With no pain-in-the-butt track credentials to get and a lot of freetime on my hands, I opted to spend the evening down on Monterey’s historic Cannery Row made famous by John Steinbeck in his novel of the same name. Steinbeck ain’t as famous as Hemingway, but was a better story teller and didn’t eat the end of a shotgun  Since bikes didn’t start to arrive...

       I’m not asking you to go hire a professional for photos either. All we require for photos is decent photography that showcases your bike well. Just take a bunch of shots outside of all sides of the bike with a decent camera (No phone cameras please) and if you don’t own one or know how to use it, believe me there’s always a friend of yours who not only does, but is dying to...

              Myrtle Beach Bike Week may not have all the bikes I would like to shoot, but let me tell you, there is no lack of delectable damsels. I still have to say that the South has some of the most beautiful and friendly eye candy in our great country.             Before I take a photo I always ask permission and I’ll bet only one in twenty ladies say no to being...

  This is a riding rally. With the loop south to Charleston and the coastal beaches to the north to Wilmington, you could easily put on a couple hundred miles a day in very little traffic with plenty of gorgeous beaches and historic water front downtowns in Georgetown, Charleston, and Wilmington. Even if you don’t take the scenic rides along the coast, the rally is so spread out it...

     That’s right, there was a significant increase in attendance and best of all, zero fatalities. Times are changing and things are looking up with area businesses investing more in the rally. On the down side this will be the last year for Suck Bang Blow Four Corners that is scheduled to be torn down. I will miss the place.    One of the new additions to the rally was the Full...

     Anyway, getting back to what I started this story about, the 23rd Annual Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show at Half Moon Bay Airport. Matter of fact, it’s so special that the airport is closed for this event. A quick email to the promoter, Tim Beeman, got the required credentials as Tim was more than pleased with Barnett’s Magazine Online’s coverage last year. Personally, I...

   I learned you have go with the cards you’re dealt and make the best of it. I now ride very little because of my back issues but that’s okay because I still can do it. Just not as much. Motorcycles have been a big piece of my life and 50 years of riding has been good to me. I had the opportunity to meet great people, see great places, and express myself through motorcycles. Life...

      The show is still held on Wednesday of Bike Week. Now a short section of Beach Street Is barricaded off and the show bikes are spotted on the roadway. Using a bunch of volunteers to do the spotting, guiding, and other duties, The Motor Company officials ran the classification, registration, and collecting of fees.    The number of bikes entered in ride in show was kinda light...

  During the last eight years, our mayor’s office was filled by another Harley rider who turned out to be great for bikers. He rode in the local Toy Run, gave away the grand prize to the raffle winners of our blood drives, made sure we got our parade permits, and much, much more. So we thought what the heck, and we let mayoral candidate Oscar Leeser, come to the store. In 2010,...

        This area was once part of the huge copper mining operation in Bisbee. After the mine was closed, Jay and a few of his friends bought up some of the buildings on Erie Street in the Lowell burb. There is a retired airline pilot, a photographer, a drag racing mechanic, and Jay who was brought up in Bisbee.                 Look at the photos of some of Jay’s toys as they...