I’m a moto-journalist writing a story about the eight million Americans who work the graveyard shift. I was intrigued by these night shifters and graveyard tanker yankers. Where do midnight riders eat and sleep while traversing the dark tarmac at witching hour. This story is about Truckers, men and women delivering precious cargo. And of course there are the
Night Two. Las Cruses to HoustonTX- 804 miles Its 6pm the next day, I mean next night. I head out for another long dark ride. So far the weathers been kind but hear that high winds and are reported inTexas. 33,808 motor vehicle deaths were reported in 2009. That’s almost 100 people a day. My thoughts
Story by Gary Koz Mraz Moto-Photo Journalist/Blogger Who’s traversing the dark tarmac at witching hour on American highways? The most obvious answer is of course truckers, working men and women delivering precious cargo to a napping nation. 70% of all freight is delivered by diesel jockeys accounting for 255 billion dollars in trade yearly. They’reAmerica’s last real cowboys/girls riding the
Gary Koz Mraz Moto-Photo Journalist/Blogger www.kozmoto.com Who’s traversing the dark tarmac at witching hour on American highways? Who are these night shifters and graveyard tanker yankers? Where do midnight riders eat and sleep when traveling all night…I’m going to find out on a motorcycle. My Ride: I want a great stereo. I want comfortable seating and massive storage. I want
I’m an all American-red-blooded-mid-western boy…born without a sports gene. Granted, in 1988 while visitingCleveland(my hometown) and the Browns played the Denver Broncos in an AFC championship game I was on the table hootin ‘n’ hollerin like everyone else inCleveland…until “The Fumble”. I first realized my genetic mutation many years ago motorcycling L. A. and was astounded at how desolate the
Many superlatives have been written about this amazing Big Dog, in fact, the Wolf won V-Twins coveted Best Bike of 2009. This time, a Wolf with brand new SuperTrapp exhaust pipes lay in wait. I want to hear the mighty S&S 121ci X-Wedge engine howl and ride to Wolf Mountain Sanctuary. Located in Lucerne valley, its home to wolves rescued
Will Barclay gives away the motorcycle that won him a half million dollar purse. His beloved Electra Glide (named Excalibur) brought him to victory in the 2010 Hoka Hey challenge. He handed the keys to Mark Story the 2nd place Hoka Hey rider at the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee on Friday June 3rd. “Mark is a serious contender “
Scripting an American Road Trip I’ve written alot of stories in my time; everything from movie scripts, TV screenplays to song lyrics. As a Moto-Journalist I’ve traveled Hong Kong to Hollywood filling pages with photos and prose. Usually struggling with traditional writing conventions, I have no plot, no theme, no storyline; just an endless ribbon of road that unfolds before
I’ve had the great fortune of test riding fantastic new models, beautiful to behold, with a curvaceous body, Vee twins with a supple round rear-end … the motorcycles are nice too. I thought I would share a few images from my stories in QuickThrottle, Bikernet, Baggers and American Iron. Photography by Ron Sinoy Tricia Helfer http://kozmoto.com/uncategorized/baggers-magazine-easy-writer/ My favorite
Remember Pink Floyds album “Wish You Were Here”. The front cover was the burning man and inside was Mono Lake? They included an actual postcard from Mono Lake as the enigmatic “here”. Flashbacks over these bizarre images inspire a motorcycle trek to this strange lunar landscape. The grand vistas and expanse panoramas of the High Sierras always provide a spectacular
