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International Motorcycle Shows Announces 2022 schedule

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022 BY MOTORCYCLE RIDER NEWS 

Santa Monica California – Progressive IMS Outdoors, the nation’s leading motorcycle tour connecting enthusiasts with a wide array of Powersports brands, today announced the dates and locations of its 2022 tour. Produced with Progressive Insurance as the title sponsor for the 13th consecutive year, the eight-city series will revisit three markets that hosted the indoor version of the International Motorcycle Shows (Colorado, Arizona, and New York) and return to five markets that IMS Outdoors visited last tour (Chicago, Pennsylvania, Atlanta, and Northern and Southern California).Tickets will go on sale on March 24 at www.motorcycleshows.com.  

Heading into the sophomore year, the experience-focused event will bring back the popular two-wheel and four-wheel demo programs, eBikes, shopping, custom and vintage bikes, and music, while also offering more chances for enthusiasts to engage with brands and their riding community, from ride-ins and races to speakers and charitable efforts.

“The launch of IMS Outdoors was an exciting challenge that armed us with learnings we look forward to applying on the 2022 tour, including an expansion of the highly successful demo program, growing our electric footprint, and adding more experience-focused offerings,” said Tracy Harris, SVP of Progressive IMS Outdoors. “The Powersports industry is amid a transformative period in time as new brands emerge, such as bespoke and electric companies, and we welcome an all-new generation of riders. We are so proud to cater our event to the changing needs of the industry and reunite everyone from new riders and kids to life-long enthusiasts.”

2021 Tour Results: 

  • More than 35,000 motorcycle demo rides were taken across the eight-city tour
  • Nearly half, 44%, of attendees were new to riding or prospective riders; IMS is a catalyst for industry-wide growth and is driving new customers for exhibitors and event sponsors
  • The introduction of SxS and eBike demos were well-received and indicated the community’s growing interest in adjacent products
  • Influenced by IMS’ award-winning Discover The Ride program, three different programs put more than 1,600 adults and teens on a motorcycle for the first time
  • Nearly 1,700 kids rode two-wheeled balance and battery-operated bikes with Strider, Harley-Davidson, and Husquvarna

Harris continued: “We could not be more excited to announce this year’s tour schedule, which was built in partnership with the industry’s leading OEMs. Our team is working diligently to produce an even more robust event that brings the love of riding to life and look forward to sharing more details regarding activations and participating brands with our community soon.”

IMS 2022 Schedule: 

  • COLORADO
    The Ranch Events Complex
    June 17-19, 2022
  • CHICAGO
    Goebbert’s Farm
    June 24-26, 2022
  • PENNSYLVANIA
    Carlisle Fairgrounds
    September 16-18, 2022
  • NEW YORK
    The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
    September 23-25, 2022
  • ATLANTA
    Venue TBA
    September 30 – October 2, 2022
  • NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Santa Mateo County Event Center
    October 21-23, 2022
  • ARIZONA
    Westworld of Scottsdale
    October 28-30, 2022
  • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA  
    OC Fair & Event Center
    November 4-6, 2022

Tickets go on sale on March 24 – save the date on your calendar and visit www.motorcycleshows.com for more information on the 2022 tour.   

Preview – 2022 Colorado Motorcycle Expo

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Colorado Rider News is proud to host the Expo guide for the 2022 Colorado Motorcycle Expo.

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Here is a preview of all that is going on at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo – click here

Heated riding gear in Colorado

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JANUARY 25, 2022 BY MOTORCYCLE RIDER NEWS LEAVE A COMMENT

TFLBike is Colorado-based, and we ride whether summer or winter. Buying the kit, you need to start riding with a heated vest and gloves is expensive, though. Motorcycle Rider News shares a TFLBike product review on heated riding gear and is the reward worth the investment.

What costs less is stacking layers when you go out to ride, but many jackets can restrict your movement and get in the way. Plus, nobody wants to carry all those layers everywhere you go once you dismount.

We teamed up with Revzilla to test out some basic Gerbing gear and see if it is worth the price. TFLBike can be found on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram

Please take a minute to watch this video and give us your thoughts

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American International Motorcycle Expo Trade Show Returns to Las Vegas – January 19-21, 2022

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JANUARY 12, 2022 BY

The Powersports industry has seen a rapid increase in participation and double-digit growth in sales and accessories. The pandemic has given consumers more time to enjoy powersports items and the uptick is shown in the diversity of their toys including a growing number of motorcycles purchased in 2021.

AIMExpo offers an immersive experience you simply cannot get in a digital setting. By providing a platform to engage with colleagues, key exhibitors, distributors, media outlets, and influencers, as well as learn about and discuss the important issues currently facing our industry, AIMExpo brings the industry together in one place, at one time.

