The Godfather Of The Street Tracker Part II: Racer
While Richard Pollock was still in Florida, his first job in the motorcycle industry was at a shop called Honda Bob’s. The owner, Bob, was an avid flat tracker, and had a Honda XL250 with a Redline...
The Godfather Of The Street Tracker Part I: Youth
When Richard Pollock was a youth, his father brought him and his family from Syracuse, New York, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, when his father became part of the American space program. Pollock’s fa...
Gene Romero was one of the best-known names in racing during the late 60s and early 70s. He was known as a TT specialist, and won the Grand National Championship in 1970 riding for Triumph.
Bruce Penhall: The Greatest American Speedway Racer To Have Ever Lived
Bruce Penhall was regarded as the greatest American speedway racer to have ever thrown a leg over a brakeless bike. Penhall won the World Speedway Championship in 1981 and 1982, being the first Am...
Bad Boys Gone Good: The Fifty Nine Club
When you think motorcycle club, you don’t usually think charity. When you think rocker, you don’t usually think vicar. The 59 Club, arguably one of the most iconic and influential motorcycle clubs ...
From The Dirt To The Road: Gary Nixon
Gary Nixon was an internationally successful racer who helped define the future of both off-road and road racing. Born in Oklahoma in 1941, Nixon was naturally talented at all sports he tried his ...
Origins: Paul Smart And Ducati
Paul Smart was the racer who launched Ducati’s success in the superbike class with his Imola 200 win in 1972. The funny thing is that when he agreed to do so, the only thing he knew about Ducati w...
Sir Mike Hailwood was arguably the greatest motorcycle racer of all time, stated without any sentimentality. Over the course of his career, he won 74 Grands Prix, and the Isle of Man TT a record ...
The Hooligan Innovator: C.H. Wheat
C.H. Wheat was a crowd-favorite racer in the early- and mid-1900s, who then become an innovative motorcycle industry business owner while still racing, before retiring to continue owning his motor...
The Original Iron Man: Ed Kretz, Sr.
Ed “Iron Man” Kretz was indisputably the greatest motorcycle racer of his day, and the first major star of AMA Class C racing. Kretz was born in 1911 in San Diego, California. Unlike most highly s...
Calling Out The Mountain: Pikes Peak International Hillclimb
In 1916, entrepreneur and philanthropist Spencer Penrose hosted a “Race to the Clouds” along a newly widened carriage road called Pikes Peak Highway to attract tourists to the area. Little did he ...
A Man Who Loves Dirt Track: Ted Hubbard
Ted Hubbard is a long-time rider who discovered flat tracking later in life, but is so passionate about it that he was awarded a placard by Eddie Mulder that reads, “To a man who loves dirt track:...
The Father of the Motorcycle Lifestyle: Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen is the man largely responsible for creating the motorcycle lifestyle as it is now known. Before him, motorcycling was typically thought of as an outlaws-only type deal and was general...