29: Vintage Motorcycle Festival at Barber Motorsports Park 2015




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Summary: <p></p><h2>SHOW TOPICS AND LINKS FOR EPISODE 29:</h2><p>We made an epic road trip to attend the 11th annual Vintage Motorcycle Festival Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL.</p><ul> <li>2015 Attendance: 69,264</li> <li>Jon planned out the route (using: <a target="_blank" href="https://trips.furkot.com"></a><a href="https://trips.furkot.com" rel="nofollow">https://trips.furkot.com</a>) that allowed us to touch five states along the way:</li> </ul> <pre><code> &lt;img class="thumb-image" alt=" Nice route from Rico's place to Birmingham, AL " data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562d9dbee4b0bda067dbe6da/1445830084849/Map+to+Barber.png" data-image-dimensions="1974x918" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="562d9dbee4b0bda067dbe6da" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562d9dbee4b0bda067dbe6da/1445830084849/Map+to+Barber.png?format=1000w" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Nice route from Rico's place to Birmingham, AL&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img class="thumb-image" alt=" The route home was much less exciting... " data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562d9df3e4b01a45f6a4ed10/1445830135510/" data-image-dimensions="1962x778" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="562d9df3e4b01a45f6a4ed10" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562d9df3e4b01a45f6a4ed10/1445830135510/?format=1000w" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;The route home was much less exciting...&lt;/p&gt; </code></pre> <p></p><ul dir="ltr"> <li>We had a quick interview with Richard Worsham (Founder/Designer) from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.janusmotorcycles.com">Janus motorcycles</a> and we'll plan to have them back on the show for a longer conversation in the future.  </li> <li>We also had a conversation with a rider following a demo ride on a <a target="_blank" href="http://motusmotorcycles.com/mst">Motus MST.</a> </li> </ul><p><strong>A few pictures from the trip below and we have a ton of photos and videos that we are working on for future release.</strong></p> <pre><code> &lt;img class="thumb-image" alt=" The trio en route with the chase car keeping us in check.&amp;amp;nbsp; " data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da090e4b016f977b3bef1/1445830801567/" data-image-dimensions="640x480" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="562da090e4b016f977b3bef1" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da090e4b016f977b3bef1/1445830801567/?format=1000w" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;The trio en route with the chase car keeping us in check.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img class="thumb-image" alt=" Just a sampling of the bikes parked everywhere at Barber. " data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da0cce4b079eaf391f699/1445830861703/" data-image-dimensions="640x480" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="562da0cce4b079eaf391f699" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da0cce4b079eaf391f699/1445830861703/?format=1000w" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Just a sampling of the bikes parked everywhere at Barber.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img class="thumb-image" alt=" Our bikes after making 5-6 laps on the track. " data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da0eee4b057e30c7180c0/1445830895405/" data-image-dimensions="640x480" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="562da0eee4b057e30c7180c0" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da0eee4b057e30c7180c0/1445830895405/?format=1000w" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Our bikes after making 5-6 laps on the track.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img class="thumb-image" alt=" New company working on a 100% U.S. sourced and assembled motorcycle. &amp;amp;nbsp; Samco-MC.com " data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da117e4b0908330ffd289/1445830936276/" data-image-dimensions="640x480" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="562da117e4b0908330ffd289" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da117e4b0908330ffd289/1445830936276/?format=1000w" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;New company working on a 100% U.S. sourced and assembled motorcycle. &amp;nbsp;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.samco-mc.com"&gt;Samco-MC.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img class="thumb-image" alt=" Rico got a leg over the supercharged Motus! " data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da1cce4b0f8ea94a3a953/1445831117851/" data-image-dimensions="640x480" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="562da1cce4b0f8ea94a3a953" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da1cce4b0f8ea94a3a953/1445831117851/?format=1000w" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Rico got a leg over the supercharged Motus!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img class="thumb-image" alt=" We ran into Lee Conn at the Motus block party and got a few minutes to catch up with him since episode 20.&amp;amp;nbsp; " data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da1ebe4b057e30c7185f0/1445831148571/" data-image-dimensions="640x480" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="562da1ebe4b057e30c7185f0" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53f8e2c8e4b0d77c2329c334/t/562da1ebe4b057e30c7185f0/1445831148571/?format=1000w" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;We ran into Lee Conn at the Motus block party and got a few minutes to catch up with him since episode 20.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; </code></pre> <p>Running time: 1 hour 29 minutes</p><p>Questions or comments: <a target="_blank" href="mailto://feedback@rdubstudios.com">feedback@rdubstudios.com</a></p><p><a href="https://www.loudpipes.net/donate" rel="payment">Support Loud Pipes!</a></p>