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Octane

Octane

I've been involved in automotive-related jobs for my whole working career, which has included a stint as an auto insurance accident investigator specializing in property damage. In 2005, my career path took me into the fueling industry, where he currently performs...

Line Selection—A Guide for Choosing Wisely

Line Selection—A Guide for Choosing Wisely

One of the biggest causes of rider crashes is going wide in a turn. A large part of that problem has to do with poor line selection. In our Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics, we like to say that Arc = Speed. That means that the larger the arc, the faster you can...

Life After a Near Death Experience

Life After a Near Death Experience

It is not very often that you meet someone who you would buy a beer for within a 30-second conversation. I got to talk and interview Ed Hinchey, a police officer who was shot three times in the line of duty. Ed was a police officer for Forest Hills Police Department...

Antelope Valley Motorcycle Off-Roading

Antelope Valley Motorcycle Off-Roading

Once you travel west, east, or north of Lancaster and Palmdale, you will find lots of dirt roads and trails that you can spend all day and all night discovering. As you travel into the Antelope Valley on the 14 Freeway, it looks like it's just a big town full of...

Espinoza’s Leather

Espinoza’s Leather

For years I had been hearing the name “Espinoza’s Leather”. Even before I lived in America, the name would pop up - being tied to brands I knew about, or riders in my community. I assumed the company was just another motorcycle jacket brand. When the crew at Russ...

40 years of Motorcycle Journalism with Michael Lichter

40 years of Motorcycle Journalism with Michael Lichter

Photographer Michael Lichter is one of the motorcycle industry's most accomplished photographers. He has over 4-decades of experience shooting motorcycles and biker culture and has published work in dozens of magazines over the years. Chiefly, he is known for having a...

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Bill Bryant started his motorsports career as a young man, in the off-road racing community of Baja and southern California. He joined the service after 9/11 and at his base in Iraq, he had an idea... Biltwell! Biltwell has become a staple and icon of the chopper...