Solvang California is a strange and delightful little town. It is seemingly pretty remote being inland and up in the hills well north and east […]
BMW 507 – The Halo and the Hail Mary
In the past 6 months I have been up close and personal with 3 different BMW 507s. One was in the Simeone Foundation Museum written […]
Motorsports Roundup Feb 2010
RTE SportAt this point, a couple of championship series are underway, and a big one about to begin. The WRC is underway, and Miko Hirvonen […]
The Theory of Oil Retention
Those of us that own vintage iron are very familiar with the challenge of keeping all of the oil in the compartments that it was […]
Rock Store Rebels
The Rock Store is a famous biker hangout a little north of LA. On any given weekend it is the destination of hundreds of bikes. […]
A Visit To The Petersen
The Petersen Museum in Los Angeles is a much-celebrated place. It claims to be at the epicenter of the US car culture due to its […]
A Spoke Too Soon
A Guest Post by Roy Chaleff I’ll never forget the expression on the face of the woman in the car in the adjacent lane of […]
Classic Velocity Laws
1. If you have N rusty bolts to remove, N-1 of them will come off after penetrant, heat, and normal efforts. The remaining one will […]
Rallying The Cult Car
Back in the 60s and 70s, almost every performance sedan was turned into a rally car by someone. Many were just experiments to prove that […]
Delayed Departures and Connections
“Is the connection to the machine gone?” It was a completely random question from the departure lounge as I was awaiting a flight. I was […]
Rolex Reflections
What could be better than being at the heart of the action in the pit and garages of a prestigious motor racing event, and being […]
Motorsports PreSeason 2010
The new season is underway in F1, MotoGP, WRC, LeMans/Grand-Am/ALMS, WSBK, and elsewhere. Although only Grand-Am has had an actual race with the Rolex 24 […]
Gearhead Begets Gearhead
Some of us have fathers that were obviously car guys. They drove the coolest car in the neighborhood, and somehow managed to convince Mom that […]
New York to Old York
It was the best of bikes, it was the worst of bikes…..Saturday’s trip to New York for the NYC Motorcycle show (see preceeding post) was […]
2010 NY Motorcycle Show
An infallible cure for the winter blues is an opportunity to immerse yourself in products and services surrounding your passion. You don’t have to actually […]
Healing the Healey
A Guest Post by Roy Chaleff The Austin Healey 3000 is not a nimble car. With a big 3 liter straight six cast-iron engine, a […]
Comfort During Adversity
This weekend I rode the GS both days. Saturday was almost 40 degrees, and I ran some errands, and went to see a friend’s new […]
Dakar Dreaming
The Dakar rally was founded by Frenchman Thierry Sabine after he got lost on his bike somewhere in the Sahara. Apparently, he thought it would […]
Retrospective Recycling
The road to successful rebirth of once heralded motorcycle marques is strewn with the carcases of the fallen, and has relatively few spectacular winners. Indian, […]
Lessons on Listening
What with electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, new models, and refreshed models, there seems to be a particularly rich feast of fresh automotive meat available at […]