When it comes to motorcycle t-shirts you generally have 2 choices…

1. “Bad-ass” designs that terrify old ladies and small children

or

2. T-shirts with slogans so sexist they were surely designed for cavemen – not motorcyclists.

Neither option is that appealing.
In fact, I’m beginning to think that 95% of motorcycle t-shirts were made in the Ugly Forest.

Explains a lot, doesn’t it?

That’s why your motorcycle t-shirts are the most embarrassing things in your wardrobe (aside from those 80s concert t-shirts you can’t bring yourself to throw away).

Let’s take a closer look at why these biker t-shirts are really only fit to be worn while you’re changing the oil in your driveway.

If you’re not a biker yourself, choosing motorcycle gifts is a risky business.

Your average motorcycle rider is very picky.
He has strong opinions about which products are welcome in the garage – and on the bike.

Fair enough, but that leaves you completely in the dark!
All you can do is make wild, desperate guesses about which motorcycle gifts to buy.

Well, I’m about to flick the light switch to ‘on’.
Get ready to discover plenty of real-world motorcycle gifts that are practical, but thoughtful.

Never again will you need to resort to buying another Harley coffee mug.
Or a pair of $70 Triumph socks.

But there’s a secret to choosing the right cool gifts for a motorcycle rider…

Dating a biker demands a few special skills.

I should know.
I’m 25 years into an awesome relationship with my furry motorcycling soul mate.

Motorcycles are massively important to Pat.
I spotted this very early on, and rather than resist it, I embraced it.
Having ridden with him for more than a quarter of a million kilometres now, bikes have become one of my passions, too.

Our shared interest in bikes is not the only reason we still get on so well, but it definitely doesn’t hurt!

If you want to live happily ever after with the biker of your choice, there are several things you can do to increase your odds…

How do you react to the words: ‘Professional Development Plan’?

It’s a concept that makes many gainfully employed bikers groan out loud.

And no wonder.

Many professional development activities can make you want to just quit your job, go live in a tent, and start hunting your own food. 

Riding a motorcycle as a couple is life changing.

It can do more for your relationship than the most gifted marriage therapist ever could.

Of course, I would say that. I’m a lifelong happy pillion passenger. Pat has to lever me off the seat with a crowbar when we get to the end of a ride.

But not all women feel this way.

Some would rather spend quality time cleaning the cat’s litter tray than go riding with you.

Why is that?

Vintage motorcycles turn heads wherever they go.

That’s partly because they’re often mouth-wateringly beautiful, of course. But it’s also because they’re so rare.

Sometimes you’ll overtake a classic bike on the road as it rattles along in its own time warp. Or you might get to drool over a few at a specialist bike show.

But last week, I damn near overdosed on rare classic motorcycles. I got up close and personal with more than 300 vintage motorcycles under one roof.

Indian motorcycles have a cult following in a most surprising place … a little town right at the bottom of New Zealand.

Invercargill is pretty much the last stop on the way to Antarctica.

For most of the year, it’s home to around 50,000 people (not counting hobbits).
But every November, the population explodes for a weekend, as 20,000 motorcycles roar down the wide straight streets of this sleepy little town.

This is the Burt Munro bike rally.

It’s a joyful celebration of Indian motorcycles – and an annual tribute to a local motorcycling legend.

For some women, helmet hair may as well be herpes.

It’s an embarrassing disease – and even worse: it’s on full public show.

But helmet hair is actually not an incurable virus.
You can fix it with a hairbrush in about 7 seconds.

I get it every time I go motorcycle riding.
(Helmet hair, that is – not herpes.)

At first glance, Fast N Loud seems to be all about the 4 wheeled machines.

Richard Rawlings’ crew of misfit mechanics clearly have magical powers – but they apply them mostly to cars, right?

They can transform rust buckets infested with rat nests into low riding, sleek works of art that customers line up to buy.

But every time I watch an episode, I’m not thinking about the cars.

Because at Gas Monkey Garage, motorcycle themes are everywhere…

The motorcycle garage gods know where we all live.

They’re watching us, alright.
And they like nothing better than a good laugh.

What a shame that we’re their favorite joke!

Head out to the garage to do some motorcycle maintenance, and you can hear them chuckling already.