“This used to be a helluva great country. I wonder what happened to it?”—Jack Nicholson, Easy Rider (If you’ve missed any of our Birth of Bikers series, click here to catch up.)  The early ’70’s have become known as the flower power years of sex, drugs, rock n’ roll, custom choppers, hot rods, disillusioned youth […]

The following Biker Legend article was featured in Born To Ride magazine. Rick Fairless was born in Dallas, Texas and lives in the suburb of Irving. He’s a custom bike builder who loves the psychedelic 1960’s and it shows in his world-class roadside attraction and biker hangout, Strokers Dallas, Strokers Ice House Bar, and Punch […]

“You know Billy, we blew it.” —Peter Fonda, Easy Rider (If you’ve missed any of our Birth of Bikers series, click here to catch up.)  The turbulent ’60s was a time of war and chaos. Timothy Leary was teaching us to “tune in, turn on, and drop out.” We lived through Vietnam, Kent State, Watergate, hippies, […]