Joe Kopp's Pike's Peak Triple

Joe Kopp has been busy since retiring from the full-time GNC racing. We knew he'd been competing in the US XR1200 race series, but his assault on Pike's Peak passed us by. This is the bike he did it on. He had the record-breaking time, till the Ducati Multistrada of Carlin Dunne beat it later that day (though the lap record was always going to get beaten as the track has a higher proportion of tarmac every year, and this year, we're told by friends who race there, it's going to be 100% tarmac, no dirt).
The bike looks a bit too 'German streetfighter' to me, with that aggressively chopped rear, but it's still good to see a name like Latus getting involved.

Sideburn heroes Eddie Mulder and Dimitri Coste also appear in this slick (corporate) video.

I wonder how Guy Martin would do at Pike's Peak. Suzuki US could have quite a story on their hands, if they sorted a bike for him.

Photos from Asphalt & Rubber. Thanks to Simon for the tip. G

Moto Jam this weekend

Gene Romero isn't the only high class former racer to run his own race series, Eddie Mulder does too. And if you can't make your way to Peterborough this weekend, Eddie Mulder's dirt trackers are part of Moto Jam at the Infineon Raceway (formerly Sears Point) this weekend. AMA Superbikes, USA Supermoto, Dirt Track, it looks a good event.
Eddie Mulder's West Coast Vintage Dirt Track. G