I couldn't believe that we all managed to eat at such a low cost. The biggest shock was when they brought the bill and it was so cheap. I told the waitress to put the bill all on one, I was springing for breakfast. I hardly had time to touch my coffee and they were bringing out our food. In town there was a great little breakfast spot called the Olden Days Cafe. Once we had checked in we debated going to grab breakfast. We arrived around 10:30 and things were just getting going but the place was busy already. Instead we choose to take I-69 out towards Bancroft and more country route down to Fowlerville. We had decided not to take US-23 as it tends to have more traffic issues. Stacey was sitting on her Sportster clearly eager to ride. Mike and Linda were ready when we arrived as was everyone else. We arrived early and again were the last to arrive. We needed to be at Scott's by 8:00am to meet part of our group and gas up. ![]() When Saturday arrived I was not ready to get up but knowing what I had in store for the day I got moving rather quickly. I kept thinking about the ride and the excitement that Saturday would bring. Some of us would meet at Scott's again, since it was close to us, and ride to Mike and Linda's together.įriday was a very long day for me. We planned to meet at Mike and Linda's house again since Fowlerville was south of Flint. Everyone wanted to go and was available to go. We all agreed that Saturday would be the better day to go. As luck would have it I wasn't scheduled to work this Saturday. While we were waiting for our burgers to be done, Jim brought up the fact that the Easyrider Festival was coming up. Things change and in this new age, at least we still have a motorcycle magazine on the news stand.Our normal Thursday bike night was busy again tonight. I don’t have any issue with the new direction while at the same time, I am kind of missing the old magazine. I am sure many purest will not like the new Easyriders but, at least it is still around. The gangs were not identified.Įasyriders is dead, long live Easyriders. The town, fairgrounds and county will not allow the Easyriders event to return because, during the 2021 event, there was, very nearly, a “gang” battle.Īccording to reports an undercover cop stopped the unnamed biker gangs from starting a shootout when he spotted “his” gang putting guns together and getting ready to move against their rivals. ![]() Short stories and great pictures laid out in a modern format the magazine looks nothing like the classic version.Įasyriders did support three events 2021 but the long running, over 30 years, rodeo in Chillicothe, OH will not be back in 2022 but not due to the pandemic. I purchased the second issue and I enjoyed it quite a bit. On their website they state that this is an “Elevation of an Iconic Brand”, that it is more then a magazine it is a lifestyle. The magazine, as noted above, is now more “up-scale” targeted to a very different audience then the original Easyriders. If you go to the new Easyriders website you can purchase $16 shaving kits, $30 t-shirts, $25 boxers, and $60 hoodies. It appears that a Canadian clothing company called StrongHold now owns the name and trademark of the old company. Later Easyriders would host and run events, rallies (or as they called them rodeos), and motorcycle shows.įrom what I can gather, that Easyrider magazine closed its doors and auctioned off what was left in 2018. ![]() From my point of view, magazines have been the hardest hit with many, to many, motorcycle magazines failing to survive the transition.Įasyriders magazine started in the early 1970s and always showcased the best motorcycles from across America along with the aforementioned scantily clad women. But, as we all know, the printed word is in decline due to the evolution of digital media. The original Easyriders magazine was a champion of the counterculture, on the road biker symbolized in movies like “Easyrider”. All this raised my curiosity to find out just what happed to the old school motorcycle magazine. The new Easyriders magazine looked more like coffee table style magazine then anything else. In fact, glancing through it at the newsstand, it did not have “really” have any hot bikes and no nude or scantly clothed women. But that magazine did not look at all correct, it did not have a hot bike and girl on the cover. In the lead up to Christmas 2021 when, at a local bookstore, I noticed the latest issue of Easyriders magazine. What has happened to Easyriders magazine?
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