Get your small bike ready. We’re already looking forward to the Barber Small Bore event this summer, an annual event dedicated to very small street and dirt bikes. And we’re not the only ones.
The rules of the Small Bore event are simple: if it’s bigger than 200cc, it stays home. Small Bore event regular Johnny Cintron of Athens, Georgia, is prepping his converted 150cc Honda Ruckus and a few other bikes for the event. But for Cintron, it’s not just about the bikes but the community of little bike enthusiasts.
“Everybody is super friendly and you just want to talk and hang out,” he said. “In any state you’ll find clubs but Barber Small Bore is where everybody goes.” This year, Cintron will bring his Honda Ruckus scooter and 125cc Honda Monkey, a CRF 110 dirt bike, and his 49cc Honda Elite.…