Today in motorcycle history

      On August 28, 1978, Don Vesco averaged an insane 318.598 mph on his streamliner,  Lightning Bolt. The 21-foot streamliner feat...

        Iranian daredevil, Javad Palizbanian dies while attempting to break the world record for jumping over buse...

              During the first motorcycle event on the Isle of Man after World War II Arthur Johns is killed in the Senior race of...

                 Neftyanik speedway racetrack opens in Oktyabrsky in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.   At one ti...

               Austrian Rupert Hollaus wins the 250cc Class Swiss Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten in Bern, Switzerland.    ...

  Now held on Memorial Day weekend and again over the Labor Day holiday, the Springfield Mile was once held on...

               On Friday, August 20 at 8:47am, production begins on the 1972 Triumph TR6 in Meriden.  A partial solar eclipse sho...