I didn’t get any outside photos as it was pretty wet out there and you know ladies don’t like wet frizzy hair and posing in a wet suit doesn’t make for a very flattering picture.    Just another reason to hate all this freakin’ rain.

       Okie and I meet for coffee everyday to straighten out the world’s problems and it’s an excuse to get in a ride early. Lately, though, Okie had been driving his truck and when I asked why he said, “I don’t want to wear out my bike just riding here and not even really warming it up. Besides, it’s too big for these tourist-filled back roads.” Made sense to me. At his request, I...

    Since the 50th anniversary in 1997, Hollister (dubbed The birthplace of the American biker) has gone through many promoters who eventually bailed because of the impossibility of dealing with the local “good old boys.” The most successful promoter since day one has been a local, Mark Maxwell, who led for a couple of years before he bailed.      The Hollister...

    The celebrities and personalities were all here including E.J. himself, Jeff Decker, John Parham, Pat and Cris Simons, Mark and Yvonne Cresswell, Kiwi Mike, Dave Wilson, and Nick Smith      Since State Farm is a major sponsor, the usual ambulance chasers were not sold vendor space. There must be a god somewhere. The guys developing the “new” Crocker had a space....

David was passing through El Paso on his way to Phoenix and kept his word about stopping by for a trike test ride totally unlike what’s available on an average Harley dealership’s floor. The Dart 434” V8 has a way of taking things to a whole new level and then some. Approximately ten times the power (off the bottle) of a Tri Glide Ultra Classic with only a 300-pound increase in...

  Most Hartz Bros builds usually involve keeping a stock frame intact with a bolt-on or welded-on hardtail adding a bit of spice to not only keep the cost very reasonable and the titling easy, but also to make any changes reversible if the owner gets the restoration bug. That was definitely not the case with our feature bike they built for John Young called John’s High Dollar Chop....

     Whether it’s tractors, cars, or motorcycles, Mecum puts a huge number of vehicles through their many auction lines nation wide. With some 750 bikes going under the hammer in Vegas, it’s gotta be one of the country’s largest motorcycle auctions ─ a good start for 2015!      What’s it like seeing some 750 motorcycles in one room? More exotic, vintage, unusual,...