An all-star roster of the nations top custom builders and athletes called the The Black List Tour is coming to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally August 5-11, 2007. The Black List Tour is a hard-core fusion of skateboarding, Moto X, hot rods, custom bikes, music and art, designed to redefine and revolutionize rally entertainment, and provide the ultimate platform for cross generational expression.
Black List Tour Hits Sturgis Rally
Victory Motorcycles is going after the luxury touring customer with its new Vision motorcycle. Research shows 95 percent of those customers are men averaging 54 years old and riding for 28 years.
2008 Victory Vision Target Market
Twelve new members will be inducted into The Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Each new inductee has furthered American motorcycling through a lifetime of achievement. Induction ceremonies for the Class of 2007 are scheduled for the evening of Saturday, October 6, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio.
Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum Announces Inductees
Interviewing fellow biker and climber Tim Medvetz in late January was enough to inspire me to want to be a part of this years expedition team to attempt the Mount Everest summit. I then had just two months to raise the money and prepare myself for the biggest adventure of my life. In a frenzied mode as I glanced at my rusted old chopper in the garage each day, I kept thinking I needed to get the girls together for one last ride before I left.
Backroads With Betsy: Best Friends
It came as no surprise to me when I called Greg Hart, Riveras producer of 20 years, that I would once again hear an emphatic, “Sure, well help.” There was no doubt Id once again stumbled onto more “really nice guys.”
I called Perewitz. And even though I told him I was a freelance writer in the backwoods of North Idaho who has done a little motorcycle magazine work, but primarily work for slicks like Todays Christian Woman magazine and on book projects like “Hot Flashes from Heaven” (Harvest House Publishers, January 2008 release date), Perewitz from the very get-go spoke to me like what I said mattered.
Veteran motorcyclists rights advocate Bob Illingworth will be inducted into The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame with a special Founders Award during the Sturgis rally in August.
Bob Illingworth to be Inducted into Sturgis Museum HOF
After the success of the film “Long Way Round” Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman will venture off for “Long Way Down,” this time travelling through Europe and Africa.
Long Way Round Stars to Ride Again
Custom bike painter and author JoAnn Bortles reports a video crew from NBCs Weekend Today Show visited her home on April 10 to shoot a segment about her and work.
JoAnn Bortles To Appear on Weekend Today Show
Its been more than a month since my last Editors Thoughts column. Didn’t mean for so much time to pass, but I have a good excuse. I’ve been traveling for two of the last four