By Billy”Kneecap”Braddock

Even though it is the month of Bike Week, I would first like to talk about the unemployment situation in America. These are terrible times. Unemployment is still at 9%, but there's really 16% plus out of work. The government doesn't count "Out of Work” as the unemployed. The unemployed are actively looking for work. Some have stopped looking, they gave up. And if you give up, you are no longer in the ranks of the unemployed. So if you're off the unemployment rolls, that would count as less unemployment. That means Read the rest of this entry »

By Miserable George

GARY BEDSAUL...GT MOTORCYCLES I first met Gary back in 2010, soon after he opened his present day business - GT Motorcycles - on Allen Hill Ave. in the Pineda section of Melbourne, Fl. He’s a friendly, out-going man, who has been associated with motorcycles almost all of his life, starting with dirt bikes at age 8 in the Coatsville-Lansdale area of Pennsylvania where he was born and raised. As a young man, he always worked on bikes. Read the rest of this entry »

By Lulu

One thing I have always admired about our brother bikers is that they do not leave someone stranded on the road. If they see a bike in trouble they stop. We were riding home on 95 from Dania Beach this week. It got dark and cold so we pulled into a convenience store near Melbourne to put on our chaps and have a hot coffee.

As we were walking out to our bike we saw a guy with a BMW pushing it into the gas station. Micah said to the guy “This can’t be good”. His name was Alamo and his girlfriend who was following in an SUV was named Cheyenne. (Believe it or not those names were their real names, given to them by their parents and they weren’t even from North America or related. They are both from Brazil.)

Anyway, back to the bike part of the story. They had just purchased the bike in Daytona from BMW and Alamo was trying to ride it home to Miami. This was the second time their new ride had crapped out on the highway. The first time they were only 50 miles from Daytona and BMW picked them up, returned them to the dealership and gave them a new battery, thinking that was the culprit.

This time it was much later, miles farther and the dealership was closed and…it obviously wasn’t the battery since it was losing power again and having to be pushed. Micah, being the handyman, offered his assistance and tools, but to no avail. Luckily, I remembered a bike shop that was near who advertises with us. It was late and a Saturday night, but their ad claimed 24/7 emergency towing and at this point we just didn’t want to leave the bike at a convenience store.

Cheyenne and Alamo wanted to drive the SUV to Miami and return the next day to deal with the problem motorcycle. Luckily, GT Motorcycles in Pineda not only answered the phone, they came to our aid within 10 minutes!!! Gary and Mel put the BMW on a trailer, Cheyenne and Alamo took off in their SUV and we saddled up for the last leg of our ride. I really can’t say enough about GT Motorcycles. When I asked him, “What are you doing answering the phone this late on a Saturday?” he said, “We are at the shop working, all hours!” They are busy and I know why. They believe in old time customer service!!!

Gary called me the next day to say he checked into the problem with the bike and reported the problem to Alamo so that BMW would have to make it right, which was really over and above the call of duty. If you are anywhere near Pineda and need your motorcycle checked out call 321-255-BIKE!

It would have been easy to just jump on our bike and not get delayed on our way home that night, but that just isn’t what bikers do. I can’t tell you how many times over the miles on the highways that people I have been riding with have needed help and miraculously someone on a bike shows up and helps make things right. It was nice to be able to give back for a change!

By Ron Cox Under a clear, cloudless sky and a crisp morning temperature, more than 100 riders and passengers met at Moose Lodge #1782 to participate in the 17th Annual Bikes For Tykes Poker Run sponsored by the Paradise Chapter(Naples) of the Harley Owners Group. Read the rest of this entry »

By Lulu

When the White Eagle scheduled their January Frosty Balls Fun Run the temperature was in the 80’s. But the night of the run it dipped to low 30’s just in time for the brave to don their leathers and ride, baby, ride! Read the rest of this entry »

By Felicia Campbell

I fell in love with riding at fourteen. My cousin had a 1950 Panhead that he would take me out on often. My dream of owning my own bike came true in 1994 when I bought my first Harley, a 1994 FXR Lowrider. The next year the 1996 Heritage Nostalgia green and silver came out. I ordered one and got Read the rest of this entry »

By Miserable George They started off at a pretty good clip, and have been picking up speed ever since! Sat., Jan., 7th., saw well over 300 folks attending GT’s one year anniversary celebration at the shop in Pineda, on Allen Hill Rd., just north of Pineda Causeway outside Melbourne, Fl. Warm weather prevailed, there was a lot of good food, including a freshly roasted pig, live entertainment by the band "Rough Edges," plus drinks, and Read the rest of this entry »

By Miserable George Well, by the time you read this, I’m hoping it will be warm in our area! Not so on Jan. 14, 2012, in Cocoa, FL…the day of the big Wolf Pack State Party. I tell ya Hoss, it was down-right FRIGID!!! But, to kinda offset the cold and the wind, there was a nice bonfire going on the grounds, and if you were lucky enough to get a spot close to it, well, it did warm you up at least a little. But, Read the rest of this entry »

By Lulu

It was our pleasure to be invited to ride along with Mike Rudicel & his partner Dee Dee from South Florida Bike Events on their yearly treks across the state for the 6th Annual Holiday Toy Run in Memory of Tommy Ruzzano. Nearly 400 bikes left Sunrise Harley Davidson with a police escort from Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Read the rest of this entry »

By Billy”Kneecap”Braddock

February is the month of love. We have the Super Bowl on the 5th, Valentine's Day on the 14th, Love your pet Day on the 20th, the Daytona 500 on the 26th, and an extra day, Leap Day. Now, that's a lot of LOVE. After having great holidays and a great start to the New Year, I am puzzled at Read the rest of this entry »