Archive for March, 2017



Cobra 4-Inch Slip-On With Contrast Cut Tip For Harley-Davidson Baggers

This is a four-inch diameter muffler with a mechanical core that has a tone similar to the Cobra 909 Twins mufflers. It comes equipped with a machined aluminum tip, finished in black with machined contrasting cuts. The new Cobra logo is stamped on the right hand side muffler. Available in chrome with black tip and […]

The All-new Star Silver over Thunder Black Two-Tone Scout

Just a reminder that the Scout – offered until now in red. black or white – is offered in a two-tone Star Silver over Thunder Black with gold piping. Last year, Indian Motorcycle invested heavily in a brand new paint facility in Spearfish, South Dakota. The result of that means Indian can now produce motorcycles […]

Fast Motorcycle Industry News

American Flat Track Racing. Battle Of The 2 Sponsors. Harley-Davidson And Indian. Harley-Davidson® Motor Company is the Official Motorcycle of AFT Twins as part of an expanded, multi-year partnership renewal. Harley is the entitlement sponsor for eight rounds on the calendar. Indian Motorcycle will sponsor six American Flat Track events. Both companies will be integral […]

The New 2017 Harley Street-Rod Has Arrived. To Tackle The City Streets.

Beginning its big plan to launch 50 new models over 5 years, Harley-Davidson is debuting the new Street-Rod, a middle-weight motorcycle that the company says is built for maneuvering on congested city streets. Street-fighter inspired, the new model starts with the all-new High-Output Revolution X Engine – bred from the same stock as the engine […]

Avon Tires Launching A Consumer Reward Program. A $50 Pre-Paid Card For Buying A Set Of Cobra Tires..

Beginning March 1 through April 30, Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America (Avon Tyres) is offering a consumer reward program. Customers receive a $50 prepaid card by mail when they purchase a set of two qualifying Avon Cobra tires, or a $20 prepaid card when they purchase a front Cobra tire (AV71) and $30 prepaid card […]

Koenigsegg Motorcycle Concept

It looks like most industrial designers working on cars can’t resist testing their skills on 2 wheelers. As I showed before, with more or less success at understanding what it takes to make a motorcycle work like a motorcycle. Featured here is the work of Moscow-based designer Maxim Burov for Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg. A concept […]

Motorcycle Parts Website

2017 Bike week. Custom Baggers. Indian Demos. Displays. Giveways.

Indian Motorcycle® just announced a comprehensive Daytona Bike Week experience that includes a custom bagger showcase, demo rides for all new 2017 models, and a 2017 Chieftain sweepstakes. From Carey Hart’s custom Chieftain bagger on Main Street to the all-new Roadmaster Classic at the Speedway, Indian Motorcycle will have a presence throughout Daytona for all […]

Do You Want To Become An Amateur Or Professional Triumph Racer?

Triumph Motorcycles America just revealed it’s 2017 Racer Support Program, offering riders the opportunity to purchase a Daytona 675R at a reduced price for participation in any national amateur or professionally sanctioned race series. The Triumph Racer Support Program offers Daytona 675Rs available for purchase at $10,000. With the purchase of a motorcycle through this […]

Spotlight Bar For Harley FLH With 38º Rake

Raked touring bikes require an extended nacelle and a custom bar to hold all your front lighting, spotlights and turn signals. For all 38°-rake Harley touring FLH models, Headwinds – still the leader in custom headlights after 25 years – offers this custom Spotlight & Turn Signal Bar. Available in polish, chrome and black. Price […]

Save the Date. 13th Annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance April 7-9, 2017

Celebrating its 13th year the weekend of Friday, April 7th through Sunday, April 9th, 2017, the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance will be returning to the stunning shores of La Jolla. Earning the reputation as one of the finest internationally renowned classic automobile and motorcycle showcases in the United States, the La Jolla Concours continues to […]

Vance & Hines Power Duals for 2017 Touring Models

Designed for the 2017 Harley FL lineup, these Power Duals integrates an exclusive Vance & Hines Power Chamber hidden behind a contoured heat shield that generates more horsepower and torque than stock. This new right side design eliminates the heat issues on the left side for the passenger, routing hot exhaust gases below the foot […]

A Visit To Warren Lane. Custom Builder. Vintage Racer.

Last week, I made a pit stop at Atomic Metalsmith, Warren Lane’s custom shop in south Miami. Objective was to check out his latest works, in particular the custom 1917 Indian Powerplus that he will first exhibit at his own show in Daytona called “True Grit” (Sunday March 12), then race at the Smyrna Beach […]

76th Edition Of Daytona Bike Week. The Main Bike shows.

