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Sweden’s Speed Weekend 2012

April 11, 2012

The chance discovery of the event and a couple soon-to-expire United Airline flight credits were all the motivation we needed to fly off to Sweden to catch the tail end of Winter and hang out on a frozen lake watching motorhead Swedes participate in their version of land speed racing. Much like their (significantly warmer) Salt […]

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Brought to you by Hammers

November 8, 2011

As part of some fabrication research in vintage issues of Popular Mechanics (thanks Google Books) I came across this great 1950 ad for name-brand hammers. What brand you ask? Nope, no specific brand, just an ad touting the benefits of name-brand tools. Click image to go to the original ad, I’ve written out the text […]

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Fabrication Help / The Internet is Awesome

November 8, 2011

 As part of this long-term motorcycle customization project I’m in the middle of (the early middle… in fact, let’s just call it the start) I’ve been doing a lot of fabrication research lately. I was reading a write-up of a custom Suzuki in an issue of the British motorcycle magazine Back Street Heroes (a good magazine, […]

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Gypsie Vintage Cycles in Sturgis, SD

November 8, 2011

The annual Sturgis Rally isn’t super high on our list of motorcycle must-do’s but western South Dakota is stunning and the area in and around the Black Hills National Forest has some fantastic riding. We passed through the town last year a week before the rally and stopped at Gypsie Vintage Cycle a great little […]

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Seoul Moto District

November 4, 2011

On a recent trip to Seoul I took an afternoon to check out wander around the moto district. A lot of monkey bikes and some pretty cool 125cc choppers.

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Inspiration: “PROFESSIONal”

October 27, 2011

PROFESSIONal from VITA BREVIS FILMS on Vimeo. This has been out for a while now, but it’s a beautiful video and inspiring subject matter.

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The Historic Hotel Nevada

October 19, 2011

The likelihood of finding yourself in Ely, Nevada and in need of accommodation for the night is low. Ely (pronounced e-lee) is one of 3 towns on the 300 mile stretch of Highway 50 (the Loneliest Road in America) that runs West from the Utah border. The town isn’t really on the way to or from much, and although […]

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The Man Who Ate His Boots

August 24, 2011

It has been much harder to work out a viable dirt-road route to Alaska than we originally hoped. I was discussing the problem with my sister when she said “You should do research on the Northwest Passage. They had the same problem.” I vaguely remembered the Northwest Passage from my High School days so I […]

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Alaska Scout Trip Recap

August 2, 2011

We just got back from a very successful scouting run for our Alaska Trip. 12 days of riding, 3300 miles and 7 nights of camping. We’re thrilled to say that though there’s still a lot of planning to be  done, we’ve returned from the trip re-inspired and re-invigorated.

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The best-stocked coffee shop you’re ever going to find

August 1, 2011

On our way home from a recent moto trip to Canada, we pressed our luck one evening trying to squeeze in a few more miles before we lost the light, and ended up in the little town of Tulelake, CA. Light had started fading well before we pulled off the highway looking for the road which would […]

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