Born in Martinez, California, in May of 1947, Gene Romero was basically raised in the racing world, starting with carts before graduating to mini motorcycles at a very young age.
Even going so far as forging a fake birth certificate to participate in his first professional competition in 1964, just before he was 18, Romero proved to have no limits to doing what needed to be done in order to give everything he had to his craft and the sport.
Technological innovation is a huge part of the automotive world. Ranging from when motorcycles and automobiles were crank starts and came in one color to automatic pedestrian detection, we've come a long way in getting the most performance and safety out of vehicles.
A major innovation of the past half century also comes from the metals used to construct motorcycles. We'll discuss alloy frames – using a blend of metals to produce a durable, flexible, and light frame for a modern motorcycle.
