Straight Up!
Open for Business

Our roving executive editor isn't settling down quite yet, but he did stop traveling long enough to host a huge open house for his new shop.

The Short Mile
Paying it back

While driving to my last race in the RV I realized how lucky I am to still have the support of some long-time sponsors.

Boz Bros Chronicles
On Any Sunday: Changing lives one racer at a time

On any Sunday is the greatest motorcycle movie ever made. Bruce Brown directed it and Steve McQueen provided the funding. When I was young, we owned a copy of a copy of this beautiful movie.

BuiIding The Future
Technician and fabricator Dave La Merrill designs the next great sportbike-by hand, and in the USA

If you want something done right, do it yourself. Dave LaMerrill is just the man to take this lesson to heart. LaMerrill is a motorcycle wizard: he is a technician, fabricator, designer and race tuner.

Multi-talented
Ram Cycles builds a trick R6 that's ready for whatever you throw at it

Middleweight sportbikes, primarily 600cc supersport machines, are the most popular sportbikes today. They offer fantastic performance, are relatively easy to buy, insure and ride, and are versatile enough to take you to work and back. This all-around appeal helps sell a lot of bikes like the Yamaha R6.