In a story which reminds me of the days when servicemen returning from duty in WWII bobbed their motorcycles and hit the open road on a quest for speed and thrills, an Arizona veteran of the Iraq war was clocked doing twice the speed limit around midnight on the highway. “In the 17 years I’ve [...]
On Any Sunday is a documentary which followed the lives of motorcycle racers and racing enthusiasts, including actor Steve McQueen, by filmmaker Bruce Brown. It’s an insider look at people who devoted their lives to racing motorcycles on tracks and off-road courses around the world. But in Indiana, and I admit to being completely stunned [...]
A member of the Hells Angels who has been on the run since the October killing of a fellow club member has been arrested on suspicion of murder for an incident which happened during the funeral of the club’s former president. The coppers tracked down Steve Ruiz, 38, at a Days Inn Motel in Fremont, [...]
It’s the end of another Monday, and the weather has taken a horrible, chilly turn for the worse here in Michigan. Against all odds, it’s time to spread some happy (even though I’m not feeling it) your way. Thought I’d take some time to put together a page of my favorite stuff I read this [...]
Get ready to “do the ton” as Cafe Racer Magazine, the custom motorcycle mag for lovers of all things fast, sleek and powerful, brings its world-renowned custom bike show to the Big Kahuna Atlanta, scheduled for the weekend of April 20 – 22, 2012 at Braselton, Ga.’s Road Atlanta. The Cafe Racer Magazine Custom Bike [...]
The Glenn Curtiss Museum is hosting a motorcycle nostalgia event this weekend, Saturday Feb. 25 and Sunday Feb. 26, and if you love motorcycles and don’t know anything about Glenn Curtiss, you’re missing the boat (as it were) on one of the greatest daredevils and engineers in American history. The show features more than 60 [...]
A member of the Mongols motorcycle gang was found guilty and could face life in prison for murdering the San Francisco chapter president of the Hells Angels. Christopher Bryan Ablett, also known as “Stoney,” was convicted this week of multiple felonies which include murder in the aid of racketeering, by a federal jury in San [...]
The Ariel Leader was an attempt by the British motorcycle manufacturer to take on the popularity of the Lambretta. Ariel hoped that they could make a bike reminiscent of a scooter but which featured “motorcycle” performance characteristics. The Leader was designed by Val Page and Bernard Knight, and for the times, it represented a new [...]
Harley-Davidson Inc says it’s on the verge of adding non-unionized contract workers at facilities in Wisconsin due to new labor contracts that take effect in April, and the Milwaukee motorcycle maker revealed in a federal filing on Thursday that it expects to have 325 fewer unionized full-time employees in Wisconsin as of April. The changes [...]
