Intermot is Europe most important trade fair with 3 sectors, motorcycles, scooters ad bicycles merged into a unique event in Cologne, Germany, attracting about 1050 vendors from around the world showing their ware to about 195,000 visitors during 5 days (October 6-10.) Correspondent Horst Roesler is on location and gave me the 411. After an […]
Archive for October, 2010
Orange County Choppers And Lawless Industries Break The Quarter Mile World Record For Battery Powered Motorcycle
Published by October 7th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Legendary drag racer Larry ‘Spiderman’ McBride rode the 363 volt, 4000 amp electric bike assembled by Orange County Choppers to a 7.469, 177 miles per hour quarter-mile pass shattering the existing world record of 7.82 seconds at 168mph. The historical accomplishment was recorded at Virginia Motorsports Park located near Petersburg, VA on September 24, 2010 […]
Karen Davidson To Lead Motorcyclists Riding To Reagan Library For Born To Be Wild Party On Oct. 17
Published by October 7th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Karen Davidson, the granddaughter of Harley-Davidson’s co-founder William A. Davidson and Creative Director of the General Merchandise Harley-Davidson Motor Company, will lead hundreds of Southern California motorcyclists as Grand Marshal of a Ride & VIP Party at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Sunday, October 17. The event is to celebrate the final […]
The Ergonomics Of Motorcycle Grips.
Published by October 7th, 2010 in Builders, Controls, Customs and Editorial.Ergonomics: the science of designing user interaction with equipment to optimize human well-being and overall system performance. Well, grips being one of our main points of contact with our motorcycles, they better off being handcrafted to be comfortable without risk of having your hands slipping off of them, fulfilling their main function which is…to grip. […]
Another Harley-Davidson Shovelhead whose destiny was to be reborn as a little Hot Rodder Chopper, but this one keeping its original frame turned into a rigid with 30-degree rake and no stretch (of course cleaned of all its unuseful brackets, while others were added), 74″ engine & 4-speed transmission. It helps to be able to […]
Action Alert Regarding Motorcycle Only Checkpoints
Published by October 7th, 2010 in Editorial and Events.AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) and the NMA (National Motorist Association) has formally questioned the potential discriminatory and legal nature of Motorcycle Only Checkpoints or Roadblocks administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Law enforcement officials may defend the program as a safety measure to decrease motorcycle crashes, injuries and fatalities, but here is […]
Whatever the way people make reference to him – the Patriarch, the King Of Choppers or affectionately the Godfather – nobody can deny the fact that from his Hayward, CA garage in the mid 60’s where he started building frames and spraying paint on peanut gas tanks to today where, helped by his family, he […]
September sales numbers are pretty good after 4 consecutive months of decline. Florida, a big Harley market, was very strong last month after being very weak during several years . Thanks to aggressive promotions inventory is clearing out, prices are stabilizing and 2011 models are well received both by the traditional baby boomer clientele and are more relevant to […]
2010 Daytona Biketoberfest. Broken Spoke Ready.
Published by October 6th, 2010 in Editorial and Events.Difficult to believe that Daytona Biketoberest is back in less than 10 days (October 16-19). And of course at the cross roads of entertainment, the famous Broken Spoke Saloon in Ormond Beach (1151 North U.S. Highway 1.) Chief Entertainment Officer Jay Allen just announced his new line-ip of acts and festivities. Pick your days, your […]
Nash Motorcycles NC Special Custom Pipes
Published by October 5th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Exhaust.Because of requests to get their one-off pipes fabricated for their own custom motorcycles, Nash Motorcycles hired Tyler at SikPipes to reproduce their own designs. Tyler takes these designs and hand makes the pipes to Nash specifications out of 16 gauge tig welded mandrel bent steel. All the pipes are mocked up on a bike […]
1- Billy Joel To Open A Motorcycle Store. The Piano Man is giving the last touches to the 20th Century Cycles, his soon-to-be-opened motorcycle store in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. In it, Billy’s fans will be able to buy motorcycles, parts, clothing, but no alcohol, the piano man being famous on Long Island for […]
Fasten Your Belt Chopper Style
Published by October 5th, 2010 in Accessories, Builders, Customs and Editorial.In his Hardtail Choppers shop in Washington State, John Grant builds very cool custom rigid frames, wishbone sidecar loops, casts steel replacement necks and rear axle plates. To use motorcycle parts for other purposes than bikes is not new. But frame rear axle plates as a buckle system for your pants belt? Brand new. Each […]
1930 Custom Henderson Rediscovered
Published by October 5th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Don’t know much about this motorcycle (help me) but it must belong to the top of the list in the category “barn find making your heart beats very fast” How many treasures are still hidden in barns and sheds around the world? A 1930 custom Henderson with an unbelievable streamliner body work and supposedly created […]
Café Racer TV Series Coming To HD Theater
Published by October 4th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial, Events and Videos.If you think that Café Racers are some of the coolest motorcycles, there is a new 13-part series coming to your TV on Wednesday October 13, 2010 (could not choose a better date!) The show Café Racer will run at 9 p.m. (EST) on HD TV (A Discovery Company) and explores the history, development and worldwide […]
Mike From Kiwi Indian Caught On Camera Working On A Harley…
Published by October 4th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Is it a scoop? Stage 15 of the Cannonball from Laughlin, NV to Victorville, CA. Mike Tomas from Kiwi Indian joined the Run as an observer riding alongside the participants on his own built board tracker.
