Jun 23, 2011

George Sedlak. To those that have been in the motorcycle industry it’s a name associated with one legend that was larger than life, Evel Knievel. George was Evel’s “go to” painter during his career. Covering everything from helmets, harleys, signs and various other items he wanted tagged with the “EK” look. George has been...

Urgent Update from Stampede participant Harold Grissom: Early this morning in Jefferson City, Missouri as i was going around a 360 degree ramp onto Hwy. 50 my back wheel hit some foreign substance. The bike spun 360 degrees and i ended up in the barracade. By the time the bike stopped spinning i had somehow jerked the beemer back up, cranked it and rode off. ...

Jun 21, 2011

Update from Harold Grissom on the Stampede Ride. Sunday night I had several issues that were plaguing me. 1) The clutch had some issues. 2) My tail light was out. 3) My kickstand fell off. Have you ever tried to park a bike without a kickstand?! It resulted in me having to tie my kickstand to my pack and manually putting it back on at every stop. No big...

Jun 20, 2011

Stampede Update:  OK, nobody told me it was going to rain the whole time with temps in the 40′s.   I’m making pretty good time.  I thought my legs would bleed during the hail storms though, and more important than that, it has done a number on the feathers in my beard. (that’s a whole other story). I’ve been having a few mechanical...

Jun 19, 2011

This is correspondence from Harold Grissom who is a participant in this years Stampede ride across america. Race day is upon us.  As expected, this will be the longest and most difficult Stampede to date.  Right at 3300 miles all the way to the east coast and then back west to Rockingham, North Carolina.  Looks as if a good bit of that will be through...

Jun 18, 2011

I’m not a real fan of gambling and Vegas might be great for some, but clearly not for me.  We left Vegas late Wednesday night and apparently hotels outside of Vegas are frowned upon.  So we drove for at least 60 miles looking for a hotel.  Let me just give you the benefit of something I just learned, if there is a 2-car garage sized casino attached to...