“Wild Hogs” (2007) is a hilarious comedy featuring four middle-aged friends (John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William Macy) who feel their lives are in a rut. Scott Englund rides his dirtbike alone in the Andes in Peru and documents it on film, with some scary situations and spectacular shots using set-up cameras and a drone. He finally makes it to the salt in the 1960s while he is in his 60s. Follow the New Zealander’s dream to run his home-built 1920 Indian Scout on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. “The World’s Fastest Indian” (2005) (photo above) stars Anthony Hopkins as AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer and land-speed racer Burt Munro. You should be able to find them all if you hunt around on streaming services such as Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix, Vudu or even YouTube. Grab some popcorn, plop down in front of your smart TV or computer and enjoy these 10 motorcycling movies and documentaries. Read her story and many more in the May issue of American Motorcyclist.If you’ve been forced to stay home like many of us, you may be running out of things to do around the house.

She’s a trailblazer with a truly epic story, one that in many ways is the story of motorcycling’s amazing first century - and the greatest generation that lived it. Gloria Tramontin Struck is indeed motorcycling’s Grand Dame.

“I’m happy to autograph them for folks just order on my Facebook page and I’m happy to do it!” “I’ve still got books to sell and autograph,” Struck says of her book Gloria: A Lifetime Motorcyclist - 75 years on two wheels and still riding. I’ve healed up pretty well from the fall and surgery, but while I was in the hospital, someone ransacked my home and took a lot of my valuables.” A lot of them want to come ride with me when it happens. “Everyone’s waiting for it, all my friends, and I’m hoping I make it that far. “I’m really looking forward to my 100-year-old ride in about four years,” she added. But I’m still alive and kicking! I don’t know any 95-going-on-96-year-old ladies who are a busy as me! ” “I’ve been very busy of late,” Gloria told us recently, “even as I’ve recovered from the broken leg of last year when I fell in church. From her birth in the 1920s, through the Depression and War years to the bike-crazy ’60s and ’70s and into the current era, Gloria has experienced a lot of stuff most of us only know from history books - and much of it from the saddle of her motorcycle. When you’re talking motorcycling trailblazers, you’ve gotta talk about Gloria Tramontin Struck.Īs I’ve written previously, the gal’s life is a literal window on the 20 th century, and motorcycling’s unique place in it. At nearly 96, Gloria Tramontin Struck is still riding, still inspiring

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