Hell Brutalos. A Shovelhead On Steroids.
Published by October 4th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Another example of a Harley Shovelhead getting a new life dressed in sport attire and running legally on Steroids. I found it north of the border, precisely in Quebec, where builder Philip Roquebrune first task was to give the old 1981 engine a new look with split rocker boxes and some muscles by boosting its […]
Metalsport Signs Multi-Year Collaboration Contract With Foose Designs
Published by October 4th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.Metalsport a manufacturer a custom wheels in 2D & 3D and importer of the monster Vee Rubber tires in the US (26 inch and 30 inch tall for the front and 310 and 360mm wide in the rear) signed a multi-year collaboration contract with Foose Designs. Both companies have collaborated in the past. Chip Foose […]
One of a Kind Real Tattoo Motorcycle Solo Seats
Published by October 3rd, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Seats.I am not talking about seats with tattoo designs, but REAL tattoos on genuine cowhide applied the same way you get a tattoo on your skin, with tattoo ink, electric machines with needles and green soap! Can’t be more authentic than that. A great idea that I just discovered from a very good professional tattoo […]
Harley-Davidson Scoring High After Intensively Courting Women
Published by October 3rd, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.In a market where new motorcycle registrations have fallen 41 percent since 2007 overall and 36 percent for Harley-Davidson and where the company’s production has sunk to 2001 levels, the company is looking for sources of growth and continues to increase its female-targeted marketing efforts to attract more would-be riders. Since 2008 model Marisa Miller […]
David Uhl Limited Edition Motorcycle Cannonball Paintings
Published by October 2nd, 2010 in Editorial, Events and Painters.You love so much the paintings that David Uhl did to reward the Cannonball Motorcycle Run participants that he decided to offer some limited edition of those shown here. He sent me the following words: “I am honored to say that I was part of the Motorcycle Cannonball Run being in Kittyhawk at the start and […]
American Chopper. Senior VS. Junior VS. Falcon Motorcycles
Published by October 1st, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Since a few days the custom motorcycle industry is buzzing with the story of Paul Teutul Junior wearing front of the cameras since August 12, 2010 in his TV show “Senior vs. Junior” a Paul Junior Designs tee-shirt featuring as front graphic what appears to be the photo of a motorcycle named Bullet built by Ian Barry of Falcon Motorcycles. […]
Motorcycle Triple Tree Simplicity And Beauty
Published by October 1st, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Suspension.Can it be a better example of the return of the motorcycle industry to pure organic forms where beauty resides in the minimum form necessary to make a part function correctly? Over tortured designs with sharp edges made for fake warriors, pirates and gladiators on 2 wheels in need to show their manhood are over. You […]
Motorcycle Cannonball. An Incredible And Beautiful Journey Across The USA.
Published by October 1st, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Motorcycle Cannonball 2010, the ultimate motorcycle ride across America on pre-1916 motorcycles. A lot of videos have been shot to immortalize this amazing motorcycle event and its riders. I have a preference for this one shot by Cycle World because in less than 5 minutes it expresses very well the tenacity of all participants, their […]
Opening Of Harley-Davidson Lebanon
Published by October 1st, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.A total of 800 Lebanese Harley-Davidson owners convinced the company to open a full service dealership in Beirut, Lebanon. As a matter of fact, Harley opened a 1st showroom 70 years ago with lots of up and downs due to political conflicts and war. Marwan Tarraf, the new dealership owner made a 2.5 million investment, […]
