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Memorable Times at the Swap Meet

Memorable Times at the Swap Meet

Posted by Metro Peg on Jan 29th 2019

This past weekend I attended the Potomac Vintage Riders Bike Show and Swap Meet.   I have been going to this event for about 20 years and it is always a great reason to get out of the shop in the middle of winter.  Being a veteran at this event, it is also great to see old friends.  Y …
When the Cannonball Run Comes to Town

When the Cannonball Run Comes to Town

Posted by Donzzilla Don Miller on Sep 10th 2018

The great Cannonball Run's second day stop brought them to Binghamton, NY which is only minutes away from Metro's world HQ which meant a trip to the Doubletree Hotel.There is not much parking in town, so I expected mayhem  and was pleasantly surprised to see amazing organization, happy people a …
Don Castro's Outlaw Justice - Part Two

Don Castro's Outlaw Justice - Part Two

Posted by Norm DeWitt, Motorcyclist Magazine - Photo credit: Jeff Hackett on Aug 8th 2018

  The Don Castro Red-lined framed, Tracy Fiberglas Triumph only raced once, pronounced illegal for slipstreaming by the AMA and then retired in 1972.  The bike could have disappeared after that.  And without Don Miller, it probably would have.  Miller has been a flat track fanat …
Don Castro's Outlaw Justice - Part One

Don Castro's Outlaw Justice - Part One

Posted by Norm DeWitt, Motorcyclist Magazine on Jul 16th 2018

   Triumph's 750cc twin was the weapon of choice for the 1972 AMA Grand National Championship.  Housed in custom steel skeletons built by Trackmaster, Red Line or C&J; a typical example might weigh 290 points and make upwards of 70 horsepower.  Don Castro's Red Line-framed Triump …
Kicking Off the Famous Quotes Line

Kicking Off the Famous Quotes Line

Posted by Donzzilla Don Miller on May 29th 2018

It's 1968 and imagine that you are at the top of your game in the flat track motorcycle racing world.  You show up at an event fueled with enough adrenaline to start a dump truck.  You and your team have come prepared to get the job done.  The riders meeting comes and everyone is ther …
Preserving History, One Bike At A Time

Preserving History, One Bike At A Time

Posted by Donzzilla Don Miller on May 8th 2018

     Noted flat track racing historian, Bill Millburn is always on the look out for any scrap of racing history.  Whether he finds it for himself or he helps out friends that are dealing with his same disease, he manages to unearth some of the coolest stuff.  Anyone that is …