There’s Imitation and Then There’s The 1200 Custom

  It was bound to happen. Harley-Davidson ended their 60-plus year run of producing their beloved XL series Sportsters in late 2021, leaving the newfangled, water-cooled and very rapid 1250s and its 975cc stablemate the Nightster as their sole Sportster models....

A Retro-Flavored Future

While building, riding and maintaining classic cafe racers holds charms and rewards you just don’t experience with a modern ride, plenty of custom bike enthusiasts have taken the altogether different route: they modify new school motorcycles to look like...

Keep On Draggin’

  Buzzing around some of the local hilly backroads recently, I spotted a group of motorcycles parked by a roadside BBQ restaurant and decided to pull in. The assembled bikes were a mixture of hardcore sportbikes with full fairings, a couple of performance nakeds...

Elvis’ Bikes Have Left The Building!

  Many are the urban legends surrounding motorcycles owned and ridden by Elvis Presley. The so-called King of Rock and Roll was an avid motorcyclist during most of his career, appearing on the cover of Harley-Davidson’s house publication “The...

Big Happenings At Barber

    If you’re into vintage bikes, roadracing or just checking out the world’s best motorcycle museum, Barber Motorsports Park is THE place to be this weekend. The annual Barber Vintage Festival kicks off today, and the event has quickly become...