Boulder Motor Sports and Shane Turpin to Race at MMP World Superbike

Miller Motorsports Park hosts a round of the FIM World Superbike Championship during 26 to 28 May 2012, and many of the world's best motorcycle racers will melt rubber in pursuit of winning - or at least finishing in the points - on the Utah circuit. Alongside them will be a name well-known to US fans of AMA Pro Racing, riding a Boulder Motor Sports Ducati 1198R will be Shane Turpin. You may also know him from the Yamaha Champions School, where he instructs, or from his many Championships accumulated from his time in the MRA series in Colorado, or for him riding for Segway / MotoCzysz in the TTXGP (see photo above). Please get in touch with him and wish him well! He could use a few sponsors...


http://tinyurl.com/csbafjr

2010 Arlen Ness Victory Vision & More Salt Addiction - Timing

The Victory Motorcycle company produces machines which challenge the cruiser market like no other company. They are made in the US and they have a reputation for reliability - even better than competitor and arch-rival Harley-Davidson, whose bikes have less performance when compared like-to-like with the Victory machines. Arlen Ness, customizer extraordinaire, has been working with Victory for some six or seven years and has produced some of the more amazing offerings from the company in terms of style and appearance. The Vision he penned is at the other end of the link...

http://tinyurl.com/y89a2fe

Rocky Robinson's column, 'Salt Addiction', is back this month and this time he is talking about timing. The Bonneville Salt Flats is where everyone goes to test themselves against the clock to see how fast they can go. Well, what about that clock? Timing is a very important and exacting science which must be applied perfectly to keep the record(s) straight. How is it done....well, take the link and see...

http://tinyurl.com/ye25bag

AMA Taking Applications for Utah WSBK & AMA California Hillclimb

That's right, the AMA is taking applications for qualified racers to take a wild-card position at the Miller Motorsports Park round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship. The event will take place over 29 - 31 May 2010 in Utah. The deadline is 23 April 2010, so get yours in soon! The AMA will choose two riders each for World Superbike and World Supersport, with Infront Motorsports choosing two more for Superbike and 10 more for Supersport. For the details, please see the press release after the link.

http://tinyurl.com/yhwyhep

The AMA California Championship Hillclimb starts this weekend at the Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area - that's this Saturday and Sunday at the off-road park, which is near the town of Tracy. The details are about all you will find after the link, but you get all you need there too.

http://tinyurl.com/yjvmpoh

Thursday Morning Moto News - Gary Mason, Volunteers for WSBK & Monster Energy

MSS Colchester Kawasaki rider Gary Mason has been using some unusual techniques to get ready for the 2010 British Superbike Championship season. Mason took the Privateer crown last year, but this year he will be a full-on Superbike racer. He wants to be ready for it, so he is getting himself healthy. For more, please take the link.

http://tinyurl.com/yad7tcl

This is just a short post as it is a request for volunteers to help out with the 2010 World Superbike round at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah. Take the link for the contact information if you are willing to lend a hand!

http://tinyurl.com/ycvgcyk

Monster Energy - well known energy drink producer - has teamed up with Dorna, rights holder to MotoGP, to sponsor the Le Mans round of the MotoGP Championship. Monster will be the official naming rights holder to the French Grand Prix for the next two years now. For the details, please take the link.

http://tinyurl.com/ydrw929

Another Issue of Salt Addiction - Joe Amo

The man went 272 mph on a 1000c.c. motorcycle in the Bonneville Salt Flats - and amazing speed. Rocky Robinson takes a look into the man who rides the machine, Joe Amo. Performance is everything...

http://tinyurl.com/yech3md

Addicted to Salt - Land Speed Record Challengers

This is the second part of the story, but it is still very much worth reading. In this piece, the author uncovers the stories behind the people who love to go fast on salt - the Bonneville Salt Flats. He gets three different questions answered from three different challengers - and the stories are very interesting. Check it out and learn something about people addicted to SPEED...

http://tinyurl.com/yat7nx6

Dates Announced: 2010 Bonneville Vintage GP at Miller Motorsports Park

The AHRMA and Miller Motorsports Park have now announced when you will be taking a vacation...well, I wish we all could do so to attend this event! It will be held during 3 - 5 September 2010 in Utah. The usual races will be held, speed trials will be going on at the Salt Flats, swap meet, vendor booths and some demo rides will be offered. It is - as the other two were - not to be missed if you can get your time off from work...

http://tinyurl.com/ykf9en6

Lightning Motorcycles Sets New Electric Motorcycle Top Speed

Well, Mission Motors once had the fastest electric motorcycle - now, that record belongs to Lightning Motorcycles. They put down a 166.388 mph run in one direction; though, not setting a new actual record, they were not there to do that. This visit to the Salt Flats was to test their technology and design. Well, if the performance of this one machine is any indication, I think they are on the right track!

