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The now-famous coast-to-coast Motorcycle Cannonball Run, held every other year, was a century race during 2016 as riders set off on 100-plus-year-old motorcycles to endure the weather’s wrath and wild times of over 3,300 miles along the back roads of America.

Cannonball Characters: #56 Victor Boocock

1914 Harley-Davidson If there is ever an official Good Will Ambassador of Antique Motorcycling, the charming and convivial Victor Boocock would certainly qualify. The California...

Cannonball Characters: #45 Jon Szalay

1915 Thor Jon Szalay is a two-time Motorcycle Cannonballer, having been a part of the original group of rough riders on the inaugural trip from...

Cannonball Characters: #17 Rick Salisbury

1916 Excelsior Rick has ridden in three of the four Motorcycle Cannonball Runs and is signed up to tackle it again in 2018. As owner...

Cannonball Characters: Lonnie Isam Jr.

  1916 Harley-Davidson In order to truly understand the spirit of the Motorcycle Cannonball, you have to first know the man who initially struck the spark...

Cannonball Characters: #24 Kelly Modlin

1914 Excelsior Kelly first joined the ever-growing Cannonball family of riders back in 2012. He rode with a sidecar attached to his Harley that year...

Cannonball Characters: Jason Sims

Carrying the torch Since the first Motorcycle Cannonball run in 2010, antique motorcycle riders from around the world have anxiously signed up to follow Lonnie...

Cannonball Characters: #22 Jeff Lauritsen

  1916 Excelsior Cannonballer #22 is a two-time rider who is signed up to make it a triad for 2018. The 66-year-old Lauritsen chuckles when asked...

Cannonball Characters: Mighty Mavens

This is the magic month that every Motorcycle Cannonball rider looks forward to. September is the start of an adventure that will leave memories...

Cannonball Characters: #9 Chris Tribbey

1911 Excelsior New to the Cannonball family for 2018 was a very personable guy who knew he’d wanted to be a part of the clan...

Cannonball Characters: #10 Bill Page

1915 Harley-Davidson  There’s been much written about the bonding relationships that form during the course of motorcycling and that is especially the case during the...

CANNONBALL CHARACTERS: #96 DOUG JONES

1914 Indian Hedstrom Our Dalton, Georgia entrant is a three-time competitor who embraced the Motorcycle Cannonball with every ounce of his being from the very...