One of my favorite parts of traveling by motorcycle is the strange cultural sites that appear by the roadside. Over the past 40-odd years of riding two-wheelers, I’ve come across some sights that make for excellent post-ride bull sessions with some of the sights in question provoking fond memories and belly laughs many years…

In an upcoming issue, we’ll be profiling several motorcycle enthusiasts who share  a common malady: they can’t bring themselves to sell any of their motorbikes. It seems that everywhere we travel, we’re told of people who have amassed enormous, multi-bike collections and the stories behind these assemblages of high-performance metal are as fascinating as the…

  One of the most exciting parts of planning any custom project bike involves selecting a paint job. Alongside the giddy (and often wallet-flattening) process of choosing which components are to comprise your dream ride, the art of selecting, well, art for a motorcycle seems to be everyone’s favorite. And why not- in most instances,…

  A good two decades past, my wife worked in a high-end motorcycle dealership. The shop, located in a suburb of Pittsburgh, was also home to the U.S. Bimota importer and just visiting her at work exposed me to all sorts of exotic European motorcycles I’d never heard of before. These sleek, high-tech roardacers attracted…