There’s a genuine thrill involved in opening new photo files from our staff photographers as we seldom know what to expect. Working primarily in his native UK, chief shooter Simon Everett somehow manages to unearth incredible custom bikes issue after issue. Some are traditional British specials comprised of air-cooled parallel twin engines and the sort…

If you’re the type of person who enjoys fiddling with the looks and performance of your bike but does such things as a hobby rather than a vocation, dig this- Indian Motorcycle Company has launched a new contest called The Wrench: Scout Bobber Build-Off. This nationwide competition basically asks for a trio of amateur bike…

Harley-Davidson has just released images of their new-for 2018 Iron1200 Sportster and it’s a real corker. We especially dig the moody, black-on-black finish extending from the burly, 74 cubic inch engine to the shrouded forks. Inspired by the many street customs you’ll see in places like Los Angeles, the Iron 1200 even rolls with a…

Last Year’s Outlier’s Guild Show Spring is nearly upon us- you can tell from the flood-like rains and stink bugs crawling out of the office woodwork- so here’s a few must-do events to get yer motor runnin’ for the new year. What’s On: 5th Annual Moto Chop Shop Party When: Saturday, March 10. Where: 6859…

The Hyde Harrier Bonneville- A Must-Ride special For Certain This is a great time to be a motorcyclist. Or, more to the point, a motorcycle byer as sales are down across the board, making used machines a steal in most cases. With a bumper crop of new, retro-flavored streetbikes now filling showrooms, choosing the perfect…

Our Humble Beginnings, Nearly Ten Years Old and Still Kicking The death of print may be greatly exaggerated in these digitally-obsessed times, but my, what a strange era in which to publish a motorbike magazine. Case in a very large script point: the country’s largest circulation motorcycle magazine, Cycle World has just announced a switch…

When young, ambitious and perennially penniless, we tend to accept all sorts of oddball offers to make a buck. Just last weekend, Blair Powell, a frequent CRM contributor and longtime riding buddy, sent me a You Tube clip of an old Iron City Beer commercial I appeared in some 25 years back. I’d forgotten all…

Though the CRM team is, unfortunately, stuck here in frigid Pittsburgh this weekend, if you’re anywhere near Las Vegas, you’ll want to make a beeline to the South Point casino. That’s where the Mecum Motorcycle Auction is going down. This is a veritable toy box of classic and not-so-classic motorbikes, all of which are for…

Leathers? Check. Cool helmet? Check. Kickstarter refusing to cooperate? Surely! Aging, as they say, is surely the ultimate humbling experience. I just left my doctor’s office where I was unhappy to learn that, after nearly four decades of kickstarting motorcycles, my right foot is throwing in the towel on such activities. That means the sizable…