Cushioning the crash
Shadow
April 5, 2013
Helmet technology has improved slowly and steadily over the past few decades, but recently, Bob Weber, a lifelong racer and 30-year veteran of the motorcycle industry, has developed the 6D Helmet. The helmet’s name refers to an engineering term that refers to the ability to move three dimensionally... Read more »
One with your machine
Shadow
January 24, 2013
Fine art bodypainter Trina Merry who, with her Art Alive Gallery team out of San Francisco, was commissioned to create three human motorcycles to promote the International Motorcycle Show series. Several women formed living motorcycles—a sportbike, dirt bike and cruiser—that were bodypainted by Merry... Read more »
Hands off
Shadow
December 11, 2012
Every year thousands of motorcyclists ride to benefit countless charities, but Phil Comar stands apart from the crowd. The 63-year-old from Adair, Michigan, rides his Dyna Glide with no hands. And we don’t mean from here to the corner store; we’re talking hundreds of miles. Comar, a motorcycle safety... Read more »
Sink or sail
Shadow
October 9, 2012
When’s the last time you saw a Harley-Davidson ride on water? Well, if you attended the 28th annual America’s Cardboard Cup Regatta this past June, you would have seen a bigger-than-life-size orange and black one rolling across Crystal Lake, Illinois. The “Made in U.S.A.” crew for the cardboard... Read more »
Wacky wonder available
December 12, 2011
During a work assignment in England, Nebraskan Jim Reinders had visited Stonehenge, one of the most familiar and mysterious prehistoric monuments in the world. Reinders’ visit inspired him to build a similar tribute to his late father who had farmed a site near Alliance, Nebraska. However, instead... Read more »
Rupert rules
December 12, 2011
From the let’s-elect-a-biker-for-public-office department comes the announcement that Rupert Boneham of the television show Survivor has declared his candidacy for governor of Indiana in 2012 on the Libertarian ticket. Rupert is well known to those of us who attend the Sturgis Rally, in part due to... Read more »
