The other thing I keep an eye out for is attendance and this year, despite the crappy rainy weekend and the fact that the NASCAR preview event was also going on at the Convention Center, attendance seemed to be right up there with previous years. This year along with a great selection of new bikes to peruse there were the custom cars that are now a staple at the show. Also on...

  It seems that most of the devices used by attendees were iPhones, iPads, and other Apple products at an event that Apple boycotts. This is the last year for Microsoft being the headliner with Steve Balmer playing second banana to Ryan Seacrest in a stupid skit with a lousy choir singing tweets. Yeah, I said it was stupid and so did most of the media. How strange. We didn’t...

It wasn’t just the winners who deserved congratulations, though, as there were no dogs in this pony show. All the bikes were top quality and they were all winners in my opinion. Also I would be negligent if I didn’t give major kudos to the promoters of the show who provided a perfect showcase for the metal masterpieces and put on a show that ran like a finely-tuned engine. I really...

I am mentioning this because as you drool over the photos of the event today you will notice that there is a lot of what I like to call “Goddess Photos.” Wait, that’s what Charlie Sheen would call them. Damn, I guess I’ll have to come up with another politically correct term. I’m sure that viewing a gaggle of bodacious babes (that could work) might be a chore, but I know that y’all...

The Bike Expo was a rousing success for Marco Cinquini and his team of Garage 65 with two Best of Show trophies for his new bike, Stargate (. . . and the bike ain’t even finished yet!) confirms the Italian master builder behind a covered hand). Originally, the premiere was planned for March at the Custom Chrome International Bikeshow Series, where the advanced technology will be...

Bonhams’ motorcycle auction took place at the Imperial Palace in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip with a collection of bikes from the du Pont family’s collection. I gotta thank Bonhams’ Nick Smith for all the assistance that I always get from him at Pebble Beach, Quail, and Las Vegas. More info available at www.bonhams.com.