It was that time of year again when THE HORSE SMOKE-OUT storms into Rockingworld, North Carolina like a freight train on fire. The weather was perfect, sunshine 82 degrees and no humidity (which is rare). Perfect! This year The Smoke-Out was damn special for me. My son, Zach, bought a bike last November. We left […]
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Best Exotic Show Award went to Pete Phillips’1966 Bultaco Metralla 250. Speaking of exotic, the gracious trophy presenter is named, believe it or not…Harley! About to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the annual Two-Stroke Extravaganza pitched its tents at the popular Hansen Dam 40-acre recreational area located in Lake Terrace, CA in the
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There are quite a few situations that a motorcycle owner may face that will call for them to have their motorcycle shipped instead of riding it. Whether you may be moving, vacationing or even traveling to a motorcycle show out of state, it is quite important that as a motorcycle owner, you know that
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We’ve come to the Saddlemen point in the story, to finish Jim’s seat construction over his custom fiberglass pan. The notion was to help Jim with a cool custom-styled seat, but when it comes to Saddlemen there’s much more to seat fabrication, and their mantra revolves around comfort. Tom Seymour and Dave Echert have been
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FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. (July 1, 2016) – Fifty years before Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) opened in America, in 1916, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren began a life-altering journey that made history. Starting in Brooklyn, New York and finishing in San Francisco, California, these two sisters became the first women to ride across the
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Hollister Power Sports offered to celebrated Hollister’s July 4th Motorcycle Rally with demo rides on their new Indian and Victory models. Branscombe Richmond star of the TV series RENEGADE will host the event…Samantha and Amanda check out a couple of Indians. Which one to ride first…I own a 2013 Victory
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We rode the rest of the night putting mile after mile between us and the town of Oakley. The longer I was on the Raider the more I remembered its particulars; in particular the particulars surrounding its six foot wheelbase and extended rake. When I say extended rake I mean extended relative to the
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Winter, 2014 – Read Part 1 Here. Compared to the U.S., deep Mexico is another universe; but after two weeks in the city of Oaxaca I was beginning to settle in. My $3.50 a day campground was set, membership in a local gym offered something of a daily routine, and I’d begun to meet
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(The second story in a series of three) Click to read Part One Memory does not always serve me well, but I believe that the year was 2008, or was it 09? Michelle had been living from only the back of her $700 motorcycle for five consecutive years and her heavily loaded
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Over the years since they started the J&P Ultimate Builder Shows inside the IMS Expos, we have had the pleasure of giving a Cycle Source Award to a number of builders who displayed their works throughout the country. One such build was the hot little Triumph you see here. We found this little gem during
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