The One Motorcycle Show 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
Custom: Icon Magnificent Bastard
One of the stars at last weekend’s The One Motorcycle Show in Portland was this 1986 Honda VFR1000R built by the guys at Icon. Sort of a post-apocalyptic, comic book take on a police interceptor — the Main Force Patrol would feel right at home — the Magnificent Bastard is at once reminiscent of extreme function while being relatively functionless. That’s a continental knobby designed for a...
14 February 2012
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
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