The King JEFF BUCHANAN In motorcycling, there are two very distinct periods; before On Any Sunday, and after On Any Sunday. Bruce Brown’s landmark 1971 documentary remains the silk bookmark in the almanac of motorcycles, delineating the…
Browsing Category Musings
The Cross-Up
Anatomy of style; Jim Pomeroy JEFF BUCHANAN Compared to the mind-boggling gyrations modern motocross riders have achieved, kicking their bikes into one-handed tabletops and clearing massive double and triple jumps with a whip thrown in…
Baptism To Motocross
HEROES Bengt Aberg JEFF BUCHANAN My baptism to Motocross was in 1971. I was thirteen years old. My interest in motorcycles was pretty much limited to docile trail riding on my Honda Trail 70. I…
Mert Lawwill
American Original JEFF BUCHANAN It was the summer of 1971. I was living in Pacific Palisades, California. A long-haired kid in love with motorcycles I had the undeveloped Santa Monica Mountains as the playground to…
Sweet Dreams are Made of This
JEFF BUCHANAN At the dawn of the 20th Century, inside a small shed on the windswept beaches of Kitty Hawk, N.C., a machine was taking shape that would alter the course of history. With a mania…
“Tell Me More”
Stories From the Road JEFF BUCHANAN It was Sunday. Traditionally I avoid weekends for any kind of motorcycle travel, given that weekdays tend to provide less crowded roads. But, it was Sunday and I was…
On The Road
JEFF BUCHANAN Trekking solo from the Bay Area to Colorado Springs in 2017 on a BMW GS I found myself on a barren stretch of road somewhere in the far and remote reaches of Nevada….
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It was Sunday. Traditionally I avoid weekends for any kind of motorcycle travel, given that weekdays tend to provide less crowded roads. But, it was Sunday and I was in possession of an Indian Chieftan,…