I’ve had a Change of Heart – or Just Realized the Brilliance of Harley’s Move…
Let me go ahead and warn you: I’m not going to talk about COVID-19. Or civil unrest in our cities and towns. Or the silliness of Americans thinking about “defunding” police departments. If you want any of that, turn on the news or check out social media – the “experts”…
Cheering For the Home Team Doesn’t Make You the Bad Guy…
Let’s be honest – there’s a lot of folks who are what my grandfather used to call “butt-hurt” out there. Some of them have good reasons to be, some have an ax to grind, and still others just seem to want to be ornery and choose the exact opposite of…
Biker Boots Made in Canada – A Damned Good Thing
For months now, we’ve been consumed by bad news, strange news, weird times, and a media that keeps shoving terms like “the new normal” down our throats. Let me give you some good news for a change… besides the fact it’s riding season. The Bikers’ Den is promoting some new…
Jump Starting The Whole Thing
The simple truth is this: all over the world, folks are hurting. Some countries aren’t telling anyone how bad it sucks (like China, for example) and others, it seems like there’s a morbid curiosity to see how many victims they can claim. No matter what, as we all collectively try…
A Dose of Realism
In the last eight weeks, we’ve gotten a shot of realism, that’s for sure. We’ve seen how folks can’t figure out what to do, so they panic (and that goes for our politicians, too) and do nothing – or do stupid crap that puts lives in danger. I don’t know…
Biker Shades that Don’t Suck – Gatorz Eyewear
One of the biggest complaints I have when I’m on a bike is eye protection. Undoubtedly, the safest you can get is a full face mask, but we both know that looks way out of place for a Harley rider. On the other end of the spectrum are those guys…
Motorcycle News You Can Use: Pandemic Edition
I’ll be the first one to get in line for all this crap to end. Seriously. Despite that, and despite an old lady who has seriously curtailed a lot of the fun stuff we’d normally be doing this time of year, I guess the good news is the weather’s been…
Spring Start Up
Alright! It’s drying out down here and, according to my friends up North, a lot of ya’ll are chomping at the bit to get on the road. Let’s get riding season off to a good start… First of all, long before you try to turn that engine over, take a…
Your Motorcycle Is, Are YOU Ready?
For one of the first times in my adult life, I think I can finally “get” what you guys up North go through. See, it’s like this: down here in the South, we get a few cold days, we complain, then it’s 70 degrees in the middle of December. We’re…
Motorcycle Dashcam – Pray You’ll Never Need it, But if You Do…
“You See, What Had Happened Was”… Man, I got that line so many times as a young cop on weekend nights in bad parts of town. One guy would give us one version of the truth, his old lady, another, and the other perp would tell the story completely differently….
Tweaking the Performance of Your Motorcycle this Winter
Ah, winter. When motorcycle owners wander around poorly heated garages and dream of warmer weather. It’s also when a helluva lot of mistakes get made in “tune ups” and “performance upgrades” that simply won’t work. The biggest challenge, of course, is the temperature. For example, if you push timing too…
Motorcycle News You Can Use – 12/2019
Well, here we are again! The holidays are bearing down on us, it’s cold, riding your bike if you live nearly anywhere north of Kentucky is a frostbite-inducing adventure … …And your old lady wants to decorate the house. We get it, you’ve been busy. That was the entire point…