Kirkland, known as the “The Little City That Could,” is eight miles from metropolitan Seattle. Its claim to fame is that Costco formerly called it home and used the town for inspiration when it came time to name its in-house line of products. Kirkland is a charming and quaint Washington town where you wouldn’t expect […]
Two-door convertible SUV. Words we don’t hear in the automotive world that often. When we arrived at bike night this summer to the typical rows of two-wheeled steeds, it was our friend Wookie’s 1972 Chevy K/5 Blazer taking up space that got our attention first. A topless 4×4 wrapped in iconic ’70s lines all hugging […]
Occasionally you get the call. You spend all your free time in your backyard or garage, mostly for the love of it, and then one of the big guys notices what you’ve been up to. Harley-Davidson Australia noticed Nigel Petrie. They called to ask him to have some fun on their dime, and that he […]
Naked, supermoto, streetfigher, café racer, super-naked — whatever you want to call it (we’re leaning toward super-naked) — this 2008 KTM RC8 that recently rolled out of Deus Ex Machina’s garage is stark, uncompromising, and muscular. Where the stock RC8 is a fully faired superbike, albeit with some snarling angular character, it’s a race bike […]