Ride Oklahoma attended the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in downtown Oklahoma City this past week and marveled at the large turnout of African-American motorcycle riders there. Riders were on everything from tricked out sport bikes to chromed up Harley Davidson bikes to luxurious Gold Wings. Our friend Tommy Bolton interviewed several of the riders…
Oklahoma’s own Trey Canard is once again on the podium in Supercross. Last night he placed third in a star-packed field of riders, including James Stewart, Chad Reed, Ryan Dungey and Ryan Vilopoto. Trey road his American Honda Racing CRF450R like a man possessed, edging Chad Reed by 2 seconds for third. Keep it up…
Wonder if this family is from Oklahoma? Watch as the father pulls his son teeth using none other than his trusty Harley Davidson motorcycle!
This is part 2 of Tomo Racing’s Suzuki GSXR-1300 Hayabusa motor rebuild. In this video, master engine builder and multi-time national champion drag racer and crew chief Tommy Bolton shows us how he preps a motor for his “Tombo Touch” rebuild. You can see his attention to detail as he preps the pistons, gaps the…
Master engine builder Tommy Bolton provides us a video of a Suzuki GSXR-1300 Hayabusa motor rebuild. As a multi-time national champion drag racer and crew chief, Tommy knows how to build a fast motorcycle. In this multi-part video series Tommy shows us a few of his tricks and attention to detail as he tears down…
AMA Arenacross comes to the Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend. Come out and watch the closest thing we have to Supercross this side of Texas. Racers compete on a tight indoor supercross-style track, with high flying jumps and bar-banging competition. More info here.
The fourth annual Winter Dual Sport ride is scheduled for January 21-23 in Talihina, Oklahoma. For this hard core three day ride each participant must be self-contained, with winter camping equipment, food, fuel for a fire, and warm clothes and sleeping gear. Riders will camp out each night regardless of the temperature, and ride dirt…
Norman native Bill Dragoo recently earned an all expenses paid trip to South Africa to compete for Team USA in the International BMW GS Trophy competition. Bill won second place at the USA BMW GS trophy competitition in Castaic, CA. The California event pits skilled BMW riders from around the USA competing on a motocross-style…
David Fogle has once again come up with a fun ride with a bit of competition included. For this year’s contest you get to ride the Grand Blvd loop around Oklahoma City. This loop was designed in 1909 and loops around what was then the outer edge of Oklahoma City. It passes by the OKC…
One of the things I knew I wanted in my new shop was a tire changer. I’d had more than my fill of crawling around on my hands and knees in my garage, wrestling with tire irons, busting knuckles, doing all manner of crazy shit just to break the stinking bead, and generally practicing and…
