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I’m taking off this morning to Laguna Seca as I’ll be riding at the Aprilia Racers day event on Monday, but I’m going up a couple of days early because Laguna is hosting AHRMA racing and I want to see some cool vintage race bikes! Will any of you be there?

Back in January I mentioned that I was on the prowl for a Moto Guzzi Griso 1200 so that I could turn it into a custom street bike with some track aspirations thanks to a kit from Guareschi Moto in Italy. Looks like that dream may be dead in the water because it seems that Guareschi is no longer making …

My Krämer has landed! In the last part of this story, I discussed how the Evo2 S comes stock from the factory. Now, let’s talk about what I asked to change before the bike was delivered to me.

1-30 Update: I’m reposting this as it’s coming up this weekend and I hear there’s still a couple of spots left. Hope to see you there! I wouldn’t call myself an expert at any discipline of motorcycling, but I have been fortunate enough to take classes from several experts to boost my skills in facets ranging from serious stuff like …

I mentioned this in a recent post about the MGS-01 Corsa, but I’m on the hunt for a Griso! If I was looking for a stock bike I’d have to have one in Tenni Green, but I’m going to be modifying this a bit so I would prefer one that’s not Tenni Green and has been been dropped or is …

Aerostich offers some of my favorite gear in the world of motorcycling – particularly my Roadcrafter R-3 suit and my Combat Touring boots (the latter of which is unfortunately no longer available). Occasionally, they’ll offer discounts on protective gear which has been modified, is in a discontinued color, was a display model, or a variety of other reasons…and right now …

After I shared that I was buying a Krämer HKR Evo2 S for my next track bike, the most common response I got was: “…a what?” I guess we should start there!

Now that 2022 is over, I wanted to share a little summary of the 10 most viewed auctions of 2022 we had at Iconic Motorbikes. Here’s some highlights and some of my thoughts!

Normally, us folks at Iconic do a ride on Sunday mornings with anyone that wants to join us. Seeing as past Sunday was Christmas, we gave our employees Saturday off…and then figured we should ride Saturday morning instead! We did the same for NYE, so now I finally have a few minutes to write up a post about it.

Normally with these “I bought a bike” posts, I check in after the first 1,000 miles. But I’ve been traveling more than usual and the first 1,000 miles with my Tesi were just boring commuting – so here’s a 3k mile check-in instead!

The owners of Chuckwalla Valley Raceway also own SoCal Track Days, which organizes track days at Chuckwalla with a twist – there are no sessions. So once the track goes live, anyone can start or stop riding at their discretion, getting as much track time as they wish. I’ll be out there with a few buddies on February 4th and …

Today I’m at the press launch for the 2022 Yamaha MT-10 SP – the all-new version of a model that’s never been offered in the US before. The one sentence description is that it takes the already-fun MT-01 and adds Ohlins electronic suspension, steel braided front brake lines, and exclusive cosmetic bits for an additional $2,900 ($16,899 MSRP). Based on …

The R100CS Last Edition was sold to me as a runner that didn’t need anything, and this was a rare case where the seller was accurate! I rode it around for a couple of weeks as-is to make sure everything was alright, but in my head I knew the Don Vesco fairing had to go.

I alluded to this in a post a few months ago, but I recently came in possession of a BMW R100CS Last Edition. I realized that I hadn’t gotten into this after a commenter on my Bimota Tesi 3D post asked, “how about a classic bike next?” Oops. So, here’s how it started!