Planning an event weeks or even months in advance is always tough, especially one that involves thousands of individual businesses, tens of thousands of people and enough logistics to confuse a spreadsheet designer. A culmination of factors resulted in the sudden cancellation of this year’s Progressive International Motorcycle Shows, which is unfortunate for…

  There comes a time in most riders lives when taking action is the best medicine. Mine came last weekend when the temperature soared into the mid-80s, which is unusual for Western Pennsylvania in April. I’d bene nursing a foot that had undergone a massive, seven-hour reconstructive surgery a couple of months back and doctor’s…

  Our Instagram feed seldom goes what the kids call “viral” being as most of Cafe Racer’s readers prefer to receive their information in print form. However, last July when we were invited to the press launch for Harley-Davidson’s all-new Sportster 1250S, a post revealing the much-anticipated machine drew about 10 times the usual number of…

  We’ve all ridden with them. The sort of rider who never misses an opportunity to prove just how fast they and their machines are. On every ride, they’re the type who’s willing to risk all for the chance to reveal that when it comes to covering twisty roads, they’re literally miles ahead of the…