Sunday March 12. True Grit Gathering. Owners of vintage and classic motorcycles will meet at the “True Grit” event. Created by Warren Lane with the complicity and support of Bill Dodge, Billy Lane and Dan “Bacon” Carr, the event, whose format is informal by choice, is all about old iron, showing it and talking about […]

Indian Riders. Kick Off The Riding Season With These 2 New Jackets. .

Out of the two new additions, the Frontier Jacket (below) is the one to ride in as it has CE protectors over the shoulders and elbows. Visually it can be identified by its quilted pattern across the shoulders and the contrasting brown suede collar. The outer material is water resistant and made from a micro […]

Harley Versus Indian. In 2017 Enjoy The American Rivalry And The Flat Track Experience.

The DAYTONA TT will mark the dawning of a new era for America’s most historic form of motorcycle racing, and the “World Center of Racing” will serve as the first battleground for the great American war between Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycles in 2017. The launch of online ticketing makes it much easier to plan for […]

Thought Of The Day

      “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Coco Chanel (1883-1971)

Breaking News. Indian Scout FTR750 Flat Track Race Bike Now available For Purchase. MSRP $50,000.

Last Year at the the 76th Sturgis Rally Indian Motorcycle celebrated the historic return of Indian to professional racing with the unveiled of the Scout FTR750 Flat-Track Racer. This FT750 is now available for purchase for the 2017 American Flat Track season. If you like to buy one, stop by your nearest Indian Motorcycle dealership. […]

American Motorcycle Manufacturers Paying 100% Tariff Abroad. True Or False?

Last Tuesday evening, in a speech to Congress, Harley-Davidson was singled out by President Donald Trump as example of an American company having difficulties to sell abroad because of high tariff and taxes reaching 100%. President Trump didn’t mention any country, but the example he was talking about is India imposing a 100% tariff on […]

What’s Going On At Vanguard Moto?

Motorcycle Minimalism Illustrated

Any custom builder can make motorcycles look bolder and more complicated. As a matter of fact it takes much more creativity and more courage to go in the opposite direction. Many of you may find this contraption, an exercise in simplicity, quite ridiculous. Others will think that the guy who imagined it is kind of […]

76th Daytona Bike Week. Shows And Bands At Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona.

Between March 11 and 17, there will be a kind of mini Daytona Bike week going on at the Russ Brown Pavilion at Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona in Ormond Beach. See you there…(address is Destination Daytona 1637 North Highway US1 – Ormond Beach, FL 32174.) Bike Shows/Tournaments. Saturday March 11. ARM Crusher2. ARM Wrestling tournament at 8 […]

Daytona Chamber Of Commerce Names Nathew Hintz Official Artist Of Bike Week

An original painting by the Milwaukee-based gas-and-oil artist Mathew Hintz has been selected as the key image on the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce 2017 Bike Week Poster. The Daytona Chamber has also named Hintz the Official Artist of Daytona Bike Week. This is the third consecutive year a work by Mathew Hintz has been […]

An Electric Indian Motorcycle To Be Launched In Four To Five Years

Polaris Industriesis working on an electric motorcycle model planned to be released in 4 to 5 years under the Indian brand name. It’s the second time the company works on an electric 2-wheeler, the first one being the Victory Empulse built using the Brammo electric vehicle technology. Brammo has previously used electric motorcycle racing to […]

2017 Daytona Beach. 1st. Annual Nash Motorcycle Ride & Skate Event.

It’s all about riding your motorcycle and riding your skateboard all in the same day. Nash Motorcycle Co. and a solid group of friends at Volcom, S&S, Street Chopper and many others are throwing a good ol’ fashioned Ride and Skate party on Friday March 17, 2017 during the 76th Daytona Beach Bike Week. Kick […]

New Stealth Turn Signals

These 18 dual color LED lights – white for running lights and amber for turn signals – are an easy direct bolt-on replacement of your factory bulky bullet lights mounted to your handlebars. They can be installed on all Harley Davidson models from 1996 to present, except those bikes equiped with an hydraulic clutch. MSRP […]

2017 Daytona Commemorative Painting By David Uhl

Since 2005, David has offered each year a special piece for Daytona Bike Week each year. See them here: The 2017 Daytona  commemorative painting you are looking at is 90 % complete. David Uhl will be officially releasing the final image – and start taking orders – on Thursday morning March 9. In this painting. an […]



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