Motorcycle Fun

Darien Lake Theme Park Resort, New York, announced a strategic alliance with New York based Orange County Choppers (OCC). The partnership, which is the first theme park alliance for OCC, includes naming Darien Lake's newest thrill ride - a motorcycle themed roller coaster - the Orange County Choppers MotoCoaster

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Officials anticipated a smaller rally, in 2007, when compared to previous years. Estimates range in the 400,000 to 450,000 range. The peak year was 2000 when approximately 630,000 bikers visited the Black Hills of South Dakota. But the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has a special ambiance in spite of reported lower numbers.

Imagine: No speed limits. No cops. No double yellow lines. No soccer moms in SUVs. Just a big curvy road and no limitations except your own. Sound like a dream? It's not. You'll ride your own bike on a real race track where it's just you, your machine, and the pavement, in an environment as free from distraction and hazards as you'll ever find.

No matter how hard I try, I can't convince my son that I know what's best for him. Against my wishes and against all common sense, my son just bought a motorcycle. What really makes my blood curdle is that it's not his first. All my preaching and lecturing since he was knee-high to a Big Wheel has evidently gone in one ear and out the other. To my way of thinking, riding a motorcycle is the quickest way to the funeral home.

Ultimate Track Day with Buell Demo Rides at Premium Racetracks Around the U.S. Buell Motorcycle Company announced a groundbreaking new Track Day Program called "Inside Pass: The Ultimate Track Day" that will open premium race tracks around the U.S. to riders of all brands and give them the opportunity to test ride the latest Buell models on-track during the event.

If your idea of 'modified' is an R6 with a slip-on can, a steering damper and rim tape, then take a look at this. After spending hours in the garage trying to get your end-can to fit properly, you'll appreciate the work that's gone into the UK's most powerful motorcycle, the Rapom V8. Created by Nick Argyle, a 44-year old engineer from the Cotswolds, the huge 8.2 litre supercharged engine comes from Argyle's 'Monster Truck' and produces over 1000bhp, which we need not mention, is a figure more than five times more than the output of Kawasaki's ZZR-1400, the world's fastest production motorcycle.

As a working girl, I decided to buy my own bike. One that could provide some of the luxuries I craved. When we picked up that beautiful Lava Red Sunglow Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic all chromed out, I handed the keys to my husband. That action remains a great mystery to many people, but made perfect sense to me. I love to ride motorcycles, but I have no interest in driving a motorcycle; an amazing phenomenon to those unable to separate the joy of riding a motorcycle from the thrill of driving a motorcycle.

BMW Motorrad brought the 2006 European Stuntriding Champion, Christian Pfeiffer to Australia to demonstrate why he and his F 800 motorcycle are unbeatable. Performing in nine shows at the inaugural Brisbane Motorcycle Expo, Chris's show took place indoors in front of vast crowds. Despite a slippery concrete floor very different to his favoured asphalt surface, Chris spent much of his time on one wheel - front or rear - displaying his trademark dexterity despite difficult surface conditions.

You hear them before you see them. The air-shattering rumble announces the arrival of Ladies on Wheels, who come barreling around the corner in all their black leather-clad glory, a high-octane celebration of unfettered femaleness. They are women. On motorcycles. Hear them roar. "It's very empowering," says Ladies on Wheels Vice President Debra Wickham, 42, a massage therapist who grew up riding dirt bikes in the Midwest and now powers around on a Yamaha V-Star 1100. "Often you see women riding on the backs of motorcycles. But this sport is growing and women are becoming more independent. They're not afraid to go out and ride by themselves. This group gives them the opportunity to do that."

The art of a motorcycle is not always in what the manufacturer delivers to dealers. Much of the fun and distinction in owning a cycle comes down to the modifications and changes owners give their bikes, and the attention that work is given by the mechanics who know how to do the job. Two shops in Texarkana that do custom work on cycles are Custom Cycle, which has been in town for about 15 years, and a newcomer, Gargoyles Bike Werks, which just opened on Labor Day last year.