We spoke with Josh Sirlin, creative director, curator and owner of the Black Bear Brand. The brand has had a long history in America and has now been revived after laying dormant for many years. Josh has a passion for motorcycles and the brand he has resurrected. The more we looked into the products Black Bear Brand are making, the more we were impressed. Grab a drink and have a read…
How did you get into motorcycles" 
Thinking back I always had an affection for them? but in some odd way I can?t make sense of now; they felt out of reach.  It?s really weird looking back at this and the fact it took me until I was a so called ?adult? before I rode one and then was on a fast track to buy my first bike.
First time on a bike: I was in Panama doing a freelance odd-job creative project for a resort Travis Pastrana was starting with his Red Bull team manager Hayes Wheels.  The resort wasn?t open yet, it was quite and I was one of the only ones there along with Hayes and a handful resort employees. One of Travis?s bikes was there; the bike he ended up crossing the pool in Nitro Circus Live The Movie. It wasn?t working?  but over a few days of me nagging one of the employees I convinced him and one of the local kids to try to get it running so I could ride it.  And they did!  This is where and how I got my first taste and the motorcycle bug;  wearing shorts, flip flops, ripping the beach on Travis Pastrana?s bike in Panama.
What?s your fondest memory on a motorcy...