Collecting Or Hoarding?

by | Jun 11, 2021 | Blog

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,...

Paint Your Wagon

by | May 28, 2021 | Blog

  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...

Bad Editor, Great Writer

by | May 14, 2021 | Blog

  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...

What Becomes A Legend Most

by | May 5, 2021 | Blog

  Legends are strange phenomena. Human beings are endlessly fascinated by objects for the oddest of reasons and one motorcycle- or brand of motorcycle- that’s genuinely captured the imaginations (and dollars) of many wears the vaunted Vincent label....

Classic Racing In Kansas

by | Apr 25, 2021 | Blog

  One of the happiest means of measuring our nearing the end of the ongoing Coronavirus shut-down is the recent deluge of announcements about upcoming motorcycle events. Many of the weekend meets, races and custom shows that were cancelled in 2020 are gloriously...

Uncertain Future of Harley-Davidson’s Bronx

by | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog

  The crew here at CRM were understandably excited when news surfaced in 2019 of an all-new machine from Harley-Davidson. The promised streetbike was a real corker- at least on paper. Fashioned after the emergent streetfighter/supernaked bikes that have now...