All the venues were swamped with hundreds of diehard motorcyclists getting to wear all their cold weather gear. I know, it wasn’t that cold but this transplanted northerner has been in the South long enough to get cold at 60-degrees. None of that seemed to make one bit of difference to the crowds. Everywhere I went merriment and gaiety abounded (Alcohol will do that to you). The...

     Nowadays I’m not out to score, so to speak, but I do love my semi-hooligan time on my Sportster. It’s all about attitude and nothing’s more fun than a good looking Sporty that’s got the beans and the sound to back it up burning around being respectfully obnoxious. This striking Sportster photographed at the Smoke Out all of a sudden makes mine look pretty tame. I guess I wish...

The five minute horn blew and soon we are heading out to our first fuel stop and lunch in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Our Road Guards have everything under control as we roll toward our destination. As we arrive at our fuel stop at the Pilot Truck Stop, I look around as I am waiting to move up to fuel. . As I look across all the bikes, I notice our group is considerably larger now. What a...

The five minute horn blew and soon we are heading out to our first fuel stop and lunch in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Our Road Guards have everything under control as we roll toward our destination. As we arrive at our fuel stop at the Pilot Truck Stop, I look around as I am waiting to move up to fuel. . As I look across all the bikes, I notice our group is considerably larger now. What a...

The five minute horn blew and soon we are heading out to our first fuel stop and lunch in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Our Road Guards have everything under control as we roll toward our destination. As we arrive at our fuel stop at the Pilot Truck Stop, I look around as I am waiting to move up to fuel. . As I look across all the bikes, I notice our group is considerably larger now. What a...

The bikes at the Smoke Out bike shows are always a pleasant change from most of the shows I cover. You won’t see elaborate paints jobs, oversize skinny wheels, or, for that matter, you won’t see many baggers. What you will see is mostly garage-built Old School choppers and bobbers with a few I don’t know what to call them builds.           This year’s ride-in bike show had a little...

The bikes at the Smoke Out bike shows are always a pleasant change from most of the shows I cover. You won’t see elaborate paints jobs, oversize skinny wheels, or, for that matter, you won’t see many baggers. What you will see is mostly garage-built Old School choppers and bobbers with a few I don’t know what to call them builds.           This year’s ride-in bike show had a little...

The Smoke Out event is the premier Old School adults-only party on the East Coast and this year it was definitely more of a party than an event. I have covered the Smoke Out every year since it was in Salisbury, North Carolina, more than ten years ago. Throughout the years it has changed locations and now it is celebrated at the Rockingham Dragway near Rockingham, North...

The Smoke Out event is the premier Old School adults-only party on the East Coast and this year it was definitely more of a party than an event. I have covered the Smoke Out every year since it was in Salisbury, North Carolina, more than ten years ago. Throughout the years it has changed locations and now it is celebrated at the Rockingham Dragway near Rockingham, North...

I hope you don’t mind a little dew on the pumpkin so to speak because there was a light drizzle all day. If you can see the dew on your phone you have excellent vision.           Make sure you click on Part One, Part Two and Part Three as there are different bikes in each article.