Articles for Backmarker
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Our Backmarker revisits his trip to the Texas MotoGP race at Circuit of the Americas – reporting on his time at Austin’s The One Show.
Thursday, May 02, 2013
MotoUSA's Backmarker road trips to Austin for the inaugural MotoGP race at the Circuit of the Americas, finding joys and sorrows alike during the weekend.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Our Backmarker sits down with Andrew Wheeler, one of the top motorcycle racing photographers working today, to discuss GP racing, horses, paddock girls and apartment rentals?
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Our Backmarker chats with Joe Campo, director of the online sitcom The Clandestine, a humorous spoof of motorcycle gangs.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
MotoUSA's Backmarker recounts the story of Pierlucio 'Spadino' Tinazzi, an unassuming motorcyclist who perished while trying to save trapped motorists during the Mont Blanc Tunnel fire.
Thursday, March 07, 2013
MotoUSA's Backmarker applies the laws of physics to explain why the "Bubba Scrub" gives Supercross and Motocross riders an edge in competition.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Our Backmarker catches up with Mike "Fass Mikey" Vils, who has painted race bikes for legends, missile launchers for the government, and he even gave Gary Nixon's Suzuki a pair of pink nipples.
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Channeling his inner Kerouac, Motorcycle USA's Backmarer, Mark Gardiner, profiles the man who served as inspiration for Sean Monahan in "Dharma Bums," Locke McCorkle
Thursday, January 03, 2013
This month our Backmarker examines the changing editorial landscape of motorcycle journalism. Could there be a resurgence of print media in this digital age?
Thursday, December 06, 2012
CRT bikes may have failed to compete in MotoGP, but bone stock production bikes have never been closer to GP performance. Our Backmarker weighs in…
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Ralph Wayne's Vintage Backyard Nationals is a laid-back gathering of vintage enthusiasts in Kansas City. Our Backmarker investigates.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
The Cannonball Run returns in 2012, featuring vintage motorcycles crossing the country, and our Backmarker shadows the ride as it meanders through Sturgis.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Bridgepoint Capital shook up the motorcycle racing scene with its acquisition of the MotoGP and World Superbike series. Now with news of a further merger of the two premier road racing series, our Backmarker weighs in.
Thursday, September 06, 2012
While at the 'Meet at the Ace' concours and vintage road ride at America's Car Museum, our Backmarker discovered, to his delight, that Café Culture is growing here in the States.
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Our Backmarker puzzles over the decision of Valentino Rossi and the ending of a Grand Prix career, as well as a eulogy for an Isle of Man institution – Vern Wallis.
Thursday, July 05, 2012
This month our Backmarker tells the backstory of the Motorcyclepedia museum, run by the father/son team of Gerald and Ted Doering.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
The Specialist: At an age when most racers have hung up their leathers, Grand National part-timer Willie McCoy’s just started winning.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Our Backmarker relates the tale of two riders who head south on a pair of old Hondas with little more than their wrenching skills and adventurous spirit as guides
Thursday, April 05, 2012
With road racing season getting into the regular grind, our Backmarker reflects on one of America’s more interesting road racing series – Formula USA.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Our Backmarker gets down to the brass tacks of racing motorcycles in America and its troubling surge in costs over recent years.
