555: The things some guys will do for an excuse to ride

At 5:55 AM last Friday morning, eight intrepid scooterheads set out on a 2,500-plus-mile journey of death-defying derring-do. The ride will travel from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Portland, Oregon – normally a three or four day trip if you travel on the Interstates. Not these guys though. This is the third annual 555 ride and it’s […]

Cannonball Endurance Run ends in a 10-way tie

After 16 grueling days on the road,  in all kinds of terrain and weather, The Cannonball Endurance Run ended its coast-to-coast rally last Sunday. But  it came down to “age before beauty” to figure out who actually won. That’s because 10 of these pre-1916 motorcycles completed every mile of the run, 3,294 of them, and ended in […]

Horsin’ around

Once the littlest Clydesdale heard he’d been cut from the Budweiser wagon pulling team in the first round of tryouts, his self-confidence was shattered, leading him to drive around old jalopies and chucking 12-ouncers out the window, wailing about “the sweet nectar of my disappointment!” Bob Southard sent us this photo, taken by friends of […]