For a change the weather gods were kind and the temperature was bearable enough that many attendees were able to ride their bikes to the show. I hate to beat a dead horse, but as with all the events and shows this year, the show was smaller than usual. The number of bikes was down from previous years, but surprisingly attendance seemed about the same as last year. To me that is a...

Click here for more photos Custom Chrome Europe Dealer Show 2010 Part 2 Story by Mark Barnett Photos by Horst Rosler This is the second part of the story about the Custom Chrome Dealer show that took place earlier this year in Mainz, Germany. Builders from Russia, Portugal, America, and even Japan entered the associated European Championship bike show, all...

Click here for more photos Custom Chrome Europe Dealer Show 2010 Part 3 Story by Mark Barnett Photos by Horst Rosler and Frank Sander In today’s last of a three-part story on the Custom Chrome Europe Dealer and Bike show, we have the winners of the six classes that competed. The lead photo of Monday’s article was the Freestyle winner’s bike built by Marco...

Click here for more photos Laughlin River Run 2010 – Part 1 Story and Photos by Rodent This year for a change we’re looking at the Laughlin event from the Arizona side of the river. I was based at Negotiable Tim’s used parts swap meet where we get down to basic. Riders stop in looking for that used part for a build or restoration or to fix...

Click here for more photos Laughlin River Run 2010 – Part 2 Story and Photos by Rodent With Wednesday’s winds and cold weather on Thursday, we expected this to be a different Laughlin than the usual hot, hot, weekend. Except for temps in the 80’s on Saturday, this was the coolest Laughlin in memory. Love that cool weather! The cops according...

Click here for more photos Gathering at Quail Lodge Part 1 Story and Photos by Rodent Up until August 2009, the Legends of the Motorcycle was the best motorcycle show ever produced. It was the Pebble Beach for motorcycles. Location, class, it had it all. The recession hit and that was the end of “Legends.” Pebble Beach grabbed the ball and 2009 saw the...

Click here for more photos Gathering at Quail Lodge Part 2 Story and Photos by Rodent Saturday with the event opening at 10:30 am for the public, we arrived an early at 8:15 so I could start shooting before the crowds arrived. As we parked, Jeff Decker was unloading his Crocker from his MB van. So the day began and because we didn’t have wristbands...

Click here for more photos Show of(f) Muscle Muscle and Sound: Rainer Schwarz Stunt Rides Remus V-Rod Story by Mark Barnett and Horst Rosler Photos by Horst Rosler One of Europe’s top stunt riders lives in a small Bavarian village of Herbishofen and rides American V-twins exclusively. Rainer Schwarz usually rode a Buell while performing at motorcycle...

Click here for more photos Bikes of Bike Week 2010 Arizona Bike Week Part 3 Story and Photos by J. Joshua Placa According to organizers and my naked eyeball, well over 40,000 motorcyclists rode into AZ Bike Week, scooting around the event’s epicenter, Cyclefest, and assorted venues about town. If you stood on the right corner long enough, you would have...

Click here for more photos Custom Chrome Europe Dealer Show 2010 Part 1 Story by Mark Barnett Photos by Frank Sander, Thunder Media Service I’m not sure where to start with this article. There were so many awesome bikes at this year’s Custom Chrome show that I’m going to have to run them all for you over the course of a few days. Custom Chrome Europe was...