Creative Riding Ep 36: “1971 and some stuff”
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Episode 36
Boomer let me record an episode in my sleep!?
Did I go sleep-prozzin again as well?
Apologies for the last episode.
Big shout out to friends of the show:
Mark Dugally – Mark has been on fire lately. He’s been traveling and creating new art and is on a tear as of late. Check him out on Facebook
DailyBikers.com: Dan has been working on a new bike illustration. it’s the Harley XR1200 that he showed me during our interview. It looks bitten and it’s coming along great. 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 Easy 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 daddy-o. 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. He was a mild mannered kid from what I have come to understand, and he grew in to an equally mild-mannered warrior. To understand little Johny’s story we first have to travel back in time and understand what made it all possible.
In the final decades of the 1800s, automobiles began to gain popularity, especially with the development of the gasoline combustion engine. As with all things, it didn’t take very long for people to showcase the capabilities of their new fangled machines by introducing a little friendly competition.
As with most automotive sports, the Europeans were usually first to the line with organized town-to-town races. These races were sanctioned by the auto clubs and associations that had formed shortly after the automobile made it’s appearance. There was usually a class for motorcycles in these races, which included trikes and other ‘cycles’ like the Reitwagon and the H&W Motorrad that were available at the time. The De Dion-Bouton workshop developed a successful steam trike in 1887, but in 1889 they saw the Daimler engines at the Paris Expo, and 6 years later they had a gasoline powered four stroke engine ready for production. The De Dion-Bouton trike was the dominant vehicle until 1897 when motorcycles like the Werner started to advance their capabilities.
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 with Classified Moto Nighthawk replica
– 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. In case you’re wondering, Jever isn’t something that you want to do.
– Creative Riding’s BoneR and BoneS concepts announced.
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. If I am, I’m going to start visiting your city/state and pandering to your sympathies. 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.
Meet-ups, Charity Rides, more clinics, etc.
Conclusion:
Stay alert for booby traps. For reals.
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