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Indianapolis via Ural Sidecar Motorcycle

This article was originally posted on Ural’s blog: Darting around the Circle City on the Ural was a blast during the Red Bull Indianapolis GP weekend. You don’t need backwoods or mountains for an adventure, an urban setting will provide plenty challenges, dangers and varying scenery. Unlike an introspective off-road journey, the city provides an audience. Riding by bus stops and passing pedestrians, the Ural attracts many smiling and bewildered people. Others react to the red sidecar as if they had just spotted a unicycling clown.

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2013 Motorcycles on Meridian – Indianapolis – Saturday

city — A view looking south on Meridian from Monument Circle. Bikes as far as you can see.

You’ve seen our Friday post of the 2013 Motorcycles on Merdian, now here are the Saturday pics. Both photo sets only scratch the surface of the size this event has grown to. The folks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway have done well and coordinating and spurring the success of this gathering, which happens in conjunction with the Red Bull Indianapolis GP weekend. Here’s just a taste of the scene…

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2013 Motorcycles on Meridian – Indianapolis – Friday

This photo set is just a fraction of what you’ll see at Motorcycles on Meridian, a huge gathering of bikes during the Red Bull Indianapolis GP weekend. If you’re in town for the race or you’re a local Hoosier, just point your bike toward the center of the city and you’ll see the streets swelling with motorcycles. It all starts up again around 4pm today (Saturday 8/17).

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MotoGP Racers at Major Taylor Velodrome in Indianapolis

Ahead of the 2013 Red Bull Indianapolis GP, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted a Cultural Event for MotoGP Riders at the Major Taylor Velodrome. The Marian University Cycling Team rode along with MotoGP racers Ben Spies, Marc Marquez, Scott Redding, Sandro Cortese, Pol Espargaro, Alex Rins, and Arthur Sissis. Check out the video and pics…

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Meet Mel Harder: Indy Motor Speedway VP of Operations

(Update: Mel has been named senior vice president and general manager of the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas. We congratulate him on his new direction and wish him the best of luck. -GSG)

Mel Harder is a motorcyclist. He’s a listener, an observer, and a doer. He grew up in Speedway, Indiana, beginning a lifelong involvement with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 2002, he took the reigns as Senior VP of Operations at IMS and later helped secure a deal that brought MotoGP racing to Indy in 2008.

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MotoGP Riders Playing Football at Lucas Oil Stadium

Ten of the best motorcycle racers in the world tried their hand at punting, passing and kicking a football at the Home of the Indianapolis Colts, Lucas Oil Stadium. The folks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway gathered riders from the MotoGP, Moto2 and 125 classes and fitted them with personalized Colts jerseys. IMS invited former Colts players to help instruct the riders that weren’t as familiar with American football.

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