BORN-FREE TEXAS: BACK TO THE ROOTS
December 23, 2022
Two big forces came together to create a new event that had many of us buzzing in anticipation. Yellow Rose Canyon has staged several motorcycle events since Oliver Peck took the helm in 2021 (Check out my feature on the Southern Throwdown), and we’ve all been witness to the many…
TOM KEEFER AND HIS RED-KNUCK – SHOW AND GO
December 14, 2022
The story behind this beautiful custom Knuckle is the story of Tom Keefer’s life. It was one of the first full customs he built for himself, and the bike that he is most proud of. It all stems from the fact that motorcycles have coursed through his bloodstream his entire…
EMERGIN’ VIRGIN – COMING OUT CUSTOM
November 22, 2022
“Emergin’ Virgin – Coming out Custom,” as the name of my Motorcycles as Art exhibition at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip this year, may have confused some. “Virgin,” as I used it, simply refers to the one thing each of the custom bike builders and artists in the show had in…
KOOL MILLER LITE – SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR OFF THE WALL
November 18, 2022
Arlin Fatland has owned and operated his famous 2-Wheelers chopper parts and accessory store in Denver, Colorado, for 52-years. (He also owns/runs a second store in Sturgis and owned one in Daytona for 35-years.) This Octogenarian has been into bikes for more years than most of you reading this have…
NEW SCHOOL – SICK SYCLES RUN TO KERNVILLE
October 26, 2022
Much of my time seems to be spent photographing events with thousands, if not tens of thousands of bikers, so it’s refreshing when I can join a smaller, more intimate group as I did with Al Korff’s Sick Sycles Run to Kernville. I first got wind of this “below the…
BORN-FREE 13- AS RELEVANT AS EVER
October 14, 2022
Thirteen years and going strong as ever! The Born-Free Motorcycle Show couldn’t have grown into what it has become if it hadn’t been able to stay relevant. And in my opinion, it has not only remained relevant, it has become more relevant each year. This year Born-Free 13 was the…
MOONEYES YOKOHAMA. SO THAT’S HOW THEY DO IT OVER THERE!
September 26, 2022
One-day motorcycle events run the gamut. As everyone waits on the awards ceremonies to get started, you can sense that a good percentage of the people wish it had started hours earlier. At the summer shows, they want to get out from the sun that’s been sapping their energy and…
JAPAN TOUR – SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION
September 21, 2022
Some motorcycle riders have a crazy need for speed, whether racing side by side in the quarter or flying down the Bonneville salt to get clocked in the flying mile. Others find turning left racing around a dirt oval, or riding up the vertical walls of a wooden barrel is…
350+ “ONE-BIKES” AT THE ONE-SHOW PORTLAND
July 22, 2022
I get to a lot of bike shows, and so for me, the best ones always seem to take on the character of their locale and the personality of their creators. The “One-Show” in Portland, Oregon, is the perfect case in point. In its 13-year history, the One-Show has moved…
HANDBUILT 2022 – THE HAUTE SHOW
July 8, 2022
I’m not sure what it is, but there’s something about the Handbuilt Show that makes it feel like a very hip cocktail party. Maybe it’s the many pools of warm, intimate lighting? The curated music? Perhaps the buzz of builders and guests drinking late into the night, chatting not only…
GO BIG OR GO HOME! THE LIFE OF OLIVER PECK
May 27, 2022
Oliver Peck has self-described himself as a “short obnoxious guy who likes to have fun all the time.” Although more with “fun” than obnoxious, I agree with him. Others have described him as unfiltered, free-spirited, wild, crazy, and nuts. They’re all true, but they fall short of the man himself…
CYCLE SHOWCASE 2022 – ALL IN THE FAMILY
May 5, 2022
I was on-site as bikes moved in for the Cycle Showcase custom bike show this past February. Hanging 50 of my own framed archive photographs in what Randall Noldge called “Lichter Lane,” I felt the shared excitement. It was palpable to the volunteers, artists, and custom builders as more bikes…
THE FULL TILT BOOGIE – ADDING TO CHOPPER HISTORY
March 18, 2022
I’m not sure you’ll agree, but as someone who has been to more than 40 Sturgis rallies and near that many Daytona and Laconia Bike Weeks, I’m thinking small local runs may have a leg up on the big three when it comes to the character they pack. I’m referring
“SOURKRAUT”, A SWEET ’47 KNUCK FROM JORDAN DICKINSON
March 10, 2022
Jordan Dickinson builds the kind of bikes I would love to ride (and park in my own garage). They are bikes that are beautiful and functional as they harken back to earlier times. The attention to detail seems to see no bounds, and his sense of style is well balanced…
THE MAMA TRIED SHOW. CAN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH FUN?
February 25, 2022
Mama Tried is more than a bike show. For that matter, it’s more than a weekend. Of course, the Flat Out Friday races make it bigger, but it’s the get-togethers that mean so much. It’s always smack in between riding seasons in the Great North, so the chance to be…
January 18, 2022
Throwing Down the Gauntlet at Yellow Rose Canyon What a fabulous end-of-season event for all the chopper enthusiasts that attended. The Southern Throwdown‘s 8th iteration was an event that had previously been held in the Dallas’ Deep Ellum arts and entertainment district before Covid. After missing a year, it was…
WILD AND UNTAMED, THE DANGER DAN STORY
January 13, 2022
“Wild, untamed, and the epitome of what lies in every man’s heart. Listening to that wild voice and untamed spirit that lives in every man, he honors it and obeys what it asks of him. And he encourages others to do the same.” Rather than being a quote from an…