Motorcycle Road Trips (Vol. 37) Motorcycle Shows & Clubs Compilation - Support Your Sport & Which One's For You?: Backroad Bob's Motorcycle Road Trips, #37

By Backroad Bob and Robert H. Miller

Motorcycle Road Trips (Vol. 37) Motorcycle Shows & Clubs Compilation includes -

Motorcycle Road Trips (Vol. 25) Motorcycle Shows & Clubs
These ten published magazine articles look at national, international, and AMA motorcycle shows and clubs. The four show articles tell you what you'll see at each one and what makes each one different. In addition to juried shows at each of the events, every show honors the clubs whose members support the shows. Those members are the focus of the articles examining six very different clubs. Find out before you join what makes each club unique and if it's for you.

CONTENTS:
40% OFF EVERYTHING? (MAIN LINE TOURING ASSOC.)
BIKES & BLUES FESTIVAL 2011
AMA VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE DAYS 1996
CYCLE WORLD IMS 1998
CYCLE WORLD IMS 2001
HONDA FIRST (DUTCH) TURBO CLUB
HONDA SPORT TOURING ASSOCIATION
INTL. CBX OWNERS ASSOCIATION
NORTH AMERICAN SUPERSHOW
TURBO MOTORCYCLE INTL. OWNERS ASSOCIATION

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Motorcycle Road Trips (Vol. 26) More Motorcycle Shows & Clubs
These ten published magazine articles look at more national, international, and local motorcycle shows and clubs. The six show articles tell you what you'll see at each one (antiques, classics, late models, customs, and expensive) and what makes each one different. The four club articles honor the three clubs members who support their respective brands (BMW, Norton, Yamaha) and one club that supports their respective highway (US 421). Find out before you join what makes each club unique and if it's for you.

CONTENTS:
AMCA RHINEBECK SUPER MEET '10
BMW MOTORCYCLE OWNERS' ASSOCIATION '11
CYCLE WORLD INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOW '10
DELAWARE VALLEY NORTON RIDERS '12
HAND-BUILT SHOW '14
MARTIN MOTORSPORTS MODERN CLASSICS SHOW '12
OILY PIPES GANG '13
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SHOW ' 13
RADNOR HUNT CONCOURS '14
RALLY IN THE VALLEY '04

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Backroad Bob
• Release date: Mar 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781386071600

Backroad Bob

About the Author: Qualifications - Forty-five years and over 250,000 miles as a licensed motorcycle operator. Forty years and 190,000 accident-free road miles. Thirteen years and 45,000 miles dual sport riding. Four years motocross and road racing support in AMA and WERA competition. Forty years off-pavement riding. Completion of Motorcycle Safety Foundation Beginner and Advanced Rider Courses and Keith Code's Superbike School. A.A.S. - Mechanical Engineering with over 25 years professional mechanical experience. Road Riding - Thirty-seven of 48 contiguous states with extensive knowledge of the Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southeastern states. Five Canadian provinces, Isle of Man, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. Dual Sport Riding - Mid-Atlantic States, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Tennessee. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Monongahela, Wayne and Allegheny National Forests. Ten Pennsylvania State Forests. Enduro Riding - ten years of East Coast Enduro Association competition. Leadership Positions: President (1995-2011) - Turbo Motorcycle International Owners Association (TMIOA), North Eastern Region Director (2000-2009), and Pennsylvania State Director (1994-2009) - Honda Sport Touring Association (HSTA). Dual Sport Route Coordinator - Honda Sport Touring Association Rendezvous 1996. Rally Coordinator - The Thumper Humper (THE) Rally 1998-2002, PA Adventure Rally 1994-2007, Pennsylvania 500 Dual Sport Ride 1995-2007, Pennsylvania 500 Road Ride 2005-2007, and Turbo Rally '95, 00, 10, and '11. Organizer - 2001 Honda Sport Touring Association Rendezvous - a 400+ participant 3-day international event. Contact the Author: [e-mail] ###

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Motorcycle Road Trips (Vol. 37) -

Motorcycle Shows & Clubs Compilation

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Backroad Bob's

Motorcycle Road Trips (Vol. 25) -

Motorcycle Shows & Clubs

by Robert H. Miller

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Copyright 2012 Robert H. Miller

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CONTENTS:

40% OFF EVERYTHING?

BIKES & BLUES

AMA-VMD 1996

CYCLE WORLD IMS 1998

CYCLE WORLD IMS 2001

HONDA FIRST (DUTCH) TURBO CLUB

HSTA

ICOA

NORTH AMERICAN SUPERSHOW

TMIOA

Foreword to Backroad Bob’s

Shows and Clubs

By 1990, I had ridden motorcycles through every state east of the Mississippi River, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and five Canadian provinces, but I wanted to do more. I wanted to explore the back roads across America, see the Isle of Man TT Races, examine everything that's foreign at a European Grand Prix, and experience the canopied forests, cascading streams, and towering mountains of Pennsylvania's state forests.

