Riding the Past at Barber’s Vintage Festival

LEEDS, AL – This past weekend, Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, AL hosted their 4th annual Vintage Motorcycle Festival.  The festivities included vintage road racing, moto-cross racing, bike shows by brand, swap meets ... , and to cap off the fun Rhet Rotten was on hand with his “Wall of Death.” Talk about a kid in a candy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 19:51:21

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Road America fatality

Surjit Hermon, a radiologist from Sterling, Ill., became the second driver die this summer from injuries suffered in a racing accident at Road ... awaiting a tow Friday during a practice session that was part of a vintage racing weekend. At last 13 drivers and motorcycle riders have died at Road America since the track opened in 1955, according [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 15:55:07

Retro Leather Jackets - Recreating Automotive Fashion History

Spending the better part of 40+ years with a variety of major fashion retailers, I have learned some certain truths ... . Leather jackets have always been cool, but when worn by Marlon Brando and his motorcycle gang, Jimmy ... , that with the upsurge in Vintage Automobile collecting and racing, some of the hot fashion associated [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 13:22:27

1959 Lime Rock Photos

The BARC Boys have a wonderful gallery of their members and others in action at the 1959 Nationals from July 4th weekend, 1959 ... that year. But the handful of photos of the motorcycle-powered 500cc Cooper single seaters really ... terribly uncompetitive in today’s vintage racing monoposto classes, but these little Coopers are pure [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:18:37

'CHICARA LIQUID CHROME' EXHIBIT

Unfortunately, we all just missed the opening party; the New York Times 'Design' magazine this Sunday had a page devoted to "The Well-Curated Home ( ... for his custom motorcycles. He typically spends around 7500 hours hand-crafting every piece ... ' or 'Silverknob'! And, for the kind of money being asked, you could buy many genuine Vintage racing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 01:48:40

A Day At The Races

By Lord LisleYou may know, dear reader of this Blog, that I am not a biker guy. I must, however, hasten to tell that years ago I owned a (in 1968) already vintage 1952 Piaggio Vespa Scooter, at that time the only motor transport I could afford. Therefore I still have an affection to vintage motorcycles and do enjoy very much the look and sound [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 09:04:00

vintage 80s MOTORCYCLE SPEED RACING leather jacket 40

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Date: 2008-11-27 07:11:37

A car show worth staring at!

Walt Kaplin and Ron Anderson have been around Northwest auto racing for a long time. Plenty of memories have stored up in their heads ... Dome and Exhibition Hall. More than 300 vintage motorcycles, old-time dragsters, classic hot rods [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 22:55:02

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