![]() But on a pretty rare and special occasion, one of them reached out to me last year. ![]() Most likely, you’ll never hear from these complete strangers. Sometimes as the writer you will never find out who they are, or if they’ll ever contact you. ![]() There are others looking, reading, following in the background, in the shadows, for reasons only they know. Some have become lifelong friends because of our shared passion for motorcycles-people I know I may never have met if it weren’t for ADVrider and Ride Reports. Who is reading? In my case, having ridden in over 90 countries, I have had the chance to meet so many other inmates who have been readers that it astounds me. On his return, he struggled to find anywhere to share what had happened on that ride on the early 2000s Internet, and so he created Actually, it all started with Baldy taking a ride to Mexico and coming back with a story to tell, but nowhere to tell it. Baldy is crazy enough to want to share his motorcycle life with anyone willing to read about it and that’s how the ADVrider forum started. Some know what this means, some don’t!ĭoes this mean this random guy was member or inmate number one, or is he just a random person? No, this is Chris MacAskill. Look at the bottom of the screen, you’ll see it shows Baldy.1. It’ll go to his profile page, if you hover over his name. Have you ever clicked the”Inmates” button at the top of the ADVRider forum page? Try it type in “Baldy” and click on his name. Like he tells us below, a well-done Ride Report is worth the effort, and you never know who’s reading!-Ed. In rtwpaul’s case, he didn’t go racing himself, but he did go to what amounts to the Vatican of off-road motorcycle racing! And it all started and happened because of the forum here at ADVrider. The latest issue features the usual travel and adventure stories, but we’ve got a few racing-focused pieces as well. My stepdad was a biker, and not exactly a warm and fuzzy guy.Hey, readers: Volume 6 of the ADVrider printed journal is shipping out right now! If you aren’t already signed up to receive this year’s issues as a subscribed forum member, you can pay for this year’s Volume 7 and Volume 8 here. He rode a classic ’79 Harley-Davidson Lowrider, and his little friend was always along for the ride– a. 44 magnum strapped to his leg “for all the honest world to feel” (as Townes Van Zandt would say). Sounds cool, but like a lot of things– you tend to idealize it when you’re on the outside looking in. We didn’t exactly fit into the norm, nor did we to care to. Let’s just say it wasn’t a typical childhood, and we got a lot of stares. I was not invited to a lot of sleep-overs either.Įasyriders magazine was a part of growing up, and exposed me to a lot of… you know, art. Yeah, there’s other stuff in there too that a kid shouldn’t see, but I was fascinated with the illustrations by Dave Mann– and still am. They’re incredible.ĭave Mann’s dad was a lifelong illustrator and active member of the Society of Scribes in London. The younger Mann was born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1957 he first drew pencil sketches of hot rods while feigning attention in high school. His crude sketches opened the door for Dave’s first job, pinstriping cars for Doug Thompson and Ray Hetrick’s custom car shop in Kansas City. The wild allure of the West Coast drew Dave and buddy Al Burnett to Santa Monica, California. While cruising the seaside community he stumbled across Bay Area Muffler, an area custom car house, and there discovered completely insane chopped Harleys. They projected freedom, power and mobility with every chromed curve. He was immediately hooked.ĭave Mann returned to Kansas City and bought his first new bike, a ’48 Panhead, for $350. At the same time he created his first painting, “Hollywood Run.” It represented the wild, unleashed, Hollywood outlaw lifestyle. Riding his customized Harley with his painting tucked under his arm, Dave entered the ’63 Kansas City Custom Car Show. That car show launched his artistic & biker career. Dave Mann had the only custom-bike entry in the show, so for his creative efforts the judges initiated a new class and trophy specifically for him.ĭave Mann painted several posters for Big Daddy Roth, the California custom car creator and publisher of the first chopper magazine. In ’65, he went to work in the mailroom at Scheffer Studios in Kansas city, where he met an architectural renderer, Dave Poole, who taught him technical drawing. By ’67, Mann developed into an architectural renderer, having studied at the Kansas City Art Institute. Then in 1971, Dave discovered a new magazine- Easyriders. And the rest as they say, is history– the two are now forever inseparable in any hardcore biker’s heart and mind. Easyriders was the first full-fledged, lifestyle-related bike rag.
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