AIMExpo provides the powersports industry a 3 day, trade only (not open to the general public) event that delivers the right products, the best deals, and powerful education at the right time of the year.

AIMExpo is one of the single most important events for the North American Powersports Industry and gathers the North American motorcycling and powersports industry into one place, at one time so you can

Here’s all the reasons dealers and manufacturers should attend:

  • See new 2022 Distributor, OEM & aftermarket products
  • Engage face-to-face with OEMs, distributors and hundreds of aftermarket brands
  • Save money with exclusive show specials during prime buying season
  • Acquire insight and inspiration; Engage in thought provoking & motivating conversations
  • Learn, grow and evolve your business through education sessions led by industry experts

Motorcycle Rider News Senior Writer Dazzlin will be in attendance providing us with some great articles and updates.

For more information on this event, please click here

Colorado Motorcycle Expo Moved to February 19th and 20th Due to COVID Mandates

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The annual Colorado Motorcycle Expo was scheduled for January 29th and 30th and has now been moved to February 19th and 20th, 2022. This change was prompted by the State of Colorado’s vaccine mandate for indoor crowds larger than 500 people, as well as the surge of COVID cases in the state of Colorado and the staffing shortages this surge has presented.

The mandate will expire on February 3, 2022; thus, it will not impact the February dates. Additionally, Scott Schulz has proactively applied for a variance to the ordinance, which they anticipate will be granted should the mandate be extended through February. They have carefully thought through all the potential conflicts this will pose to our many dedicated vendors, who have committed or were planning on attending later this month. They have reached out to all the vendors, sponsors and this decision was an absolute last resort.

They feel very confident that despite disruptions to travel arrangements and the logistical challenges this may bring, these new dates will allow for a much better experience for attendees and vendors alike. In addition to the COVID restrictions being lessened in February, they strongly believe they will have a much better turnout from the public as this gives us even more time to promote the event and to ensure everything is in place to make this show bigger and better than ever!!

Unlike in previous years, having the Expo during a holiday weekend will allow them more flexibility with our schedule, particularly on Sunday, February 20th when they can have more flexibility to extend hours or even have some sort of event that evening. With Monday being a holiday, they definitely have more options and fewer conflicts!.

The Expo is fully committed to making this transition as seamless as possible for all of you, and we will be announcing more details and exciting plans for the new dates in the coming days.

They asked me to apologize on behalf of the Expo for any inconvenience this may cause and again assure you this was a forced decision.  Also, if you are trying to call us them with questions, please be patient and understand that they are being inundated with phone calls and there are only a staff of 2 of them trying to respond. And as you can imagine, with such limited notice, they are working through many logistical challenges themselves.  We know that email can be annoying, but you may possibly receive a quicker response that way.

On behalf of Colorado Rider News, I commend Scott and Christy Schulz for having to make this painful decision and think about the safety of attendees and put on the best Expo that they can. This is the 3rd year they have attempted to host this event, and last year, it had to be canceled, so it is so very important that WE as a biker community understand and stand by them.

Cool Bike Lunch and Rides – 2022 Male Calendar

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Cool Biker Lunch and Rides, a Colorado motorcycle group, is launching an unprecedented male biker calendar!  It is a 13-month calendar featuring local male bikers posing in front of breathtaking landscape backdrops. 

Many lady bikers were ecstatic to hear that they get to see a different sexy man every month of the year.  The calendar launch party was held at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse in Golden on November 13th, and the response was overwhelming.

If you couldn’t make it to the event and want to get an autographed copy, email coolbikerlunchandrides@gmail.com or call 310-614-2321!  They are  $15.00 each! 

They would be great holiday gifts for all the ladies in your life! , email coolbikerlunchandrides@gmail.com or call 310-614-2321 and get your copy!

Stormy

Rider Justice

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If you want to see first-hand the difference between a law firm that says they represent injured motorcycle riders and a motorcycle law firm, then call RiderJustice.com. For over 20 years, Scott O’Sullivan and his team at RiderJustice.com have been fighting for motorcycle riders. They offer

  • Free Traffic Ticket Support
  • Free Insurance Review
  • Legislative/Policy Advocacy
  • Community Events
  • Philandthropy

Moon Angell takes over as General Manager of Dirty Dogs Roadhouse

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Over the summer, most of you have seen Moon Angell at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse.  Like me, I always saw Moon at Dirty Dogs, but it was in a different capacity this summer.  Mark & Rob hired Moon as General Manager of our beloved biker bar, and the difference has been very noticeable.

