Byron Hannah, 2025 AHRMA Trustee Candidate – East

We are coming off a tremendous year of moving forward fiscally and competitively, and it is of utmost importance that we keep and build upon this momentum moving into the future. I’m Byron Hannah, creator and proprietor of FatPipe Racing, and I would be honored to do all that I can to help to continue this trend as East Coast Trustee. I have been on motorcycles, first with my Dad, and then on my own, for 56 years – like many of you, I was here when our “Historic” bikes were new, not historic. My Dad started out racing Enduros in the late ‘60s with a modified Yamaha 180 Street Scrambler, moved on to a CT1, and then a DT2 – my first real motorcycle was a JT1 for my 6th birthday complete with a hole in the piston to be rebuilt.

I have been a Presbyterian Minister, a Bicycle Messenger in New York City, an IT Director for a massive pharma company, a professional Truck Driver (hauling fuel), and a Diesel Truck Mechanic – currently I am a Diesel Technology Instructor at Rosedale Technical College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That being said, whenever anyone who doesn’t know me asks, “So, what do you do?”, without fail, the answer is, “I am a motorcycle racer. I race Vintage 2-stroke sidecars and solos with AHRMA.” Every other “job” exists solely to enable the racer. Period. Aside from my kids and my beautiful Becky, racing historic bikes with AHRMA has become THE focal point of day-to-day life.

With the above in mind, I take it very personally that we (AHRMA) continue to be THE venue for Historic Motorcycle Racing in the United States. I sincerely believe that it is a rare privilege to be the stewards of these timeless machines; and moreover, as caretakers of these gems, it is our responsibility to see to it that they are raced for years to come. To be clear, I fully understand and support the presence and growth of our “Alternative Modern” racers, and they will no doubt become the classics of the future – in fact my life-long friend, race partner, and FatPipe teamster, races a Ducati in BOT and an SV in SOT3. We are all racers, whether Dirt or Asphalt, and we ALL have a vested interest in the future of our great organization.

We will need to continue our fiscal diligence, effectively manage our growth, and pay special attention to the daily changing landscape of what is “Historic” or “Vintage”. In a long ago life I was an Industrial History major, and I believe that the heart and soul, the very essence of humanity, is inextricably bound to the historic machines that it has created. As Trustee, the honor, privilege, and responsibility, for our timeless sport, will never fail to be priority #1. I thank you for your time and I look forward to racing with all of you. Take care.

Byron Hannah
Member #2010640
27shadetree@gmail.com
412.417.7119