A light weight battery with massive power able to start over and over bikes up to 135′ motors and that you can easily hide is the dream of all custom builders. A company called Antigravity Batteries makes such a claim for street motorcycles up to 1800 cc, all this in a very light package of […]
Archive for September, 2011
The Lightest, Most Compact, Most Powerful Battery For Your V-Twin
Published by September 5th, 2011 in Editorial, Electrical and Engines.Harley-Davidson Chrome Tie-Down Brackets
Published by September 4th, 2011 in Accessories, Builders, Customs and Editorial.These new Chrome Tie-Down Brackets (P/N 93500006, $59.95) from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories simplify the process of securing a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to a trailer or bike lift. The brackets mount to the front fork cover and offer secure and convenient attachment points for tie-down straps. Moving the tie-down point from the handlebar to the triple-tree […]
Minneapolis Ad Agency Wins Indian Motorcycle Account. Twin Cities Ad agency Colle+McVoy has been named agency of record for Indian Motorcycle, which was bought earlier this year in April by Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) The Ad Agency will lead Indian’s international branding, advertising, creative, design, retail and interactive marketing strategy. Sturgis Motorcycle Rally traffic […]
New Harley-Davidson Boom! Audio Custom Touring System
Published by September 3rd, 2011 in Accessories, Editorial and Electrical.New from Harley-Davidson, a complete audio system engineered to deliver unsurpassed audio performance in an outdoor environment. The new Boom!™ Audio Custom Touring System (P/N 76000209 $1,895.95) from The Boom!™ Audio Custom Touring System combines fairing, fairing lower and saddlebag-mounted speakers to envelop the rider and passenger in music. Dual Amps and 8 Speakers deliver […]
From 1894 when it became a federal holiday with a street parade to exhibit to the public “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations” followed by a festival for the workers and their families, to today in year 2011, the meaning of Labor Day has changed a lot for most Americans. Depending […]
Lehman Trike Sets World Land Speed Record In Bonneville
Published by September 3rd, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Lehman Trikes owns a new Land Speed Record with a required two-pass certified average speed of 121.672 mph. Top speed reached on one pass was 123.404 mph. It was piloted by racer Bill Chambers who declared being amazed by the trike chassis stability during his 2 runs. “I think it is important to note that […]
Built-In Raked Bagger Headlight Bezel.
Published by September 2nd, 2011 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.Raking a Bagger for looks or necessity (when installing a tall front wheel) has unintended consequences. One of them being that you will end up having nacelle headlight ligthing up the sky instead of the road… Welll, there was a couple solutions to fix this, but none as fast and cheaper than the one now […]
The Very Last 2011 Art-Deco Inspired Blackhawk Chiefs
Published by September 2nd, 2011 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Few were manufactured at the Indian Kings Mountain plant. A handful remain available. Since Polaris acknowledges they are well made Chiefs and because they feature a custom art-deco inspired theme that I like very much, I feel that some of you may be interested by this Blackhawk model. I don’t have an inventory available per Indian […]
A biker is headed home around 2 in the morning when he is pulled over by the local cops whereby he is asked where he is going at this hour. “I’m on my way to a lecture on alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body as well as the dangers […]
Fast Dates 2012 Best Bikes And Most Beautiful Models Calendars
Published by September 1st, 2011 in Books and Editorial.Every year photographer Jim Gianatsis shoot pictures of the best bikes and most beautiful models of the year and publish them in several theme calendars. Iron & Lace Custom Bikes, World Superbikes& Moto GP and Garage Girls calendars. And in 2 of these 2012 editions Tiffany Toth appears with some pretty cool bikes including the […]
In their small shop of DP Custom Cycles in New River, Arizona, the Del Prado bothers (Jarred and Justin) build bikes for for the working’ man. What they love to build usually doesn’t start from the ground up but as stock motorcycles that they love to turn into practical old school hot rods. Forget about […]
King Knurl Billet Series. From Harleys To Kawasakis…
Published by September 1st, 2011 in Controls, Customs and Editorial.In this economy, diversification is king. In January 2005 Revolution Manufacturing stunned the V-Twin market with the release of the only carbon fiber frame for the v-twin followed by the highly successful carbon fiber wheels for v-twins in 2006 for which the company got many professional awards. But even a leader in Carbon Fiber for […]
A pro of the custom v-twin industry going into the coffee business? Unusual enough to be mentioned. Rob is the man designing and manufacturing leather solo bags for Harleys under the brand name Garage Leathers and whose different models have been featured in the past here in my Blog. I asked him how did you […]
