Event Coverage

On Sunday August 8th Michael Lichter invited members of the media and the motorcycle industry to the Grand Opening of his 2021 Motorcycles As Art Exhibition held at the Buffalo Chip. The exhibit is open to the public, free of charge for the entire rally.      The invitation was: Many motorcycle builders come and go. […]

  This past weekend Maryland International Raceway hosted a record sized crowd at the 21st annual WPGC Bike Fest with over 9,000 fans in attendance! The XDA continues to deliver the largest motorcycle drag racing event in the industry. The event also featured Live music, a Freestyle Motocross show, sound competition, custom bike show, a

  The Motorcycle Cannonball is held every two years as a Coast to Coast Motorcycle Endurance Race. It was initially started by Lonnie Isam Jr., (deceased) from Sturgis SD to commemorate Erwin “Cannonball“ Bakers Cross Country Record Setting Rides in the early 20th Century. Baker completed 142 coast to coast record setting rides for a

NHDRO motorcycle drag racing series race coverage report event: NHDRO $67K Big Bracket Shootout Season Opener presented by Liguori Drag Racingwhen: May 13-16, 2021where: National Trail Raceway, Hebron, Ohio, USA     Lee and Adams Take NHDRO’s $67,000 Shootout NHDRO’s Brian and Niki Welch have really perfected their Big Money bracket shootout formula with last

A couple of years ago the growing membership of the Cherokee Chapter of the AMCA (Antique Motorcycle Club of America) in central Texas made a monumental decision. The antique motorcycle group wanted to establish a major antique motorcycle event closer to the center of the country. Davenport, Iowa, Daytona, Florida and Wauseon, Ohio were like

  The AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series gaveAtlanta Dragway a flaming, thundering, nitro Harley send-off, asthe AHDRA opened its 2021 campaign at the soon-to-be-razed Commerce, Georgia speed facility on April 17-18. TKR & Associates Top Fuel The biggest thunder inGeorgia was brewed up by the big nitro V-Twins of TKR & Associates Top Fuel.

 A classic Chopper show I try not to miss when in Daytona for Bike Week. Willie puts it together at his Tropical Tattoo, and it looks like lots of other people felt the same way about the Bike Week show. The place was packed with motorcycles and people.          There are 20

Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) opens the world exclusive exhibition ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire’ tomorrow, featuring 100 exceptional motorcycles from the 1870s to the present. Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Director Chris Saines said ‘The Motorcycle’, showing until 26 April, 2021 celebrates 150 years of motorcycle history and included multiple

When BillRowe purchased the assets of the inert AHDRA All-American motorcycle dragracing series late in 2019, the challenges before him and his family staff weredaunting enough. But when 2020 came along and the event landscape went haywire,Rowe put his head down and completed a schedule for AHDRA racers at some of thebest tracks in the

TRUMPTOBERFEST ABOUNDS ALL OVER THE U.S.A LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020. NEVER IN MY LIFETIME HAVE I SEEN A “GREATER LOVE” DEMONSTRATED BY US CITIZENS, OR “DEPLORABLES” AS WE ARE KNOWN, FOR AN EVEN  GREATER PRESIDENT.  “THEE PRESIDENT”, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT HAS DELIVERED ON PROMISES MADE DURING HIS CAMPAIGN, IS

  AHDRA motorcycle drag racing series race coverage/pre-race report recent event: AHDRA’s MTC Engineering Sunshine Nationals when: October 17-18, 2020 where: Orlando Speed World, Bithlo, Florida, USA next event: AHDRA’s MTC Engineering World Finals when: November 6-8, 2020 where: Gainesville Raceway, Florida, USA AHDRA Nitro Keeping the Florida Autumn Blazing Hot!   All-American motorcycle drag

  Even with the Chinese Covid thing the Show Must Go On and Willie and his crew at Tropical Tattoo did it again. Thanks!   Yes, the crowd was a tad smaller than last year, but I did not hear anyone complaining. It just made it easier to get around and in some cases get

      The city of Daytona restricted vendor permits during Biketoberfest this year. Bummer. They attempted to shut the event down, but the riders kept coming. A result of severe lock-down meant no vendors at the speedway, boardwalk, main street etc. Events did not happen or were moved.  But wait! Destination Daytona was open and

  AHDRA motorcycle drag racing series pre-race report event: AHDRA’s MTC Engineering Sunshine Nationals when: October 17-18, 2020 where: Orlando Speed World, Bithlo, Florida, USA AHDRA Bringing Nitro to Orlando AHDRA is bringing all-American motorcycle drag racing and the smell and fury of nitro to Florida’s Orlando Speed World with their MTC Engineering Sunshine Nationals

                            As in past years getting ready for the ride to Sturgis included fully servicing my 2009 FLHTC motorcycle, cleaning cameras, making sure all paperwork for events was handled like insurance, bike registrations, location registrations, bills paid and just all the myriad of

This is a gear-grinding, shock stretching, chassis flexing, pushrod pounding (in the case of the Challenger, tappet tapping) first in many respects. No one ever expected baggers to battle it out in an official AMA, MotoAmerica road race scenario on an historic championship road racetrack. But it’s happening this year supported by industry leaders such

Worldwide circumstances have conspired to ensure that this year’s 80th anniversary Sturgis Rally won’t be the stellar celebration once planned. That said, once August 7th rolls around, the eight-decade occasion will most certainly be marked, if with less fanfare. As bike riders, we appreciate the significance of an 80-year milestone in motorcycling, especially one celebrated

   I have taken a lot of different routes to get to Sturgis, South Dakota for their rally in August. I usually ended stopping in Mitchell, SD on Interstate 90 even if it was only for gas and a bite to eat. There are plenty of gas stations, places to eat and hotels and motels

So, I made my first Bike Night in 15 years? Yeah, I’ve covered some events since then, but the bike nights went by wayside, when I moved back to Houston to work at the St James. Figured it was okay to trade motorcycles for scantly glad ladies! The evening festivities were to celebrate the one-year

Leaving Willis this Sunday morning after online church. It was still a bit damp from the early morning rain. While it stayed cloudy most of the way down I-45 to the 99 toll road, I couldn’t resist heading to the Destroyer Garage Swap Meet. I couldn’t resist my first Covid escape. Upon my arrival the

Outreach in Daytona Beach helping to Keep America Great Again!    This year, fellow Americans, is the time to get your shit together! Our country has the best President ever, and we need to keep him in office For 4 more!     We only have 8 months until the election, and being complacent and thinking

   79th Daytona Beach Bike Week got It’s humble beginning way back in 1937 and started as the Daytona 200 – a motorcycle race that was actually a 3.2 mile course including beach and roadway.   Picture that – high banking on sand – in view of the Atlantic Ocean – musta been a sight –

  Every Bike Week and Biketoberfest this makes the list as the place to go. Willie’s Tropical Tattoo hosts the Chopper Time Old School Chopper Show in Ormond Beach on US1. This is a great event with all the proceeds going to www.veteranssupportfund.org.                     The show

  Bay Pines National Cemetery – St Petersburg, Florida  Or at a National Cemetery near you….     What really bothers me is that it’s December 11, 2019 – and Saturday, December 14th we convene at Bay Pines National Cemetery to participate in Wreaths Across America to “remember the Fallen…Honor those who Serve…Teach our children