Bad Press or No Press… It Never Changes
Here we go again. No matter what we do as bikers, the world sees us all as 1 percenters. Criminals, thugs, drug dealers, or deviants. Last year, there was plenty of coverage for the bad apples in the news when some dummies shot up a show in Colorado, but the…
Cushman Truckster – A Different Type of V-Twin Project
So for the most part, I keep my other hobbies out of The Bikers’ Den, but over the years, I’ve let on that I spend a little time restoring stuff that isn’t just bikes. My Texas Dually Project is nearly finished and like any red-blooded American, I have a few things…
Everything Your Biker Heart Desires… Well Almost
Now I know that plenty of you guys are stuck in the cold and the snow and really jonesing for a few hours in the saddle. Even if there isn’t any snow, the cold is enough to turn even the most insulated butt into a popsicle and that means short…
How is H-D Selling Fewer Bikes & Making More Money?
One of the things that I always enjoy as a holdover from my years in an office is reading financials. I certainly don’t have a portfolio worth bragging about (the old lady does, though), but trying to read between the lines is always fun. As a writer, I also like…
So If You Simply Have To Ride This Winter…
I get it. You’ve been cooped up for what feels like months and the bike is sitting, clean, set and ready to go and Spring seems years away. For folks that don’t have the benefit of warmer winter weather like me (I had to swat a damn mosquito the other…
Victory is Lost! Polaris Shuts Down Motorcycle Operations
Every once in a while, you get surprised. That may not happen as often as it used to for a lot of us, but I was unpleasantly surprised when I opened up the paper the other day to find that Polaris was shutting down operations of its Victory motorcycle line…
Cleaning Your Leather Motorcycle Gear
You’re not fooling anybody. You’ve polished every inch of chrome on the bike, you’ve checked the battery 12 times, you even cranked the engine over a few times “just to see”. In all honesty, your bike hasn’t been this clean since, well, last year at this time. And you’re running…
Grading My 2016 Motorcycle Resolutions
So here we are, in the “blahs” of January. Snow is actually in my forecast here in the south and for once, it is too cold to ride. With the beginning of a New Year, we’ve all made some resolutions, and I figured I’d go back and check on mine…
You Just Had to See These “Special Riders”
So I had to take a long trip yesterday on business that didn’t involve my bike and despite the weather, I still saw a fair amount of guys out riding. Bundled up, facemasks, you know the look. And then I started seeing some special riders. Guy on a Goldwing in…
Christmas Shopping – Biker Style
Well, even here in the south we’re in a deep freeze. Yesterday, the high never got above 38 degrees and I’ll tell you, driving the old diesel was a relief. It may not be anything like what some of you guys are used to north of the border, but we…
Everything is Gone – The Tragedy of Wildfires
This Spring I wrote about the wildfires that were ravaging northern Alberta and while my friends up North were dealing with all of that tragedy, I remember thinking how rare wildfires are here in the southern United States. Oh, we get the occasional brush fire that takes out a few…
When will us Bikers Learn?
Last week, like the good boy I am, I got the whole family cleaned up and went to visit my parents for the Thanksgiving holiday (Yeah, we have it a little later than our Canadian friends). We ate too much, we laughed, and when the feast was finally done and…
