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Evel Goes Hooligan Racing

Apr 5

Evel Goes Hooligan Racing

The ever-popular Evel Knievel 'wind him up and watch him go' Stunt Cycle is still in production, now with a new manufacturer, and has been given a 'pro series' makeover. The makers say the new colour way is a nod to Evel's early career jump at the famous Ascot Park in Gardena, LA, but we're sure it's a tribute to that other motorcycle phenomenon, arguably as culturally significant as Evel himself, hooligan flat track. Not convinced? It's obvious Evel is riding a Sportster, no

Sound Effects

Mar 20

Sound Effects

Guest blog from Norm at Motorcycho magazine. In simpler days, it wasn't easy to access your favourite motorsport. If you weren't able to actually attend an event your only other option might be to read about it in a newspaper or find out months later in some magazine. One option that was sometimes available was to listen on a long play vinyl recording. For many years the Isle of Man TT races were available on record. Called Sound Stories, each year’s race was captured in soun

My 5 Favourite Photos From The Internet (as of today)

Oct 19, 2020

My 5 Favourite Photos From The Internet (as of today)

Guest post from Norm Motorcycho, in Vancouver, Canada. Of the 15,000 pictures that are floating around inside my computer, probably about half are ones taken from the web from years and years of blog readings and internet searching. Of those 7500+ photos there always seems to be a few that regularly come to mind, or make an appearance in one way or another. It didn't take long to narrow down thousands of pictures to my top 5 in no particular order. Art Bikes for sale These 3

Pastrana Does Evel - LIVE

May 15, 2018

Pastrana Does Evel - LIVE

Freestyle motocross star, entertainer and Nitro Circus impresario, Travis Pastrana is planning to emulate the most famous motorcyclist's most famous motorcycle jumps, live on US TV. And he's going to do it on an Indian FTR750, modified by Roland Sands Designs. Here's the official press release, interspersed with some thoughts of my own... Nitro Circus and Indian Motorcycle, America’s first motorcycle company, announced today that Travis Pastrana will be jumping an Indian Scou

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Bubba Blackwell Joins Fanschoice

Mar 7, 2017

Bubba Blackwell Joins Fanschoice

Now Chris Carr has taken a technical role with American Flat Track, he has had to give up his commentating duties for flat track's livestreaming service, Fanschoice. The anchor, Scottie Deubler remains and is joined by (drum roll, please) Bubba Blackwell. Who? I thought. The name rang a distant bell, but not enough to rustle up an image. The bearded X-Gamers who was doing the Harley feed at Flat Our Friday? Nope. Bubba Blackwell is a former flat tracker who, in his own admiss

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