On the back of the DVD box it says “Ever wonder what happens when a few hundred bike riders with an insatiable taste for fire, beer and mayhem ride hand-built choppers across twisty, pitted tarmac from SoCal to Baja and back?”. That’s a pretty accurate description. This is definitely not a DVD that will score [...] Continue reading

Found this cool video review with some guys testing the two sport touring motorcycles BMW K1600GT and 2011 Kawasaki Concours 14. It was a few years ago since I’ve tried a motorcycle in the sport touring category. It was never really a type of motorcycle that appealed to me. I like my motorcycles a little [...] Continue reading

October is a great time to take a few days of and go to Cannes France rent a bike from Columbus International and  scoot around in the mountains. Last year that’s just what I did. Couldn’t make it this year unfortunately. But thinking of it reminded me that I never did that write up on [...] Continue reading

The Hypermotard, is Ducati’s answers to the publics craving for motards. No motorcycle manufacturer with a fair amount of self respect doesn’t have a motard in their line up. Ducati is known for their exclusive high quality Italian motorcycles. Of course the Hypermotard is no exception. What I find most impressive is that they’ve managed [...] Continue reading

Did you ever loose anything out of your wallet even though it was closed? Louis Kiss did and came up with the Clinch Wallet to never have to worry about that again. He came up with the idea after a credit card slipped out of his wallet without noticing it at the gym. He then [...] Continue reading

The Harbortown Bobber is the latest movie from the independent motorcycle movie makers Scott Di Lalla and Zack Coffman. The movie follows the ground up building process of Scott’s custom Triumph. If you’re into the whole backyard do it your self motorcycle building you will absolutely love this movie. It is stuffed with tips and [...] Continue reading

The Ducati Monster 696 is a perfect example of how you can continuously improve a motorcycle model without just increasing engine size. I’ve tried a few monsters before, and although the monster has always had a high fun factor, the 696 is something special. I don’t know a first thing about what kind of rating [...] Continue reading

Save money on that Christmas motorcycle present with a Tire Rack coupon code. Christmas holidays are getting dangerously closer. It’s time to figure out what to get the bastard who spends all his/her time in the garage wrenching on that damned two wheeled death trap. The book “House Maintenance For Dummies” you gave last year [...] Continue reading

First off let’s take a brief look at the practical applications of chaps in general. One is for protection when horseback riding through brushy terrain. We’ve all seen that in cowboy movies. But also forest workers sometimes wear chaps-like protection when operating chainsaws etc. There’s likely a few more practical applications for chaps than that, [...] Continue reading

Chopperhead Vol. III is easily the best one yet. If you haven’t heard of Chopperhead here’s a brief description. If you haven’t seen the first two, here’s the deal: This series documents and pays homage to the home-builder and the underground chopper/custom motorcycle scene – the true essence of Kustom Kulture. You won’t find any [...] Continue reading

Customizing your vehicle wether it’s a two wheeler, four wheeler or even eighteen wheeler is an old and proud tradition. In fact so much that there is a specific name for the culture around customizing vehicles. The name is Kustom Kulture. Devils and Angels, by Low & Loud Productions, is a real to the bloody [...] Continue reading

Underground independent motorcycle movies are popping up all over the place these days. Some might be better off as YouTube clips, and some really offers cool insights that the polished Discovery shows can’t come close to. Free to wander is a bit in both camps. The interviews with the motorcycle riders, artists and fabricators are [...] Continue reading

Time to try something new on Helmet Hair. There’s a few motorcycle games floating around that you can embed on your own webpages. I’m going to try and embed one, play around with it for a bit, and write my opinion on the game as comments. Feel free to join the fun and say what [...] Continue reading

Winter is just around the corner and it’s time to take your darling to pieces for polishing and lubing. That’s your motorcycle I’m talking about. Don’t get any funny ideas. There’s nothing like taking your bike apart when winter starts to really take good care of it this year. But three months later, riding season [...] Continue reading

Now here’s a nifty little gadget for carrying the essentials with you on your motorcycle. The people behind Grab-it Pack, as this baby is called, was kind enough to send me one for review. First impression out of the box was that it’s a wee bit light and flimsy in the materials. But I’ve been [...] Continue reading