Having worked with Timo over the past year and a half, I was glad to see him and his family again at the 2019 Paradise Road Show before our world got a lot more complicated. When it came time to do our Canadian features for The Ton – I could not imagine the issue without sharing some of his thoughts and story. Despite a pandemic, our largest civil rights protests in a half century and much more – Timo remains grounded, and continues to pursuit his passion wherever it takes him.
Read MoreI first met Kenneth “Bobcat” Wright (Kenny) on a motorcycle run. I had, of course, heard stories about the mad scientist from Germany and had even seen his bikes at shows. But until then I had yet to meet him. Lots of memories are a bit foggy from that night, but I do clearly remember his charm, intelligence, and positive outlook as everyone partied early into the morning – or late into the night depending on how you look at it. As the party was about to reach its peak Kenny exclaims, “My nipples are like fucking dynamite!”; the lasting memory before the party faded and people crashed.
Read MoreGent-x speaks from issue 22 of THE TON.
Read MoreI have been fascinated with Japan since a young age. Perhaps that is my age, as Japan was a powerhouse economically and culturally throughout the late 70s and through the 1980s before the great stagnation.
Read MoreThe story so far…
Read MoreWhen Jordan Pearson rode into this past August’s Rally in the Valley, he did not expect to take best in show. In a crowded gathering chock full of freshly built panheads, show bikes, and antique classics, Pearson was glad to be amid such stiff competition.
Read MoreRide the Hot Wind is a film that attempts to merge the retuning Vietnam veteran trope with the bike-spoliation boom of the late 60s and early 70s with very mixed results.
Read MoreThere’s always a starting point. Although sometimes you don’t know it until you see it
Read MoreChrome and Hot Leather is an easy film to summarize. It is the Green Berets versus bikers.
Read MoreDespite the bleak outlook of the film, fans of the genre will get a lot of great eye-candy in the form of bikes and vans throughout the film. It features some of the most recognizable faces of the genre and offers something much different in terms of tone.
Read MoreBorn Losers is the type of film that could on all outward appearances easily be dismissed as a standard late-60s biker film.
Read MoreThis was a milestone year, although it didn’t go as planned, it was still a killer trip. Races or no races, Wildwood knows how to party!
Read MorePorky’s rain AND shine chopper show was a hit for the second year in a row. Never in a million years would you expect rain forest weather to be lingering in western New York.
Read MoreIn the winter of 2016 Joshua Boggs began to strip down his 2004 Sportster 883. The bike had been lowered, and painted in his father’s garage with a few hand fabricated parts - but nothing that Boggs would say was special compared to where he wanted to go with the bike.
Read MoreThe end of the build came fast and furious as Jimmi was setting a pace to finish the bike by The 1Moto Show in Portland at the end of April. But, with the looming deadline, a lot still needed to be completed.
Read MoreThis update is more about what it looks like coming out of that dark tunnel and seeing color again. As the bike finished its fabrication and all the rust was removed it was time to send the tins out for paint.
Read MoreWhile we applied to be part of The 1 Moto Show back in October, we had frankly let it fall of the radar in the month or two following the fire. But word came that the bike had been accepted as part of the show. So now the question pivoted to - can we even make it in time.
Read MoreBy early December we were beginning to see the bike take real shape. It felt it was only a matter of weeks before we could send the tins out to paint, paint the frame, and begin working toward a final assembly. But, with every build speed bumps got in the way. Only this time those speed bumps had nothing to do with the build itself.
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