In my business, I know pretty well 2 “father & son” teams. The 1st team is arguing all the time front of the cameras of the TV show “American Chopper”. No introduction necessary. The second one is discreet, hard working, and producing very cool Bobbers. And they deserve […]
Archive for January, 2007
Split Your Shovel Engine Rocker Boxes.
Published by January 11th, 2007 in Builders, Editorial and Engines.It surprises me that people ask me all the time what is my best selling custom part. Probably because I think you should not buy a part because of its marketing success but because it’s the right one for the look you are after for your own bike.. Anyway, my 2006 most selling item, in number of units, is […]
We all know that cars are at fault in most motorcycle accidents. But bikers can be responsible too . Motorcycle deaths increased in almost all states during this last year and state officials wonder if the reason why it is happening could be related to the age of the riders. For now, it is just a guess, but they […]
New Old School Idea: Coke Bottle Shaped Grips.
Published by January 9th, 2007 in Controls and Editorial.To all those in love, as I am, with the new bikes built with the look of the past, here a great idea to finish off your handlebars. How I didn’t think about this? Tired of flames, of skulls, of iron cross designs? Refresh your style with these Coke shaped grips coming in 3 colors: […]
In our V-Twin industry, reaching your 10th year anniversary is quite an achievement. Especially when you are a “grass roots” motorcycle magazine. Even more when you start as the local level (Tri-State around Pittsburg), and end up a decade later by being a national publication sold in all Barnes & Noble bookstores in the US […]
I often joke that my laptop computer is my other tool box. I carry it everywhere I go, except while riding of course. At lunch, on the road, in a show, in my hotel room etc. How would I check your emails and the ones of my collaborators (and reply very fast), upload new posts […]
You install an after market air cleaner or velocity stack and want to get rid of the ugly stock engine breather crossover tubes. What do you use to make your engine breathe correctly without having engine oil mist ending up on your exhaust or on your right leg or, most of the time, both? It’s the […]
You should start out dead and get it out of the way. Then, you wake up in a retirement home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy. You go collect your pension, then when you start work you get a gold watch on your first day. You work 40 years until you’re young […]
Thanks to the retro trend, pinstriping is back in a big way. From Bobbers to tee-shirts, everything is getting pinstriped. I was even thinking asking my painter to do it on the covers of my laptop and iPod. Artwork in its own right, or as a complement of flames or of any graphics, pinstriping will […]
Me, of course!?!? But I am not in the competition. For the cameras of the TV show American Chopper, Paul Senior competes with Paul Junior and you can vote to decide the winner of this new family feud. But you will have to travel to Fort-Lauderdale, Florida where both bikes & both Teutuls will be present, waiting […]
Kevin is a great fabricator with a simple philosophy. “If it ain’t steel, it ain’t real”. Where most well known bike builders (including myself) will refuse (by lack of time) to do a one-off part for your bike if they don’t build the full bike, Kevin is the specialist in custom made to order steel […]
Best American Motorcycle Brand. And The Winner Is….
Published by January 3rd, 2007 in Builders and Editorial.For the first time ever, J.D. Power and Associates has publicly released brand-performance results from their annual Motorcycle Competitive Information Study. Over the past years, the firm has conducted this research to help the industry’s major motorcycle manufacturers improve. Now, portions of their recent 2006 study have been made. The study, now in its 9th […]
Spider designs have replaced the Maltese Cross emblem has a theme developped on many of today’s choppers & bobbers. Spider frame gussets, spider covers (for open and enclosed belt systems), spider risers, spider rotors are already available from several manufacturers. But if you want to extend this theme up to your mirrors (in case you need 1 or 2), there […]
I didn’t try this one, but the company manufacturing the TCB system (Traction Control Braking) markets it as a lifesaving device for all motorcycles, even ATV’s and snowmobiles. It’s not an ABS unit as found factory installed on a few motorcycles. The TCB uses its Patented "Gas Charged Accumulator Action" to help prevent wheel lock […]
