SPYKE AND MIKE

Whoa, Nellie! If you missed it, you missed a whole lot of beautiful steel horses in one place. If you were there, you know that no words can totally convey what went down the stretch. I’m squawking about the Great American Motofest that ran at the Boss Hogg ranch.

NEFARIOUS JAMES

RESPECT & HONOR STARTS AT HOME

Bitchin' Bog Wheels for Baggers at Metalsport Wheels

WE CHECK OUT METALSPORT INC.

DAVE NICHOLS FROM THE HELM

THIS ONE'S FOR THE DADS OUT THERE

THE ICONIC AMAZING ARTIST

THUNDER BY THE BAY’S CHOPPEREOWN LIVE - CREATIVITY CENTRAL

SPYKE AND MIKE

SPYKE & MIKE GO TO THE PET STORE

SPYKE AND MIKE

The past holiday season has been tough for Mike my BTR friends. Between covid and some unusual circumstances regarding his healing, his addiction has reappeared it’s ugly head.

MONDO PORRAS THE GODFATHER OF CHOPPERS

Revered as the “Godfather of Choppers” by many of his peers, Mondo can look back at an illustrious career in custom bikes as very few can.

INDIAN LARRY'S BLOCK PARTY - REVISITED

Born To Ride continues to look back at our relationship with Indian Larry. Here is a reprint of an article BTR published in August 2004

NEFARIOUS JAMES GET OFF YOUR ASS AMERICA

Here we are finally in the new year of 2021.

Movie Review: Hell Ride

Confusion and chaos pretty much sums up this movie.

Indian Larry - The Last Interview with Born To Ride

The proliferation of cable biker shows has given mainstream exposure to the motorcycle industry and made celebrities out of many of the builders.

BORN TO RIDE KIDS - CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION

There is nothing quiet as spontaneous as mounting up on your bike and going for a ride.

Bitchin' Big Wheels for Baggers at Metalsport Wheels

WE CHECK OUT METALSPORT INC.

PSYCHOMANIA

This month Born To Ride reviews the 1971 film “Psychomania.” If you like old British horror films, then this one’s for you. Maybe I should have said horrible old British films. Either way, Psychomania has a lot to like or dislike, depending on your level of intoxication.

PAINKILLER

Rich Pitoniak’s Shovelhead Calling Card

HELL RIDE

Confusion and chaos pretty much sums up this movie. It is the modern day version of all the biker exploitation “B” movies ever made.

WIN PAUGHCO'S IIIIIII GOLD CHOPPER

FRESH FROM THE MOVIE ROUGH BOYS AND SOON IN YOUR GARAGE!

Glenn H. Curtiss

The fastest man in the world ... bullets are his only rival! - 1907

DRESS FOR THE SLIDE

Well everybody, here we are in November.

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION

It’s important to remember to take a moment before a ride, and to make sure you have considered the anticipated challenges that can pop up.

INSTALLING ALLOY ART'S FAIRING MOUNTING BRACKETS

If Harley’s baggers have a weak link, it’s in the two inner fairing mounting brackets. On 1996 through 2013 Electra Glides, Ultra Glides and Street Glides, Harley used stamped sheetmetal brackets to attach the inner fairings to the bikes’ front forks.

MICHAEL LECHTER PRESENTS TODAY'S TOP TEN FAVE PHOTOS

EVERYBODY IN THE MOTORCYCLE SCENE KNOWS MICHAEL LICHTER.

HASSE CARLSSON'S TRIUMPH BOBBER

When we decided to put a Reader’s Ride in every issue of Born To Ride magazine, I reached out on our Facebook page, asking riders to send me their photos.

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION

When it comes to riding, and One of the challenges we face in life is found in controlling our anger level and how we respond to it. The easiest way to handle anger is to blow up and become part of the problem rather than part of the solution. The cause for anger is often so insignificant that it is ridiculous, such as yelling about who gets to lead a ride or even who gets to sit where they want to sit at an event, or cut in a food line.

STAN TOMES' 1977 CONE SHOVEL

When we put the word out that Born To Ride was lookin’ for Reader’s Rides to showcase in the magazine, Stan Tomes, also known as Stanimal, was one of the first guys to send me an email. Stan and his bride Cookie, live in Inglis, Florida, and enjoy puttin’ year ‘round.

RICK FAIRLESS & STROKERS LIVIN' THE LIFE!

He’s a custom bike builder who loves the psychedelic 1960’s and it shows in his world-class roadside attraction and biker hangout, Strokers Dallas, Strokers Ice House Bar, and Punch Wally Garage.

SPYKE AND MIKE

“FOMO” – FEAR OF MISSION OUT

GET YOUR VOICE HEARD

Hey everyone. Hard to believe July is gone and it is August already. And along with August comes the ever-popular Sturgis Rally. It should be interesting to see the turn out at the Rally this year. Before you know it October will be on top of us. More important to me is to see ya’ll out there riding and enjoying those motorcycles. Never forget a new adventure on that bike, regardless of the manufacturer, is only a tank of gas away.

Dog Gone Hot Dogs for FORGOTTEN ANGELS

What do you do when the life you’ve known for the previous 16 yrs as a service member of the United States Army comes to a halt because of a medical condition? Well, if you are Jared Weems of Weems Motor Co. you’ll eventually build a motorcycle, raffle it off and give all the proceeds to a Charity. Meet Jared Weems and this is his story.