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Kraut Racing Goes to Chuckwalla
Lance Echols, Marc Beyer, Philip Hale, Frances Sayre, Sarah Invicta Williams-Echols and our support crew: Lily, Luke, and Sophie went to the So-Cal 2-day open sessions track days at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway in mid December. We definitely got some training in and had...
Santa Fe to Ushaia Adventure – The Salt Flats
This is an update on the two young men who are making their way to to Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. The story they posted a couple weeks ago about their adventure on the salt flats in Bolivia is...
Kraut Racing Final Standings
The 2017 SMRI racing season has come to an end. Below are pictures from the last race day October 22nd and the SMRI Awards Banquet. Great job Kraut Racing!! Kraut Racing will be training at other tracks this winter and getting their bikes or new bikes ready for the...
How to Cross the Darien Gap
Sailing through Guna Yala, or how to cross the Darien gap We are following our customers Griffen Daly and Carson Samuel on their journey to the southern most land mass on our continent. They are riding a BMW R1150GS and a Suzuki DR650. Here is an excerpt from the...
Desert-Service Products
We are excited to announce that we have signed on with Desert-Service in Germany to be the exclusive importers of their off-road accessories and parts in the US. Their products are superior in quality, well priced, and manufactured exclusively in Germany. Our complete...
Santa Fe to Ushaia Adventure
Two of our customers, Griffin Daly and Carson Samuel, let us prepare their motorcycles to go from Santa Fe NM down to Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. It is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in...
Portal Axles Save Lives!
Some people may wonder what is so special about the G-Wagen and some of the mods we do? This is a great story explaining the practical applications of such a vehicle and its mods with the portal axles. Here is an owner of such a vehicle and a story of the flooding 2...
Ed Bach Ed-Venture Rider at OCD October 14th
Ed Bach is going to give a talk on his Ed-Ventures 5 years on 2 Wheels with a slide show at OCD Custom Cycles & Auto Repair on Saturday October 14th at 2:00pm. 104 countries, 235,000 + kilometers. Come have some refreshments and camaraderie with local riders and...
OCD and Desert Desmo to Sponsor October 21st Track Day!
Attention to all who would like to ride a track day: October 21st is your chance to ride the track in Albuquerque! Track tickets are $100 in advance and can be purchased through the SMRI website: www.smri-racing.org. Bike prep is fairly easy. All mirrors removed if...
OCD’s Rally-G in the News!
OCD's Rally-G Racer is on page 16 of the September 2017 volume of ORA magazine in an article The Sonora Rally - A Different Kind of Off-Road Race.