Independence, not only on 4th of July day. Harley-Davidson Motorclothes launch a men and women collection with star-spangled colors and styles to evoke pure American pride to celebrate Ride-Free independence. The collection includes hats, shirts and tees, a total of 12 men’s and 11 women’s sportswear items that are either Made in the USA or […]
Archive for May, 2011
Independence Collection From Harley-Davidson
Published by May 22nd, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Merchandise.Laconia Motorcycle Rally. June 11-19th, 2011.
Published by May 21st, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Laconia, “America’s Original Rally” and a hotbed of riding heritage offers a lot of breathtaking rides through winding roads, stunning lake vistas and riding on historic roads like the Kangamangus Trail. The 88th edition, named Progressive Laconia Motorcycle Rally will also offer this year a larger number of attractions. Below a few of them. Riding […]
A new weekend. Relax far from our daily news. Watch or re-watch “Cry Baby”. The usual theme of breaking the taboos of subculture and falling in love. The plot: a group of delinquents called “The Drapes” create upheaval and turmoil in their little town. Johny Depp (girls are melting) and Tracy Lords (boys gone crazy), […]
Headwinds Black Metal & Solid Brass Bullet Headlight Housing.
Published by May 20th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.Black is the new chrome to the point where black is about to be be as much a standard offering as was chrome in the past. Headwinds®, one of the leaders in custom headlights, puts a modern spin on a vintage look by introducing their newest headlight, the 5-3/4” Black Metal & Solid Brass Standard […]
Snake Oil. Carroll Shelby. Bob Bondurant. The Shelby Cobra.
Published by May 20th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Painters.David Uhl is pleased to announce the release of a piece he has worked on since December of last year. It was conceived in conjunction with the Shelby American Museum in Boulder, Colorado and has taken countless hours of historical photo referencing along with the obvious time spent at the easel. “Snake Oil” features legends […]
Facing reality…. A biker was walking around Willie’s Tattoo during Bike Week in Daytona and stumbled over a lamp. When he opened the lamp a genie came out of it and said: “Hi, I’m the one-desire genie; tell me what you want.” “Well, I want peace in the Middle East… look at this map: I […]
The So-Cal Miler. Hot Rod Triumph Street Tracker.
Published by May 19th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.It was one of the major events at last weekend Quail Gathering in Carmel, CA. The unveiling by So-Cal of the Miler prototype, a new limited-edition Custom Triumph Bonneville. The idea of building the Miler comes from Richard Warner, owner of a start-up shop called Streetmaster specializing in Bonnevilles who met 12 months ago with […]
Sturgis 4th Annual Legends Ride®. The Ride That Rocks®!
Published by May 19th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.On Monday august 8, 2011 the Annual Legends Ride will rock the South Dakota Black Hills from Deadwood to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip®. Notable motorcycle builders will be joining an array of distinguished riders and prominent celebrities to raise significant funds for a number of worthwhile South Dakota charities by assembling in Deadwood to take […]
A rare and shameless plug for myself. My Spade Velocity Stacks are available again for CV and S&S E or G carburetors, in chrome or black. I guarantee that they will look cool on any production or custom bike, old school or today’s style. Machined from a solid block of 6061 aluminum. Significantly increase air flow as a stack should […]
Bonhams Carmel Auction Smashes Expectations
Published by May 19th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.This past Saturday May 13 in Carmel CA, 2011 Bonhams was auctioning several interesting bikes and smashed some price records. A machine identical to the 1971 Husqvarna 400 Cross that Steve McQueen famously rode shirtless on the cover of Sports Illustrated was sold for $144,500. A 1925 BMW R32, an early and very rare motorcycle […]
Acknowledge that it’s the first time that you see a minimalistic wallet doubling as a knife, or a knife that you can use as a money clip. Because this carbon fiber blade won the most innovative knife design and because we may all need to defend ourselves and our money, this item is already in […]
Planning something special for some vacation in Europe? Thinking of riding French Riviera beautiful roads . A company called Columbus International makes it easy for you. Fly to Cannes, France. Stay at the luxury Tiara Yaktsa (picture above) in the same city. You get a a 300-square-foot Prestige Sea View Room. In the morning, an English […]
The Lucky F*cker Collection. Softail Conversion Kit From Custom Chrome.
