Richard Pollock is the founder of legendary Mule Motorcycles. He’s recognized as the godfather of the street tracker style of motorcycle, has had his custom builds on the the cover of Cycle World numerous times, is a pro level flat tracker, and is often considered one of the best custom motorcycle builders in the world. But he wasn’t always all of these things.
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Moto shredder Tom Parsons brings you one hell of a banger freeride clip in “The Valley.” From Tom, “For me, freeriding is so much more than building a jump in the hills or sending a 150-foot booter in the sand dunes. To me, it’s the experience, a freedom nothing else in the world can provide. It’s just insane to me that at this time in history, I not only get to explore places millions of people would love to visit, but I get to take my dirt bike and ride the evolving environment of places like the Dumont Dunes of Death Valley. My goal in this project was to pay homage to this place and tell people a little bit of its history, hoping to shed light on why it’s so unique. As a freerider, I’m here to encourage people to get out there and experience the Dunes because there isn’t anything like it on Earth”
From Four Aces Cycle & Lowbrow Customs comes The Salt Ghost: Return of the Nitro Express. Two years in the making, this film covers the exploration of this vintage Triumph motorcycle lakes racer that spent two decades racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats and El Mirage, it’s history, builder, and it’s return to the dry lakes.
“In the 1960s and 1970s, legions of speed freaks blasted down the drag strips and dry lakes of Southern California on their two-wheeled tickets to thrills. Legions more campaigned machines at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats during the same time. What happened to these motorcycles? The vast majority of them have disappeared into the mists of time, disassembled and used for restoring soulless stockers or simply forgotten in old sheds and barns. Once in awhile one turns up and gets sold to a museum or carefully displayed in some motorcycle shop owner’s office. Rarely if ever again do these machines return to their beloved battleground: the Dry Lake or Salt Flat.
The Return of the Nitro Express is the story of one bike that did not get filed away and retired. Thanks to two present day cowboy speed junkies who eschew modern technology and dance with dangerous old motorcycles, the Salt Ghost will be reborn…or will it? Watch as Wes and Tyler bring the Nitro Express back to where it all began, to the dry and hot Bonneville Salt Flats where legends are born in blood, sweat and gears!”
Watch Mario Roman battle in the most extreme Endurocross race on the planet in Eisenerz, Austria!