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If a well-developed mind can hold two conflicting points of view, then the Cannonball is, among other things, an opportunity for wisdom. It was an exercise in daily on-the-road mechanicking, surely not worth the investment of two months and thousands of dollars for the reward of a daily grind of pre-dawn rising, horrid coffee and [...]
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There are two types of people who ride the Cannonball: Mechanics, and those who can afford to bring one along. Sometimes the afforders are decent wrenches too, but hire even better ones: whizzes with side-of-the-road magic in their fingers, rewinders of magnetos, truck-axle crankpin makers. All such repairs were made on the first Cannonball two [...]
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Photos from the Cycle World Archives, Brian Blades, Kirk Willis The reason why faster is better is simple enough: Whoever gets there first gets to reproduce with the most desirable member(s) of the opposite sex and gets the best parking spot. Then it became more complicated. After the invention of cosmetics, getting there too fast [...]
Read Full Post | Comments(1)Cannonball 2010 is in the books. The cool breeze of the Pacific Ocean was a very welcome sensation to the 30-plus intrepid men and women who spent the last 16 days traversing our great nation on cantankerous machines from another time, often in blistering heat. The talk in Kitty Hawk was that maybe 25 percent [...]
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Yesterday’s 277-mile stage was the longest of the nine run to date. With most of the riders spending at least 10 hours in the saddle (and some much more) in temperatures as high as 95 degrees, it was a challenging day. Arkansas’ sweeping turns and rolling green hills are now far behind. The day was [...]
Read Full Post | Comments(3)As I write this, Cannonball riders are grinding valves, fixing oil leaks and replacing bushings at the amazing Coker Tire World Headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the first four days of the run, minor miracles have been happening. A sheared crankshaft repaired in local machine shop, a replacement piston somehow located… One rider told me [...]
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The 2010 Cannonball is underway. Forty-four pre-1916 motorcycles posed for a vintage-style panoramic photograph at the foot of Kill Devil Hill in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, this morning before firing up and roaring westward toward the California coast. Only 16 days and 3272 miles to go before the winner is declared on Santa Monica Pier! [...]
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