Dude on a digger riding past the fun house at the Ventura Fairgrounds during Chopperfest, December 2013. If anyone knows who this guy is and/or who built this bike, please contact me and I will happily update the credits. Photograph by Alicia Mariah Elfving, copyright themotolady.com 2014. [ more events ]
This new LumiLor™ Electroluminescent Coating System is pretty amazing. Complicated and expensive, but amazing. It is not glow in the dark, it’s an actual paint that lights up. Can you imagine riding around with a glowing helmet? This carbon fiber helmet from Polen Designs featuring LumiLor is a good example of just how bright it is. “Electroluminescence (EL) is a characteristic of a material that enables it to emit light in response to an electrical field” their website explains. “Darkside Scientific has invented a way to spray on electroluminescent coatings using standard HVLP paint… Continue Reading »
This woman, Sash Walker (link) of ‘Road Pickle Motorcycle Bohemia’, is fearless. Through snow, ice, and dropping her bike… all to get from San Diego, California to Denver, Colorado for the Steel Horse Sisterhood Summit. Damn straight she made it… determination is key! “Even though my VStar 650 was lying on its side in the snow and ice of Wolf Creek Pass in Southern Colorado, I never once thought about turning around and going home.” [ more motorcycles in hardcore weather | source & story ]
Two awesome things going on here. The first is an awesome giveaway in conjunction with British Customs’ Iron Moto Challenge. For registering and voting online you can win: $1500 Trip to Cabo provided by Raen Optics $1500 British Customs Package of your choosing $1500 ICON Motosports apparel package. Secondly, Motoblot 2014 in Chicago (June 13-15) will feature the build-off plus a ton of other fun. Register to win all that good stuff riiiight here (<- click that), and vote for your favorite builder on June 15th.