AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2024

The AMA's Vintage Motorcycle Days at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is scheduled for 26-28 July 2024.

If you're going to be traveling to the area, you'll want to book your hotel as soon as humanly possible: a lot of locations close to the track are already sold out for that weekend.

Last year I booked around this time and had no trouble getting my preferred hotel. This year I'm about 16 miles away - not terrible but a little less convenient.

Right now there are four rooms left at the Best Western Executive Inn in Mount Gilead, OH, due south of Mid-Ohio. The rate is $135/night, breakfast is included, you can reserve with no charge, and they have an 8.0/10 rating. (I'm not on their payroll, I swear.) A lot of available places are $200 and up.

Who else is planning to go?

I have been going to Mid Ohio every year for the past 10 years, (except foe the year cancled due to covid). Always road my V65 Magna, about 500 miles each way. Do to my situation, I only get 1 big ride/vacation a year. For 2024 it will be Barber. Never been there. Just feel its time for something different.

ckahleer wrote:

I have been going to Mid Ohio every year for the past 10 years, (except foe the year cancled due to covid). Always road my V65 Magna, about 500 miles each way. Do to my situation, I only get 1 big ride/vacation a year. For 2024 it will be Barber. Never been there. Just feel its time for something different.

Going to Barber is like going to Motorcycle Mecca...everyone should make the pilgrimage at least once in their life.

I’m planning to go to both VMD and Barber again this year. VMD is better if you are looking for KZ items, but Barber is usually overall a more pleasant experience. The road racing at Barber is more interesting as well but the off road racing is better at VMD. YMMV. 

We're planning to be at VMD.  We're beginning to lighten our inventory of duplicate Z1 & air-cooled inline four KZ. stuff.  We're unlikely to do another resto unless the right bike drops into our laps for a song.  We only need to maintain what we have for another few years, until age forces an end to our Z1 collect / resto / Ridin' hobby.  We also have a little of the bike shop buyout inventory left from last year to sell.

We camp at VMD in our swap meet spot(s).

Undecided about Barber.

Good Ridin'
slmjim & Z1BEBE

ckahleer wrote:

I have been going to Mid Ohio every year for the past 10 years, (except foe the year cancled due to covid). Always road my V65 Magna, about 500 miles each way. Do to my situation, I only get 1 big ride/vacation a year. For 2024 it will be Barber. Never been there. Just feel its time for something different.
 

I've never been to Barber either but definitely want to go.

Hello everyone! July is approaching quickly, and pretty soon the Mid-Ohio complex will be hosting the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days.

I will be the coordinator for the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club's infield location this year and we're looking for members to lend a hand with a couple of things:

1) We would like people to volunteer for a 2-hour shift in the VJMC tent to meet+greet attendees and to sign up new members. The time slots are 9am-11am, 11am-1pm, 1pm-3pm, and 3pm-5pm on Friday and Saturday, with 9am-11am and 11am-1pm on Sunday. In previous years we have been able to get free admission passes for volunteers; I will confirm whether we can do that this year as well.

2) Bikes! We will have room to display probably 15-20 bikes, so if you have one (or more) you would like to show please let me know. All models are welcome as long as they were made in Japan, and don't worry if your bike isn't perfect.   If you like, feel free to create a one-page writeup about your bike that you can attach to the handlebars or the headlight to tell visitors a little bit about it.

Anyone who is interested can contact me at midohioinfield at the gmail by dot com. If you saw the announcement in the club magazine, please note there was an unfortunately-placed hyphen that broke the email address; "midohioinfield" is all one word. Thank you!

So ,  No Kawasaki's made in Nebraska ?  

Street Fighter LTD wrote:

So ,  No Kawasaki's made in Nebraska ?  
 

Yeah, and none of those darn Hondas from Marysville, Ohio.

How about "all Japanese brands are welcome", smart guy?   That includes the oddballs like Hodaka.

I did figure that   LOL
 I displayed my bike at the VJMC booth one year at the International Bike Show in Novi MI one year. 
Nice folks 

Street Fighter LTD wrote:

I did figure that   LOL
 I displayed my bike at the VJMC booth one year at the International Bike Show in Novi MI one year. 
Nice folks 
 

I figured that you figured but I wasn't gonna let that go without a response

They do seem to be nice folks; I can't recall meeting any jerks in the club so far. Matter o' fact, I just had a pleasant call today with a husband and wife team that I've seen at Mid-Ohio the past several years.

It's time for Mid-Ohio!!

The event will be open to the public starting tomorrow (Friday) morning; vendors and other folks will be arriving and setting up today.

If you're going, please stop by the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club tent in the infield area to say hello.