Story and Photos by Rodent {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=914|imagecategories=0|} Each year in the bowels of San Francisco’s Hunters Point, known by some as The Bayview, The Dirtbag Challenge goes down without a hitch. The purpose of The Challenge is to build a bike for under $1000 in under 30 days, then ride the piss out of it. Plenty of bikes, beers, burn outs,...

Story and Photos by Rodent {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=916|imagecategories=0|} Hollister, California, has been known as the “Birthplace of The American Biker” ever since another Independence Weekend back in 1947 when a little motorcycle racing event got a little wild and was blown out of proportion when San Francisco Chronicle photographer Barney...

Story and Photos by MB McQueen {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=888|imagecategories=0|} It’s official. On October 31, 2011, the Wheels Through Time museum in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, is shutting its doors and moving to a new locale. Though Dale Walksler, the museum’s founder and curator, has threatened to leave before, this time he means it. “After nine years,...

Story and photos by Rodent {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=893|imagecategories=0|} My Daytona Beach headquarters has been Tropical Tattoo on US1 in Ormond Beach about 2.5 miles away from the Sidewalk Commando-infested Main Street. The atmosphere at Willie’s Tropical Tattoo is a mixture of a serious artist studio with master tattooers plying their art on appreciative...

Story by CJ Hanlon, Photos by Jack Cofano {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=663|imagecategories=0|} For 30 years the Sturgis Buffalo Chip has been “The Best Party Anywhere.” To celebrate this occasion, they are throwing the biggest and best party in three decades. The Sturgis Buffalo Chip party rocks hard from August 5-13. The Buffalo Chip rocks hard for a non-stop week...

Story and Photos by Rodent, Contributions by Wendy Manning {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=869|imagecategories=0|} A couple years ago I did a story on Kiehl’s motorcycle collection at their original since 1851 lotion and potion shop on 3rd Ave & 13th Street in Manhattan during a snowy winter visit to NYC. Last year Kiehl’s did their first ride benefit. I...

Story and photos by Jack Cofano {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=870|imagecategories=0|} This is the final day of coverage of the 2011 ROT Rally and there are a ton of new photos for you to look at. Friday night is the motorcycle parade down Congress Ave. starting from the Travis Expo Center. The ROT parade, which holds the Guinness World Record for “Longest Parade of...

Story by Sedrick “Mitch” Mitchell, Photos by Mitch & Dave Hayes {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=874|imagecategories=0|} The 24th Annual Rolling Thunder event attracted several hundred thousand motorcyclists, families and friends of veterans, and a bucket full of dignitaries to the Washington D.C. area over the Memorial Day weekend. On Memorial Day weekend, special...

By J. JOSHUA PLACA {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=883|imagecategories=0|} Every motorcycle rally has its own unique character. Event organizers, law enforcement, town officials and the local citizenry combine to form a flavor and attitude that is either fun and welcoming, a nice and pleasant break from workaday worries; or just another wrestling match with rules and...

Story and Photos by MB McQueen and Steve Baskin {phocagallery view=categories|categoryid=864|imagecategories=0|} The Bikes, Babes and Bling Festival was held in Fayetteville, Arkansas on June 10 and 11. The annual event appeals to men and women alike, because where there is bling, there are babes. Where there are babes, there are boys. Where there are bikes, there are both....