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Zero Electric Motorcycles Now Available at EagleRider Rental Locations

April 15, 2021 By Bill Kresnak Zero Motorcycles and EagleRider have joined forces to offer electric motorcycle rentals at EagleRider rental locations. Besides giving riders the opportunity to try out the latest technology in the electric motorcycle segment, the collaboration offers a deal for riders who decide to buy a Zero motorcycle. Renters who buy

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American Motorcyclist — in new digital format — is free, this month only!

It’s true. The reimagined and reinvigorated American Motorcyclist — America’s largest-circulation monthly magazine — is now available in a digital, flipbook-style format in addition to the conventional print version (which isn’t going anywhere). And to promote the newly-crafted April issue, which features the legendary Hall of Famer Malcolm Smith, the AMA is offering the digital

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Who’s On Our April Cover? Malcolm Smith, of Course!

By Mitch Boehm When choosing an appropriate cover story for the April edition of our new-and-improved American Motorcyclist magazine, it was pretty hard to ignore America’s favorite-son motorcyclist Malcolm Smith. For one thing, Ol’ Malcolm turned 80 on March 9, which is in many ways just as hard to grasp as the fact that On

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Commitment to Community

Motorcycling Needs You—Yes, You!—Now By Heather Wilson This column will appear in the March 2021 issue of American Motorcyclist. — Ed. When I say I was born into the motorcycle industry, I am not exaggerating. After they graduated from high school, my dad and his brother opened a dealership, which my parents own and operate

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Journalist and Motorcycle Industry Veteran Mitch Boehm Named AMA Editorial Director

New communications team will use compelling storytelling, engagement to serve AMA mission PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association announced today the appointment of longtime motorsports journalist and motorcycle industry veteran Mitch Boehm as Editorial Director, in addition to other changes in the communications department. In his role, Boehm (on the left in the photo

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Motorcycling in Siberia and More in February ‘American Motorcyclist’

Photographer Michael Lichter chronicles the Baikal Mile Ice Speed Festival in Siberia, and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Paul Dean describes racing a dirt bike near the erupting Mt. St. Helens volcano in the February 2021 issue of American Motorcyclist magazine.

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Safe-To-Race Task Force Members Honored as Motorcyclists of the Year in January ‘American Motorcyclist’

he Safe-to-Race Task Force members are named 2020 AMA Motorcyclists of the Year, seven riders give their impressions of BMW’s 2021 R 18 cruiser and a motorcyclist explains her role as a federal highway safety specialist in the January 2021 issue of American Motorcyclist magazine.

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In the December Issue of ‘American Motorcyclist’: Doing Track Days at Age 69

AMA Charter Life member Arthur Ranney talks track days at the age of 69, AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman, who is also a charter life member, discusses his sidecar project, and the Lansing (Mich.) Motorcycle Club is featured in the December 2020 issue of American Motorcyclist magazine. Ranney teamed up with buddies to race

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Photographer Michael Lichter Talks Sturgis and More in the November Issue of ‘American Motorcyclist’

Michael Lichter talks photography and Sturgis; Andrew Wheeler talks photography and cooking; and Ted Freedman talks about searching for the perfect motorcycle. All those stories and more are in the November issue of American Motorcyclist magazine, the monthly publication for AMA members.

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AMA Life Member Roy Dyckman reflects on 60 years of riding in the October issue of ‘American Motorcyclist’

When AMA Life Member Roy Dyckman rides, he may be humming under his helmet a country song titled I’ve Been Everywhere. In his 60 years of riding, the Ohio resident has visited enough locations and attended enough rallies to fill every inch of his riding vest with pins. Dyckman is just one of several notable

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