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Valentino Rossi to End Illustrious Motorcycle Racing Career

The seven-time MotoGP world champion will finish out the season and hints at a car racing future August 10, 2021 By Kali Kotoski The famed racer Valentino Rossi announced last week that the 2021 MotoGP season will be his last, capping off an incredible quarter-century career that chalked up seven world championships and gave the

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Riding Track Rescue

AMA helps landowner push back against local zoning office August 10, 2021 By Joy Burgess In April 2021, Brandon and Tiffany Hughett of Dublin, Va. received a Notice of Violation from the County of Pulaski’s Planning and Zoning Office asking them to discontinue the use of the small dirt bike track the family had constructed

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Nancy Davidson, Wife of Willie G., Passes Away From Cancer

Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall-of-Famer and Goodwill Ambassador passes at 89  July 19, 2021 By Kali Kotoski Few families in the motorcycle community elicit such admiration as those who carry the Davidson name. Besides carrying the duties and responsibilities that come from the Motor Company’s namesake, they serve as the enduring spirit of American manufacturing, its

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Harley-Davidson Unleashes New Sportster Model Powered by Revolution Max

With tons of power, the Sportster S is a “wolf in wolf’s clothing” July 16, 2021 By Kali Kotoski For years, Harley-Davidson has teased a flat track-inspired future concept bike on its website, without giving any details on the model, the internals or specifications. What we were left with was just some nice eye candy

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LiveWire ONE Debuts with a $10k Price Cut

Harley-Davidson’s all-electric sub-brand is leading the charge July 14, 2021 By Kali Kotoski When Harley-Davidson announced it was spinning off its halo electric motorcycle — the LiveWire — into its own dedicated sub-brand, plenty of doomsayers came out saying what they always do. Was the LiveWire technology and brand up for sale? What is the

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Ashes to Asphalt

After Eric Stahl’s King of the Baggers race bike was destroyed in a fire, fans and the industry pulled together to get him back on the grid July 13, 2021 By Kali Kotoski and Ron Brefka As Jiffy Tune Racing’s Eric Stahl and his team were crossing the country and heading to Wisconsin’s Road America

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Indian Motorcycle Partners with Veterans Charity Ride for 7th Annual Adventure Ride to Sturgis

Returning combat veterans to use “motorcycle therapy” to help rehabilitate July 12, 2021 By Kali Kotoski Indian Motorcycle is again sponsoring and supporting the Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis which focuses on using motorcycle therapy to support combat veterans’ transition to civilian life. Indian and VCR have partnered with the initiative “America Get Out &

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Moab, Utah’s Noise Ordinance Targets Motorcyclists

The City Council aims to cool tensions between residents, but motorcycle advocates argue the measure misses the mark Updated July 13, 2021 By Kali Kotoski A strict new noise ordinance passed by Moab’s City Council in late April— if fully enforced — would unfairly target local motorcyclists in the area, claim advocates that see the

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Bruce Brown: Thrill Architect

For fifty years, Brown’s On Any Sunday has provided the soundtrack to our motorcycling lives July 12, 2021 By Mitch Boehm Big Screen entertainment has been a fixture in our lives for more than 100 years, but trying to measure the impact AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Bruce Brown’s epic moto documentary On Any Sunday

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Bonneville Salt Flats: Salt in Peril

The Restore Bonneville program has stalled, bureaucracy has failed, and the legendary Salt Flats are at risk…but you can help  By Joy Burgess Photo: Scooter Grubbs “For motorcyclists,” Hall of Famer and former fastest man on two wheels Chris Carr told American Motorcyclist, “the Bonneville Salt Flats is one of our seven wonders of the

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