Doing The Motorcycle Cannonball Run Backward
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Not old enough for the Motorcycle Cannonball Run.
Here’s something on Saturday that sounds good. Dan and Alan and I will be there.
I frankly don’t remember all the details, but there was recently an event called the Motorcycle Cannonball Run, where a bunch of really old bikes rode from the East Coast to the West Coast. As I recall, you had to either be on a bike that was at least 75 years old or else you had to be 70 years old yourself. Or something like that.
That’s cool enough, but what if you did the entire ride facing backward? What better way to photograph the event–which is what this guy did–but can you imagine doing that? Of course, someone else was up front in control of the bike.
So here’s the scoop. This guy, Michael Lichter, will be at High Country Harley-Davidson on 1 p.m. on Saturday making a presentation about his experience. With pictures, of course. No charge. Also, Gary Wright, one of the contestants, will be there, too.
Here’s what the promo has to say about it:
- 23 days on the road
- 3,596 miles, if you didn’t miss a turn
- 78 motorcycles built from 1913 to 1929
- 78 riders ages from 20 to 70 years old
- entrants from Poland, Japan, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Germany, Italy, USA, France
- Excelsior, Indian, J.A.P., BSA, BMW, Triumph, Vellocette, Harley-Davidson, Henderson, Rudge
- and just one guy rode backwards the entire way!
Sounds like something worth giving up a weekend afternoon for.
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