Testing Their Mettle – Don Emde and Freddie Ludlow

"My dad raced 80 different meets in 1948. Finally in 1948 he won the Daytona…

John Player Norton – My First Motorcycle

It was my only motorcycle for years, so I favored high-speed roads on the east…

Tehuelche! A History, Part 2

The First Open South American Motorcycle Championship included participants…


A Fine Line, Part 3: Underground Artists

A lot of his 'Checkered Demon' biker characters were people he knew from…

A Fine Line, Part 2: Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth

Late in 1969, Ed's motorcycle venture came to a screeching halt.…

A Fine Line, Part 1: Von Dutch

There was a time in the early fifties to early sixties where Kenny led a…

Carlo Mollino and ‘The Australian Wall’

"Fifty percent of the architecture of all time has had advertising…


A Ride from Toulouse…

In June of 2011, the third edition of the Southsiders MC June ride was…

Life of a Showgirl

Who celebrates the mystical and magical loop of their past Eras with more…

Is Racing As Good as Sex?

A while back, my teenage son asked if racing motorcycles was as good as…