Most of purchased after-market steel gas tanks are modified to fit your frame and/or your style. So, why to pay for a full finished and welded gas tank when your 1st task will be to cut, reshape and re-weld it. Paughco is now offering a number of their gas tanks in kit form. You can purchase […]
Archive for March, 2009
Gas Tank. Do It Yourself With A Little Help From Paughco
Published by March 14th, 2009 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.A Letter From Jesse James To My Readers
Published by March 13th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.“In an effort to focus 100% of our talent, facilities and resources on manufacturing the worlds finest motorcycles. Effective immediately West Coast Choppers will no longer sell parts to the public. Effective 3/13/09 all orders and Po’s will be canceled. With exception to orders that were prepaid. These will be filled in a timely fashion. […]
Myrtle Beach Rally Has A New Home. New Bern, North Carolina
Published by March 13th, 2009 in Editorial and Events.The Carolina Harley-Davidson Dealers Association announced that the 69th Annual Spring Rally will be held in New Bern, North Carolina on May 15 & 16. The rally site is the New Bern Fairgrounds, a 40 plus acre site located at 3700 East US 70 Highway in New Bern. The Association said it had given the […]
Wire Plus Powersports Electronics just released their new, state-of-the-art “Classic Black Face” Round Digital Instrument Panels. These new line of round digital instruments includes a vast array of functions: speedometer, tachometer, trip odometer, all indicator light functions and new flat panel construction that measures 2.5” round with all electronics onboard. (No external brain box) The […]
Willie G. Davidson To Receive Eyes On Design Award.
Published by March 12th, 2009 in Editorial and Events.Willie G. Davidson, Senior Vice President and Chief Styling Officer at Harley-Davidson Motor Company and grandson of Harley-Davidson founder will receive this year’s EyesOn Design Award presented by the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology. Regarded as the most prestigious award in automotive design, each year’s EyesOn Design Award winner is chosen by the industry’s top designers […]
West Coast Choppers Bear Trap II Floorboards
Published by March 12th, 2009 in Builders, Controls, Customs and Editorial.What you are looking at is a complete revamp of the original West Coast Choppers FTW Bear Trap style that I introduced to you 1 year ago. Second version features full front boards and new matching iron for the passenger. The new boards feature billet steel frame and unmistakable Bear Trap lip. The highly polished […]
I don’t care what you ride if you ride and what you build if you build. And it would be a mistake to think that in Daytona this year all the bikes were in the category of vintage or new and old school style. High tech aggressive sleds are still being built as I found out […]
Video Of The Old Indian Motorcycle Factory In Springfield
Published by March 11th, 2009 in Editorial.Thanks Melissa, Vintage Indian Motorcycle Advertisement
A Visit To The Indian Motorcycle Flagship Dealership
Published by March 11th, 2009 in Builders and Editorial.Last Spring I visited the site of the future Indian Motorcycle Flagship Dealership while it was still in construction 20 miles west of Charlotte, NC, located directly along I-85 at exit 22. Then, there was a grand opening on October 4 and the Charlotte dealer became the world’s 1st New Indian Motorcycle dealer. Mark Moses, […]
Genevieve Schmitt Launches 2 Online Magazines For Scooters And Trikes.
Published by March 11th, 2009 in Builders, Editorial and Events.I guess you know. The 2 fastest growing segments of the powersports industry (although not dominant) are scooters and trikes. So Genevieve Schmitt, an award-winning motorcycle magazine editor with more than 20 years of experience working in both the television and print mediums just launched Scooter Riders Now and Trike Riders Now. The “scootering” and […]
First Annual New Orleans Bike Week Is May 7th To 10th
Published by March 10th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Slowly, the good life is back in New Orleans. “The Big Easy” will have its 1st Bike Week from May 7th to 10th and the “center stage” will be the 26,000 square foot of the Broken Spoke Saloon with the French Quarter as playground and starting point for scenic riverfront and plantation […]
Biltwell co-founder Chris Collins created his seat pans to be both functional and comfortable. The shape and curvature of the company solo seat was hand hammered to include a narrow profile, a short, supportive nose, gently sloping sides and a subtle rear kick to keep you from sliding off your ride. […]
Intro clip on the Fix My Hog DVD Series. 20 year Harley Davidson certified master mechanic Bob LaRosa shows you some of the DVDs that Fix My Hog has to offer on Harley-Davidson maintenance and performance. More info at Fix My Hog.
