Sometimes, I feel like AMA ProRacing needs a bonk on the head. Don’t get me wrong; I’m a huge fan. Huge! From March to October, time stands still just about every Sunday for me as I get my fix of more adrenaline than any sport has a right to incite. But the more things seem to be...

If you missed my first installment, click here for a little context). Ah yes, the Kitty line. If you could wrap up every Barbie, sex-kitten, I-have-a-pole-in-my-living-room sterotype and pack it into legitimate, skin-saving, cross-stitched, Brazillian cowhide, you’d have what Icon...

From girlie gear to shortsighted sales clerks, women who work in the motorcycle industry had plenty to talk about at a meeting at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, California, December 7th. The get-together, organized by Advanstar Powersports brand director, Tigra...

This isn’t going to be one of those cheesy, I’m-so-thankful-for-my-family-and-my-health-and-for-all-the-people-I-love sort of articles. Not that I’m not thankful for those things; I am. But today, as I rode through the desert past date palms and golf courses and orange groves...

I didn’t get a chance to get to know him; we didn’t really talk. Reading about him in this morning’s paper, sounds like he was someone I would have liked. Loved nature, motorcycling, serving the Lord…well, two out of three ain’t bad.  When I came upon him that...

This post has nothing to do with motorcycles.  It has everything to do with Memorial Day. That’s my dad, there on the left. Staff-seargeant Hank O’Hara, age 22, circa 1942.  I’m really proud of my dad. Really proud.  He’s a member of a very exclusive group of...

Faster than a speeding Prius.  Farther than a drifting Leaf.  Brammo’s new Empulse, the first consumer-ready electric motorcycle to achieve a 100-mph and go 100-miles on a single charge, was introduced to the moto-media in L.A. last week.   (Zzzzz…).  I’m...

Behind every stupid mistake, there’s a stupid reason for making it. Beer goggles, fake pregnancies, making celebrities out of those Kardashian people…you know…things that are just impossible to justify because the logic is so stupid.  Like not wearing a helmet on your...

I didn’t really want to write about this.  Not because I don’t like talking about myself (I don’t), and not because I’m sick of the subject (I am), but dropping the momentum here for a month seems to require an explanation.  Ugh…you know what they say about those. Here’s the...

If you’re like me, you will avoid malls and parking lots at all costs this week.  But, if you’re like me, you would like to save some dough.  So, if you’re shopping for any motorcycle stuff, here’s a little chart comparing shipping rates (how much you have to spend to...

You can stop holding your breath now; it looks like US fans will be treated to three (thuh-REE) stateside MotoGP races in 2013 and 2014.  With earlier announcements for contracts with Inianapolis MotorSpeedway through 2014 and the new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas confirmed...

If you’ve ever ridden a motorcycle to work, you can relate.  If you’ve ever ridden a motorcycle to the store, you can relate.  If you’ve ever ridden a motorcycle anywhere where there’s cars, you can relate.  And if you’re a dumb-ass on a smart-phone, look out:...

John Couger’s (er, Mellencamp’s) ode to self-gratification pretty much sums up the relationship I have with my Ducati.  If you’re familiar with the lyrics, you’ll recognize them in the story below.  Been awhile?  Here, take a listen (and check out how music videos...

Ok, here it is…MotoGP for Dummies: Part 3–Trivia.  It’s the junk food you’ve been craving.  I like to serve these nuggets of truth with an appetizer in the form of a question.  That way, not only will you be the scintillating center of attention with your vast,...

The rule book is 167 pages and yes, I’ve read the whole stinkin’ thing.  In my continuing effort to prepare wives and girlfriends everywhere with answers to the questions their male counterparts are too embarrassed to ask other dudes but blurt out freely at home, Part 2 in my...

Though the details haven’t been released, AMA ProRacing announced today that Round 8 of the 2011 AMA Pro RoadRacing series, booked as The Suzuki White Lightening Nationals at Virginia International Raceway, is a no-go, leaving fans, vendors, and privateers in that neck of the woods...

When I was in high-school, I was always the one making sure my girlfriends didn’t get too drunk at parties, make out with some loser, or basically end up doing something that would end up being the 1979-equivalent of a hideously embarrassing YouTube video.  Not that I was a goody-goody...

  Oh, admit it…you don’t really know what they all mean.  Don’t feel bad;  if I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard someone mumble out loud, “wudduz that mean?”, I’d have enough for a free beer at every race.  As part of my grand build-up to...

Ok, first it was Pedrosa at LeMans.  Then it was Edwards at Catalunya.  Then Crutchlow at Silversone.  What is the deal with all these broken collarbones?  And how come one guy’s out for weeks and another bounces back in nine days and lands on the podium?  Contrary to what Colin...

If you have teenagers like me, you’re probably considering the very real possibility that they are in fact the spawn of some alien invaders who secretly (and quite forgettably) tampered with fetal human DNA (I think this happened to millions of women back in the 90′s) as part of a...

  A treasure hunting heiress, a Russian double-agent, a feisty french chef…what do these characters have in common?  Yes, they’re all from huge box-office hits.  Yes, two of them are played by the same actress.  Yes, they’re all brave, ballsy, and beautiful, and yes,...

  Did you know that every time your mother sees you ride away on your motorcycle, the thought of a car plowing into the side of you flashes through her mind?  It’s true.  Mom’s worry. We can’t help it.  It comes with the territory, like diapers and parent-teacher...

Check out Chanel’s new commercial (more like a short-feature film) for Coco Madamoiselle  perfume featuring Keira Knightley riding around Paris on a vintage Ducati.  With such bastions of sensuality as smokey eyes and pale pink lips and iconic symbols of a rebellious spirit, like a...

You’ve got to be kidding me.  This is what’s got everybody’s panties in a bunch? Roller-derby?  Ripped fish-nets? Faux cat-fights?  Please.  When did motorcyclists get so pious?  Since time-eternal the motorcycle industry has portrayed us girls as silly accessories, posing next...

  Ahh…temps are warming, tracks are calling…are you thinking about hitting a track school?  DO IT!  It will take your riding skills and confidence to a whole nuther level and you’ll have a blast doing it.  I was out for a sunny ride the other day and noticed...

I know…it gets old.  I can’t help it; I remember the day that girls were allowed to wear pants to school, for cryin’ out loud…public school.  I was in the second grade, and it was like some glorious unshackeling for us rambunctious little girls…for the first...

Allan Lane and his talented staff have done it again.  With the January issue, Sportbikes, Inc. hits a grand-slam with another slick, sophisticated, informative, and unpretentious edition of the classiest sportbike magazine you’ll never see on your coffee-table.  Well, never say...

I know what you’re thinking:  Helmet…check.  Jacket…yup.  Boots: got ‘em.  Awe, man…do I really need one of these things, too?!  Hey, I make a living taking care of people with spine and brain problems, so let me give you the inside scoop:  yes, you do.  In...

Sportbikes Inc. Magazine is a new on-line magazine featuring all-things-sportbike:  road-racing, drag-racing, custom bikes, and stunting and, they’re offering a full-year’s subscription for zip!  That’s right; totally free.  Boy, for all the crap that finds it’s way...

We keep hearing it over and over…”women riders are the fastest-growing demographic in the powersports industry”…yadda, yadda, ya.  Pick up any motorcycle magazine though, and you’d never know it.  You’re not gunna see a chic anywhere near a motorcycle...