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Small Bores and Much More

May 31, 2022 By Keaton Maisano The enthusiasm, fun and community that surround the Small Bore Corps bring to mind the old saying… “it’s not what you ride, but how you ride it.” Based in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, the AMA chartered club brings together avid scooterists to ride and share experiences. Seemingly growing

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News Riding

A Reason to Ride

May 26, 2022 By Keaton Maisano Despite snow, rain, hail, sleet and temperatures in the 30s for majority of the daylong, 1,000-mile ride, the riders that participated in the 2022 Iron Knights Iron Butt Ride left the experience with warm hearts and teary eyes. While shaken from the brutal weather during the ride — which

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Events News

Laconia Rally Set to Stun June 11-19

May 17, 2022 The motorcycle rally in Laconia, N.H., has been a fixture for a century, as it celebrates its 100th anniversary next year. (The 1959 gathering, shown here, was extra-special from what we hear…) But there’s plenty happening at the 99th edition this June 11-19, and you should definitely plan to be there. Besides

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Events News Racing

Dallas Daniels Chats About the Mission Foods AMA Flat Track Grand Championship

May 17, 2022 By Joy Burgess Estenson Racing Yamaha’s Dallas Daniels, who currently races in the American Flat Track (AFT) SuperTwins class, did something no one else has ever done in the history of AMA amateur racing — he won two Nicky Hayden AMA Horizon Awards in 2018 in both flat track and roadracing. After winning

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News VMD

AMA VMD Presented by Royal Enfield to Feature Kevin Schwantz Career History

May 10, 2022 By Mitch Boehm Photos by Kevin Wing and Lars Frazer This year’s Grand Marshal for the 2022 AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, presented by Royal Enfield, event at Mid-Ohio July 22-24 is none other than 1993 World 500cc Champion and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Kevin Schwantz — which means he and his

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Hall of Fame News

Hall of Famer Spotlight: Pierre Karsmakers

May 9, 2022 By Keaton Maisano With AMA Supercross’ latest champions crowned and the 2022 season concluded, the May Hall of Famer Spotlight looks back at the sports’ inaugural champion: Pierre Karsmakers. Born in Waalre, Holland, in 1946, AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Pierre Karsmakers started his racing career at age 18. He excelled early

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News Racing

Anderson Captures Finale, Craig Closes Out 250SX West Title

Jason Anderson collects seventh win in 2022, Christian Craig cruises to 250SX West championship May 10, 2022 By Keaton Maisano With the AMA Supercross season ending Saturday in Salt Lake City, the last batch of winners graced the podium and the final champions were crowned. In the previous two weeks, Team Honda HRC’s Jett Lawrence

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Hall of Fame News

The Matriarch of Motorcycling: Gloria Tramontin-Struck

May 8, 2022 By Joy Burgess While celebrating Mother’s Day, we can’t help but think about a woman who’s long been dubbed the matriarch of the women’s motorcycling community: Gloria Tramontin-Struck. At nearly 97 years old, she’s not only witnessed motorcycling’s incredible first century, but lived it herself, riding nearly 700,000 miles around the country

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Hall of Fame News

Local Vintage Vigor

Columbus Area Vintage Motorcycle Group expands activity with AMA charter May 6, 2022 By Keaton Maisano In the beginning, there was a love for vintage motorcycles. At least that’s where the story of the Columbus Area Vintage Motorcycle Group begins. Built on a passion and appreciation for vintage motorcycles, the Facebook group was created to

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Magazine News Rights

The Tiffany Epiphany

The AMA’s intrepid On-Highway Government Affairs Manager gets schooled on the finer points of front brake and cornering technique May 5, 2022 By Tiffany Cipoletti NOTE: This article first appeared in the August 2021 issue of American Motorcyclist.  Hi. My name is Tiffany Cipoletti and, until last week, I was a true-blue Never Front Braker.

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