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GOT SIX MINUTES TO SPARE?
CHECK OUT SLAYGROUND 2!
C
alifornian Axell Hodges is at it again, this
time releasing the second installment of Dirt
Shark—Slayground 2, filmed on location at Jer-
emy McGrath's ranch in San Diego, California.
Hodges has made quite a name for himself as
Monster Energy's FMX poster boy, throwing down
massive whips and stylish old-school tricks like
the original Hart Attack and Nac Nac, rather than
back flipping off every ramp he hits.
For Slayground 2, however, Hodges adds
another level of precision with a huge motorcycle
half-pipe, requiring incredible precision to land as
he points his Kawasaki vertically nose down while
over 30 feet in the air.
Hodges' laissez-faire approach to riding and
entertaining social media activities has earned
him a legion of fans in a sport that hasn't seen
mainstream publicity since the heydays of Pas-
trana, Metzger and Hart, and regardless of your
opinion of FMX riding, you cannot deny, this boy
has skill. CN
BONHAMS LAS VEGAS AUCTION TOPS $2.86 MILLION
T
he annual Bonhams Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction broke the record for the highest price paid for a
collector motorcycle when an unnamed Australian buyer paid $929,000 for the Vincent Black Light-
ning fellow Australian Jack Ehret used to set a world speed record of 141.5 mph in 1953.
The Vincent is one of 33 made and will now head back its original home of Australia.
"Of course, seeing the Vincent Black Lightning achieve history—as well as go back home to Australia—
was a real privilege," Ben Walker, Bonham's Head of International Motorcycle Sales, told journal.clas-
siccars.com.
Other machines to hit high figures
include a 1939 Brough Superior SS80
sold for $120,500, a 1955 Vincent Black
Prince selling for $104,650, and a 1950
Vincent Rapide C going for $92,000.
However, it was a somewhat newer
machine that had people talking in Las
Vegas, when Hollywood stuntman Tom
McComas's original 1990 Honda RC30
sold for a staggering $92,000. McCo-
mas also sold a 1991 Yamaha FZR750RT
OW01 for $34,500. CN
This Vincent Black Lightning sold for an
incredible $929,000 in Las Vegas.
