Natalie Pack was recently crowned Miss California but the 22-year-old junior from UC Irvine says that she’s never really been into pageants. Instead, Pack says that she grew up as a tomboy and spent most of her time riding motorcycles. “I had no experience,” she said on KTLA Morning News on Monday. “I’ve always been [...]
In a recent tour of the impressive collection of vintage motorcycles at the Buddy Stubbs Harley-Davidson Dealership in Phoenix, I became fascinated by the military hardware. Buddy has bikes of every make, model and vintage, but a pair of WWII motorcycles really sparked my interest. The first WWII motorcycle that I encountered was a 1942 Indian. [...]
With warm weather is slowly approaching, motorcyclists around the world are dreaming about that next big adventure. “The Great Ride,” a new show on Fox Sports, takes a look at some of the greatest rides, the newest inventions, and the personalities that drive the motorsports world. “The series is designed for everyone who loves motorcycles, [...]
First and foremost we would like to say to the men in uniform, thank you for putting your lives on the line to keep us safe. We appreciate everything all you do; often we do not show our gratitude. We thought we would dig up some photographs of the motorcycles the men in uniform ride. [...]
I recently came across an intriguing photograph of a motorcycle on the ocean floor. It possessed that same strange, surreal beauty that something like the sunken Titanic holds. It inspired me to search for more. There is something about the silence and the cool hues of the watery deep that captivates us. This is especially [...]
On October 13, the Environmental Protection Agency approved an increase in the ethanol portion of blended gasoline from 10 to 15 percent. However, the use of the new E15 fuel is to be confined to model year 2007 and new cars and light trucks. The use is not approved for motorcycles at this time. So the quick [...]
Dimensionally challenged motorcycle mavericks By Paul Garson, Courtesy of Motorcycle.com Motorcyclists by their very “outlaw” perspective on transportation tend to dance to a different drummer. Whether you’ve strapped a Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine to your Schwinn Stinger bicycle or carved a custom chopper from a solid block of billet aluminum, the impetus for creating [...]
A quartet of chopped, hopped and popped Triumphs In the premier biker movie of all times, the 1953 The Wild One starring Marlon Brando, the hero “Johnny” is not riding a Harley. Instead, he’s roaring around on a Triumph, a trophy tied to the handlebars. Maybe the motorcycle brand’s name was a metaphor for the [...]
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