As a prelude to the big Rockers Reunion Indy event, Ton Up Indianapolis hosted a gallery event to unveil the trophies that would be awarded at the June 1st bike show. We headed downtown, toward Fountain Square, to check out the motorcycle-related art, photography and handcrafted trophies. The weather was perfect, a nice Spring primer to the warm-weather motorcycling ahead. Read More…
After designing the graphics, we dusted off the vinyl plotter and stickered up the shop bike, a Ural Red October sidecar motorcycle. The intention was to echo the good ol’ days of hand-lettered service trucks and bold branding. Read More…
We appreciate layers of synthetic stuff that lessen the impact between skulls and things that are harder than skulls. At ICON Motosports, there’s some impressive tech goin’ on within the structure of their helmets, but they value a killer facade, too. So do we. Read how we helped design an aggressive skin for their beautifully-sculpted Airmada shell. Meet the recently launched Medicine Man… Read More…
Well, we finally did it. We got ourselves a sidecar motorycle. Not long after the purchase, we were ‘flying the chair’ and cruising the streets in our our new-to-us 2010 Ural “Red October” sidecar motorcycle. Just a quick heads-up: you’ll probably be seeing this machine in many of our future pics n’ posts; we can’t stay off of it. This is gonna be fun… Read More…
Sifting through the record collection here at Good Spark Garage, I came across Arlo Guthrie’s album, Running Down the Road. The image of him on his 1960′s Triumph scrambler prompted me to hum his iconic “Motorcycle Song.” So I pulled out the well-worn Alice’s Restaurant album where the motorsickle song resides. Read More…
Driving slowly in the dark at 4:45am, Casey and I spotted a glowing iPhone waving at us. We pulled along the curb and our buddy, Chris, hopped in. It would be the beginning of a 2-hour conversation about motorcycles as we drove south. None of us are early birds, but we were wide-awake that morning. Read More…
We were drawn to this cool li’l shop when we heard about their motorized bicycles that were inspired by ol’ board track motorcycles and vintage racers. At the southern end of the retail/residential neighborhood of Broad Ripple (SoBro), National Moto+Cycle Co. sells pedal-powered, electric and small-engined bicycles. Here’s a look inside their shop in Indianapolis.
We picked up the recent BikeCraft Magazine today at Barnes & Noble to see Casey’s BMW Cafe Racer in glossy print. The article was penned by Chris Hunter, featuring motorcycles that garnered much attention on BikeEXIF.com (the internet’s source for viewing the latest custom builds and unique bikes). Read More…
