While in New York City over the past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting 20th Century Cycles, the well-stocked garage of cafe racer enthusiast and longtime bike rider Billy Joel. After spending a day catching up with Alex Puls, the main wrench and bike wrangler at the shop, he suggested we pay a visit…

After seven years staging our annual Readers’ Ride-In Bike Show at Mid-Ohio during the AMA’s Vintage Days celebration we’ve decided it’s time for some changes: come Sunday, August 23, we’re moving the massive custom café racer show to our own headquarters. That’s right, this year’s show will take place at 605 Beall Way in Sewickley,…

It’s a funny thing how rusty we can get at motorbike riding after a few months off for winter. Team CRM traveled to the west coast in January to dust off our riding skills and catch some much-needed sunlight, but after the brutal winter we experienced, we find ourselves not nearly as fast as we…

With the inaugural season of Velocity’s “Naked Speed” now airing in re-runs, there’s a palpable sense of relaxation around these parts. Though a new season’s programs seem to pass by in a very hectic six-week flash, planning, producing, filming editing and later, completing all the post-production work it requires to crate a modern, high-definition TV…

After what the record books will surely note as the coldest winter in decades, Mr. Sol is again making an appearance, prompting much giddiness and expectation around the CRM garage. This is an odd time of year to go tearing up the local roads- and I say local as road conditions are just too potentially…

Yesterday, we were riding through the Santa Monica Mountains, strafing canyons, exploring inconceivable lean angles and basically enjoying a week in sunny So Cal. The trip to test ride, photograph and generally soak in the West Coast streetbike scene has become an annual journey for team CRM and this year, what with Pittsburgh experiencing one…

The nation’s longest-running Rockers VS Mods event is not the incredible yearly soiree in Chicago- now known as Motoblot- but the Sand Diego RVM. This year’s shindig starts on Friday, January 23 and runs full throttle for the entire weekend. CRM will be on hand to check out the latest in So Cal custom motorbikes,…

The news from the feds is good, for a change. No, make that great as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just reported a 6.4 percent decline in fatalities among motorcyclists during 2013. there were 4,668 motorcycle fatalities in 2013 vs. 4,986 in 2012 and 4,630 fatalities in 2011. The group of states without universal…

Keeping various media cats in their respective bags is a vain endeavor these days, so let it be known that the new season of Cafe Racer TV is nearly upon us. We’ve been hinting at the release date of the fifth season of the global hit Discovery Velocity series in Cafe Racer magazine for several…