Event Coverage

Freddie Cuba, a longtime custom bike builder of dubious renown grew up in Hastings, Nebraska, but bought a cabin 28 miles outside of town in Deweese in 1999. So get this, he flat-track raced for several years, but got disillusioned. His brother said something about driving hundreds of miles to race for a costly experience […]

Last night I was sittin’ in my chair, window shopping chrome for my new hardtail Sportster, as my old back beat a steady rhythm of pain through my body… and I got a message from the sister of one of my old riding buddies. My heart thudded loudly as I stared for a minute at

  Now that the books have officially closed on another incredible Sturgis Rally, everyone is asking the same question – How big was the 83rd Sturgis Rally in 2023? This year’s 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally attendance was down from 2022 (click here). Read on to see how the numbers break down.   What was the

On August 4-5 in Poland, the 1st Karpacz Custom Bike Show 2023 took place. It was a unique custom motorcycle competition organized as part of the Polish Bike Week, an event listed in the official HOG(Harley Owners Group) calendar, which annually gathers at the foot of the Sudetes mountains (south-west Poland) with several thousand motorcycles

Just when we thought the biker drama in whacko Waco, Texas had dulled to low roar, yet another tale comes out of Six Shooter Junction that sounds like something written by Kurt Sutter and played by 1990s Charlie Sheen. So, said I, in my Jeanie Sue Riley voice, I wanna tell you of a story

  Few things left in America are more patriotic than the Iowa State Fair, especially during election season. Politicians flock to Des Moines to vie for their positions as they enter the upcoming Iowa Caucus. This year was no different, as the livestock and rides and food competed with GOP hopefuls for the attention of

I made plans to attend Harley Davidson’s 120th Anniversary in Wisconsin, when I got a phone call from Berry Wardlaw. He told me about the Panhead Anniversary and the event that was happening to celebrate it in the Milwaukee area.  The Event was June 22-24 and the Harley Reunion was July 13-16. That would mean

  With all the buzz going around about Born Free 23, I couldn’t wait to jump on my bike and ride through the sunny Southern California canyons to get to the show.     The weather was perfect, It couldn’t have started out any better. Stopped for a quick bite and to top off my

While the reunion is now remembered for its gathering of hippies and rednecks converged in the Texas Hill Country to see Waylon, Willie and the rest of the redneck rock brigade, the actual lineup was far more conservative. The reunion assembled country legends like Earl Scruggs, Tom T. Hall, Tex Ritter and Roy Acuff. Missing

Here’s just a taste of the action:   HISTORIC HARLEY-DAVIDSON 120TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY   Harley-Davidson celebrated its 120th Anniversary in style with a huge international festival of motorcycles, music and wide ranging entertainment in Hungary’s national stadium campus in Budapest   •More than 100,000 participants attended the ticketed event across the four