Cannonball Run

There is a you tube video of the bikes leaving yellow stone and everyone was bundled up if you google cannonball run on you tube there is a lot of videos that people have posted you can also go to wheels through time web site for some along with the cannon ball site

Here are some links to the cannonball

http://cannonballandthebeast.wildapr...?pageId=977482

http://bucksindianmotocycles.blogspot.com/

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...822028&page=43 This guy is from Alabama going it alone

http://www.caimag.com/forum/showthre...718#post124718

http://shinyakimura.blogspot.com/ These guys are from Japan

Does anyone know what average cursing speed is? What are the rules for and what does it mean class 1, 2 and 3? I understand under the main rules they have to be safe so many have added brakes and later model tires. Have they been converted from total lose oil system to circulatory?

Oldest bike I owned and had running was a 1942 but I rode the heck out of it. Road it from Macon, GA to Richmond VA and back. Road the heck out of my 1946 as well. But nothing like what these people are doing.
Thanks

46u

The cannonball is not a race but more of an endurance run across country between the rider and his motorcycle the person that makes all or the most mileage in the run combined with their time standing only motorcycles from 1929 on down are qualified, in 2010 the first one bikes 1916 on down were able to compete in that one there were two women that rode in it one from Germany the other Christene Simmons-Summer from Hawaii wrote a book on it.

Most people are averging around 50-55 mph a few more a few are going less depending on the traffic and weather.

Class 1,2, and 3 are the motor sizes per catergory.

For the most part a few have changed the rims,tires,lighting and brakes on their bikes, but the remainder of the machines are stock total loss oil systems included after all that is how Cannonball Baker did it minus the support vehicles of course.

One of the riders hit a car that turned left in front of him in Ohio when they were on their way to catch the ferry to Wisconsin. He is a bit banged up but the wheel and forks on the model J were bent he was able to find a guy on the cannonball that had a spare set of forks and another that had a rim that loaned it to him with the understanding that when they reach the end in California he would return it to them.

And the last that I knew, Chris Knoop the guy from Australia removed his sidecar in an attempt to try and complete the run.

46u,

Below is the link to the info on each stage of the ride along with the points standings you may have to copy and paste it in your web browser

http://www.antiquemotorcycle.org/index.php?page=news

Been keeping and eye on it here but will check out the other link. I use to be a member of the AMCA.
Thanks
Jeff
http://www.motorcyclecannonball.com/

Much of the problem is many say shade but nothing about rain. All so many do not list a packed size.

For those that don't check in on the cannonball site here are some videos of the different stages including one of Michael Lichter who is riding across the country backwards shooting photos of the event. The couple from Australia hooked up the wicker sidecar after passing through the mountain range and were filmed together crusing down the road. I even found the back of myself shooting pictures and being filmed on the curve on the hill with some other people I met that morning in the stage 2 portion.........the daughter is right...I am getting greyer on top

http://www.motorcyclecannonball.com/

The cannonball has ended this will give you an idea as to the desire and dedication to these old machines the riders had to try and be able to finish the cannonball run.

Shinya was amazing this year, just as he was in the original Cannonball. My favorite Shinya story this year is from the rest day, which I spent in Lonnie Isam's shop in Sturgis. There were several engines being rebuilt, and every workspace was taken, when Shinya walked in with a tray full of broken parts from his '15 Indian. So he settled on the floor with an arc welder and started putting pieces back together.

One of the parts required a wrench with a strange bend, so Shinya cut up a perfectly good 1/2-inch drive ratchet and welded it back together with a bend in the middle.

He had already lost miles on several days, and had to keep rebuilding the bike all the way across the country. But that didn't stop him from continuing to fix it each night so he could at least start the next morning.

Chris Knoop was indeed one of the interesting stories of this year's event. He showed up with his J.A.P.-powered, Aussie-made Invincible with a replica wicker sidecar attached. He rode the first several days with his wife, Christina, in the car, and we got used to picking them up with the sweep truck at the 40- to 50-mile mark each day as the clutch would invariably fail.

Eventually, Chris made the decision to convert the machine to a two-wheeler and ride it solo the rest of the way. By that point, be was dealing with a broken rear brake (which he fixed) and a clutch basket that had two chunks taken out of it. When I had to leave the Cannonball, Chris was in the initial stages of carving a new clutch basket out of aluminum stock. That was going to be a long-term project, and I'm not sure if he completed it. But I do know that he nursed that bike along, day after day, being careful to run at speeds that wouldn't damage it further.

The results show that he was perfect in nine of the final 11 stages--on a bike that was pretty badly crippled. Just one of several very impressive rides this year.

Bill Wood

Plenty of time to start planning Chuck. I found this on the Cannonball Facebook Page. I'll volunteer to drive your support vehicle.

"Felicia Morgan it looks likely there will be a 2014 run with 1914 as the cut off year."

Joyce - 9/24/2012 3:38 PM

Plenty of time to start planning Chuck. I found this on the Cannonball Facebook Page. I'll volunteer to drive your support vehicle.

"Felicia Morgan it looks likely there will be a 2014 run with 1914 as the cut off year."

$ounds Great Joyce, I will need to do $ome thinking,planing and mo$t importantly find a 1914 motorcycle, preferably with a $idecar com$idering both cannonball run$ had a $idecar entered but didn't finish I would really like to compete with a sidecar. But the olde$t bike that I have i$ a 1930, and well....I am al$o lacking one other important thing 🙁

Darryl had an accident in route to the finish from what I have found out so far he is ok but fairly banged up the BMW went over the road side it took a tow truck to winch it to the road there is a you tube video of it search Bean're rescues an antique motorcycle.

No sign of Steve in the video most likely was with Darryl

Drats -- that's a a tough way to end the Run. Glad injuries were minor.

There is more detail at Darryl's blog. It appears he needed surgery on his foot. Yes Steve will have a ton of memories from this trip.

http://www.vintagebmw.org/v7/cannonball_blog

Darn modem died lat Friday and just got back online last night with new modem. I noticed that the first 20 all had the same total miles how do they deiced who is 1st and so on.

I noticed many later motorcycles many still old are they just riding along and is this allowed? I could never afford to do something like this but would love to ride along.