I started riding motorcycles in 1965.. In 1967, I joined the AMA ( American Motorcycle Association.) You had to be a member of AMA to be able to race. I then started professional racing. There were 3 classes of racers you had to go through. It usually took three years to become an expert. After you accumulated enough points in one class you could advance to the next.. You started out as a NOVICE, Then you could advance to Junior, and then you could become an Expert. You accumulated points by the places you finished in a race.

After becoming an expert, you could try to win a national number.. There were numbers 1 through 100 in National numbers. Very hard to get a National number.

Here are some pictures of the motorcycles that kicked Harley's ass from 1968 to 1971..





But from 1972 til today Harley came back to kick their asses.....

Boy, did Harley-Davidson need this motorcycle.

From the moment the AMA's Grand National Series began in 1954, the Harley wrecking crew had dominated it. In the first 13 years of the series, Harley mounted riders won the championship 12 times.

But then came the late 60's, and the competition from Great Britain got a lot tougher. From 1967 through 1971, Harley won the title just once, while Triumph and BSA combined for four victories. The engineers from Milwaukee were scrambling.

The company introduced one new racing machine, designated the XR - 750, in 1970. Based on the company's Sporster streetbike engine, it was clearly a stopgap measure. By 1972, its successor was ready. And although it was also called the XR - 750, it was another animal.

This machine, which became known as the " Alloy XR." to differentiate it from the previous iron-barrel XRs, was an instant success. That season, Harley factory racer Mark Brelsford rode his XR in 15 dirt track races, winning three and finishing in the top five 11 times. By the end of the year, Brelsford won the Grand National Championship going away over a rookie by the name of Gary Scott.

But that's only the beginning of the story. In the 27 seasons since then, alloy XR engines have powered championship winning motorcycles 20 times, leaving only seven titles for the rest of the world. And if you go to a Grand National Dirt Track Series race today, chances are the winner will be riding an XR Harley. Twenty - seven years is an incredible lifespan for a racing engine, and this is the bike that started it all.

PERFORMED BY JIM CUDDY.
A GREAT CANADIAN SINGER FROM TORONTO.



PULL ME THROUGH.



BAD TIMING.

DON WILLIAMS.

A 10 year old boy was walking down the street when a big man on a black motorcycle pulled up to him and asked, " Hey kid, wanna go for a ride.?

" No !" said the boy and he kept on walking. The biker pulled up to him again and said, " Hey kid, I'll give you $10 if you hop on the back."

" No !" said the boy and he proceeded down the street a little quicker.

The biker pulled up to the boy again and screamed, " okay kid, I'll give you $20 and a Big bag of candy if you hop on the back for a ride."

At this point the boy turned around to the dude on the bike and screamed angrily, " Look Dad, YOU bought the HONDA, so YOU ride it. ! "