This past weekend I attended the Potomac Vintage Riders Bike Show and Swap Meet.   I have been going to this event for about 20 years and it is always a great reason to get out of the shop in the middle of winter.  Being a veteran at this event, it is also great to see old friends.  Y …

Like every other freckle-faced kid, I wanted to be like the guys I saw in my father’s Dirt Bike magazines in the ’70s. In particular, I wanted to be like Marty Smith. So when it was clear that I wasn’t going to be at all like him (fast and successful), I went for the next best thing: build a replica …