The largest powersports dealer in the nation, Southern Honda Powersports in Chattanooga Tennessee was fined $125,000 to settle allegations that it knowingly sold motorcycles that had been recalled but not repaired. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began a probe of the dealership after USA Today story about the practice. USA Today said it [...]
Motorists aren’t fully experiencing the scenic vistas of the world behind a pane of glass. To fully enjoy the idiosyncratic terrain and climates of earth, one must ride by motorcycle. You’d be doing a disservice to the following routes by driving on any more than two wheels. Motorcycle Prep To launch any motorcycle road trip, [...]
Several bike week photographs, taken 20 years ago, have torpedoed one of the front running candidates to replace the retiring Pope Benedict XVI, according to sources inside the Vatican who asked not to be identified In 1992, when he was just 48 years old, Cardinal (then Bishop) Beagan Malachy took a walk on the wild side [...]
The Full Throttle Saloon capped its fourth season with the marriage between co-stars Michael and Angie Ballard, and left fans wondering about the fate of Jackyl front man Jesse James Dupree. (Spoiler alert) It doesn’t take a Scotland Yard detective to figure out Jesse is alive as fans of the show have pointed out on [...]
Press Release – The 2013 Harley-Davidson® Breakout® motorcycle is an urban prowler, a bike ready for a midnight ramble to the roadhouse or a rib joint rendezvous with the crew. Green light? Crack the throttle to deliver a muscular dose of American V-Twin torque and etch the asphalt with a fat rear tire. The Breakout will be [...]
First it was a full page ad in the Times-Picayune,thanking the residents of New Orleans for their hospitality. Then the Baltimore Ravens owner, Steve Bisicotti, purchased a pair of Harley-Davidson FLHP police bikes and donated them to NOPD for the assistance that was given to the team during its stay in the Big Easy. Typically the [...]
A Las Vegas motorcycle rider, identified as John Paul Rosario was on his way to work last month when he was caught up in some slow moving traffic. You can see in the video when he passes the patrol car, and traffic slows again. That’s when John Paul slows to a stop to avoid a merging [...]
The Oxford English Dictionary, (OED) was started four years before the outbreak of the Civil War, and according to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is the world’s most comprehensive single-language dictionary in print. The online edition receives 2 million hits per month from paying subscribers. So, we’ll concede they know a thing or two about [...]
(excerpted from the Miami Herald) About 60 riders participated in the St. Richard’s Catholic Church’s Archbishop’s Poker Run led by Archbishop Thomas Wenski wearing his leathers and riding his Harley-Davidson Street Glide. The Chrome Knights Motorcycle Association and other groups helped the archdiocese organize the poker run which stopped at a fruit stand, a cafe and Peterson’s [...]
Even as another celebrity chopper builder’s name is metaphorically engraved on the tombstone of failed businesses, (OCC files for bankruptcy) a west coast icon signals his intention to resurrect his brand as a phoenix rising from the ashes. Jesse James, the man who embraced and fostered the chopper building media hype before anyone else, has [...]
