Story and Photos by Rodent {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=827|imagecategories=0|} The subject of this jumble of words, observations and photographs: Route 66. In making, taking and traveling The Road, I’ve come to notice that the majority of riders I come across are Europeans, primarily Germans, who wish to do what they cannot do anywhere else on earth, ride what...

Story and Photos by J. JOSHUA PLACA {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=825|imagecategories=0|} Just when we thought there couldn’t be more pink and ink adorning womanly arms, thighs, shoulders, busts and even necks, we are again surprised, often pleasantly so. At this year’s edition of Bike Week, where record-setting temps pushed the mercury near triple digits, the Arizona...

Story & Photos by TAJ and J. JOSHUA PLACA {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=824|imagecategories=0|} The road is not just all coffee and cigarettes and maybe the occasional hotdog. Bikers of every ilk love to eat, and eat well. While burgers and barbecue may be a staple, tastes can run from hunkering down to a fine filet mignon or a delicate plate of micro-greens with...

Story and Photos by J. JOSHUA PLACA{phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=823|imagecategories=0|} According to rally organizers and my naked eyeball, some 52,000 motorcyclists rode into AZ Bike Week this year, rolling around the event’s epicenter, Cyclefest, and assorted Harley-Davidson dealerships, eateries, western saloons and various questionable joints about town. If you...

Story and Photos by J. JOSHUA PLACA {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=822|imagecategories=0|} As if on cue, just as baseball spring training wound down, Biker Opening Day arrived at Arizona Bike Week with record temperatures and a wave and roar of thousands of motorcyclists as they washed over the Valley of the Sun. Despite a struggling economy, temps that pushed triple...

Story and Photos by Jack Cofano {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=807|imagecategories=0|} The last large bike show of the week at Daytona Bike Week is the Rat’s Hole Bike Show that takes place at the Daytona Lagoon water park. There were over 70 motorcycles competing in 22 classes on the final Saturday of the week. What a great location for a bike show. The water park is...

Story and Photos by Jack Cofano {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=806|imagecategories=0|} The Progressive International Motorcycle Show was held 12 times this year all around the country culminating at the Ocean Center in the heart of Daytona Beach, March 9-13. This was the 30th annual nationwide tour and it had a great new twist to it. Throughout the year at each show...

Story and Photos by Jack Cofano {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=805|imagecategories=0|} One of my main duties when I cover a show or rally is to bring you as many bike photos as I can get until my eyes start to cross. For the next three days I’ll be bringing you more bikes than you can bust a burnout on. There will be bikes that you like, bikes that you hate, and bikes...

Story and Photos by MB McQueen {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=804|imagecategories=0|} Left to right: Miller, Sonny, Tex, Rick, Tim, Grant and Casey Pictured above are some members of a group known as the Black Widows, a gang of Fort Smith, Arkansas, guys who’ve been friends for decades, and whose common bond is Harley-Davidson. Traveling together to rallies and sharing...

Story and Photos by Jack Cofano {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=803|imagecategories=0|} As I stated in yesterday’s article, I had only one complaint about my experience at bike week. Actually I thought of another one . . . go figure. I brought four bags of microwave popcorn with me and my hotel room did not have a microwave. Situation critical. They even had popcorn in...