by Randal Birkey | Aug 22, 2014 | News, Racing, Video
Here is an update video on the ongoing Triumph Castrol Rocket pursuit of the land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats. My understanding is that the August Speed Week had to be cancelled due to weather and poor salt conditions and is being considered for an...
by Randal Birkey | Jul 26, 2014 | News, Racing, Video
I ran across this short video on Facebook, taken this past week at the Bonneville Salt Flats. It was posted by Jason DiSalvo who was actually riding that blurred thing in the video. Someone with the Carpenter Racing team took it…. I love the sound track! If you...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 26, 2014 | News, Racing, Video
How can you not admire a 73-year old man from New Zealand, who went for and set the land speed record for motorcycles under 1000cc, on a 47-year old Indian Scout that he purchased new? Simply Amazing! If you want to learn more about Burt and his life, I highly...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 9, 2014 | News, Racing
Here is a great article on UltimateMotorcycling.com regarding how Triumph is stacking up this year in the road racing world. It does not mention the Triumph win at the Isle of Man TT races last week by Gary Johnson and the Smiths Triumph Racing team. Triumph Daytona...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 9, 2014 | News, Racing, Vintage
Like last year, the AHRMA Vintage Motorcycle Races are held over a long weekend in early June (JUN 6-8). This past weekend, I connected with 2 Bonneville riding buddies, Lee and Dan, to meet at the Lake-Forest Oasis early on Saturday morning, June 7, 2014. We gassed...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 2, 2014 | News, Racing
An amazing win for Smiths Triumph Racing team today at the historic and some believe to be the ultimate Isle of Man TT races! Gary Johnson won the Monster Energy Supersport Race 1 on a Triumph 675, the first TT win for Triumph in 10 years. Johnson commented on the...
