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The summer of 1976 was a historic one for BMW and their performance efforts. American executive Bob Lutz was instrumental in the creation of the company’s Motorsports Division in 1972, which was a prelude to enhancing the company’s performance profile on the street and on the track. Lutz was also instrumental in driving the company to shake off the conservative and...


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The Town of Abingdon is proud to announce the launch of “Traveling Back to Revolutionary Times,” an innovative historical initiative designed to bring the region’s Revolutionary War-era heritage to life through immersive storytelling, outdoor exploration, and cutting-edge technology.

This multi-phase project will introduce a series of historically grounded plaques inst...


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When I started riding motorcycles more than 15 years ago, I planned to go from a small town in Massachusetts to the furthest parts of the opposite coastline in Oregon and California. That was always the goal: to go as far and to see as much as was possible without a map, without a deadline, without a job or obligation to anchor or call me back home.


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What’s your dream bike? You know which Honda I’ve always wanted? Guess. Nope, not that one.

Want a clue? It’s not even a motorcycle.

Still guessing?

It doesn’t even have wheels. See, the Honda I’ve been lusting over since the first time I saw it — is the vintage illuminated dealer sign. You know the one. “H O N ...


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John Penton was fearless.

Painless.

Tough as an anvil.

“If anyone could lift up a motorcycle and drag it through a mud puddle, John could do it.” — Preston Petty

“He could ride with a broken leg.” — Malcolm Smith.

“Obviously, there was a bad connection from pain to his brain.”...


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