The 59 Club – Look at Life

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This is a clip from an episode of a show called Look at Life from the 60’s which examines the birth of Cafe Racer and Ton Up culture in the UK. What makes the clip interesting is that most of society viewed these motorcycle riders as hooligans. The show focuses on the 59 Club which was founded by a reverend to reach youth through motorcycle riding. Not only does the club have weekly gatherings, they also participate in lots of charity and social work that most of society never heard about in the news.


Source: YouTube user Idnshabba via Dime City Cycles on Facebook

Closeup with Grave Digger

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This is a video of one of the Grave Digger monster trucks getting ready to be serviced. The franchise currently has 9 trucks that are displayed or compete in Monster Jam events around the US. The fans in the YouTube comments have identified this particular truck as Grave Digger #23 built by Carroll Racing Development and driven by Carl Van Horn. Apparently the coilovers are a unique feature to this particular chassis. The little travel tires allow an unobstructed view of the inner workings of the truck including the engine and suspension.


Source: MadRam11 on YouTube and Wikipedia

Florida Supermoto 2012

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Here a couple of videos from this year’s Florida Supermoto series. Supermoto is interesting because you basically put street slicks on a motorcross bike and then do mixed surface racing. Grip and setup are compromised in both directions so it requires riders to be extremely adaptable. It looks like a lot of fun. In this first video, the Built Brand Clothing guys talk about why they love riding Supermoto and putting on these events in Florida:

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Daigo Saito Formula D 2012 – AW Films

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Abbitt Wilkerson of AW Films has been putting together highlight reels of Daigo Saito competing in this past year’s Formula D season. I just found the series, so I’m going to put them all into one post in chronological order.

Round 1: Long Beach GP Street Course | April 6-7


AWFILMS | Drift Monkey | Daigo Saito – Longbeach from Abbitt Wilkerson on Vimeo.
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Iceland 2012 – Formula Offroad

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Rounds 5 and 6 of the Formula Offroad NEZ cup took place in Iceland this year. A lot of the teams from all over Scandinavia shipped their cars over to compete. Apparently Formula Offroad has been becoming less popular in Iceland recently, but a couple of the old Icelandic guys came out of retirement to play. The Insane Racing Team from Norway set out to get the “Best in Show” trophy for the weekend while their media guy did his usual excellent job bringing us coverage from the whole event.


Source: The Insane Racing Team on YouTube