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Milwaukee Celebration Begins
The Club H.O.G. 25th celebration started Thursday, August 28th at Miller Park Stadium (home of the Milwaukee Brewers). Free for H.O.G. members the day-long celebration was prior to the start of the ...
Outlaw Motorcycle Gamer
I smell another law suit. Just as HBO is trying to get 1% off the ground despite a lawsuit launched by Hell’s Angels leader Sonny Barger - that litigation has yet to slow down Deep Silver (a d...
Bikes, Bullets and Brawls
It’s the secret formula for television success…at least to the execs at FX and the new drama series which focuses on members of an outlaw motorcycle gang called the Sons of Anarchy. I...
Sunset HOG Poker Run
Mark your calendars. What: 16th Sunset H.O.G Poker Run When: September 7, 2008 - (Sunday) Where: Paradise HD, Tigard Or. 411: ...
Mentoring Plug Adds Spark
Mentoring is from the Greek word meaning enduring. Formal mentoring refers to assigned relationships between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner. Fortunately for the motorcycle ...
Beauty, Bikes and Breaststroke
Something on the lighter side…I’ve kicked back and enjoyed the past few days of the Olympic Games because unlike many of you out there I dislike the Reality TV World and I find it interest...
When Iron Pigs Fly
“When pigs fly”…is an idiom or a popular saying used to indicate that something will never happen. So, when will the “Law Enforcement” spin stop on this Sturgis shootin...
Iron Pigs Ride The Northwest
Only a few weeks of summer remain and just when it seemed the outlaw motorcycle club “news” would subside, along comes the recent shooting of a Hell’s Angels member by an off-duty po...
Sturgis Ends With First Shooting In 20 Years
The Seattle PI reported yesterday that an off-duty Seattle police officer attending the Sturgis Rally was detained in a shooting that left a Hells Angels MC member injured early Saturday morning. Th...
Vagos MC Meeting In Grants Pass
KOBI News is reporting that the “GREEN NATION”, aka the Vagos Motorcycle Club is holding a west coast “meeting” in Grants Pass this weekend (August 9-10). Their signature &...
Ex-Indian CEO Arrested
Ray Sotelo was the first recipient of the JC “Pappy” Hoel Outstanding Achievement Award and retired as the CEO of Indian Motorcycle in 2002. The Gilroy Dispatch reported he was arrested ...
Nobama or McPain
What the bleep?! I’ve tried to avoid political innuendo’s or stump for candidates on this blog, but today is my one time post. I could have jumped in and drove traffic up with that Jesse J...
Laughlin River Run Fugitive Turns Self In
Following up on my previous Laughlin River Run post. You may recall that forty-two members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) were indicted on federal racketeering and firearms charges from ...
Kiwanis Girls
While attending the 2008 OR State HOG Rally, I previously posted about a couple of ladies (Linda and Lynette) who introduced themselves and we chatted for a bit about “save-the-date” card...
Sage-to-Surf Rally
This past weekend I rode the OR HOG (Sage-Snow-Surf) Motorcycle Rally. More than 300 motorcycles arrived in Pendleton, OR. We started our day from Vancouver, WA and headed East on State Route 14, ...
I See Motorcycle Haters Everywhere
Like many “Average Joes” on the street, if you ask them to name a well-known motorcyclists I suspect most would connect-a-dot with actors who have played bikers in movies (Brando, Fonda, M...
Harley Carves Out Some MySpace
This went largely unnoticed, but Harley-Davidson rode “virtually” into the social network scene with the launch of Harley-Davidson MySpace profile. And in true bad boy fashion, visitors a...
It’s A Private Life, Unless…
It could be a romance novel or a movie thriller… …a high-ranking politician foolishly sharing classified documents with some smooth-talking floozy, who then may have passed them on to the ...
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs Are New Media Darlings
Contrary to some of the comments on previous posts, I’m really not on a rant about motorcycle gangs or evangelizing that riders join any Rotary Club on wheels. I have noticed that there is a r...
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs Flying Colors in Oregon
An outlaw biker and his “colors” declare membership in a particular club. Colors usually consist of a three-piece patch embroidered on a leather or denim jacket which contains the name of ...
Get Your Motorcycle OSCAR
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field. In the motorbike industry it’s the Motorcycle Bloggers International time for the OSCAR...
Riding Home
Unless you live under a rock you already know it’s the 105th Anniversary at Harley Davidson. If you’re unfamiliar with Harley then you’ll be stoked to learn that they throw a great party at th...
The Buzz on Harley Hummer’s
A bit of nostalgia on this rain/snow mixed day. After WWII the allies engaged in a scramble to pinch Nazi Germany’s technology and this included motorcycles. The Harley “Hummer” (Model 125...
The “Last Lecture” and Life Lessons – Randy Pausch
I was on a Harley road trip in late September staying at a motel in Grants Pass, OR. You know the type. A double-decker ‘70’s vintage with highly “mobile” furniture which often makes it way o...