Right now, I’m sitting in a gorgeous ninth floor room at the W Hotel in South Beach. The ocean view is breathtaking. The weather is tropical. The guaranteed madness of the 2014 Gumball 3000 lies ahead. And like sharks poised for a feeding frenzy, angry supercars circle the surrounding streets. A few minutes ago, one of […] More »

You can’t be totally prepared for the Gumball 3000. The full-frontal assault of ferocious supercars, exotic locales and block-rocking parties is enough to turn the brains of most mortals into an exhaust-rattled, octane-spiked blob of tapioca pudding.

Dave Zien is one tough dude. He served in Vietnam and on the senate floor in the state of Wisconsin. He even grew a helluva bushy beard, which must be a real sweat factory.

Yup, this site is focused on Harleys. But the Gumball 3000 and hot girls are the pizza and beer of the gearhead world. And who doesn’t like pizza and beer? I’ll be posting live from the rally starting June 4th! Stay tuned!

In the 1960’s, Burbank, CA motorcycle policeman would train monthly at the Lockheed Air Terminal in order to insure that they were ready for whatever might befall them while on patrol.  Leaving their uniforms behind and dressing in street clothes, they would practice a number of maneuvers including riding across a wooden seesaw and jumping […] More »

Chances are if you served in any part of the US Military’s supply chain during WWII, you saw a lot of wooden crates being shipped in from Milwaukee.  During the war, Harley-Davidson built more than 60,000 WLA’s, so the sight of a Harley-Davidson being unpacked would have been fairly common at US and Allied bases […] More »

This interesting piece of motorcycle history was recently offered on eBay for the price of $125,500.  The price alone warranted a further look, so I did a little digging to find out more about Jimmy “Daredevil” Washburn. Jimmy Washburn purchased the 1932 VL you see pictured here in the mid 1930’s.  It started out as […] More »