SPIDER RIDER PAUL THEDE SETS NEW ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE WORLD SPEED RECORD Spider Rider Paul Thede has set a new land speed record by becoming the first electric motorcycle rider to exceed 200 mph during the Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week, Aug. 13-19, 2011. The Lightning Electric SuperBike achieved an average speed of 215.960 mph with…
Winner of the 450 Class, Davey Durell’s take on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2011 The 2011 Pikes Peak Hill Climb was a long hot day. We had a lot of delays. Some cars lost motors and oiled the road. We had to get them fixed by Dodge Dealership or another option was to…
Today we were back on the mountain, positioned at an area called “Cove Creek”. It is a beautiful bowl just above 10,000ft altitude on the famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb track. We parked the Sprinter vans on a pretty steep angle along the side of the road, and unload the bikes in the dark.…
Guest post by Spider Rider Jimmy Woods Hey Everyone! Last weekend was rounds four and five of the GNC Flat Track series in Salinas, CA. They hosted a really big, fast TT on Saturday and a short track on Sunday. Rider Jimmy Woods #37 at the GNC Flat Track Series We qualified third fastest which gave…
This guest post was written by Spider Rider Danielle Murdoch. She is currently in India, on a trip riding from her homeland in Australia to Africa. She is riding over land through South East Asia, India, the Middle East then on to Egypt where she will start her circumnavigation of Africa. Beeeepppppp, doadooooloooo, honk honk, beeeeeeeeep beeeeeeeeeep, Beeeepppppp, doadooooloooo,…
Below is James Rispoli’s Daytona AMA Pro Motorcycle-SuperStore.com SuperSport race report . An interesting read about the many actions and decisions that go into just one weekend of racing. To start I want to let you know I had such a great time during the winter months hanging out in Florida about 20 minutes from Daytona at my mechanic Ryan’s house. This was the first year I did…
Spider Riders Paul Smith and Cody Cavanough spent this past weekend at the Georgia Air Show. Now I love an airshow as much as the next person, but they didn’t just go to check it out. Nope, Paul and Cody jumped over pilot Skip Stewart and his stunt plane in front of over 40,000 excited…
So, how was your weekend? It was a pretty good one for Spider Grips riders Jason DiSalvo, Sammy Halbert, James Rispoli and Brandon Brown. These riders all raced last weekend and brought home top honors in their races. Starting with Jason DiSalvo – winner of the Daytona 200. Rider Jason DiSalvo made excellet use of a two hour…
Motorcyclist Magazine April 2011 This is nice stuff. Check out the current issue of Motorcyclist Magazine – April 2011. The article “Doin Time” on pages 94-95 by Tim Carrithers has some nice things to say about Spider Grips. In writing about his long term test ride Ducati Multistada Tim gives us a shout out. He…
Tuesday, 08 March 2011 Ducati unveils the Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak Special Edition in celebration of Greg Tracy’s famous victory in the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race in Colorado. The Pikes Peak Special Edition is specially dressed in stunning replica Ducati Corse-style paint scheme with passenger foot-peg hangers and engine guard…
On June 26th, 2011 Spider Grips will be returning to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with team riders Greg Tracy and Alexander Smith riding Ducati Multistrada 1200S motorcycles. The Pikes Peak race course begins at above 9,300 ft. altitude and twists through more than 156 turns winding uphill over 12 miles to finish at the…
First track practice of 2011 for the Spider Grips Ducati Team! More info soon!