Last year and especially this year I had to deal with who I’d like to call the “Bike Show Nazi.” You know ─ the guy who is put into a position of power and it goes to his head. Last year I had to beg and plead to get in 45 minutes before the show. This year the Bike Show Nazi not only was disrespectful, he told me, and I quote, “You don’t even belong in this...

              For the last 12 years this event was held at the beautiful Cashman Center that turned it from a small downtown event into a first-class national motorcycle event. Hands-down this was my favorite event to cover each year. The Cashman Center included The Artistry in Iron custom bike show, rally events as well as first-class vendors that you would normally not see at a...

              For the last 12 years this event was held at the beautiful Cashman Center that turned it from a small downtown event into a first-class national motorcycle event. Hands-down this was my favorite event to cover each year. The Cashman Center included The Artistry in Iron custom bike show, rally events as well as first-class vendors that you would normally not see at a...

              For the last 12 years this event was held at the beautiful Cashman Center that turned it from a small downtown event into a first-class national motorcycle event. Hands-down this was my favorite event to cover each year. The Cashman Center included The Artistry in Iron custom bike show, rally events as well as first-class vendors that you would normally not see at a...

     In this gas station Bill did what gas station guys did and in between pumping gas and changing oil, he promoted racing on the sands of the then World Famous Beach. In between all this he hatched an idea and formed the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing in 1947 that has gone to become what we know of as NASCAR today.      Over the years the gas station had new...

     Held on The Quail property in Carmel Valley, California, the Friday before Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, it is an appropriate lead-in for the final weekend’s activities. Included in the admission is plenty of drink (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and  different food stations for munching. We noticed a huge supply of napkins so the visitors could wipe off...

     The Mecum motorcycle auctions are managed by the guy who used to own Mid-American Auction Company, Ron Christensen. Held at Monterey’s Hyatt Regency golf course, Mecum’s annual Monterey auction featured some 50 desirable motorcycles. So we spent a great day at Mecum’s checking out their line up. This is the third Mecum motorcycle auction I’ve shot this year ─...

      John Steinbeck said it best in his prolog to his novel, Cannery Row, which I quote:   “Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Cannery Row is the gathered and scattered, tin and iron and rust and splintered wood, chipped pavement and weedy lots and junk heaps, sardine canneries...

     Also Corbin’s popular bike show was held on Saturday during the busiest day in the area. The show was held on lush green grass just like Quail and Pebble Beach with plaques and about five grand cash being awarded. The show was dedicated to the memory of the late Biker Bob Warford who ran all of Corbin’s previous shows. This year’s show was put in the hands of the...

      Everything went as planned and everyone seemed to enjoy the festivities during the day even in the 95-degree sunshine which is something else you can count on at the Smoke Out. I can’t comment on the evening debauchery because I don’t camp at the event. I just can’t see paying good money to live like a homeless person for a weekend. Now if I could stay in one of those...