Over the forty years I've done all this and taken thousands of photos of the places I've been and made millions of memories of the unforgettable people I've met. Along the way, I've recorded my experiences in hundreds of magazine articles, and traveled hundreds of thousands of miles by motorcycle in the pursuit of my dreams. If this sounds like something you'd like to do, then these articles are a valuable tool to assist you in fulfilling your dreams too.

The resulting articles have appeared in American Road Racing, Backroads, Blue Ribbon Coalition Magazine, CC Motorcycle News, Cycle News, Motorcyclist, PowerTech Quarterly, Rider, RoadBike, Sport Touring News, STAReview, Thumper News, Thunder Press, Turbo News, Trail Rider, Twistgrip, Winding Road Motorcycle Times, and the book Turbocharging, Supercharging, and Nitrous Oxide.

These chapters are the fruits of a trial and error tree planted decades ago. The bad roads, the dead end trails, and the nasty places have been left out. What remains is a five-decade distillation of motorcycling in 38 American states, five Canadian provinces, five national forests, ten Pennsylvania state forests, and eight foreign countries. These chapters contain valuable information that will save you time and money and enable you to efficiently plan your own adventures while avoiding the mistakes I've made.

Acknowledgments

I’d like to thank everyone that ever rode with me, invited me on a ride, gave me an idea for a ride, helped me when I’ve been stranded alongside a road or trail, or struck up a conversation with me when I’ve been on the road or the trail. There are thousands of you, but the ones I remember the most are: Joe, Robert, Paul, Ron, Barry, Bob, Tom, Sydney, Stewart, Sam, Oop, Moose, Cong, Lucas, Rock, Randy, Mark, Gary, George, Allen, Steve, and Dad - great riders all. The editors that thought I had something to contribute deserve a tip of the hat too.

I’d also like to thank everyone that ever fought for this great country. You have done, and are doing, a job that many Americans don’t have the nerve or the will to do. We should all be thankful for your sacrifices. I’ve had the good fortune to travel outside the United States and I’ve enjoyed immensely the foreign places I’ve been, people I’ve met, and things I’ve done, but there is no better feeling than returning to the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Spending weeks on the road or days on the trail can be surprisingly isolating, but I’ve managed to make hundreds of new friends along the way. Get out there and make a few new friends of your own.

Introduction to Backroad Bob’s

Shows and Clubs

These ten published magazine articles look at national, international, and AMA motorcycle shows and clubs. The four show articles tell you what you'll see at each one and what makes each one different. In addition to juried shows at each of the events, every show honors the clubs whose members support the shows. Those members are the focus of the articles examining six very different clubs. Find out before you join what makes each club unique and if it's for you.

40% Off Everything?

by Robert H. Miller

© 2009 RHM Company Intl.

IN THE '90S, I RODE with the Main Line Touring Association. They were an eclectic group of young to middle-aged to older riders on equally eclectic bikes.  Gold Wings, Harleys, even an XT 350 (it cruised perfectly at the group's 60 mph pace) were in the mix. All great people, we all got along, and all of us were dedicated riders. Every weekend there wasn't snow or ice on the roads, we rode.

Some of our favorite rides were to area dealers' open houses. They offered something for everybody even if it was just an excuse to ride. Checking the new models, the special discounts, and the free food and entertainment were things all of us could get behind.

One year, Blackman's Cycles in Emmaus, Pennsylvania was having their open house and we attended. Blackman's was a family dealership run by Mr. Blackman and his son who was a successful racer. The Blackman's couldn't just tell you how to set up a bike's engine and suspension, they could show you how. An added benefit was their line up of Ducatis and BMWs - brands that weren't as easy to find then as now, and Blackman's liberal test ride policy. Getting a test ride on one of their bikes was like asking a friend who owed you a favor to go for a ride on their new bike and just as easy.

This particular open house was held on the weekend before Easter so part of the entertainment was having the local Hooters girls dressed in bunny costumes circulating through the crowd and handing out plastic Easter eggs from their Easter baskets. Inside the Easter eggs were discount coupons ranging from 10%-40% off in-stock merchandise redeemable only on that day. When my bunny approached, she requested I pick an egg, but being partial to shapely girls in bunny outfits, I deferred to her and when she picked my favorite color, yellow, that was a good sign. An even better sign was the way her eyes lit up when she opened the egg, and the best sign of all was the big smile that appeared on her face as she slowly turned the coupon toward me and it read 40% Off All In-Stock Merchandise. I felt like a kid in a candy store with an unlimited allowance.

I proceeded to examine, try on, and