A little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00. When the postal authorities received the letter to God /USA, they decided to send it to the President. The president was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the […]
Archive for May, 2009
Ice Speed World Record. 148.7 Mph On A Buell 1125R
Published by May 14th, 2009 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Erik Buell is extremely happy. On one of the frozen Dellen Lakes in Sweden, Craig Jones broke the ice speed world record reaching the speed of 148.7 mph (238 km/h) on a heavily modified Buell 1125R. Craig a Stunt Buell pilot humbly stated that “only fear is limiting speed. “I shifted all my gears, lowered […]
A 1947 Indian Chief Motorcycle restored with a lot of love and passion by Mike Tomas at Indian Kiwi Motorcycles in California. Priceless! Nothing else to add…
Harley-Davidson Considering Closing Its York Assembly Plant
Published by May 14th, 2009 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Harley-Davidson Inc. is considering closing its main motorcycle assembly facility in Pennsylvania and moving production elsewhere as it aims to lower costs and cope with a sales downturn, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Spokesman Bob Klein said the Milwaukee-based company is exploring ways to reduce costs at its York location. That could include a move, […]
I am not going to turn my Blog into a recruiting website, but the economy being what it is, I thought that I could help one of my readers find his dream motorcycle job. If you are interested to apply for this “Vice-President Of Product Planning” job, please contact directly on my behalf Henry at […]
Brass Balls Military Bobber Raffle
Published by May 13th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.“Wheeler” (pictured on left with Builder Rick Fairless), a Vietnam Vet and president of Wheeler Industries, will is representing the custom Brass Balls Military Bobber on the over 2,000 miles “Long Road” event hosted by the Horse magazine. The Brass Balls Bobbers “Win the Military Bobber for the Troops Raffle” will raise money and awareness […]
During this week Myrtle Beach Rally, both merchants and bikers seem to have mixed feelings. Not only because of the controversy regarding the city of Myrtle Beach ordinances to crack down on bikers, but also because yesterday Tuesday the city police has installed 4 traffic checkpoints inside the city limits. Something never seen before during […]
California Considering Motorcycle Smog Checks
Published by May 13th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Exhaust.I wrote a post on this topic 3 weeks ago. Blog reader Nicker forwarded to me this text inspired from a LA Times article. Watch out all bikers, because as you know, where California goes, so goes America. “Cars do it. Trucks do it. And now the state of California may require motorcycles to […]
Peace And Grease To All Ton Up Boys And Girls
Published by May 13th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.I bet you don’t know many people specializing in building or rebuilding Café Racers. Steve Carpenter a.k.a “Carpy the Café Racer Ace” is an Englishman who planted his toolbox and lifts in California to show Americans his skills at building CB 750 Honda’s. His dad rode Café Racers in London back in the 50’s. And […]
Still in progress and to be open this summer, a couple of pictures of the new Colorado Studio/Gallery of my favorite vintage motorcycles painter David Uhl. Expect vintage rides to be exhibited with his paintings. A beautiful place where I would like to build motorcycles and write my Blog.
New and Improved LA County Choprods Internal Throttle
Published by May 13th, 2009 in Builders, Controls, Customs and Editorial.Gard Hollinger of LA County Choprods has redesigned his internal throttle assembly and he states that it is better then eve. This new unit now uses a “slide plunger” with 2 thread-in double ball bearing pin and bearing assemblies. In addition the new aluminum “outer tube” has (2 spiral travel grooves and has been lengthened […]
What do you do when a client brings you a Sportster and tells you that he wants a Mad Max look. Flat black paint will never be enough. So, Alan at Santiago Chopper decided to intall a 300 mm rear tire, a solo seat, a Buell front end and brake for a more rugged look, […]
For the new June 6th edition on June 6th, Big Bear Choppers is going Hollyweird with a Freakshow, a movie stunt man & Gladiator tigers! New for this year, Big Bear Choppers will be hosting a VIP lounge for their customers (if not eaten by the tigers). So if you’re a customer that charged the […]
What about talking of something else than the economy? Your next vacation, for example. Now that the US dollar regained some of its value against the Euro, why not crossing the big blue to visit one of the European countries. Have you thought about France? (I admit on this one, very biased). Visiting on a […]
New Evolution Industries Diamond Terminator Clutch Basket 1970-1984 Big Twin.
Published by May 12th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Driveline and Editorial.All quality designed and manufactured American products deserve to be plugged in my Blog. Evolution Industries proposes machined aluminum clutch baskets with replaceable steel chain, bearing race, bolt-on ring gear and clutch drive dogs. They weight less than the original baskets and are sold with a very cool 3-year warranty. Evolution Industries has a full […]
Sly. Please Don’t Sit On My Custom Bike…
Published by May 11th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Strangely, no custom builder refused Sylvester Stallone the right to sit on his bike when he stopped by last Saturday during the New Orleans Easyriders Bike Show!!! His most frequent question: is it balanced? So, he had to check and re-checked several of them, but didn’t buy any. Joe Palermo, owner of this bike got all […]
As I told you before, Greg at Greg’s Custom Cycles has an obsession with aggressive styling and shapes. And still missing to his Deepsickness motorcycle line was a headlight to aggressively lead your way. Now he is offering one with the spiked housing bucket available in black powder coated, mat, gloss, or matching H-D™ wrinkle finishes. […]
Personally, I never thought too much about it although…I felt it a lot. In New Orleans, I had to have my display next to David Hall of Gusset Jeans, to receive my 1st lesson in jeans anatomy.
A fast post to show you another custom bike coming straight from Italy to participate to the next AMD World Championship in Sturgis. It was built by maestro Luca Andreoli at Andreoli Motorcycles (Picture HRF)
Lightning Rod Motorcycles Pro Street Buell
Published by May 10th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Do you own a pre -2003 Buell motorcycle (or you can buy one for dirt cheap)? A shop in Florida called Lightning Rod Motorcycles offers to turn it into the Pro Sttreet like the one featured here. Quite a cosmetic change. Call Steve Carr or Rick Bonin at 813-416-2666.
Indian Motorcycle Factory Delivery Program
Published by May 10th, 2009 in Builders, Editorial and Events.This program allows customers to order a motorcycle through one of the Indian dealerships and pick it up at the factory. Factory Delivery includes a personal VIP tour of the plant and bike delivery in the customer delivery area. During the tour, a member of the staff guides and explains to participants each step of […]
In New Orleans, met with Sylvester Stallone who stopped by to check the bikes at the Easyriders Bike Show. Reminded him that I did a riding scene with him in the movie The Specialist. He remembers… Falcon Motorcycles will release a new collection of ten custom motorcycles. The “Kestrel” currently being built, is number two in […]
Warning. After 5 minutes, can make you feel dizzy. Skilled rider, but please, do it at the track. The bike is a Husqvarna 610.
MeanStreet Awesome Looking New Bagger Legs And Bells
Published by May 9th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Suspension.These legs are made for heavy riding and look very good to me. MeanStreet just released 2 new models, Avalon on the left and Predator on the right that you can customize and embellish with one of their 3 Bell designs (from left to right: Beam, Amen and Facet Face). As usual, you can order […]
Live From New Orleans Bike Week.
Published by May 9th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.New Orleans Bike Week is already nicknamed the Bikers Mardi Gras. The only bikers event: where the well known builders and the new generation (belonging to the Limpnickie Lot Tour) exhibit their custom bikes in the same building; where you see double burn outs, (meaning with change of rear wheel by a pro Nascar team […]
Tribute To John Britten. Backyard Motorcycle Visionary.
Published by May 7th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Considered at the time of his death the best motorcycle engineer in the world, designing and building motorcycles and much more, John Britten gave us a fabulous lesson of perseverance, courage, humility and creativity. If you never watched it, this 5- part documentary (total 7 h 15 minutes) shot in his home in New-Zealand is a must see for all […]