Published by May 18th, 2011 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.The simplest, easiest, most affordable, fastest to install and best looking custom body kit for stock Harley-Davidson riders I have seen in a long time… You can go from your run of the mill, everyday Harley Twin Cam Softail into something cool that will turn heads and grab attention with this new Lucky F*cker conversion […]
Marlon Brando Estate Suing Harley-Davidson Over The Brando Boot
Published by May 18th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Merchandise.Brando’s portrayal of Johnny in the movie the “Wild One” has become an iconic image. And because in this movie the actor was riding a 1950 Triumph Thunderbird 6T. the Triumph Factory marketed a leather jacket similar to that worn by Brando’s character, tee-shirts, limited prints, etc. Brando’s image remains so potent today among bikers […]
The press release states that riding carrying a knife is a must, that it is the ultimate biker’s accessory, the ultimate tool for repairs and prepare lunch on the road… Not sure about all this, but I decided to feature it because it’s the 1st time I see a knife where the blade is housed […]
Mark Blackwell. AMA Hall of Famer and longtime industry executive Mark Blackwell is joining Zero Motorcycles board of directors. Mark started racing while in his teens and was one of the very first American Motocross superstars. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2000. After his racing career,.Mark has held positions […]
Another “Save Money On Fuel – Reduce harmful Gas Emissions” electric motorcycle, this time with a street fighter design and a performance good enough to some. I must acknowledge that the team of engineers at the Canadian Lito company behind this project did a quite better industrial design job than many other e-motorcycle competitors. Aluminum chassis, a […]
The Black Falcon. A Modern Vincent Bike With Pedigree (Part 2)
Published by May 17th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Videos.In this video, builder Ian Barry explains his new creation the “Black Falcon” (see former post). The third in a series of 10, the Black Falcon by Falcon Motorcycles is based on a 1952 Vincent Black Shadow engine with almost all other parts being handmade and “re-thought.”
Harley-Davidson York Vehicle Operations Will Host Open House Event in 2011
Published by May 17th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Harley-Davidson York Vehicle Operations confirmed that it will once again host its annual York Factory Open House Event in 2011 (website in construction.) The three-day event is scheduled to be held Thursday through Saturday, September 29 through October 1, 2011. The event, which has been held annually for 25 years, took a brief hiatus […]
The Black Falcon. A Modern Vincent Bike With Pedigree (Part 1)
Published by May 16th, 2011 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.On Saturday May 14th at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering in Carmel, CA, a venue for bikes with a pedigree, iconic motorcycles featured included: the “Bathing Suit Bike” which Rollie Free rocketed to a 150 mph world speed record in 1948, a 1929 Sunbeam Model 90 TT, Steve McQueen’s 1971 Husqvarna Cross, and in the category […]
Exclusive. Discovery Channel 3-Way Biker Build-Off Between Jesse James, Paul Sr. And Paul Jr.
Published by May 15th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Events and Videos.You read it here first long before it becomes official. Fans of Jesse James, of Paul Teutul Senior & Paul Teutul Junior (usually not the same…) you can rejoice. This summer on The Discovery Channel (programmation dates to be announced), a 3-way Biker Build-Off series in which the builders will be pitting their teams and expertise […]
Auction Of Ultra Rare 1954 AJS E95 Porcupine.
Published by May 15th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Bonhams is delighted to announce that the 218-year old auction house has been selected to represent the ultra-rare 1954 AJS E95 “Porcupine” (so nicknamed because of the spiked cooling fins on its cylinder head) at its renowned August automotive sale at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, CA. It was created as a works racer by […]
Raked triple tree are an efficient way to rake your bike if you know how to use them to keep a good trail to avoid handling problems. Paughco’s billet aluminum triple trees are designed to minimize problems after altering front-end geometry. Specifically their 6-degree triple tree was developed to accommodate a number of their most […]
Victory Motorcycles Hiring Senior Motorcycle Designer
Published by May 14th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.This post to help Polaris find its new Motorcycle Designer and one of you find his dream job. I bet the recruited candidate will also work on the new Indian motorcycle design(s) Job Description. The Polaris ID Department supports all 7 Divisions of the company: ATV, Snowmobile, Side by Side Sport and Utility (Ranger), Victory& Indian […]
Luxury Riding Chair. Not Helmet Required.
Published by May 14th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial and Merchandise.A couple of years ago, I wrote a post under the same headline for this luxury Chopper Chair Art Piece. The real reason this chair exists is for fun, the result of a “what if…” challenge by artist Gene Gordon. The “Goth Rod” chair was sold in limited edition and Gene just told only one […]
National Pro Hillclimb Returns to Sturgis Buffalo Chip Campground
Published by May 14th, 2011 in Editorial and Events.The National Pro Hillclimb will return during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, S.D. It will be Round 5 of the RacerX/Malcolm Smith Motorsports N.A.H.A. Pro Hillclimb Series. It will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 10 and Thursday, Aug. 11. The world’s greatest professional hillclimb athletes such as Harold Waddell, Travis Whitlock, Jason Smith, […]
