A Tip of the Hat to a V-Twin on Dirt...and Fun.

If you’ve checked out the stuff from the 2007 edition of A Day In The Dirt you’ve probably seen some of the things I posted of Chris Palermo riding his ’99 Harley Sportster 883 during the Coup de Grace race. I guess what really flipped my switch on that one was that it just seemed so utterly nutty to even take on a challenge like that. Well, that and the fact that he seemed to be having so much fun with the whole thing. It also reminded me of video that I’ve seen of the ironmen who used to wrestle old Triumph and BSA dinosaurs around on dirt back in the day.

Anyway, I’m inspired enough that I’ve already penciled in that race for next year…though I’ll definitely be on a modern bike. Hey, while I admire what he did, I’m not completely nuts.