Journal

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Madeline Koenigsaecker on a 250cc, 1965 BSA C15S amid the spring wildflowers of Northern California. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Wes Poole flying his 1974 Honda TL125 during the vintage Scott Trial at the Tea Cup in Point Arena, California. Wes finished first in the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association’s timed and observed off-road event. The first Scott Trial was held in 1914 when Alfred Angus Scott, founder of the Scott Motorcycle Company, challenged his workers to ride from the factory in Shipley through the Yorkshire Dales to Burnsall in England. ..

Photo by Nisha Koenigsaecker Jim Koenigsaecker on his 1963 Greeves Scottish 24TE with a 246cc Villiers 32A engine during the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association’s Magnum Cup observed trials in Soda Springs, California. The British bike was named after the prestigious Scottish Six Days Trial where in 1957 Jack Simpson took first place on a Greeves. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Ron Foster astride his 1952 Norton 500T during the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association's Magnum Cup observed trials in Soda Springs, California. ..

Photo by Brad Garrison Jerry Visman riding a Maico in the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association’s cross country race at Burrows Ranch in Chrome, California. ..

Photo by Brad Garrison Jim Koenigsaecker riding a 1947 Matchless G80 at the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association’s observed trials at Burrows Ranch in Chrome, California. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker My copilots, Zoë and Madeline Koenigsaecker, on our 1961 BMW R50S with a Steib LS200 sidecar at Lake Berryessa in Napa County, California. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Nisha Koenigsaecker after a ride around Davis, California on our 1961 BMW R50S with a Steib LS 200 sidecar. ..

Photo by Nisha Koenigsaecker Jim Koenigsaecker cyclotouring on his Rivendell Atlantis in Winters, California. ..

Photo by John Gola Ozzie Auer and passenger Walt Garnett on a souped-up BMW R50/2 sidehack in the "mudhole" during the 1970 Hopetown Grand Prix in Simi Valley, California. Hopetown was one of the biggest off-road races of the 1960s and 1970s and took place on a 1,600-acre movie set owned by Bob Hope. Ozzie owned a BMW shop in Chico, California and was an avid racer. ..