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The 2012 Red Bull Romaniacs Enduro Rally, four grueling days of off-road motorcycle racing through the Romanian mountains, is not for the faint of heart…even if amateur competitors do occasionally stop to take a picture mid-race to commemorate the occasion. The Pros are all business though, negotiating fallen trees, rocks, mud, and steep hill climbs and descents. Two days into the 2012 rally, Husaberg Rider Graham Jarvis is holding steady at the top of the timesheet. The British rider kept in front of second place finisher Andreas Lettenbichler on both Day 1 and Day 2. KTM’s Chris Birch held third after Day 1 but fell to seventh on Day 2 and teammate Jonny Walker, winner of the recent Red Bull Hare Scramble   …  More

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As soon as there were internal combustion engines, someone was looking at his bicycle and wondering how to fit the two together. In recent years, there have been quite a few builders making kits to transform bicycles into motorized commuters and some have built bikes emulating the style of those very early years. But, as long as you have wheels and an engine, the obvious next step is racing, right? That’s what Baird Bergenthal and a few of his friends thought. They’re in Tuscon, Arizona and after riding these racers around for a while, it became obvious they needed to get on a real track   …  Pictures and more

Video – 1st Part of the final race at the Musselman P1 track in Tucson, AZ . 5th place overall, 2nd in china engine class. i’m the guy with the “bonneville speed disc” rear wheel passing everyone. awesome filming job by David “Rookie”

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Joe Jones said in order for Johnny Glover to earn the job of hanging off his sidecar, he first had to pass a psychological evaluation. He wanted to make sure that Glover was crazy enough to be effective and help make the duo go fast.

Jones and Glover lead a five-sidecar group of Southern California racers that will compete tonight at Fast Fridays on the Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn. The 1,000 cc motorcycles have a platform with a solo wheel   …  More

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