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Time for a story.

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Harley-Davidson’s got a new President and CEO starting in October: Artie Starrs.

A couple of months ago I raced Inde Motorsports Ranch with AHRMA, and while I shared my experience in BEARS with my BMW R75/5 I also wanted to take a moment to share some non-race-specific highlights from the event as there’s a bunch of great bikes and great people!

In which we enjoy another race weekend…and only lose one body part!

One of my favorite track day organizations (Volant Vivere) is putting on a track day at Laguna Seca next month – I’ll be going there with a few friends and clients and I’d love for you to join!

5/14 Update: I originally shared this post four months ago but it’s time to bring it back as the Quail happens this weekend! We’ll be leaving Iconic on Friday morning and riding up, hope to see you out there!

My series of my favorite bikes from AHRMA racing continues with a legend owned by a legend: Nick Ienatsch’s Yamaha TZ750! Oh…and it happens to be street legal!

My series of my favorite bikes from AHRMA racing continues with a Moto Paton 500 – something I never expected to see in person, let alone actually out on a race track!

There were a few standout bikes from my race at Willow Springs that I wanted to share but the post would have been way too long. So I’m going to call them out in individual posts. Here’s one of the competitors – Edwin Haazer’s 1979 Kawasaki KZ1000 MKII!

A couple of weeks ago I raced Willow Springs with AHRMA, and while I shared my experience in BEARS with my BMW R75/5 I also wanted to take a moment to share some non-race-specific highlights from the event as there’s a bunch of cool old bikes and cool (usually also old) people. As a reminder, I always go racing with …

Well, my first race weekend with the BMW has come and gone. Good news: I didn’t die. More good news – I won both of my races!

My BMW has arrived – let’s see what it’s like!

Last year, I entered a couple of races in AHRMA with two bikes – a Kramer 690 and a Honda CB175. Things went well with the Kramer (including a podium finish in my second race weekend) but they went…less well with the Honda. I know I owe you more updates on that bike and I promise I will share more …

As I write up this post, I’m flying out to Austin for one of my favorite weekends of the year – MotoGP at Circuit of the Americas! I’ll also have some quality time at the Handbuilt Show but unlike the last couple of years I won’t be riding the track the day after the GP race with Aprilia Racers Days. …

Update: The embargo is over and the review is now live! Apologies as this post is a bit later than usual, but I had the pleasure of attending the US press launch for the Yamaha R9 earlier this week at Sonoma Raceway. I can’t share anything until next week due to an embargo but as I write up my story …