Oct 30, 2014 | Routes and Trails
The Brief If you find yourself somewhere between Ft. Worth and Abilene, TX on Interstate 20 and you have some time to relieve the monotony of flat out freeway driving, head south and catch this 135 mile loop that starts and ends in Brownwood. Remember, that’s...
Oct 30, 2014 | Favorite Bikes
Last week, we did a story about Phil Anderson, a former flat tracker who now teaches a dirt bike safety course. We thought it only fitting that we should followup this week with his current bike pictured above. This street legal, small displacement, supermoto was out...
Oct 30, 2014 | Food to Go
The Lowdown Several years ago we found ourselves in Memphis and had to ask the locals to name a good barbecue place. Corky’s was repeated more often than most. As we started putting together Asphalt & Dirt, we realized we’d be missing a big plate of...
Oct 23, 2014 | Gear & Such
Yeah, we know. There are those of you out there that would rather not wear one. A female rider friend of ours once cut out the bottom of a Coke can, drilled a couple of holes on each side, ran some yarn through it, and rode around with that tied to the top of her head...
Oct 23, 2014 | Favorite Bikes
How could any red-blooded American biker not like this bike? Or anyone who likes/always dreamed of a retro, kick in the butt, torque monster? We had an opportunity to demo one of these after they first came out and were pleasantly surprised with just about everything...
Oct 16, 2014 | Routes and Trails
The Brief This is a short route inland from San Francisco with a lot of one lane roads and twisties. so take your time. Steep drop offs to your right when headed mostly south. You’ll periodically follow the Arroyo Mocho while steadily climbing and dropping short...
Oct 16, 2014 | Gear & Such
Jeans are a bikers go to, unless you’re a serious sportbike or adventure rider. Then we’re talking something of more substance…and coin. But a few of us have taken a few knee slides along the pavement and wished we had worn something more. (Some day...
Oct 16, 2014 | Favorite Bikes
Sometimes our favorite bikes…or at least the ones we think of most fondly…are our first. In this case, it was a 1975 Honda CL360 – the scrambler version of the CB360. It was only manufactured from 1974-76, mostly because it just didn’t measure...
Oct 6, 2014 | Gear & Such
While we work out how to get gear to review from the various manufacturers, we’ll share some insights into some of our favorites. Let’s start with gloves. This is the bane of most riders existence since like bikes, there’s no perfect one and no glove that fits...
Oct 1, 2014 | Routes and Trails
THE BRIEF This is a great route following a big chunk of Hwy 1 up the California coast heading north out of San Francisco all the way to Jenner. Just before Jenner, you’ll cut inland on the 116 and head through the redwoods and over to the back side of Sonoma...