The Smoke Out event is the premier Old School adults-only party on the East Coast and this year it was definitely more of a party than an event. I have covered the Smoke Out every year since it was in Salisbury, North Carolina, more than ten years ago. Throughout the years it has changed locations and now it is celebrated at the Rockingham Dragway near Rockingham, North...

The bikes at the Smoke Out bike shows are always a pleasant change from most of the shows I cover. You won’t see elaborate paints jobs, oversize skinny wheels, or, for that matter, you won’t see many baggers. What you will see is mostly garage-built Old School choppers and bobbers with a few I don’t know what to call them builds.           This year’s ride-in bike show had a little...

The bikes at the Smoke Out bike shows are always a pleasant change from most of the shows I cover. You won’t see elaborate paints jobs, oversize skinny wheels, or, for that matter, you won’t see many baggers. What you will see is mostly garage-built Old School choppers and bobbers with a few I don’t know what to call them builds.           This year’s ride-in bike show had a little...

The Smoke Out event is the premier Old School adults-only party on the East Coast and this year it was definitely more of a party than an event. I have covered the Smoke Out every year since it was in Salisbury, North Carolina, more than ten years ago. Throughout the years it has changed locations and now it is celebrated at the Rockingham Dragway near Rockingham, North...

The five minute horn blew and soon we are heading out to our first fuel stop and lunch in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Our Road Guards have everything under control as we roll toward our destination. As we arrive at our fuel stop at the Pilot Truck Stop, I look around as I am waiting to move up to fuel. . As I look across all the bikes, I notice our group is considerably larger now. What a...

The five minute horn blew and soon we are heading out to our first fuel stop and lunch in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Our Road Guards have everything under control as we roll toward our destination. As we arrive at our fuel stop at the Pilot Truck Stop, I look around as I am waiting to move up to fuel. . As I look across all the bikes, I notice our group is considerably larger now. What a...

The five minute horn blew and soon we are heading out to our first fuel stop and lunch in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Our Road Guards have everything under control as we roll toward our destination. As we arrive at our fuel stop at the Pilot Truck Stop, I look around as I am waiting to move up to fuel. . As I look across all the bikes, I notice our group is considerably larger now. What a...

But, that motto goes for event photographers as well except for the snow part as far as I’m concerned.           I’ve been pretty lucky in all the years of covering events that I have not encountered many rainy days. This year’s Myrtle Beach Bike Week was finally a bound-to-happen rainy event. Although it wasn’t a complete wash out by any means, there was mostly light drizzle the...

I’ve been pretty lucky in all the years of covering events that I have not encountered many rainy days. This year’s Myrtle Beach Bike Week was finally a bound-to-happen rainy event. Although it wasn’t a complete wash out by any means, there was mostly light drizzle the day I was there and quite a bit more all week.           Even with the crappy weather there were a ton of people...

I hope you don’t mind a little dew on the pumpkin so to speak because there was a light drizzle all day. If you can see the dew on your phone you have excellent vision.           Make sure you click on Part One, Part Two and Part Three as there are different bikes in each article.