Great news surfaced early today when we managed to reach Rock Store owner Rich Savko who confirmed that the beloved So Cal motorcycle meeting place had not, in fact burned down. Savko was surprised to find the restaurant, located on Mulholland Highway in the tiny hamlet of Cornell, California, had just escaped the ferocious Woolsey…

Ah, fall riding season. A time of brisk mornings, warm afternoon roads and watching every treeline for hormone-crazed deer. This is also the time of year when the world’s motorcycle manufacturers let us writers loose on their early-release new bikes, which is akin to Christmas and your birthday all rolled into a single crazy season….

We received an invite recently from our friends at Buffalo, New York’s City Limit Moto, to host an evening of movies and chat. It’s been a few good turns of the old spokes since we met with our fellow cafe racer enthusiasts so we’re looking quite forward to the occasion. Come Saturday, December 7, I’ll…

Say goodbye to this sort of cheap knock-off sportbike bodywork from overseas. To date, I believe myself to be one of the few remaining Americans who choose to receive his daily news in print form. No big fan of electronic media and having worked as a newspaper columnist for 20 years, print newspapers still –…