Vintage Motorcycle Days

[Alex186]

We are looking for some picture of participants bikes for a social media campaign. Post a pic of your Vintage, Post Vintage or Non-Current eligible bike that could be featured on the AMA Racing social media pages. Youth eligible bikes to the front of the line.

Also don't forget to pre-register to race and pre-purchase your tickets for early-bird discounts at www.amavintagemotorcycledays.com

 

[MarctheSharc]

Help me here....
Aren't goggles a safety apparel requirement in most organized motosport events?

Why is it different in vintage racing? -

AHRMA posts photo = guy has no goggles on ???
AMA posts photo = guy has no goggles on ???

Why is that? ......


In the photo above, the guy on the Triumph has prescription glasses but no goggles.
Seems a bit early in the moto to have pulled them because he's just leaving the gate.

And the other day this was posted on here as well.
Again, this looks like a pair of prescription glasses with no goggles.

Why is this ???

 

[Alex186]

Speaking for AMA events.. eye protection is a must. These old guys can be sneaky. But atleast the kids look good.

 

[NQ1965]

This post just made me realize we haven't even begun a Vintage Motorcycle Days countdown thread this year, man we are really slacking here!

We better get busy.
I'm so far behind on my bikes I'm not sure what exactly I'll be racing this year, if anything???

 

[k01]

Help me here....
Aren't goggles a safety apparel requirement in most organized motosport events?

Why is it different in vintage racing? -

AHRMA posts photo = guy has no goggles on ???
AMA posts photo = guy has no goggles on ???

Why is that? ......


In the photo above, the guy on the Triumph has prescription glasses but no goggles.
Seems a bit early in the moto to have pulled them because he's just leaving the gate.

And the other day this was posted on here as well.
Again, this looks like a pair of prescription glasses with no goggles.

Why is this ???

Sharc, meet the "King".

 

[NQ1965]

Pretty good memory KO.
I was only a teenager when Burleson was filling the pages of my Dirt Bike magazines. Besides his legendary off road skills, those big glass's of his was certainly one of his distinguishing characteristics.

 

[MarctheSharc]

Did Burleson never use goggles - only glasses?
Was he a unique case that had to get that approved?
Are woods riders held to a different set of safety gear?

 

[MarctheSharc]

This photo is used in an article that was courtesy of the American Motorcyclist Association to Todays Cycle Coverage (an on line outlet) about the AMA Vintage Days.
This guy at least has goggles with him.

 

[MarctheSharc]

This is from the AMA web site .....Bla ha - ha !!!!

 

[MarctheSharc]

I think someone LIKES to take & use pictures of folks without proper eye protection because it looks more CORE or something ....

Pages upon pages of rules & regulations....But the basic safety gear ....Bla - who needs it...

 

[MarctheSharc]

Found one of Burleson with some goggles around his neck

Most of the rest - only glasses

But this is an Moto race. So maybe that's why he had to start with them.

 

[Vet261]

 

[k01]

This is from the AMA web site .....Bla ha - ha !!!!

Now I see where this goggle thing is coming from. This poor kid didn’t have any eye protection.

Way back when I rode my 4 horse Bonanza, I wore my glasses but no helmet. Bla ha-ha!
What is that bike Sharc? It's cool!

 

[MarctheSharc]

No goggles on that kid ! ---

That glamor shot was done by my mother to send to my grandparents overseas.
I remember it vividly. She made me put on the ugly sweater my grandma sent.

Here's a pic of the minibike. I had a red one just like this one. It was made by MTD

 

[Alex186]

I see these all over the VMD pits. Very cool..

 

[John250]

Back in the 80s my dad did some machine work for Burelson and Terry Cunninghams engines when they were riding Husky Autos.

 

[k01]

Chased by a glasses guy, Mid O, back in the AHRMA days. Didn't seem to mind 125 roost.
Seriously though, I do have a couple of pairs of really good polycarbonate lens athletic glasses that I feel safe riding in under non-dusty conditions. I'd really like to get them to fit properly under goggles but I get to much glasses movement and fogging.

 

[Zman]

All set...signed up for 3 classes to match those beautiful bikes John Kreps has prepared for Mitch to burn around on..

Last years 1980 was great but the 1982 Full Floater is a gem!

 

[Zman]

Great night of testing at the Apple Cabin last night.. 3 decades right there

82 RM80
91 RM80
2018 RM 85

We will be ready for Mid-Ohio and John K...has these machines in perfect order.

The life of a Factory Vintage Mini-Cycle rider.. kid has it way too good!

 

[Jeremy11]

View attachment 58375 Great night of testing at the Apple Cabin last night.. 3 decades right there

82 RM80
91 RM80
2018 RM 85

We will be ready for Mid-Ohio and John K...has these machines in perfect order.

The life of a Factory Vintage Mini-Cycle rider.. kid has it way too good!

Always really cool to see the older bikes out there, loved seeing and hearing that air cooled 2 stroke 80 out there wide open last night.