Motorhead Memo: Let there be light
Kip Woodring
May 17, 2013
A word about Light Emitting Diodes and their application to headlights: I want ’em! OK; that’s a sentence, but the fact remains, when it comes to night vision at freeway speeds there just isn’t anything better. The virtues of L.E.D. forward lighting are legion. They last about 1,000 times longer... Read more »
Spare Parts: Bittersweet reunion
Ernie Copper
May 16, 2013
This is the story of a first bike that gave life all she had. She was more than one man’s first, but the last of those was a 16-year-old who worked nights and weekends as a prep cook at a small town diner. The bike was his only transportation and he rode her hard. Well, as hard as a Honda CL100 could... Read more »
Almost Fiction: Just like Dad
Sam Jones
May 16, 2013
Invitations come for high school and college reunions, weddings and phone calls about funerals. Weddings, because I give good gifts and I always dance with the mother of the bride, school reunions because I spent forever in expensive universities taking advantage of hardship scholarships, and funerals... Read more »
Free Range: Cowboys and Indians
Felicia Morgan
May 8, 2013
Born in 1908, C.O. Morgan was in his 80s and deeply ensconced in being a cantankerous cuss when he came to live with us. He’d buried his wife and both sons, leaving his only daughter to tend to him—and she’d had enough of his orneriness. Originally, I thought it a good idea for our girls to spend... Read more »
Free Range: Making up for lost time
Felicia Morgan
May 7, 2013
He carefully placed his carry-on in the overhead bin of the full-to-capacity plane before gently easing himself into the seat next to me. “Not much room in these chairs,” the big man mumbled, as he fished around for the seat belt while trying not to bump up against me. I scooted closer to the window... Read more »
Free Range: Lost and found
Felicia Morgan
May 3, 2013
I’m just returning from a friend’s funeral, even though I don’t usually attend such functions. I have a thing about saying goodbye; I just don’t do it. This was an exception for a variety of reasons, but mostly I felt I needed to be there for the sense of community and to support Pat, the longtime... Read more »
Bullin’ Through Life: A new low…
Buckshot
May 3, 2013
Howdy! Grab a chair an’ a beer! Ya know, sometimes we all get in that ol’ “makin’ money” rut, an’ forget that sometimes you’ve just got to have a little fun. For me that sometimes means tryin’ somethin’ I’ve never done before, an’ if it doesn’t turn out, either keep at it till... Read more »
Motorhead Memo: Sound off
Kip Woodring
April 8, 2013
“The best way to beat a system is to work within the system and learn its weaknesses.” That is paraphrasing a remark I read in some spy novel years ago, but in a curious way it makes for an appropriate preamble to a discussion of the old/new labeling law intended to prevent tampering with motorcycle... Read more »
Spare Parts: Close encounters
Ernie Copper
April 6, 2013
Seton Lake near Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada, is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. It’s described as a fjord, meaning it’s a long, narrow freshwater lake surrounded by steep cliffs created by glaciers. Nature at its best. Last summer, while on a Harley-Davidson press tour,... Read more »
Almost Fiction: The only Harley 45
Sam Jones
April 5, 2013
“What do you know about the Harley 45?” asked my friend Ed. “Some. They built that engine from the 1930s clear into the ’70s. During the war they made a zillion of them as cannon fodder,” was my answer. “No, I am not talking about the 45 cubic inch flathead motorcycle; I am asking about... Read more »
