Portland Articles
Video: The One Show
Back in February, Grant and I flew up to Portland to party with Thor Drake, Drake McElroy, Roland Sands and a bunch of other friends. It was The One Show, a bike show for people that don't need to pay to see girls in tight shorts and don't have much use for plastic. Now, here's video and photos from the show. See if you can tell which one of the interviewees wanted to be Grant's boyfriend the most...
03 April 2012
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See See Motorcycles grand opening
It's no secret that we're fans of Thor Drake and See See. We featured the SR 500 he built and I shot his shop the last time I was in Portland. See See is also responsible for The One Motorcycle Show and a good deal of drunken burnouts, party photos and general hooliganism. If you're within a few hours of the dream of the 90's, you should make your best effort to attend See See's grand opening part...
01 June 2011
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TTXGP, FIM e-Power finally working together
It’s been in the works for months and now it looks like they’re announcing before the exact agreement has been worked out. TTXGP and its copycat FIM e-Power are collaborating on select races for the 2011 season (schedule below). The collaboration (don’t call it a partnership or merger, yet) is one of those painfully common sense things that was sadly made difficult by the egos involved. In f...
16 March 2011
Throwing The One Motorcycle Show
Thor Drake runs See See Cycles and organized Portland’s The One Motorcycle Show on Saturday. We asked him to tell us a little about what happened. By our count, there were 78 custom and classic bikes on display, 14 burnouts, 80 cases of PBR, 3,000 people and one visit from the cops. — Ed. Photos: Austin Porter and Thor Drake Holy shit I’m beat. Thursday: we gain access to the building w...
07 February 2011
36 hours in Portland, on a bike
Growing up in Los Angeles, and never having lived anywhere else, I'm used to the way people in Los Angeles act. In Los Angeles people you've never met don't offer you their motorcycles, shop owners don't let you poke around their shops with a camera and, in general, people just aren't all that friendly. In Portland though, all that is reversed. After only three emails, and without even asking, Tho...
03 February 2011
Custom: Metric Motorbike CB200
Metric Motorbike is a new shop in Portland, Maine specializing in practical, reliable, appealing customs based on old Japanese bikes. This Honda CB200 is their first build and a good indication of where they’re going; it’s sweetness personified, but practical and affordable too. Photos: Tom McPherson Update: an HFL reader purchased this bike last night. “I’ve been riding and working...
27 January 2011
The One Motorcycle Show returns to Portland
Vintage and custom bike shows sure are getting popular these days. While some events like the Brooklyn Invitational focus on a national talent list and Orange County's Born Free event continues to transition into an ersatz mega-production, Portland's refreshingly quirky 2nd annual "The One Motorcycle Show" by See See Motorcycles on February 5th will have over 50 mostly home-grown vintage and moder...
05 January 2011