If I were to paint you a portrait of a guy who has been a project manager in a financial institution for over 20 years, chances are the image of a man with scratched and greasy hands, up in the wee hours of the morning, heating metal to make a sissy bar or installing a Panhead engine in a custom rigid frame would not come to mind. Yet this describes Ken Carvajal, whom I met last year during Fuel Cleveland. If you follow him on social media, you may think that Ken earns his living as a professional photographer, but no, this is just another one of the hobbies/passions in which he excels. But l ..read more

Could it be a hallucination? The heat that’s affecting my brain? I had been riding for a long time. Apart from the thin line of pavement in front of me, I was surrounded by the arid desert as far as the eye could see. Cracked earth and dry mountains all around. Suddenly, as if in a dream, a small patch of greenery began to appear in the distance. Different colours in the middle of a dry beige ocean. An oasis in the heart of the desert. I had arrived in Palm Springs. A corner of paradise where the sun shines almost every day of the year, well hidden in the middle of the desert and the mountain ..read more

Normandy Beach Race, 3rd edition Put together in a context still widely disturbed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Normandy Beach Race hit hard. The organizers gathered 100,000 spectators and 125 competitors from 14 countries, which was quite a feat for an event that was only in its third year of existence! The Normandy Beach Race is a fairly new event. The first edition was held in 2019, thanks to Jean-Marc Lazzari, Marc Félix and Thomas Hervé, who after participating in TROG (The Race of Gentlemen) in California in 2016, wanted to create a French version of that fantastic event. Puttin ..read more

The definition of the word “Recreate” : to give new life or freshness to or create again. For Christopher De Francesco, a custom bike builder from Vicious Cycles, located in Toronto, Ontario, it was more of the mindset to create again – “to form anew in his imagination and bring something new to life.” Such was the case with this custom chopper transformation born from its previous incarnation as a 2007 Harley-Davidson Fatboy. The Fatboy was factory stock when Christopher got his hands on it. It was the perfect donor bike when he decided he wanted to build a custom chopper for himself. I had ..read more

This motorcycle came from the mind and hands of an enthusiast, aided in his quest for parts by two brothers, the Charpentiers, including Marc who will preserve in his own way the legacy of his brother. The captivating story of this bike begins when Denis St Onge buys a motorcycle magazine because he falls in love with the machine on the cover. On this cover, a Harley Davidson Flathead U modified by a workshop in the State of New York creates a crazy desire in him to build a similar model. Hunting for Parts Since Denis is not at his first motorcycle, his circle of acquaintances is quite large ..read more

For those who don’t know yet, I am the man behind Clockwork Motorcycles, a custom shop near Montreal. I’ve been in the business for 10 years now and those who know me know that my passion for motorcycles and the bike community has always been at the centre of my interests. From Meet & Greets under the Van Horne overpass in Montreal on Thursday nights to the Fooligan Derby on the dirt oval, it’s in my blood to find and set up exciting opportunities for motorcycle enthusiasts to come together and share their passion. Pascal Richard noticed the flame that drives me. When he approached me wit ..read more

If you haven’t heard of Meredith Devine, you’re about to get an eye and ear full! Meredith is a staple in the motorcycle scene. She has created her own space in the very male-dominated community that the motorcycle world is in California. Through her art and her ideas, Meredith has brought back many artistic attributes of motorcycle culture from the 60s and 70s with her own girl-power twists. ‘Meredith’s Painted Ladies’ series put her on the map. I remember the first time seeing one of her shoots – a topless woman standing in a field, covered in painted flowers perched up on a beautiful motor ..read more

“I just wanna have FUN. Do the wild and crazy shit with my buddies without anyone telling us that we can’t do this, or we can’t do that.” Mel Stultz, Founder of The Frozen Few. It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. The Frozen Few came into existence as a direct result of the “monster” that is now, The Race of Gentlemen. Mel is the founder of both The Frozen Few (TFF) and The Race of Gentlemen (TROG). Eight years ago, TROG started as a grassroots event, featuring races on the beach with vintage cars, pre-1934 -1947 American built motorcycles ..read more

This year, the Punta Bagna event that was held in June, celebrated its 10thanniversary. The party extended over three days in Valloire in the French Alps. The event is organized by Wild Motorcycle Magazine, a cousin publication related to ours and Revolution magazine knows it well as both media and a friend.  Punta Bagna is a gathering in honour of new old schooltrends. From the bobber to the chopper, the Flathead to the Evolution, there is something for everyone. Gaby, the editor and organizer, and his team did an incredible job to create this rendezvous for fanatics. Of course, th ..read more