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Gas City Swap meet & Races

May 31, 2022

When it comes to vintage and antique motorcycles there are a handful of events that cater specifically to finding hard to find parts for old bikes. Oley, Pennsylvania, Davenport, Iowa and Wauseon, Ohio all hold meets that are part of the Antique Motorcycle club of America keeping the spirit of antique bikes alive. Well, the Speedway chapter of the AMCA in Indiana set out to hold a meet smack dab in the center of all those events in Gas City, Indiana.

2022 Mama Tried Motorcycle Show

May 17, 2022

Getting back on track with the annual schedule Milwaukee's Mama Tried show kicked off the 2022 season with a bang this March in the beautiful Eagles ballroom. The event always strives to showcase a very wide variety of motorcycles from every era and genre of the culture. Old bikes, new bikes, sportbikes, dirt bikes mini bikes, choppers and everything in between. You'll be hard pressed not to find a bike you love somewhere in that mix. The hardworking team of Scott Johnson and Warren Heir Jr continue to carry on the tradition of this show and grow it every year. We sat down with Scott Johnson to get his thoughts on the progression of the show as well as some insight on their Brazil branch out event.

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The Bigger Minibike: The Honda Trail 70

May 10, 2022

To those that grew up in the 1970s, and loved motorcycles, this meant amazing creations from the legends at Honda like the Z50 mini bike and its bigger brother the Trail 70. See, Honda knew they had a hit on their hands when the “monkey bike” that first debuted as a children’s ride in Tama Tech park was a hit with not only the kiddies, but the adults as well. Within a few years of this concept, the Z50 was a hit in not only the home market of Japan but in markets all over the world.

2022 Flat Out Friday

April 26, 2022

The Flat out Friday event which coincides with the kick off to Mama Tried Show weekend in Milwaukee, Wisconsin combines indoor flat track racing with some serious entertainment for the whole family. The brain child of flat track guru Jeremy Prach, Scott Johnson and Warren Heir Jr. the event takes racing to a whole other level that keeps things easy for anyone to enjoy whether you are a moto enthusiast or not.

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From Concept to Legend: The Suzuki Katana

April 19, 2022

When Suzuki dropped the Katana on the world in 1979, everything changed.
The 1970s saw the rise of the universal Japanese motorcycle (UJM), however, by the end of the decade, manufacturers and consumers were growing tired of this conservative design language. Suzuki, the creator of the fantastic GSX series of motorcycles and superbikes, decided to try a design experiment that would take the creation of their new motorcycle to an outside design firm.