Motorcycles of all kinds rolled into Pittsburgh Brewing Company for the annual Glory Daze Motorcycle Show on Saturday, September 21, 2024. The new location was a hit, allowing for more room and unique forms of entertainment throughout the day. Changing venues isn’t easy, and many people wondered how the vibe of past events would transfer to the new setting. Pittsburgh Brewing Company is the home of Iron City Beer, a presenting partner of the show since day one.

For 2024, the Trippy Ten helmet art show had a new home and presenting partner. The exhibit has moved to the new Glory Daze venue at Pittsburgh Brewing Company, taking over the impressive Brew House area of the event. Torc Helmets provided each of the ten selected painters with their choice between four popular models. The resulting lineup was the perfect blend of traditional and unconventional styles.

Pittsburgh’s vintage and custom bike show returned for another glorious round of motorcycles and a groovy good time on Saturday, September 23, 2023. Our team at Pittsburgh Moto packed the powerhouse building with the highest number of invited bikes we’ve ever had inside the invitational section of the event. There was some light rain throughout the day, but that didn’t stop the two-wheel crowd from rolling in early and filling the courtyard with interesting bikes.

Your favorite motorcycle helmet art show returned to Glory Daze with a new group of talented painters in the motorsports industry. The annual Trippy Ten exhibit is presented by Bell Helmets, who provided each of this year's artists with a fresh Moto-3 canvas. Paint themes included Cheech and Chong, killer clowns, our cosmic mother, and even a unique glow-in-the-dark helmet.

Camping in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains? Yes, please. Last year, a few of the Litas collectives met up in Pittsburgh at our annual Glory Daze motorcycle show and came up with a plan for an annual campout in the Allegheny National Forest. The location offers endless off-road trails, a historic state highway, and best of all, real toilets and showers onsite! Despite some rain, the first annual No Coast Campout event was a hit among the region’s Litas groups and will be back again next year for those interested.

When most people from Pittsburgh say they’re heading to the beach in August, they typically don’t mean gathering with other motorcycle enthusiasts on the sunny sands of Neville Island. Over the last two summers, the Steel City Mods vs Rockers event has taken place at Paradise Island Bowl and Beach, where you’d be surprised to find a parking lot full of classic bikes near a beachfront tiki bar with live music and a pin-up contest. This year’s event on Saturday, August 27, 2022, was quite the party. Sergio Kyriakis of Ton Up Pittsburgh filled us in on the event’s history and details.

After the roller coaster of uncertainty we’ve been dealing with for a few years, anything that happened pre-pandemic now seems like the distant past. Things have changed quite drastically since our first annual Summer RideOut in 2018, but one thing remains certain–if the weather cooperates, you can always expect a good turnout at a motorcycle gathering.

Those who love vintage cars, motorcycles, and street racing look forward to July in the Steel City. It’s tough to describe an event like the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix to someone who hasn’t yet experienced it, but every year, an overwhelming number of cars, both classic and new, swarm the city for the nation’s largest vintage street race. Spanning ten days, the event includes parties, parades, car shows, and a motorsports race through the streets of Schenley Park.

There’s something to be said about the power of a moment. It has always fascinated me how certain events could essentially become checkpoints throughout life, impacting the psyche so intensely that they shift a person’s perspective or spark an interest in a new creative craft. The good vibes that radiate throughout Glory Daze are an example of this force and a representation of the motorcycle community as a whole. It’s rare to find such an odd mix of contrasting personalities all together in one place. The combination of a magical venue, loads of art, and a shared passion for two wheels creates a moment where people can be as free and authentically weird as they want, all while soaking in inspiration from custom motorcycle builds.

The annual Trippy Ten is a psychedelic-themed helmet art exhibit I created to show appreciation for painters working in the motorsports industry. Every year, event partner Bell Helmets provides a lid to ten selected artists to paint however they choose. The finished helmets are then displayed at the Glory Daze Motorcycle Show in Pittsburgh, PA, before being returned to each painter after the event. This year, the artists were able to choose between the Bell Bullitt and Eliminator models.

Seven years ago, William Wallace closed on an empty space in Wheeling, West Virginia, with no real direction as to what it would become. In time, things started to take shape, and by the end of 2018, Clientele Art Studio was born with its first official gallery show. Wallace was a friend of ours from Alexa’s music-making days, so it was great to see someone create an attractive space that gives artists in the Ohio Valley a place to showcase their work.

Power to the painter! The Trippy Ten returned in 2021 with ten new artists. For those unfamiliar, three years ago we launched our annual helmet art show called the Trippy Ten. The purpose of the event is to show appreciation for custom painters in the motorsports industry. Each year, ten selected artists are given a helmet to paint however they choose for an exhibit that’s displayed at the indoor invitational during our Glory Daze motorcycle show in late September.