Annual Ride For Autism With Grand Marshall Brenda Fox
Published by March 9th, 2009 in Editorial and Events.Los Angeles TV Motorcyclist & Journalist Brenda Fox will lead the 6th Annual Ride For Autism. Event is March 27 to 29th. Please, support this ride to help raise awareness for Autism and helping those with Autism. Project Independence is an organization founded on the premise that parents of an autistic child (or any special-needs […]
Since last year, confronted with the most dramatic contraction in consumer spending in decades, Harley-Davidson and its competitors in the heavyweight bike market are bracing for a decline of 2009 sales. In the US, for the 1st 2 months of the year, U.S. dealers sold 9.4% fewer motorcycles than they did during the same period […]
Daytona Bike Week Boardwalk Bike Show Winners
Published by March 9th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Following is a list of winners at the 18th Annual Boardwalk Classic Bike Show sponsored by Full Throttle Magazine, the Boardwalk Merchants and Coca-cola.: Best Of Show: 1st place: Steve Galvin, St. Petersburg, FL; ’08 Dragon. 2nd place: Kenny Williams, Angien, NC; 2009 KW Custom Air Ride. 3rd Place Lalancette Remy, Quebec; Chapeur Artisimal
Daytona Bike Week Flash News 5
Published by March 8th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Can the weather be more perfect for a major Bike Show? 80 F, solid blue sky, light breeze. Big traffic jam Saturday at 10 am around the Daytona Lagoon Water Park where all parking spots (at $10 if you can get one) are already full from visitors to the […]
More News About The Daytona Biker Fusion Party
Published by March 8th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.You already know by my former post that an All-Star list of custom motorcycle builders, industry leaders, and media traditionally meet together at the Dog House on Thursday of each Bike week. In addition to the festivities (girls, girls, girls…) the main objective is to raise money for a good cause. Proceeds from this year’s […]
Daytona Bike Week Flash News 4
Published by March 7th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Perfect weather helping, many Floridians decided to head to Daytona to enjoy the last weekend of Bike Week. It should boost the numbers that most expect to be down from last year. In what percentage? We will never know for sure…
Big atttendance this morning at the Daytona Hilton where with other AMA 300 guests I went to listen to Flat-Track Legends Scott Parker and Jay Springsteen. This Motorcycle Hall Of Fame Museum fundraising event was celebrating the 2 Harley-Davidson factory stars who are both considered to be some of the best AMA Grand National flat-track racers of all […]
Daytona Bike Week Fusion Party. Hotter Than Ever.
Published by March 6th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Thanks to the hard work of promotion expert Carrie Repp, the Daytona Biker Fusion is still by far the best party during Bike Week. As usual, it is fun, it rocks and it is for a very good cause. It’s full of custom bikes and of […]
Willie’s Custom Bike Show. The Place To See And To Be Seen
Published by March 5th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Hot bikes and hot rods celebrating the technology of the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Hot girls because chicks dig these bikes. Tattoos and rockabilly because…I don’t have to explain. Willie’s Tattoo Chop Bike Show located on US 1 in Ormond Beach is on every Thursday of Bike Week the place to see (bikes, girls, […]
After 3 days of cold winds under a solid blue sky, on Wednesday temperatures started to rise. Florida looks again like Florida. Had breakfast this morning with several members of the American & European press. Italian reporters are here in big numbers. Good, they came with their beautiful wives and girlfriends. Attendance is growing by […]
They are in Daytona this week, and in case you miss them there or don’t go to Bike week, you can check them out right now in this video. They are both the work of sculptor Kim Brandell of Brandell Studios in Key Largo, Florida.
Blogging Days & Nights. What Time Is It?
Published by March 4th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.How is it to cover Bike week? Bloggers and reporters from all over the world find themselves working together late at night or very soon in the morning in improvised press rooms looking like hotel lobbies, bars or like here private homes. Tonight, while wild parties are going on in the bars of Daytona Main […]
Seen in Daytona. New Hayabusa Body Kit
Published by March 4th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Here a new body restyling kit called “Menace” inspired by the lines of the Lamborghini Gallardo. It will transform any 1999-2007 Hayabusa in a sleeker European 2-wheel work of art. It is made out of high quality fiberglass and conceived to be a perfect fit bolt-on. The kit is […]
