The Kneeslider

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Ride and Fly Tours

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Want to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway but you live in L.A.? How about a little riding tour of Glacier National Park but you live in Miami? Ride and Fly Tours can make it happen. This is neat. They fly you and your motorcycle to locations all over North America and provide an experienced guide to the best local roads. They can arrange all sorts of extras, too. … [Read more...]

Pinks TV

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Stumbled into the TV show Pinks last night, and that's the only way anyone would willingly get there, and watched two guys race for pink slips. They had an old Suzuki GS1100 I think and a Vrod. (Who would risk a Vrod against an old Suzuki?) Three races, best two out of three, winner gets the other bike. No times were recorded, no lights at the starting line, the host just … [Read more...]

Texas Hardtails episode 1

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Well, one show is in the bag. I forgot all about it but remembered about 10 minutes after it started though I might have been better off missing more. If you're looking for motorcycle TV, spend a little time with Two Wheel Tuesday, Superbike or MotoGP racing or maybe drag racing. Get a DVD like Faster. Better yet, get out and ride or give your bike some garage time and … [Read more...]

Peter Fonda Easy Rider

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The local Manufacturer's Association is having a celebration commemorating something like 100 years in existence and various celebrities are in town, among them Peter Fonda. He'll be leading a ride through the downtown area with his Easy Rider chopper. Did he ever do anything after Easy Rider? Their whole family made a lot of movies but he seemed to be a one shot star. I'm sure … [Read more...]

Motorcycle magazines evolving

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Mentioning Cycle World yesterday got me thinking about the changing press environment. Not many years ago, the only place to find up to the minute news on any subject was television or newspapers and some topics never made the cut, motorcycles for instance. In that case, magazines were the next best or only source available. Today, blogs have pretty well taken over the late … [Read more...]

Texas Hardtails reality TV

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Looks like the Speed Channel is getting into chopper reality shows, I guess they saw one too many American Choppers and said, "Hey, we can do that, too." The new show, Texas Hardtails, is based at Rick Fairless' Strokers Dallas. Rick has quite an operation building choppers, selling bikes, parts and apparel and he runs Strokers Ice House, a combination restaurant and bar. … [Read more...]