Since 2001, Jon Cone has been racing motorcycles as an adult. Best accomplishment to date is 2nd place AMA Grand National Championships for Lightweight Superbile. Currently, Cone races two-strokes: a Honda RS250GP and an Aprilia RS250 in the Loudon Road Racing Series at the New Hampshire International Speedway and the USGPRU. Quote: "Its simple really. You just twist the throttle until it stops, grab the front brake as hard as possible, lean over until you feel metal grinding, and hope that no one runs into you."

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2008 Season underway!: I'm racing a 1999 Aprilia 250 2-stroke Challenge in superbike form in LW Superbike, GT Lights, Formula 50, and Ultra Lightweight Superbike. The Honda RS250GP is only legal at Loudon in Lightweight GrandPrix. The Honda is a true factory race bike built by Honda Racing Corp. It boasts a tremendous horsepower to weight ration: 212lbs with 90HP.

"Loudon is known as one of the most technical and difficult racetracks in America. Its 1.6 mile tight, hilly and bumpy course is physically and mentally demanding, requiring lots of concentration and preparation from the rider. Due to the track's nature: tight and requiring so much from the rider, results are close and exciting. At Loudon, there is not much of margin for error, you need a bike that stops and accelerates well. You don't necessarily need a bike that runs good top speed, but you need to be able to accelerate out of the corner. If you can go fast at Loudon, you can go fast anywhere!" Taken from the excellent writeup @ Classicbikes.com

Race results below: