Gophers and Cheese

Shortly after buying my first motorcycle, the first local motorcycle event I started regularly attending was the Progressive International Motorcycle Show and I went for 14 years straight.  I took all the photos I posted from that show over the years and put each year into a photo slideshow and uploaded them all to YouTube.  Together, the 14 slideshows total about 90 minutes of run time.  Go relive one year or all the years over on my YouTube channel .  Look for the Progressive International Motorcycle Show playlist to find them all grouped together.

At one point, Tom Rad was hosting two really fun motorcycle shows per year.  One was Ma Rad's Rumble on the Deck in Stillwater, MN and the other was just across the river at Bass Lake Cheese Factory in Wisconsin.  While I missed a couple, I attended most of the ones between 2010 and 2016.  I'm still really happy with the cheese-shaped awards I managed to take home at Extra Sharp.  Photos I took at both of those events have been added to video slideshows on my YouTube channel .  The slideshows pair nicely with a little wine and cheese so go check them out.

Scooter Trash was an annual event that only occurred 4 times.  I attended the last two in 2013 & 2014 and all the photos I took are now available in a pair of video slideshows on my YouTube Channel .  You can still see my original blogposts here .

I have attended the Donnie Smith Bike Show more times than any other local event (16 years and counting).  I have taken all the photos I have posted here on the blog and put them into video slideshows on my YouTube channel .  You can find them all in the Donnie Smith playlist.  Watching them all back-to-back would take about 2 hours.  If you prefer clicking and scrolling, you can read all the original blogposts here .

After missing the early ones, I attended the final 4 years of Motosota (2019-2023) at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis, MN.  All the photos I posted here on the blog are now also available in video slideshows on my YouTube channel .  Find them all in the Motosota playlist.  You can still find my original blogposts here .

I attended 4 of the 9 years of the Konawerks bike show (2013, 2014, 2017, & 2019).  Once again, I took all the photos I posted here on the blog and organized them into video slideshows on my YouTube channel .  You can find all 4 in the Konawerks playlist.

While I missed a year or two, I have attended most years of the Rockers Spring Social hosted by Ton-Up Minneapolis since it began in 2013.  I'll admit I'm not the best of capturing photos of what this show is really all about, the cafe racers. I'm often snapping photos of Harleys, mopeds, and any weird contraptions that ride into the event.   I even debuted my Stingray chopper bike at this show.  My father's Triumph and/or grandfather's Hondamatic would fit much better.  Like I've been doing with other local events, I've organized all the photos I've posted here into video slideshows on my YouTube channel .  You can find them in the Rockers Spring Social playlist .

You might be noticing a pattern... I attended Mama Tried six times (2015-2018 & 2024-2025) and 4 of those years I also attended Flat Out Friday .  I took all the photos from those two events as well as all the pre-parties, after-parties, and ice-riding events that I attended and put them into "ambient" (audio-free) photo slideshows you can find on  my YouTube channel .

The Bearded Lady lives on... well, in slideshow form.  Once again, I took all the photos I've posted here on the blog for the six years I attended the Bearded Lady Motorcycle Freakshow (up to the very last one) and put them into video slideshows.  You can find them all on  my YouTube channel  in the Bearded Lady playlist .  It's about an hour and 15 minutes of total runtime.  There's no audio, so play your own music, grab a beer, put on a fake beard (if you don't already have one) and a dress, and relive the freak show!

I took all the photos I've posted here on the blog, from the very first Full Tilt in 2011 to this year (2025), and put each year into its own video slideshow.  You can find them all on my YouTube channel and they are organized into a convenient Full Tilt Boogie playlist  to easily find and play them.  By simply clicking Play, you can relive every year of Full Tilt with total running time over 4 hours!  There's no audio, so just put on your own music, crack open a beer, sit back, and enjoy!

Do blogs and websites require too much clicking and scrolling?  Do you tire of watching videos with moving people & objects and having people yell at you to "smash that like button and subscribe"?  Would you prefer to relive the golden age of digital photo frames like it was the early 2000s?  Do you want that digital photo frame to be filled with cool motorcycles and vans?  Do you yearn for a little peace & quiet, or maybe just want to listen to your own music instead of some royalty-free and/or AI-generated knock-off?  Well, get on board the ambient slideshow train!  Hear me out...