Episode 36

Big shout out to friends of the show:

Mark Dugally - Mark has been on fire lately. Check him out on Facebook

DailyBikers.com: Dan has been working on a new bike illustration. Check it out on Google plus. Also, Dan dropped some new threads on Shopify, but you’ve missed your chance if you didn’t grab one already. You can still get prints, cards, notebooks, and now digital downloads from the DailyBikers Etsy shop. That’s DailyBikers (all one word)

Good Bye Migraine has been dropping knowledge bombs and tips for conquering your brain pain

Johnny J and the Flat Foot Floogies: playing summer festivals including the Vintage Swing fest, the Swamp Stomp, and the Hot Summer Nights Festival at the Arbor Crest Winery in Spokane. Check their website for details, news articles, performance schedules and music. JohnnyJSwing.com

Veteran’s Charity Ride to Sturgis is teaming up with Mark Wahlberg and Indian Motorcycle Co to provide 20 wounded veterans a ride to surges this year.

veterans charity ride helps vets across the country with the healing process that comes with life after service. Vets get road therapy and a chance to participate in a nine day ride from Los Angeles to Sturgis, as well as a chance to talk about their experiences on the battle field and bond with fellow vets, bikers and supporters. According to the VCR FB page, 22 veterans a day commit suicide. Many are returning home with PTSD and severe bodily trauma. If you’d like to help out with this cause you can visit http://veteranscharityride.org/ for more details. On that site you can donate, find veterans resources or just learn about the founders and how the ride started.

Chapter one: 1971

Little Johnny was born in February 1971.

The FIM was founded in 1904 in Paris, and began sanctioning races across Europe. In America, Indian Motorcycles was established in 1901, and when Harley joined the scene in 1903, the FAM was created and began to sanction events in the States, until the organization changed it’s name in 1924 to the AMA.

A decade later, in the UK, off road trials were gaining popularity for good reason, and quickly transformed into scrambles, or motocross as it was known more widely in Europe. Motocross, Trials, and Scrambles all grew in popularity and participation all throughout Europe until 1966. That’s the year that Swedish Champ Torsten Hallman brought it to the USA.

In 1967 the Baja 1000 took the Southwest by storm, and in 1969 the first Baja 500 was run. By the 1970s, Supercross had formed, with the first indoor race taking place in the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1972. This is where little Johnny’s story begins.

Chapter 2: News-ish items

- Skully Helmets are vaporware and have sadly shuttered shop

- Price Point closes it’s web presence! :(

- The show’s not that bad…honest!

- BMW Titan - not a BMW concept!

- McFarlane Toys releases prototype Daryl Dixon figurine

- Harley and the Davidsons set to premiere on Discovery Channel on Sept 5th.

- Honda CBR250RR… not interested.

- BRP Sues somebody, comes away with an electric Spyder concept

- Jever’s Harley build made me Jever all over the alley behind my house.

Chapter 3: Feeling left out

There’s an e-mail circulating around the Moto Pod-o-sphere. I feel left out, but I haven’t heard Cafe Racer or Cleveland Moto weigh in yet, so maybe I’m not the only one who missed it. I need and want your e-mails. Well, not really, but I do like them.

This opens a question of self-imposed gender equality.

Chapter 4:

Upcoming events in the Los Angeles area. Rides, clinics, track days, etc. etc.

Conclusion:

Stay alert for booby traps. For reals.

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