I’m assigned the West edition and Barnett Magazine’s photojournalist Jack Cofano, the East edition. I passed on the cross-country race, ride, and tour. I rode cross-country for many years on a variety of bikes from a Norton to Beemers to Harleys. I only had two wheels and one three-wheeler back then (No, not a trike, but a BMW/Steib side-hack) and a bike was my only means...

  The Smoke Out started out inCottonwood,Arizona, as you also probably know because it was documented on the previous pages in Rodent’s article on the Smoke Out West. Talk about writer’s redundancy…sheesh! The event in Rockingham had a little bit of everything to entertain and amaze. They had drag races, XS Speed’s mini-bike races, the annual Chop Off, and even Roller Derby. How’s...

  The Smoke Out started out inCottonwood,Arizona, as you also probably know because it was documented on the previous pages in Rodent’s article on the Smoke Out West. Talk about writer’s redundancy…sheesh! The event in Rockingham had a little bit of everything to entertain and amaze. They had drag races, XS Speed’s mini-bike races, the annual Chop Off, and even Roller Derby. How’s...

  This year’s event was the 69th edition of founder Pappy Hoel’s gathering of nine racers and a small group of spectators back in 1938 and as usual, it was a grand affair in spite of economic news that had everyone wondering if the rally would be a bust. Hell no. As far as I could tell from the number of people I saw riding in V-twin traffic jams, people watching or strutting their...

Harley-Davidson Announces Women Riders Month By Wendy Manning, Photo courtesy of Harley-Davidson For too many women motorcycle memories are made from the back of the bike. In recent years Harley-Davidson has been changing all that, and to date The Motor Company is happy to report that 12% of all new Harleys sold are sold to women riders. Now that’s the kind of girls gone wild we...

Click here for more photos Charlotte Easyriders Show Story and Photos by Jack Cofano Like everything else in this troubled economy you have to adapt to the current times. That’s what the Easyrider Centerford Shows have been doing the last few years. A couple of years ago they introduced hot rods and custom cars to the show and this year floor space was...

Click here for more photos Charlotte Easyriders Show Story and Photos by Jack Cofano One of the things I like about the Easyrider shows is that you see a bunch of folks bringing their little rug rats along with them to enjoy the show. Amazingly the kids seem to love all the shiny bikes and in most cases behave better than their parents…not a surprise. We...

Starting in 2009, the Smoke Out West is being moved to May. The 10th Anniversary Smoke Out will be held starting Friday evening, the 8th of May, with the usual music, wet T-shirt contest, and everything else that has become a standard at the Cottonwood, Arizona, classic. Saturday will be as Saturdays have been in years’ past: bike show, girlie show, vendor show, beer drinking, and...