Cool Video: Motorcycle Dirt Drags Action – From Nitro Bikes To Screaming Four Cylinders!


Cool Video: Motorcycle Dirt Drags Action – From Nitro Bikes To Screaming Four Cylinders!

It is a weird thing to think about but we’d hazard to say that the majority of motorcycle racing happens on dirt and it has been happening on dirt since the beginning. Think about the legendary flat track racing that made heroes out of riders for Harley-Davidson, Indian, Excelsior, and others. There are trials riders, events like the awesome and punishing Jack Pine endurance race, and a ton of others.

We say this so you don’t look at the Motorcycle Dirt Drags action video below and think that it is some kind of freaking behavior. It isn’t. Every weekend around the country, somewhere there are motorcyclists gathered and chucking dirt in rooster tails from behind huge rear tires. Like their asphalt counterparts they hit a Christmas Tree and charge to the end of the track as quickly as they can.

Like their asphalt counterparts the bikes are not always willing participants in this program and they need to be fought and wrestled right to the end of the track. No one in this video wipes out or crashes but very few of the bikes run in a straight line without the riders putting in LOTS of work to keep them doing so.

You’ll see some incredible nitro burning bikes, lots of gas burners, V-Twins, four cylinders, and tires that range in size from something you’d see on a mud bog truck to far small rollers. We love the night footage that shows the fans dodging flying junk as racers moved out of a worn in “groove” and to harder packed Earth on the outer edge of the track.

We love videos like this because they are a window into parts of the sport of drag racing that many people may not know about. You don’t have to love it, but at least check it out and give these racers their props!

Press play below to see three minutes of prime motorcycle dirt drags action  –


  • Share This
  • Pinterest
  • 0

3 thoughts on “Cool Video: Motorcycle Dirt Drags Action – From Nitro Bikes To Screaming Four Cylinders!

Comments are closed.