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…

With the extended weather forecast calling for the sort of weather that made the Battle of the Bulge so much fun, this, the first couple of weeks of November are a time to hustle. The daytime highs in this part of Pennsylvania soared into the high 60s several times, prompting the crew at CRM to…

‘Tis a fascinating and strange time to be in the market for custom cafe racer parts. Or parts for just about any type of personalized vehicle. Thanks to the wonder/curse that is the Internerd, builders can source parts from places around the globe that were previously unavailable to average punters. Well, punters without the craving…

Funny how with the leaves here in Western Pennsylvania just beginning their fall color show, how precious riding becomes. When you live and ride in a state where the riding season is limited by Ma Nature’s whims, the realization that you’ve only got a few weeks left to do the crazy throttle twisting thang really…