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Myrtle Beach Spring Bike Week Myrtle Beach , SC , US • May 10-19 myrtlebeachbikeweek . com

European Super Rally Pasohlavky , GR • May 15-19 www . superrally . com

Lost Highway Show Poconos Park , PA , US • May 17-19 www . losthighwayshow . com

Distinguished Gentleman ' s Ride Worldwide • May 19 www . gentlemansride . com

Euro Bike Fest Pasohlavky , CZ • May 23-26 www . eurobikefest . cz

Bike Shed Show London , GB • May 24-26 www . bikeshedmoto . com

Isle of Man TT IOM , GB • May 27-Jun 8 www . iomtt . com

Americade ( 40th ) Lake George Village , NY , US • May 29-Jun 1 www . americade . com

Magic Bike Rüdesheim , DE • May 30-Jun 2 magic-bike-ruedesheim . com

Custombike Show Norrtaelje , SW • Jun 3 www . custombikeshow . se

European H . O . G . Rally Senigallia , IT • Jun 6-9 events . Harley-Davidson . com

Laconia Motorcycle Week New Hampshire , US • Jun 8-16 www . laconiamcweek . com

Wheels & Waves Biarritz , FR • Jun 12-16 www . wheels-and-waves . com

IRF24 Indian Riders Fest ( 5th ) Budweis Custom Show Ceske Budejovice • Jun 13-16 www . indianridersfest . eu

Biltwell People ' s Champ Cook ' s Corner , CA , US • Jun 21 www . peopleschampshow . com

Born Free Silverado , CA , US • Jun 22-23 www . bornfreeshow . com

Hamburg Harley Days Hamburg , DE • Jun 28-30 www . hamburgharleydays . com

Punta International Motorcycle Show Courchevel , FR • Jul 5-7 www . punta-courchevel . com

Capital Moto Week Brasilia , BR • Jul 18-27 www . capitalmotoweek . com . br

H-D Homecoming Milwaukee , WI , US • Jul 25-28 events . Harley-Davidson . com

As announced in AMD in September , the ' petrol heads ' of Europe have a new event for their calendars - the World Speed Trials , staged in September 2023 at the DEKRA Lausitz-Ring in eastern Germany . A new Land Speed Record formula ( which means lots of new records to be set ) saw nine riders bring ten bikes for an FIM sanctioned " Flying Quarter Mile " test event . A new distance for Land Speed Record racing , the plan is to make Land Speed Record racing a more accessible motorcycle sport . Designed as more of an homage to Bonneville - an additional , not an alternate - the formula makes access to Land Speed Records a lot more versatile and , for Europe , it is a return to the roots of the sport , to the days when the likes of public roads like the German Autobahn or specialized tracks as the AVUS , the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry or Brooklands laid the foundation for speed freakery . Higher speeds saw the introduction of longer ' tracks ' like the beaches of Daytona , Pendine Sands in Wales and , later , the Salt Flats of Bonneville ( Utah / USA ), Lake Gairdner ( Australia )

Fastest rider in 2023 : Kawasaki-powered Johannes Mueller on another 300 + km / h run

and recently the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia , or Black Rock Desert for the highest Land Speed Record runs . This 2023 World Speed Trials on the 5.8 km test-oval next to the racetrack acted as ' test-run ' for future events that may see more attention and more competitors - and to check out the logistics of the test facility , which is part of a motorsport park north of Dresden . " It was time to give Land Speed Record racing a new impulse - a boost that would allow new records to be run , bring new racers to the events and to allow riders to go fast in a safe and controlled environment ," stated Ruedi Steck , Swiss race and event promoter and also multiple Land Speed Record racer at the Bonneville Salt Flats . Ruedi Steck ' has form ' where speed record events in Europe are concerned , having been behind an effort to establish a European Speed Trials in Italy in 2013 . That event never got off the ground , but this time round , with the FIM on side and an organization like DEKRA giving it a following wind ,

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Ruedi Steck , Swiss race and event promotor and also multiple Land Speed Record racer at the Bonneville Salt Flats .

maybe the formula could be ' a lock '. " This 2023 World Speed Trials was a test-run designed to show what can be achieved without massive costs and risks for both the organizers as well as the participants ," said Steck . Following his record runs at the BUB Speed Trials in Bonneville in 2009 , with teams of up to four motorcycles , it was he who organized the 2018 " World Speed Trials " on Lake Gairdner in Australia - with bikes and equipment having to be shipped halfway around the world and then - literally - transported into the middle of nowhere . With the unpredictably of weather as well as costs , conventional LSR-racing is not for the feint-hearted . While nothing could ever replace the demands that The Great White Dyno places on men and women and their machines , anything to further popularize the sport and work towards a supporting race structure around the world is to be welcomed . Kudos Ruedi ! 2024 World Speed Trials scheduled for August 2-4 2024 . www . swissperformance . ch

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