Rejoice! Ride to Work Day is Almost Here
Ride To Work Day is Almost Here! Alright fellow motorcycle enthusiasts, June is almost here (holy crap!) and one of the best parts about June is that “Ride Your Motorcycle To Work Day” is going to be here on June 20. So that means put up the leathers, get on the…
Motorcycling A Rich Man’s Game? It Doesn’t Have to Be
Last weekend was the kind of weekend that everybody thinks of when they picture a weekend. Not too much to do around the house, not a lot of humidity, no mosquitoes, and some 2 inch thick ribeyes waiting for the grill to heat up. Yep, you guessed it – I…
Call to Bikers – Ideas for Helping Victims of the Fort McMurray Fire
Alright, guys. Let’s face facts. We’re bikers. A lot of us get on the bike and pretend to be rebels, but for most of us “99 percenters”, we’ve got a mortgage, kids, debt, and real jobs. Hell, I’ve got all of that but a real job – but I…
Uh-Oh! Motorcycle Fender Bender How-To
Howdy, boys and girls. Now that virtually all of us are out on the road, the sad truth is that some of us are going to have a little fender bender. A slow lay down, a knockover in the parking lot, something is going to happen. In fact, we talked…
Using Baby Shampoo to Wash Smelly Motorcycle Helmets
Okay, so this is going to sound pretty self-deprecating. My old helmet stank. You know? The one that got liberated on the college campus two weeks ago? Yeah. It really must’ve smelled awful, because my new one WSB Beanie smells amazing. I mean, it stands to reason, we sweat when…
Thanks for Stealing my Beanie Helmet, Jerk!
Okay, this is ludicrous. I had to meet with the Associate Dean of a local university this morning – I’m talking to him about some different courses that the school is offering to the blue collar guys – and while I was there, some sum-bitch stole my lid off my…
Fun Times at “Bear on the Square Festival” in Dahlonega, Georgia
Last weekend, I took the Sportster on our maiden voyage. Sure, I’ve logged hundreds of thousands of miles on this bike over the years, killed it few times, rebuilt it, flogged it at the track, and damn near blew it up (along with myself), but this was the maiden voyage…
Over 1000 NYC Motorcycles & ATVs Seized in NYC
I may be the only guy in the world that will acknowledge that he watched Jackie Chan’s movie years ago “Rumble in the Bronx”, but I do remember that the movie seemed to have a number of dirt bikes in it and I also remember thinking that dirt bikes in…
“No Test Rides” Work Around? Advice for Buying a Motorcycle
So, you are a young rider or a new rider and you are looking to buy a new bike. Maybe you have an older bike that you want to trade in and with the sheer volume of bikes out there, you are trying to figure out what to get. You’ve…
Sportster Rebuild Project – Final Verdict
Brothers, if spring isn’t here for most of us, it’s right around the corner and I know my friends in the Provinces are itching to get going. Make it happen, captain! All you folks that have been following my Sportster rebuild have probably noticed that I haven’t had the dyno…
Getting Yourself Ready for the Riding Season
Here we go! Spring is so close that I can smell it and for all of us who are starting to get an itchy throttle hand, I have to talk about what we’re looking forward to.For those of you who have followed the blog, the Sportster is up and running…
