The Gray Ghost II project team of Warner Riley, Mike Witt and Jim “Jimbo” Fischer had a stellar year in 2013 showing the young pups how its done. Not only did the team tear up the track during the summer by setting records in Ohio and Loring, Maine; they then topped off the year by blistering the salt at the AMA/BUB Grand National Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville while notching 2 more records. You can watch a couple of Jimbos record runs at BUB. You can watch more of the teams videos from Bonneville Stories here. “Jimbo” Fischer says the team is looking forward to the 2014 racing season.

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The song of the motor stills my thoughts. It mutes the chaos around me. I push forward, and with focused relaxation I eye the ground beneath me. The rumble of the wheels gliding across it feels like an act of love. Of silent connection.

All that matters at this moment are my tracks. I’ll just do one more round. Again. Then I’ll turn it off and rejoin society. Maybe two more rounds.

This pattern feels so familiar.

Oh, yes. This used to be the love story between my motorcycle and me. I called it “moving meditation.” She instantly thrust me into a perfect Zen state, where I was focused, yet not thinking; alert, yet not tense.

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