Inside Motorcycles contributor and Flat Track Canada announcer, Todd Vallee, offers his thoughts on racing, motorcycles and much more!
I would like to think that us racing announcers have our own little fraternity. This is not to say that we are going to be challenging the Alpha Delta Phi crew to a keg stand contest, but if push came to shove, we could surely hold our own. I am merely talking about how we...
Read moreMy Aunt Lauretta is 82 years old. While that in itself may not seem remarkable, the fact that she looks and acts about ten years older than me at most is impressive considering that I am not even close to 72. With my mom being gone for over fifteen years now she is probably the...
Read moreI have said it in this column before, I am a fair-weather rider. I don’t do rain and I don’t do dirt roads either. The reason I don’t ride in the rain has nothing to do with a fear of traction or lack of confidence on wet roads. In fact, if you go way back...
Read moreAfter a forced two-year hiatus, my wife and I recently took a well deserved vacation in Mexico. After touching down the memories came flooding back such as the warm breeze, beautiful water, great drinks and oh yeah perhaps the biggest memory-drivers in Mexico are nuts! The bus ride from the airport to the resort certainly...
Read moreIn 1991 there was a bit of a transition in Canadian road racing. After a six-year run at Sanair, the series saw the Quebec round move to Autodrome St.-Eustache. Although I had attended the race at Sanair the year before, I never actually got to race as I had suffered a hard get-off shortly before...
Read moreOne of the drawbacks of flat track is that unfortunately if you are involved in the sport the weather will often dictate how successful your event is or even if it is able to happen at all. Every race weekend you are at the mercy of the weather gods, not only on race day, but...
Read moreThe month of March usually signals the start of better weather back here at home but it is also the host month for something much more important in the motorcycle world. Every March Daytona Beach plays host to Bike Week which is a virtual carnival of two wheels for both motorcycle enthusiasts and racers alike....
Read moreNicknames are part of our culture and I can only imagine they have been around since the beginning of time. Sometimes cool and sometimes cruel, many times they are made up because of a flaw or mistake that your buddies happened to catch out of the corner of their eye. Many times they are badass,...
Read moreFor those of you keeping track, there is a Supercross competitor in the 250 class that seems to have gained some new fans. This rider isn’t on top of the podium every week and in fact he has only qualified for one main event in four tries so far. The reason Gared Steinke is gaining...
Read moreThe text came from Brent Thompson shortly after my latest blog was posted. My blog had mentioned how winter now had us firmly in its grip and after reading it Thompson suggested he had a good idea for my next writing assignment. Now I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I am...
Read moreIt seems like just a few weeks ago I was putting my bike away for the winter season. I remember at the time wondering if I should wait one more week in case I could get a couple of more rides in before ultimately deciding that the timing was right for throwing the cover on...
Read moreWith the 2022 AFT season fast approaching, the powers that be have made some changes to the rulebook with many of them changing in the hopes of possibly making the field of bikes in the SuperTwins class a little more even. With the Indian FTR750 enjoying total dominance in the class for the past several...
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