Check out this footage of not just the AMCA swap meet, but the Pusherman sponsored races from 2009. This clip shows several of the Motorcycle Cannonball entrants riding in the race, with all the top slots being won by confirmed Cannonballers. How many of our riders can you count? How many do you think will be there to touch the salty waters of Santa Monica in September?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 03:44
OPEN LETTER TO THE MOTORCYCLE CANNONBALL RIDERS
As of this writing, there are exactly 27 weeks before we all converge on Kitty Hawk, North Carolina for the start of the Motorcycle Cannonball. That’s 189 days, folks. Not a lot of time, actually. How different will it be by that time? Well, none of us will be fighting snow for a day in the saddle or staring bleakly into the icy thunderstorms that ravish the area. We’ll have heat and humidity concerns, possible rain, and other summer weather factors (and the toll they take on rider and ride alike) to consider. We’ll have over 3,000 miles staring us down, and the excitement of 2 weeks on the road in our hearts.
“Ride them! That is what they were made for! It is the most fun you can have during your short stay on this planet…..It is far more satisfying than just looking at a piece of history that has been put in jail with a sign stating “Do Not Touch” on it, just because of its age. “Jailed” is a museum piece, yet yearning to breathe life again. Don’t let FEAR keep you from fulfilling a dream. You will have a wonderful, satisfying experience, which you will be able to take with you into the next dimension.”
“Indian” Jeff McGeary April 4, 1955~January 30, 2010
Pope, Sears, Flying Merkel, Excelsior, Henderson, Indian, Triumph, and the Harley-Davidson’s Silent Grey Fellows. These are but a few of the vintage, pre-1916 motorcycles that will be thumping their way across these great United States for the Motorcycle Cannonball endurance run in September 2010. Riders will virtually dip their tread in the salty waters of the East Coast’s Atlantic Ocean as the officials wave the green flag, then come to rest some 3,320 miles later, at the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean’s West Coast.
Katrin Böhner and her husband, Dieter Eckel, will be coming to the United States from Germany to participate in the Motorcycle Cannonball this September. The married couple lives in the town of Ingolstadt, a community of 121, 801 residents near Munich, which is located within the free stateof Bavaria. The city is rich with history, having been mentioned in the documents of Charlemagne on February 6, 806 as “Ingoldes stat”, or “the place of Ingold.”
Pope, Sears, Flying Merkel, Excelsior, Henderson, Indian, Triumph, and the Harley-Davidson’s Silent Grey Fellows. These are but a few of the vintage, pre-1916 motorcycles that will be thumping their way across these great United States for the Motorcycle Cannonball endurance run in September 2010. Riders will virtually dip their tread in the salty waters of the East Coast’s Atlantic Ocean as the officials wave the green flag, then come to rest some 3,320 miles later, at the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean’s West Coast.
Katrin Böhner and her husband, Dieter Eckel, will be coming to the United States from Germany to participate in the Motorcycle Cannonball this September. The married couple lives in the town of Ingolstadt, a community of 121, 801 residents near Munich, which is located within the free state