Moon brings an eclectic vibe into the bar, and the staff will work hard, provide you excellent service, but make no mistake; Moon will boot you for the night if you aren’t acting right or disrespecting any of the staff.

Moon has been in love with motorcycles since her first experience at 14 when a motorcycle club rolled thru her Louisiana small country town.  She knew after hearing the roar of the bikes that her life had just roared past her.  She left home at 16 and got her first bike to ride every day to go milk the cows.

She was raised with a high work ethic and the old skool concept of handling your shit and not asking anyone for anything.  Since then, she has been truly blessed in the biker world.  The late Jerry Graves built her current chopper from Graves Custom Cycles out of Boynton Beach, Florida.  For years, she would ride to Sturgis every year with Jerry and the gang and set up one of his custom bikes at the Sturgis motorcycle museum and had the pleasure to hang with the great bike builders of our time such as Arlen Ness, Eddie Trotta, Jesse James, and Tako Sikkaso.

Moon also enjoys mentoring and empowering today’s current women riders and runs a women’s Facebook Group called 303 Purdy li’l Chug-ettes.  Her philosophy is that it takes more strength to be a strong chick than to rely on your looks to get you thru the door.  Women today need to be true sisters and faithful friends.  One of the reasons many lady bikers will call her Mama Moon, because Moon can always be found with a smile on her face, backing up others, and uplifting anyone who needs some encouragement.

She is looking forward to meeting every customer that rolls thru Dirty Dogs and appreciates such an incredible opportunity to work with 2 of the most successful, badass bosses in the biker community.  They have given Moon the freedom to add her Classy, Sassy & a Bit Smart Assy attitude into the mix at Dirty Dogs and to back it up with quality service that bikers want in the #1 Biker Bar in Colorado.

Dirty Dogs Roadhouse – Celebrates 4-year anniversary October 16th

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By Laurie Montoya

When Mark and Rob ventured into the transformation of our beloved Susie’s bar, no one could have imagined the Dirty Dogs Roadhouse that it is today.  A biker bar that is more to us than a bar to catch a quick drink, grab a bite to eat, and hit the road again.  Dirty Dogs Roadhouse is our HOME. 

There hasn’t been a time in the past 4 years that I haven’t walked in and saw someone I knew who said hello.  It reminds me of the TV show Cheers back in the day when Norm would walk in, and everyone said, “Hey Norm.”    It is a place where everyone knows your name, and if you are riding alone or feeling lonely, you can ride up to Dirty Dogs and see someone you haven’t seen in years and melt the stress of live away.

In 2017, so much work went into the first wave of renovations of the original Susies’ building neglected and renovated by others for years.  It would require more than repainting.   Dirty Dogs had to have a certain biker flair but keep the same vision of the Susie’s we loved.  The biker community didn’t disappoint and supported and packed Dirty Dogs from the moment that it opened.

In late 2017-2018, came Mark and Rob’s vision to create an outdoor patio area that could accommodate the overwhelming number of riders coming in on the weekends.  For months, customers would go just to watch Mark, Bart & Rob doing the improvements themselves, and you could see the excitement each week as another intricate piece of wall or concrete was poured.

In 2019, the 3rd wave was the outdoor stage area that would enable Mark & Rob to bring bigger entertainment and host multiple riding events simultaneously.  The 4th wave was the upper parking lot to allow more riders and vehicles to park safely.

Dirty Dogs is also where most in our community will start or end their charity rides or hold our parties.  Dirty Dogs Roadhouse is also where we have mourned the loss of the bikers that we have lost over the years.  Munky Mark was taken from our biker community 2 years ago, and it was standing room only as we laughed, cried, and remembered a life that was taken from us too soon!  Mark and Rob ensured that Munky’s beloved bike will forever be displayed at Dirty Dogs for his years of service to the community and love and friendship to all of us. 

The history and biker memorabilia around the bars leave no open space, and there is always something that takes us back to a time when Freedom of the Ride was FREE.  Dirty Dogs brings the best entertainment and great food, including their new BBQ trailer.

Biker bars like this are rare, and for Dirty Dogs to have not only shown impressive growth over the years (with more to come in 2022) but to have also survived the pandemic with little to no income and rapidly changing restrictions from the health department, shows their management is solid. The biker community will support Dirty Dogs thru thick and thin.

Dirty Dogs will be hosting their 4th Anniversary Birthday party on October 16th so SAVE THE DATE and Thank you, Dirty Dogs, for giving the biker community in Denver a place to call HOME! Please enjoy this 3-page spread honoring the growth of Dirty Dogs Roadhouse