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BIKER LEGEND: Jay Allen
With over two decades of successful brand development under his belt, Jay Allen, creator of the legendary Broken Spoke Saloon, has been a pioneer in the art of interactive motorcycle entertainment. His focus is to provide well-organized and creatively structured programs to ensure the overall success of an event and to generate consumer excitement. And he […]
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Birth of Bikers Part Five: From Easy Rider to EASYRIDERS
“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 […]
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BIKER LEGEND: Rick Fairless
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 […]
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Birth of Bikers Part Four: How Easy Rider Changed the Biker World
“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, […]
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Biker Legend: Jody Perewitz
The following Biker Legend article was featured in Born To Ride magazine. We’d like to introduce you to a true Biker Legend named Jody Perewitz, the fastest woman on two wheels and daughter to world-renowned custom bike builder and the “father of flames” Dave Perewitz. Jody grew up around motorcycles and bikers, hanging out at […]
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Birth of Bikers Part Three: There Are No Gangs
“Three can keep a secret if two are dead.” —famous biker expression The evolution of American bikers from tie-wearing Dapper Dans on stock dressers to WWII vets in bomber jackets and black jeans on chopped bobbers didn’t happen overnight. (Click here to catch up, if you missed the Birth of Bikers: Part 2. ) The same is […]
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Birth of Bikers Part Two: The Original Wild Ones
“What are you rebelling against?” “Whaddaya got?” —Marlon Brando as Johnny, The Wild One Last time we looked back at the origins of the biker lifestyle to discover that veterans returning from World War II formed motorcycle clubs to enjoy some of the freedom they fought so diligently to defend. (Click here to catch up, […]
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Birth of Bikers Part One: How Motorcycle Culture Got Its Start
Ever wonder how the whole biker lifestyle got its start? Well, it began with servicemen returning from World War II who bonded together over the love of motorcycles. You see, by 1934 out of nearly 300 American Motorcycle Companies that were created from around 1900, only two remained in business, Harley-Davidson and Indian. At the […]
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Sparks are flying! (Custom Bike Build Update – June 2020)
Creating a custom bike is all about building up excitement and energy during the process. And that’s exactly what High Seas Rally host Xavier Muriel is doing as our award-winning bike builder assembles HSR’s custom motorcycle, which will be unveiled and raffled off to one lucky passenger aboard the ship. To check out the most […]
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Slow Ride: Sex, Bikes & the Freedom of the High Seas Get to Know Foghat Before They Rock HSR
When you board the High Seas Rally, your “Slow Ride” across the Caribbean will feature more live music and more action than ever before. The amped up entertainment starts with Foghat bringing the ultimate anthem for a ship of bikers sailing the high seas. While we await Foghat’s thunderous blend of blues and butt-kickin’ rock […]
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