Results for: Michael lawless

The Shadow brought memories of simpler times, before drugs and alcohol and 'going fast' was everything. When the…

It had been a hard day at work, but that's why they pay you, right? The ride home was my redemption; my anguish faded…

Rolling on the throttle aggressively to blend into traffic, the ZERO spun up the back tire hard, snapping me opposite…

She called the bike my mistress, saying it gave me things she couldn't. How I walked taller after a spirited ride. And…

Mike Lawless encountered some high class folks in his old job selling luxury cars. And sometimes they encountered him…

Is there anything as lonely as riding a single-cylinder motorcycle on a blustery winter's day? Even when it's sharp as…

Small motorcycles are not part of the conversation in the USA: our domestic brands don't even build them, unless…

I feel awkward when normal folk see me in my racing gear. Kind of like the guy in the movie  "Electric Horseman"…

His buddies might make more money. But they're never happy. Always bitching about their jobs. They live for the…

We talked motorcycle for a bit. I heard one of the guys call him Fast Eddie. To me, he was always Mr. Fisher. His…

Regular hospitals hate us. Have they never suffered for their art? Experience has taught me I'm better off saying I…

I turned 18 years old in 1969, the minimum age to race motorcycles professionally in the United States, when dirt track…

What's it like to race Speedway, with no brakes or suspension, doing 0 to 60 in three seconds, on a bike with 70+hp…

Learning the hard way is painful. Life over the limit beat me down, and I grew gun shy from injury. Tired of…

What does it take to be a racer? Morgan Mischler talks to Mike Lawless about 'big balls and hard work'

Brad Baker flew to Spain, borrowed a bike, and beat Marc Marquéz. But it took years for Mike Lawless to get the…

"You make him sounds like such a desperado, Dad, but he's really nice." Brad Baker, the friendly gladiator of American…