It is Thursday. But it is different from most Thursdays in my life since I am standing as close as I can to a racetrack in northern Alabama to get pictures of riders practicing for upcoming races. In this moment, the old — or should I say “vintage” — bikes are running sidecars of various design. The riders are getting ready to participate in races over the next three … [Read more...] about Barber Vintage Festival: You Will Be Entertained
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If You Build It, They Will Race: How One Man’s Backyard Dream Became a Moto Mecca
If you could have anything in your front yard, what would it be? A skatepark is my answer. I guess the answer may be limited to the size of your yard, but if you had ample room, what would you choose? For one motorcycle enthusiast, his answer was a flat track Chastin Brand works as a pinstriper and sign painter by trade. It’s a dying art form, but he keeps it alive — he’ll … [Read more...] about If You Build It, They Will Race: How One Man’s Backyard Dream Became a Moto Mecca
Engines, Ink and Insight: A Day with Writer Peter Egan
It didn’t matter about the subject, or whether it was about sports cars, motorcycles or philosophies on life, I always found journalist and author Peter Egan’s words to be at once witty, insightful, thought-provoking and endearing. I’d (figuratively) traveled with him in a ’63 Caddy in search of the Blues Highway, realized that I wasn’t the only one bent on one day owning a BMW … [Read more...] about Engines, Ink and Insight: A Day with Writer Peter Egan
Evacuation Made for a Different Trip to Chimney Rock
Vintage Harley-Davidson enthusiast Tom Plackis was used to answering calls for help. He retired after a long career with New York City’s fire department. This time, it was his friends asking to help them escape the devastation of Hurricane Helene in Bat Cave near Chimney Rock, North Carolina. Nearly a year after Helene devastated Western North Carolina, residents who lived … [Read more...] about Evacuation Made for a Different Trip to Chimney Rock
Mystery Loop: Dual-sport riding in the North Georgia woods becomes an epic journey
How many times have you wondered where a road leads? Perhaps you were out riding in the woods and spotted a trail out of the corner of your eye, the thought of what could possibly be down there immediately enters your mind. Countless times has this happened for me, nearly every time I ride off-road. Yet very rarely have I ever actually ventured down one of these mystery … [Read more...] about Mystery Loop: Dual-sport riding in the North Georgia woods becomes an epic journey
