My good friend the Beemerman recently invited me to co-host the Roadshow Podcast. The Roadshow comes out two times a month, and yesterday we worked on the most recent release, featuring mechanic Manny Macias. Manny is now an instructor at MMI in Pheonix, Arizona, but worked as a chassis technician with a race crew for several years. His interview is engaging and interesting for riders and non-riders of all kinds.
I also had a chance to pitch this year's Hollister event, which could signal a new way of doing the Hollister Independence Day weekend for bikers. Gypsy Tour Motorcycles, Inc. is putting the event on at Bolado Park, also known as the San Benito Fairgrounds. Since the event is on private property, it may be able to develop into something new. If it really takes off I suspect that the main events will be at Bolado while other campgrounds and event centers may develop as well. Naturally folks will be hanging out at a few downtown places like Johnny's and Mars Hill, a new coffee joint on the main drag.
I also had a chance to pitch this year's Hollister event, which could signal a new way of doing the Hollister Independence Day weekend for bikers. Gypsy Tour Motorcycles, Inc. is putting the event on at Bolado Park, also known as the San Benito Fairgrounds. Since the event is on private property, it may be able to develop into something new. If it really takes off I suspect that the main events will be at Bolado while other campgrounds and event centers may develop as well. Naturally folks will be hanging out at a few downtown places like Johnny's and Mars Hill, a new coffee joint on the main drag.
Putting the name Gypsy Travelers on the event really calls back to the roots of the Hollister event to before the 1947 "Riot" that made headlines with the staged image of a drunk on a bike surrounded by empty bottles. The implications of this is an interesting move considering the controversy surrouning the de-sanctioning of the event.
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