they’re setting up at Sturgis for the entire week.
Press release follows:
Dealer World Inc, publisher of American [...]
