Picture this scene: Franco Acerbis for some unknown reason has taken a group of us to dinner, I’m sitting right next to Clipper, kind of under his wing you might say. It’s not a real fancy place but it has a broad menu and Franco has taken over translating for the waiter which at first […]

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The National Chase
A Sound Beating
From Puget Sound to Chesapeake Sound, or Bay, or whatever you call it, in search of national points and higher enlightenment
By Charlie Williams
Trail Rider Magazine
Indianapolis IN, New Years Day
Now, as I look back through my meticulous notes, the scrawl, “Hell Trip” sums it up. You see, I got it in my […]

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It’s No Triple Jump…
Enduro Sales Guide
CW’s guide to bringing new riders into the fold
By Charlie Williams
Trail Rider Magazine
In a attempt to squirt a little Fix-a-Flat in the enduro scene I submit the following ideas and thoughts. Number one. Invite and encourage new riders. This is easy, and the most fun. There is nothing more satisfying […]

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Report from the ISDE Qualifier trail.
Unqualified again
My own personal goal left in motorcycle racing is to actually qualify for the 6 day team. I don’t have to ride the 6 day, been there, done that. I know I don’t want to ride another 6 day, Tulsa was enough. It was a wonderful experience to have […]

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More Rambling in Peru about PeruYou picked up this magazine for a reason, you are looking for something, maybe it’s just 30 minutes of entertainment, but deep down inside you are looking for answers, reasons, meaning. I don’t have the answers for you but I do have some hints. I can’t tell you the true […]

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Hey now, here’s a twist. On Halloween this year, Jeff Clayborne AKA Little Elvis, hosted a Poker run fund raiser in behalf of the Graceland community volunteer fire department. Also contributions were collected for Brian Walker and Pat Flynn, the two Six Day riders from Indiana going to Australia this November.
Usually local clubs have hosted […]

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Little Elvis’s ISDE BENEFIT
Hey now, here’s a twist. On Halloween this year, Jeff Clayborne AKA Little Elvis, hosted a Poker run fund raiser in behalf of the Graceland community volunteer fire department. Also contributions were collected for Brian Walker and Pat Flynn, the two Six Day riders from Indiana going to Australia this November.
Usually local […]

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I’d like to tell you about some riding I did this fall. My friends Kurt Baur, Dick  Conti, and Tim Weaver and I loaded up about the second week of September and headed west to Colorado. We started in Salida and rode the Rainbow trail from end to end, about 125 miles of single track […]

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Hey now! It’s party time, come February 21-23 the International Motorcycle Dealer Show will be right here in my home town, Indianapolis. You may be one of the lucky thousands who get to go legitimately or you may be some one like me who doesn’t really belong there but can forge passes using the […]

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It is so nice to be back with my regular readers, I got the chance to go on a dual sport adventure with the gang from Lotus Tours. You may have seen their ads in this magazine. Any how I was invited along as a trip journalist and I would cover my expenses by writing […]

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