I had 500 miles to ride before Saturday afternoon meetings at a bicycle race in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was behind in packing, and I needed to find radio cables to work
with the promoter’s gear. I was also waiting on stuff being shipped - supposedly by two-day mail - from California that was four days behind schedule. Plus, I wanted to pick up a new helmet. Between work and delayed trip preparations, I was a stress bucket.
Limited mid-year CVO Street Glide and CVO Road Glide models will debut at
Harley-Davidson Homecoming and 120th anniversary events.
Since 1999, Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) motorcycles have been an aspirational collection of limited-production motorcycles that deliver the ultimate in refinement of styling, design, craftsmanship and attention to detail, along with top-of-the-line performance. Over the decades, Harley-Davidson designers and engineers have thoughtfully evolved these motorcycles,
introducing incremental improvements to further enhance the riding experience, while carefully respecting their heritage and position as icons within the hearts and minds of enthusiasts around the world.
COTA Lap Record & Fastest Lap Times: F1, Nascar, MotoGP… The COTA Lap Record is held by an F1
car, but there’s a number of other series that race at Circuit of the Americas that set equally impressive lap times.
This article lists the COTA lap records and fastest lap times for F1, MotoGP, Nascar, TransAm and a number of other major series that race on the Austin circuit.
Starting on Tuesday, May 16th (and continuing through Saturday, May 20th) you can come by the Touratech store for exclusive in-store savings and pick up a free limited addition hat (while supplies last).
• Tuesday, May 16th - All Helmets 20% off and 10% off storewide
• Wednesday, May 17th - All Boots 20% off and 10% off
storewide
• Thursday, May 18th - All Riding Suits 20% off and 10% off storewide
• Friday, May 19th - All CruzTOOLS 20% off and 10% off storewide
• Saturday, May 20th - Everything in the store on sale with FREE Lunch
On Saturday, May 20th come down for massive in-store savings and they'll be providing FREE lunch from Fork in the Road Food Truck starting at 11AM to the first 100 attendees and giving away some cool prizes too! Reps from Backcountry Discovery Routes will be on-hand to talk routes and answer questions and the Klim Representative will be onsite too.
“Let us downshift a gear or two, find a spot, and put
the kickstands down on Conversation Street.”
Let's talk about a serious journey.
August 9th through 18 - We will be having one of the biggest Backroads Road rallies ever... over 2,500 miles.
Our Grand Tour! A Grand Finale
Rally!
Well, at least for as "Monster Road Tour" like this one...
Fourteen days … Eight States… Eight Hotels… Three Free Days in three separate and awesome motorcycle riding regions! A Major League Baseball Game at THE Great American Ball Park and then a couple of optional days at the races with
MotoAmerica!
All the details can be found on the link...
IF YOU ARE COMING AND WANT TO ATTEND THE BASEBALL GAME IN CINCINNATI YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW NOW!
Episode 60 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast focuses on the controversial topic of lane splitting, also known as lane sharing. Motorcyclists tend to be strongly in favor of it or adamantly against it. Last year Arizona became
the fourth state to legalize lane sharing, joining California, Utah, and Montana. Contributing editor Eric Trow’s feature about lane sharing in the upcoming June 2023 issue of Rider provides a fair and balanced approach to the topic. Host Greg Drevenstedt is much more biased in favor of lane sharing, and they have a lively discussion about the pros and cons.
This will be how the new Zumo XT2 and future devices will work and how you can access some of the other functions on the newest Zumo. You can still use BaseCamp, but to upload your own GPX routes you will need to use Tread. Welcome to the future...
by Michael Marino In the 14 years since my first overnight motorcycle trip, I've found one of my favorite aspects of motorcycle touring is stumbling upon oddball things along the way. It really adds to the "exploration" aspect of touring when you see something that's so interesting — or unusual — that you feel compelled to turn around and take a closer look
Afflicted by tuberculosis since childhood, James Charles Marshall – the man latterly known as the ‘Father of Loud’ – was encouraged to take up tap dancing at a young age in order to strengthen his bones. It was here that young ‘Jim’ discovered his flair for music – and, with no overt interest in traditional schoolwork, he opted instead to focus on singing and the
drums.
The Americade Rally is celebrating its 40-year anniversary in a big way. Each year, the influential gathering
of riders upon the shores of Lake George, NY hosts every kind of rider on every kind of motorcycle, and in 2023 the popular factory demo truck rides have been super-charged! Riders attending Americade will have the opportunity to demo 11 different motorcycle brands. It’s an unheard-of number and is nearly twice as many factory demos as any other motorcycle event
in the USA. With so many demo choices for attendees, the diversity of motorcycle genres that have become the face of Americade over the past four decades is clearly highlighted.
