Most people know California gives you roughly two years to file a personal injury lawsuit. Almost nobody knows that if your motorcycle accident involved a government entity — a city, county, state agency, or public transit vehicle — that two-year window doesn’t...
Insurance adjusters love to tell injured motorcyclists that because they were “partly at fault,” they can’t recover anything. In California, that’s not how the law works — and understanding why can be the difference between walking away from a...
If you’re an uninsured motorcyclist in California and you’re hit by a negligent driver, California law limits what you can recover — even when the crash wasn’t your fault. This comes from Proposition 213, passed by California voters in 1996, now...
Lane splitting — riding a motorcycle between lanes of slower or stopped traffic — is legal in California. It’s the only state where this is explicitly true, which is exactly why out-of-state visitors, insurance adjusters, and even local police sometimes get it...
Building for Born-Free is not just about putting a bike together. It is about vision, patience, craftsmanship, and the kind of hands-on work that keeps California motorcycle culture alive. In this feature, we spend time with Steven Motta of Motta Cycles, a Born-Free...
Bike Shed Moto Co. LA is one of those places that feels built for riders. Located in the Los Angeles Arts District, Bike Shed brings motorcycles, food, gear, conversation, and community into one space. Whether you ride in for coffee, stop by with friends, check...
Nestled in the beautiful San Gabriel Mountains and sandwiched between San Gabriel Canyon Road to the west and Mount Baldy Road to the east are a couple of roads that aren’t direct routes to anyway. As far as evidence suggests, the main reason for Glendora Mountain...
Billy Lane has a new shop, and the first build to come out of it carries a purpose bigger than chrome, metal, and horsepower. This custom Harley-Davidson Springer Softail was created to support Customs Kicking Cancer and help raise awareness for prostate cancer and...
For over 120 years the San Gabriel Mountains have been a protected area where Angelinos have enjoyed everything from camping to hunting, hiking to skiing, and motorcycling. The latter really accelerated in the 1930s when paved roads provided not only easy access to...
We stopped by Boar’s Nest Choppers Inc. in Oceanside, California, to meet Josh Soto and get a quick look inside a shop built on family influence, Harley-Davidson craftsmanship, and a lifelong connection to motorcycles. In this short shop visit, Josh talks about the...
