Christina Moto-Robot being totally kick ass on a little Honda 50 minibike.
Posts Tagged ‘track’
Hell On Wheels Japan: Ladies Race
Here you see a bunch of rad women riders, ready to race their vintage dirtbikes at the Kawagoe Motocross Track during the Hell on Wheels takes Japan rally.
Big fan of The Vintagent, rare old motorcycle photos combined with history lessons we probably wouldn’t hear of otherwise. This is a 1903 twin-cylinder Buchet, from the Age of Monsters…built for track racing in those early days when there was ‘no replacement for displacement’…this engine was probably 2976cc, and Maurice Fournier rode it to 75mph over the flying kilo that year. Buchet invented the vertical twin! Imagine riding this beast, stretched out directly over a hot engine; my guess is he didn’t ride it long! Visit the Vintagent blog. [ more motorcycle… Continue Reading »
The Nürburgring- on the list of places I must ride. The Nurburgring is located about 43mi/70km South of Cologne, Germany and can hold up to 150,000 spectators. The older “North Loop” of the track is just under 13 miles long, and has more than 1,000 feet of difference in it’s lowest and highest elevations. The GP-Strecke section is 3.2 miles long with 16 turns, and the total track length is a hair over 16 miles (25.947 km) with 170 turns. Construction of the track began in September of 1925. [ more info on wiki | more… Continue Reading »
The lovely Sofi Tsingos getting a knee down on her 2008 Honda CRF450 Supermoto. Sofi is from Texas and until recently has been working at AMS Ducati Dallas as the Service Writer, and has now moved bigger and better things including her project GT Cafe For Cause. Photo by Dustin Doskocil. Make sure to check out previous motolady features of Sofi, including her gorgeous CB550 Cafe Racer build.
Stunning capture of New Zealand flat track back in the day, the giant metal sole on the riders boot in clear view. Can you imagine hauling ass over dirt into a corner at full speed with only rear brake and a metal soled boot to save you? (claspgarage.com) Sounds fun… [ see more Historical images | offroad ]