Journal

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

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Sammy Miller has an impressive collection of Nortons in his motorcycle museum in the South of England. This row of Nortons is anchored by a 1953, 500cc, Norton with a Featherbed frame and a Watsonian sidecar. The brothers, Arthur and Harry Humphries, rode the combination to victory in many trials events including the International Six Day Trials. ..

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker A rather simple 1950, 122cc, Tandon Milemaster along side an exceptional 1958, 200cc, Ducati Elite at Sammy Miller's eponymous motorcycle museum in the South of 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 A 1927 Norton sidecar racing outfit at Brooklands in Surrey, England. On 25 September 1928 this 490cc machine took 18 world long distance sidecar records ridden by Bert Denley and Pat Driscoll with Jack King as the passenger. Brooklands opened in 1907 and was the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit. ..

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. ..