If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t in Daytona Beach for Bike Week, but not all is lost. Barnett’s Magazine Online’s photo bug, the lovely Jack Cofano, is beating his feet all over Daytona and points beyond digitally capturing the event and bringing back lots of photos of new bikes from all over the country and the world. I’ve followed him around a few times and it’s...

            I’ve noticed that at a lot of the car shows I attend now have more and more motorcycles being shown. Especially the antique car shows, so hey, what’s good for four wheels is good on two.             It also seems like in the last few years quite a few of the people building custom bikes have added cars to their habit. I especially like the idea that many of the bike...

     I didn’t get any outside photos as it was pretty wet out there and you know ladies don’t like wet frizzy hair and posing in a wet suit doesn’t make for a very flattering picture.    Just another reason to hate all this freakin’ rain.

    Since the 50th anniversary in 1997, Hollister (dubbed The birthplace of the American biker) has gone through many promoters who eventually bailed because of the impossibility of dealing with the local “good old boys.” The most successful promoter since day one has been a local, Mark Maxwell, who led for a couple of years before he bailed.      The Hollister...

    The celebrities and personalities were all here including E.J. himself, Jeff Decker, John Parham, Pat and Cris Simons, Mark and Yvonne Cresswell, Kiwi Mike, Dave Wilson, and Nick Smith      Since State Farm is a major sponsor, the usual ambulance chasers were not sold vendor space. There must be a god somewhere. The guys developing the “new” Crocker had a space....

     Whether it’s tractors, cars, or motorcycles, Mecum puts a huge number of vehicles through their many auction lines nation wide. With some 750 bikes going under the hammer in Vegas, it’s gotta be one of the country’s largest motorcycle auctions ─ a good start for 2015!      What’s it like seeing some 750 motorcycles in one room? More exotic, vintage, unusual,...

              There were bikes of all shapes, sizes, and makes on the floor of the beautiful Raleigh Convention Center. I took advantage by photographing over 70 bikes for future features and don’t worry, there are lots of Harleys. Keep an eye on Barnett’s Magazine Online to catch them all.             The Invited Class featured some on the best customs you will see anywhere built...

       The current owner of the Ignacio Rally, Johnny T. Valdez, after managing the rally for three years bought the deeply-in-debt rally from the Ignacio Chamber of Horrors and controls the events at the grounds in Ignacio, but not the events in Durango. What a mess.       The Hideaway Grill at Vallecito Lake is a branch of the one in Cave Creek, Arizona, and the Harley shop and...

     E. J. Cole is a Texan who bought the only three-story building on Main Street in Sturgis. He installed an elevator, not for the handicapped, but to move his extensive collection of American-manufactured motorcycles to the upper floors. Over the years, he bought as many old American bikes he could. Finally, after over 50 years of collecting, it was time to cash out his...

      In the 1940s Las Vegas was being looked at by certain gentlemen and Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel built and opened the Flamingo out of downtown into what was the desert and the die was set with the mob owning what was to become known as the Las Vegas Strip. Due to some business irregularities, Bugsy got wacked in Los Angles in the late ’40s, but he is memorialized today in a...