Riding the Road of Life… –Paved by Gloria Tramontin Struck Review by Dmac 92 years of living and riding packed into 256 pages leaves the reader wanting more. When will Volume #2 be available? Gloria was born into a family of motorcyclists, literally in the family apartment in the back of the motorcycle and […]
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A while back we introduced you to a new L.A. bike shop called Heroes Motorcycles, purveyors of rare and historic motorcycles, the operation run by Serge Bueno who in 2014 had arrived from Paris with his wife, four kids and a ton of awesome bikes. Well, at last count he’s restored over 100, and
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I landed in Dallas, Texas and expected Rick Fairless to bring me a cup of coffee. Then I looked at the large ominous connecting flight screen and tried to find my gate. We are like meth-head ants scurrying around this metal maze looking for our assigned queen bee to take us to our chosen destination.
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Book By Ralph “Teach” Elrod “All I ever wanted were brothers who would stand with me no matter how tough it gets, and it will get tough.” That sentiment and those words set the tone for It Will Get Tough: Cops & Bikers, the new book by Ralph “Teach” Elrod. The true stories
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The explosion was our signal to leave. No sounds of pursuit followed; actually there were no other sounds than Larry and I turning our bikes around and riding on. The town of Oakley was changing. As the rising sun’s rays touched an Oakley building it would change back into a modern Middleton building. Buildings
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I’ve handled two bucket list items in the last six months. I made it to Cuba before McDonalds fast food joints spring up on every other corner. Then I ran into the opportunity to see New Zealand and deliver my mother’s ashes to her chosen resting place in the Eden Gardens, Auckland, North Island. No,
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Landspeed record on a frozen lake was celebrated for the 10th time in SWEDEN 23-24 Feb ! The Viking alternative to race on salt at Bonneville Utah in USA. The location is just two hours north of Stockholm, but Årsunda is a cold place where the lake freezes early in the winter. Speed was
The story of the Triumph motorcycle is one of great history, fortitude, mistakes, and successes. Triumph the Art of the Motorcycle does an excellent job of taking one from inception through today. Covering all the production and racing models you get a clear view of what Triumph is and has been about. The great engineers
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FEBRUARY 14, 2018 Results from the Chicago edition of the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show The weekend started with snow and it ended with snow. You would think that bad weather would reduce the number of custom bikes in the show but the allure of $70,000 in cash and prizes delivered
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In light of recent news we here at Spectro Performance Oils wanted to share some information regarding brake fluid. Far too often when we talk to people about the intervals in which they change the fluids on their vehicles there is always one fluid that is left out. People change their engine oil based on
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THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled & Edited
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WHAT ABOUT US? I’ve held the position of Vice-President of Government Affairs for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation for roughly 18 months. And during those months I’ve sat in countless meetings, congressional hearings, public information sessions, symposiums, conferences and breakout sessions, which have covered a gamut of issues that affect riders. Anything and everything from ethanol
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After an absence of a year Jeff Brown was able to bring back the ColoradoMotorcycle Expo to the National Western Stockshow complex in Denver. Astandard feature was missing, no MCs were in attendance. The onlymotorcycle organization I saw was ABATE. The lack of the MCs did changethe mood a little, some thought it was
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In the early days of motorcycling — around the late 1800s and early 1900s when motorcycles were little more than bicycles with motors attached — Americans bought the machines for transportation, not recreation. Families who could not afford cars could still afford motorcycles so it wasn’t all that uncommon to see women riders.
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The last few years Cleveland Ohio has greeted the hardy motorcycleenthusiast with snow, slush and sub-zero weather. This year the weather godsprovided a 3-day reprieve and provided a balmy 50 degrees so motorcyclistsattending the Progressive International Motorcycle Show stepped a littlelighter and smiled a little brighter. The J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show produced
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I’ve been sorta confused by the markings on transmission oil bottles. Then someone published another puzzling report. We can run 50/20 engine oil in our transmissions and primary cases. I needed some clarity, so I reached out to the masters of Spectro Oils. Joe Russo, National Sales manager kicked off the research, John Dunne, the
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Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is settled science, proclaim the predictors of weather doomsday. Settled Science? Science evolves continuously and can never be settled, unless, of course, the ‘settled’ subject is dogma, not science. Is it just a ‘my way or the highway’ attempt by vested interests to close discussion on their terms? Consider the
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Okay, just a little update on this story. Somehow we either did not send it, or it got lost in Bandit’s stack of to-do items??? As of now, it looks as though BIG changes are headed for Smoke-Out 19? Talk of new sponsors, new events and more action to come! The SmokeOut has always
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I saw on the Bikernet site a few weeks back a reference to this book. I had read this account of the travels of the two adventurers a few years ago and thought I’d put my two cents worth in. The story starts out as an account of the motorcycle journey of two
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This book is a real good account of a young man’s journey across this great country starting in New York and ending in California. The account takes place in depression era US in 1939. Young Jack Newkirk sets out on a 1930 Harley VL to cross the country. He learns much about the
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THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled & Edited by
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Harbor Town Seduction To start off I found these books to have a good storyline, with a twist or two. They are the type of book that once you start, they are hard to put down. The main character, Chance Hogan is modeled after a well-known figure and that becomes evident after
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The Rider Round Up at the Ranch was the second year celebration of Exile Cycles’ 20th Anniversary Party held at Paramount Ranch the year before, now continuing on an annual basis. And again it was a benefit to raise money to Fight Leukemia by auctioning off products and services, together with money donated by
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A customer brought Taber Nash this basket a couple of years ago. He delivered the wheels, a new frame and the clean Shovelhead engine. He requested something racy, but then a demanding ol’ lady got in the way. The customer struggled to retain his biker identity, weakened to the pressure and finally sold the remnants
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