There are times when the sun, stars, planets, all align, and synchronicity ensues. It was just such a time when I discovered the Southern Flyer. This past Sunday found me on one of my old haunts, Highway 60, headed up the mountain toward Suches, Georgia. This section of 60 is one twisty bit of treacherous … More Featured Bike: The Southern Flyer
Buying a vintage motorcycle is becoming popular these days. Some are acquired for a custom project, building a cafe racer, bobber, or chopper. Often it’s for nostalgic reasons, you had one when you were younger, or it was your “dream bike,” from those days. Maybe it’s purely for enjoyment of riding a vintage, or, as my brother’s … More How To: Buying A Vintage Motorcycle
I found an interesting documentary film about an annual “build off” event in the San Francisco area that ties in with Stevie Ming’s build “The Skirmisher.” It’s called “The Dirtbag Challenge,” they bill themselves as a “Low Rent Chopper Build Off.” The challenge is to build a custom motorcycle within a set overall budget and … More Editorial: The Dirtbag Challenge Motorcycle Build Off
This is my first film review, ever, so if I botch it up, I’ll try to do better on the next, if there is one. Last Sunday I spent part of what would have been an otherwise cold, wet, and dreary afternoon in an activity that was almost as good as riding a motorcycle. Sitting … More Review: The Film Why We Ride
This is Bruce’s Harley flathead 45. I really like this bobber, it has clean lines, and considerable detail. I could look at it all day, and, to be honest, if I owned it, I would probably ride the wheels off it. I am not quite sure of the year on this bike, according to Bruce, … More Featured Bike: Bruce’s 45 Bobber
This the 1979 Yamaha XS 650 chopper built by Danny and Lance Busch, AKA, “Busch&Busch.” When they picked this bike up in late 2009, it was a rusty pile of junk in need of serious help. After some rebuilding, and countless hours of hand fabrication, this is the result, a stunning, one-off custom chopper. Almost … More Featured Bike: The Busch Brothers XS 650 Chopper
When you think about the classic chopper there are key elements that come to mind. First, the frame is a rigid, no rear suspension, or, as some call it, a hard tail. Second, an extended front fork, it can be as short as a six inches over stock length, or as much as twenty. Third, … More Featured Bike: April Knapp’s Chopped 1200 Sportster
This is a series of videos covering the installation of a Road 6 Customs Sportster hard tail conversion kit. This is a complete kit that includes everything you need to convert your 1982 to 2003 Harley Sportster to a rigid frame ride. The kit is 100 percent US made, the hard tail section is made … More Road 6 Customs Sportster Hard Tail Install
I can’t count the number of times I have talked about going to the Smoke Out rally. I would always make tentative plans, then something would come up that was “more important,” usually the “more important” was something somebody else wanted me to do for them. It almost went down that way again, and I … More My Trip To The Smoke Out Thirteen
While you are riding this Summer stay hydrated, (no, that doesn’t mean drink an extra beer) you can dry out on a bike pretty fast in hot weather, the combination of you sweating and the wind evaporating it as you ride can have you in trouble before you realize you have a problem. I got … More A Summer Weather Warning: Heat Exhaustion
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