Adventures of the Antirider Rider

I miss hanging out will Bill on bike nights at Mac’s.  It’s so awesome to see him again! Same goes for Rob – we had some good times at Myrtle Beach Bike Week when it used to be cool and fun : ) The company is definitely awesome at Mac’s but the food just as [...]

A few Ducati’s make it out for the first Euro Bike Night at Mac’s on South Blvd.    David AKA Mr RIFF RAFF and Brendan AKA Mr. Bradley Track.  See the camoflauge on Brendan’s sweatshirt?  It’s actually not camo but outlines of people swimming and exercising.  Interesting.  After many tries, I get a shot of Jason and Kevin [...]

The 2011 crew: Edmund, Mark, Todd, J, me, and Chad We get to the show and add: Dave, David, Mike, Cris, and Doug.  We lost Todd in this shuffle with becomes a recurring theme of the day. There are plenty of things to check out. Pink… stretch… single sided swingarm… I can go on and [...]

Jason’s birthday is a BIG occasion!  He draws a BIG crowd to match. Fran shows off her improvised button holder – a hair elastic.  Perry is a role model for sure! Look at that role model again in the background. With these two, it doesn’t matter who wins the overall race, it’s which one is [...]

I love egg nog.  I love milkshakes.  I love egg nog milkshakes. What kind of business is Spandex City?  Comic books!  This is foreshadowing for our superhero AKA Santa Claus. This photo is for adults only.  This is only a Santa’s helper.  The real one is busy working at the North Pole. Now Santa’s helper [...]

Dave organizes this Christmas dinner each year for the street riders to reunite during the colder months.  It allows them to still hang out even without two wheels and helmet hair.  The group is so large that we get split into two sets and I spend the evening migrating between the two tables.  The riff [...]

I love the Charlotte Auto Show.  I used to go to this every single year.  Some years I couldn’t find anyone to go with me so I would go alone.  I didn’t want to miss it! This year a big band is here to entertain us.  Ironically as long as I waited, they never start [...]

Whatchoo lookin’ at Willis?! Does having a beard make you an adult?  or just a big boy? That’s a quote. Jeff (the other birthday boy today – Happy birthday Jeff!) and Chrisanne The old man… I mean birthday boy David. David, Jeff, and Mark.  Jeff is in need of some suspenders. J and the ohm [...]

Guest blogger Jason continues his account of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. Welcome to Barber, nestled away off the interstate and in the middle of nowhere at the same time! The other Jason and I couldn’t figure this sign out, I think its Barber’s way of telling the locals to stay out. No Museum is [...]

Motorcycles of Charlotte is moving on up… to the east side… no, not really. What Lassie?  Someone is in the well?  Pete smiles as he is finally on the other side of the lens. Gail is hard at work preparing the tasty eats. Mark is setting things up pretty with the durable indoor / outdoor [...]

The first thing you learn about track days is that you will spend as much time if not more preparing than actual ride time.  Mark rolls down with the Ducati and Aprillia. Jason is posing with the Halloween track bike that Golf so graciously lends him.  The next pair of bikes is ready to load. [...]

This is a very Quasimodo moment. It starts out a night of debauchery and turns into a full blown day of everyone calling out and playing hooky.  We call this early (but not too early) egg art. We make our guest Mark earn his keep by making eggs. We feast on spicy southwestern hashbrowns, eggs, and sausage. [...]

They only have sushi like this in the flatlands so Mark makes a special trip. He really is just making an excuse to show off his new Trax bags for his 2007 Triumph Tiger.  After much debate he chooses to go with the same size bags for both sides.  Perhaps he could get a “pretend” [...]

Day 2 starts out with meeting riders and getting autographs on posters.   I catch this matching butterfly. Jason is off to collect more posters. Jason doesn’t know who this guy is but wants his autograph anyway. This lady is all business.  She shows up with a white t-shirt and collects autographs all over. Here [...]