_{TLDR: Stories from the road: Yvan and Oliver | Nick from Airhead Misfits | Mark from Futuri | 2026 Motorcycle Events}

Hey riders,

Typically I have a ride review between the stories from the road, but I loved Mark’s story about his insane Ducati, so that is your ride review this time around. If you are anything like me, you will be wishing that bike was closer. I am dying to ride it.

The story about Yvan and his son, was suggested to me through a message on social media. (I do read them you know) What I didn’t expect was that they likely put on more travel miles than I did this year.

And if you don’t know Nick, check out his show - we will actually be doing a review of one his airheads - as we transition from model specific bike reviews to having riders review their own bikes. If you think you have a bike we should review, give me a shout, I would love to check it out.

-Zach

Publisher of American Moto Co.

When Yvan and his wife had their boy, they got the same speech everybody gets. "The world basically told us, well, you gotta give up your cool hobbies. And we said, not a chance." Oliver was two years old the first time he sat on a snowmobile learning throttle control..…Read more

Who is Nick? A Denver rider who came to motorcycles late, got told he was doing it wrong, and stayed anyway. He hosts the Airhead247 SWB Video Podcast and created the Airhead Misfits. He owns four old BMWs and has been on the internet defending strangers' taste for about a decade…Read more

Who is Mark? By day he's an IT guy at a bank, by night he is a man building custom Ducati's that will blow your mind. His latest bike took five and a half years, weighs 310 pounds wet, and makes 112 horsepower at the rear wheel.…Read more

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