As CBS 2′s Lou Young reported Friday, Laura Klock is revved up for a high-horsepower adventure. She was fitted for her custom racing machine in Pine Bush ahead of her world record attempt this summer in Utah. The crew members working on her bike are all local high school students once considered to be at risk for dropping out. Now, they’re fabricating and assembling every part of the machine Klock will trust her life to as part of a program called “Helping With Horsepower.” “We’re going to take a damaged motorcycle and ultimately rebuild it, almost like some of these kids’ lives,” Pine Bush High School principal Aaron Hopmayer told Young. The bike they’re building is set to challenge four different records ...

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The Broken Spoke Saloon, the world’s biggest biker bar, will celebrate its 25th anniversary and the 90th anniversary of Laconia Motorcycle Week, June 8-16, in Laconia N.H. with great music and entertainment.  Featured on stage this year will be: Grammy nominee blues artist James Montgomery & Friends, Thursday, June 13. Grammy nominee Jon Butcher Band, Friday, June 14. Legendary multiplatinum rock band Foghat, Saturday, June 15. Farrell Webber, Jasmine Cain, 7 Bridges Road (Eagles tribute), The Peacheaters (Allman Brothers tribute), Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin tribute) and many more throughout the week. Celebrate in style with emcee Jack Schit as he guides you through Spoke event favorites such as, Jason Grimes of Northeast Chop Shop’s live bike build, the ...

   A bill to block a U.S. Marine Corps takeover of California's Johnson Valley off-highway vehicle recreation area was approved by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on May 15, the American Motorcyclist Association reports.  The bill, H.R. 1676, introduced by Rep. Paul Cook (R-Calif.), now goes to the full House for consideration. The measure would designate Johnson Valley as a national off-highway vehicle recreation area, protecting it from a takeover, but would authorize limited military use of the area.  Several years ago, the U.S. Department of the Navy began the formal process to take over some 365,906 acres of public land near San Bernardino to use for live-fire training for the Marines.  The move threatens the Johnson Valley ...

  One of the world’s fastest females on two wheels makes rookie debut for 61st Anniversary of racing on Southern California’s famed dry lake Valerie Thompson, 5-time land speed record holder and owner/driver of Valerie Thompson Racing will make her first appearance at the Southern California Timing Association’s (SCTA) El Mirage Speed Trials May 18-19, near Antelope Valley, California. The SCTA sanctions the world’s fastest speed trials and will be celebrating the 61st anniversary of land speed racing activities at the famed dry lake. El Mirage was a popular destination for hot rodders in the early 1950’s when few sanctioned racetracks were available in the US and is well known as the birthplace of both the SCTA and National Hot ...

Victory Motorcycles & ‘The Gunny’ to Salute U.S. Military on Rolling Thunder Ride in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day Weekend Victory Motorcycles and actor, avid Victory rider and retired U.S. Marine R. Lee Ermey – best known as “The Gunny” – are taking part in Rolling Thunder XXVI, the Memorial Day weekend motorcycle ride honoring U.S. military personnel who have sacrificed all for the sake of our freedom. The annual Rolling Thunder demonstration will take place Sunday, May 26, in Washington, D.C. The Gunny – best known for his role as a Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant in the film, “Full Metal Jacket” – is deeply involved in advocating for the rights of active and retired or discharged members of the ...

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