“By the end of it, you should be pretty confident, and capable to take a $300 pile of rust from someone’s barn and turn it into a $5,000 this-is-me-on-two-wheels,” says co-founder Mason Anderson-Sweet.

Now in its 26th year, the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally rumbled through Arlington and D.C. yesterday in an annual tribute to fallen U.S. troops and the soldiers who went missing in action and never returned home.

A D.C. Council bill debated yesterday would issue sweeping new rules on District residents who ride mopeds and motor scooters, requiring them to buy insurance, register with the Department of Motor Vehicles and—in some cases—obtain motorcycle licenses.

Later this month the D.C. Council will debate legislation that would ease regulations and restrictions on motorized bicycles.

Sept. 11 tribute riders visited the Pentagon Friday on their three-day trek to commemorate those who died in the terrorist attacks.

Ann Goodman, a 64-year-old Georgetown resident, keeps getting hauled off to jail for violating D.C.’s regulations on motorized scooters, which make owning a scooter in the District cumbersome and annoying.

Heading to National or Dulles by car today? You’ll want to add in some extra time to get there — a large motorcycle procession will block several major Virginia roads Friday afternoon.

In case you didn’t realize, it’s Rolling Thunder weekend. And considering that the Stars, Stripes, and Spokes Festival is also going down at RFK Stadium over the next few days, it’s really turning into a makeshift Motorcycle Appreciation weekend around these parts.