Jul 20, 2011

While others will suffice to rent hotel rooms, sleep on too short couches, occupy a small bathtub or even resort to using other peoples back seats or truck beds as sleeping quarters, Don Wood is a man that believes having your own bed with you is the ideal solution to not having to deal with other peoples sleeping accommodations. Thus the beginning of one...

Bill Warner of Wimauma, Fla., driving a turbocharged Suzuki motorcycle, became the fastest man on two wheels Sunday morning at the Loring Timing Association’s Land Speed Race at the former Loring Air Force Base. Warner’s world speed record of 311.945 miles per hour topped his record 273.356 set last year. “Today here at Loring we came to do some...

Jul 13, 2011

Ok, some say I may have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). I’d like to say that regardless of what i’m doing….(HEY, look a squirrel)….ok, back now. Where was I? Oh, yeah, looking through games to play when i’m bored or too lazy to go for a ride or take the wife out. Here’s a trivia game that incorporates the greatest invention of...

Jun 29, 2011

Note: This is the final installment from Harold Grissom about his experience participating in the 2011 Stampede. Last I left you, I had broken down in Fairfield, Illinois after dodging tornadoes. Ends up that Fairfield was a good bit off the beaten path of Hwy 50 due to my having to take country roads as escape routes from the tornadoes. Fairfield is a small...

Jun 27, 2011

Note: this is update from Harold Grissom on the 2011 Stampede challenge aboard his custom built BMW R/90. Last I left you I had wrecked the bike in Jefferson City, Missouri.  After getting back  on the bike I knew I needed to make some serious time on the bike before the pain and stiffness came into play.  So from Jefferson City I hauled ass toward...

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...