Day Tripper And Points Of Interests

Whatever kind of motorcyclist you are — day tripper or world explorer — mapping software can help start your next adventure in the right direction. Fortunately FX Development, Inc., a Seattle-based early stage startup recently launched myscenicdrives.com.  It’s a new website to help motorcyclists find that cool scenic drive.  The site offers cleaver features that will help [...]

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See History In Route To Sturgis

Last Friday marked the 134th anniversary of the battle. I’m talking about The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand.  It claimed, 263 soldiers, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, who died fighting several thousand Lakota, and Cheyenne warriors led by Sitting Bull.  They fought for their [...]

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More Vintage

Back in 2004, Stephen Julius, a British-Italian financier with a talent for extracting valuable brands from the junkyard (remember Chris Craft?) did just that as he scooped up the Indian Motorcycle marquee and brand rights.  Partnering with Mr. Julius would be his Harvard Business School classmate Steve Heese.  The two would be the 5th set of entrepreneurs who [...]

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Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You

Practicing the piano for 10-years does not make you creative.  It just allows you to replicate what’s been done before. I’m not sure who coined that phrase, but for some reason I’m reminded of Harley-Davidson and the debut of their 2011 models. I can neither confirm or deny that I’ve been busy testing a sample of [...]

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Endurance Riding Not For The Meek

How about riding 500 miles a day for 14 days straight and then each night sleeping on the ground?  For some it’s just the kind of thing that makes it onto a “bucket list” and they’re ready to go.  For others it creates a moment of pause. Endurance riders sometimes engage in endurance events known as rallies. [...]

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Work to Ride – Ride To Work

It’s not a radical idea.  It’s just one day where everyone can agree to ride a motorcycle. It’s called Ride To Work Day and the annual event is Monday, June 21st. The Ride to Work Day was inspired by “Work to Ride – Ride to Work‘” marketing materials created between 1989 and 1991 by the Aero Design [...]

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Harley-Davidson At The National Law Enforcement Museum

You might not be aware of this, but August Vollmer, Chief of Police for Berkeley, CA., is often credited with establishing the first police motorcycle patrol in 1911. However, many police bureau’s reported using motorcycles as patrol vehicles earlier.  For example right here in “River City”, the Portland, OR., Police Bureau hired Merle Sims in 1908 [...]

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Video From The Road

It’s enlightening when you run across a blogger with motorcycle passion and they have writing talent. That would describe Rob Green the editor of www.Road-Quest.com.  He is located in Washington state in the South Puget Sound area and has been riding motorcycles for over 30 years. Like many of us it first started out on dirt bikes [...]

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Hells Canyon Cruisin’

At this point it seems everywhere you look America looks almost the same. The interstate leads you to identical fast food joints, mini-mart gas stations and cookie-cutter Wal-Marts.  However, when riding to the Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally (HCMR) it’s easy to notice there is a vast difference between the metropolis and the hinterlands. Due to marathon [...]

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Million Mile Monday

Sometimes posts seem a bit like “Groundhog Day.”  Have you seen the movie?  It star’s Bill Murray and is often used as common reference to a situation the continually repeats. And speaking of “three-peat”…   The Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) Annual Million Mile Monday will take place on Monday, June 28th.   It’s a day which encourages all motorcyclists and in [...]

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