http://tinyurl.com/yjlfmbv

A Utah Adventure on Kawasaki's KLR650

This is a dream trip of mine - and, probably yours too - to Utah's back-country. Talk about an adventurous group! The KLR650 held up very well on the trip and took the author to places he thought inaccessible. If you are on the lookout for a relatively inexpensive, but well-sorted and well-made dual-purpose bike, Kawasaki has built this machine for you!

http://tinyurl.com/yfj8njj

Canadian Team Sets Record at Bonneville Salt Flats

There are many of these coming out in the press lately; it takes time for teams to return home and for journalists to get their stories printed. The group from Regina, Saskatchewan, consists of Al Elmer, Paul Godfrey, Peter Hintz and Jae Norelius. They took their 1972 Kawasaki 350 to 94.433 mph!

http://tinyurl.com/yctrwvs

Tom Liberatore Takes 1973 Moto Guzzi V7 to 138.491 MPH

Liberatore of Talmage, Califronia, caught the Bonneville speed bug in 2003 when he first visited the Bonneville Salt Flats with some friends. Since 2004, he has been taking his Guzzi V7 to run the Flats since 2004. He managed to set two records that year and another one in 2005, but he also blew up his share of engines along the way. This year, he went 138.491 mph on his Italian push-rod V-twin and set another record!

http://tinyurl.com/yepnxje

Miller Motorsports Park Motorcycle Racing Season Finale

3 - 4 October 2009 - this weekend - is the final weekend of motorcycle racing at Miller Motorsports Park until 2010. The last series will be the Plaza Cycle Masters of the Mountains Series event put together by the circuit, the Utah Sportbike Association and the American Motorcyclist Association. The weekend will feature 19 different classes competing for contingency money, trophies and points. Sound fun to me!

http://tinyurl.com/yaxsdko

A New Motorcycle Land Speed Record has been Set

Now, I cannot seem to pull the exact average speed - as it has not been reported yet - it seems that the new speed will be set at around 366 mph! The Bub Racing Streamliner Seven managed to hit 380 mph in overall speed, and exited the recorded mile at 372 mph. Stay tuned and we will see more very soon....

http://tinyurl.com/ycmlsjp

Here we go - more information! The record set was 367.382 mph!

http://tinyurl.com/y93faag

2010 Mission Motors Electric Mission One Breaks Speed Record

This story has been popping up all day long and I like it. The Mission Motors team, who finished the 2009 TTXGP in fourth place due to a drivetrain failure (they had to use a lower-spec version for the actual race), managed to take their US$68,000 Mission One electric motorcycle to 150.059 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah! Quite a start, eh?

http://tinyurl.com/npu3m8

Victory Motorcycles Breaks 36-Year-Old Speed Record!

In a stunning performance for a non-supercharged, non-turbo engine, the Victory Kingpin (110-inch Victory Freedom engine) rider Gregor Moe set a new national speed run record of 165.8MPH. Another record may have also fallen to a Victory motorcycle; the Vision!

http://tinyurl.com/pjb29l

Read About MV Agusta's Trip to Bonneville Salt Flats

The MV Agusta factory team who traveled to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, has also started a blog about their trip there. They failed to set a new production record by 0.1 MPH; now, that's a close finish! Their blog covers travel, the event and is filled with photos. Have a look:

http://www.mvagusta.it/bonneville/

Series of Reports from Bonneville Vintage GP

This came to me via a group post (F-160 Group on Yahoo) and I figured that others might enjoy it as well. Ken Bingenheimer from the 'Examiner' was at the event and produced several articles about his weekend. If you were not there, this is a good way to catch up on the action from last weekend.

http://tinyurl.com/kscbyf

Triumph Bonneville Sets New Records at Namsake Speed Trials

The Triumph Bonneville was introduced in 1959 and it exploded into the market and made a huge impact. Virtually everyone knows this motorcycle in one way or another. Alan Cathcart, well-known British journalist, took one to the Salt Flats and set three new record speed records!

http://tinyurl.com/nkdmlk

A little late, but an update on the Triumph speed records: http://tinyurl.com/mpabp2

Kawasaki 650 Twin Does 149.100 MPH on Salt Flats

Directly from the rider himself, James "the Rocket" Rispoli, comes the story of how he set the new record at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials. Great story...

http://tinyurl.com/parxaf

Doug Polen's Bonneville Vintage GP CB160 Victory

Doug Polen took time to come out to Miller Motorsports Park last weekend to participate in the Bonneville Vintage GP. He had already set up a ride on a Honda CB160 for that class and managed to claim victory on a machine he had never ridden before that weekend. That is what I call a professional racer!

http://tinyurl.com/pl687k