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  • My New Project: Ride>Eat>Repeat

    My New Project: Ride>Eat>Repeat

    Viewing the human experience through the foods we share. I’ve been grappling with things for a long time now. Johnny Killmore as a “brand” isn’t really a brand. It’s job is to say “this is who I am and what I do, collaborate with me.” It does that job, but the identity isn’t the same as a brand. I’ve been…

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  • Race/Crash Video Up From Portland

    Check out the link for Sunday’s race and some of my crash. I’m the all grey bike you’ll see doing battle with the machine carrying the onboard camera, Bat Cat Racing’s Mike Jones and Cindy Creech. We are battling for 5th spot and are giving each other hell, until I drift onto a wet paint line and spin off the…

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  • RACE REPORT ROUND 5: UP AND OVER

    For a map of Portland Raceway click here. The track runs clockwise and the “Festival Chicane” (turns 1,2, and 3) are not used. This means you need to subtract 3 from each corner number to reference the corner I am describing INTRODUCTION Portland International Raceway featured some of the smoothest pavement I’ve ever run on, and stereotypical northwest weather. After…

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  • FOR SALE: 2001 Aprilia Mille R Motorcycle

    27k miles $5300 o.b.o. What we have here is an exotic Italian sport motorcycle with a bullet-proof Austrian designed engine. I’ve had this bike for over a year and used it as primary transportation for most of that time. It has 27k miles and has needed no unscheduled maintenance other than replacing the voltage regulator several months back. The rear…

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  • HELP JOHNNY CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN

    John Wood- owner and driver of the Team Johnny Killmore Formula 2 road racing sidecar-  is preparing for the race of a lifetime and needs your help. On July 19th, some of the most powerful machines in the world will converge at Pikes Peak, Colorado for the 2009 International Hill Climb. Among these 1000hp race cars, diesel trucks, and vintage…

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  • Johnny Killmore On Facebook

    In order to increase Team Johnny Killmore’s footprint on the net, a new Facebook account has been set up. Log on to http://www.facebook.com and search for Johnny Killmore to find the same updates and current photos of the team’s exploits. Team Johnny Killmore would like to take this opportunity to thank Staci Williams for her volunteer efforts in keeping current…

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  • Weekend 1/2 Day Trip

    No folks this doesn’t involve motorcycles. It involved adventure and contemplation though, so I wanted to share.  My friend Robert invited  me and some others on a hiking trip out to the Big Horn mine in Vincent Gulch, in the mountains not to far from my home. Needing some exercise, I jumped at the opportunity. The trail was well kept…

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  • RACE REPORT ROUND 4: TROPHY TIME

    Things were shaken up quite a bit for Team Johnny Killmore this blistering hot weekend. High winds would plague us during Saturday practice at Willow Springs Raceway, but there was an unusual calm for the race on Sunday. With only six machines on the grid I sat in the middle of the three rows, wondering how I would hold anyone…

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  • Round 3 Race Report

    This was a big weekend with a lot to talk about. Round 3 for the Sidecar Racers takes place at the same place it has the last two rounds, but with a different organization. AHRMA is a vintage racing organization, and thus they draw a crowd that has an appreciation for quirky motorbikes… thus they have a love for sidecars…

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  • Round 2 Race Report

    I am so worn out from this weekend, I will make this brief. Team Johnny Killmore arrived with some modifications and new ideas for Saturday practice at Willow Springs Raceway. The biggest change was a front tire, a full half-inch wider. This means more grip and really helped with the understeer problems we’d had last month. However I suddenly started…

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  • ROUND 1 RACE REPORT

    ROUND 1 RACE REPORT There were a lot of interesting stories as the 2009 SRA-West season began at Willow Springs Raceway. Most of the field had played “musical chairs” with their machines, each team upgrading to the next fastest machine. Being a new driver, I slid in on one of the slowest, my 1997 Windle Formula  2 sidecar with a…

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