One of the highlights of the event is the annual parade around the lake with a record 22 miles of motorcycles (approximately 75,000 bikes according to reliable sources) and a sound that is the real sound of music to Harley enthusiasts worldwide. The organizers claim this is Europe’s largest motorcycle happening and the third largest in the world after Daytona and Sturgis. Is...

    One of the highlights of the event is the annual parade around the lake with a record 22 miles of motorcycles (approximately 75,000 bikes according to reliable sources) and a sound that is the real sound of music to Harley enthusiasts worldwide. The organizers claim this is Europe’s largest motorcycle happening and the third largest in the world after Daytona and Sturgis. Is...

            I’m not going to kid you   ̶ it’s hard, really hard, doing what I have to do to keep a roof over my head.  But, I suck it up and try to get plenty of photos of pretty ladies for your enjoyment. Sometimes I even run into ladies three abreast which is highly rare. You just never know what you will run into in Vegas.             I hope y’all peruse these tasteful photos of...

           This year’s first place went to Rick Bray of Rkb Kustom Speed with a stunning buffed bobber that for me was one of the most impressive creations I have seen in twelve years of photographing bikes. I usually don’t try to pick a winner myself because there are always so many great builds at these shows. I usually can’t make up my mind, but not so in this case. I told Rick...

     Also held on a separate portion of The Quail property is the annual Bonham’s auction of exotic motor vehicles. Elvis wasn’t in attendance, but his Rolls Royce was being offered at auction. Bonham’s did peddle a ‘60s red Ferrari for 38 million greenbacks plus setting a record for an auction car. Not too shabby!       Rock ‘n’ Roller, Sammy Hagar, is now in the rum...

      Gooding’s Auctions are the on-property auction house featuring cars one only dreams about. On Saturday, I wandered down on the empty 18th fairway to check out the condition of the grass in drought stricken California and I was glad to see that the drought hadn’t affected the show field.     Later I stopped into the party at the McLaren setup and enjoyed a little...

            The 14th annual Las Vegas BikeFest ran from Thursday, October 2nd, through Sunday, October 5th, at the CashmanCenter on 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North. The crowd was expected to be around 30,000 strong with 80-percent of attendees hailing from outside Nevada and 20-percent of those are international.             Throughout the four days of the Bikefest there are bike shows,...

            There were plenty of customs also on display from builder such as Dirty Bird Concepts, Binford Custom Cycles, Jim Nasi Customs and many more as well as bikes from the Friday show. I did not make it to the Baddest Bagger Competition on Saturday due to personal reasons.             There are plenty of interesting stories behind a lot of these custom creations and I’m sure...

            There were plenty of customs also on display from builder such as Dirty Bird Concepts, Binford Custom Cycles, Jim Nasi Customs and many more as well as bikes from the Friday show. I did not make it to the Baddest Bagger Competition on Saturday due to personal reasons.             There are plenty of interesting stories behind a lot of these custom creations and I’m sure...

     SBK stopped at Laguna Seca having last week raced in Portugal and next week in Spain, so it seems we in the USA were just a slight detour. EBR (Eric Buell Racing) was one of the contenders and they are American bikes made by a guy who formerly made the namesake Buell motorcycles for the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Eric’s new bikes cannot carry the Buell name so they are...