A couple of years ago I ran into a friend on the way home from a weekend ride. Heading home, Heather and I opted for the San Marcos Pass route versus the coast. A stop at the Cold Springs Tavern is mandatory. Lot’s of motorcycles…mostly the Harley crowd, but a few sportbikes thrown in for…
Thank you Jerry Garcia… No, I’m not a ‘deadhead’ but as I have mentioned before I have put a lot of miles on a motorcycle. From an old BSA to my little Honda 350, to a Kawasaki H2 750 (evil bike that she was..I still love that motorcycle) to a more civil Honda CB750F, back…
When you love going fast, you will always love going fast. Sammy Haggar put it perfectly…”I can’t drive 55″. I met Sammy Haggar when I was working for a radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a very cool guy. Another guy I consider a good friend can’t drive 55 either. Meet my friend Kevin Johnson….
Thirty plus years ago was one of the best evenings of my motorcycling life. I was going to UCLA and down the street the local movie theater was playing Bruce Browns ‘On Any Sunday’. I sat there in the theater and watched the movie twice. At around midnight when I was told to leave, they…
Good Sunday to you all, I lost another friend yesterday. This one didn’t have two wheels, he had two legs and two hands. Two very talented hands. Most importantly, a BIG, BIG heart. I have been riding motorcycles since I was fourteen, but I have been surfing since I was ten. My friend Dave had…
Good morning all, I am a fan of Suzuki Superbike pilot Matt Mladin. He is highly skilled, intelligent, outspoken when it comes to rider safety and a really nice man when it comes to talking to fans. All in all a good representative of motorcycling and motorcycle racing. However, he seems to have pissed off…
Good afternoon all, Up until a while back, this time of year I would be preparing for the annual ‘3 Flags Classic’ ride put on by the SCMA. It’s a great trip. Somewhere in Mexico to somewhere in Canada in 3 1/2 days on mostly secondary roads. I made new friends, saw new places and…
Cafe Racers, TT racers (as in Tavern to Tavern), whatever you call them, they are way cool. As you may know, I love the Honda 350…don’t ask, I don’t know. Years back, a good friend of mine ‘Chopped’ one!..the dysfunctional TV family (OCC) could learn something from that bike…and I cafe’d mine out. Clubman bars,…
Good morning all,This morning on CNN the bubbly news personality reported that automobile fatalities were down again last year. Then added that motorcycle deaths are up for the tenth straight year. That was all. A little digging was in order (no pun intended). USA Today, Healthlink, The New York Times and more all have the…
A couple of weeks ago I got to do one of things I love to do most, go traveling on my motorcycle. This addiction started back in the early seventies with a trip up into the Sierra’s on my BSA Lightning 650. I rode with my high school friends Benny and Mike. Benny on a…
