To show his respect and admiration for early women riders, David Uhl releases a new painting named “A Road Less Traveled”. To find a name for this new creation, David organized a contest among his Facebook fans. After sifting through over 2,000 entries to name this piece, David chose “A Road Less Traveled” The exclusive […]
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A Road Less Traveled By Artist David Uhl
Published by December 14th, 2012 in Editorial and Painters.Victory Launches New Midnight Metallic Flame Cross Country Bagger
Published by December 13th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Last weekend at the Long Beach IMS Show, Victory displayed its offering of premium baggers (Cross Country, Cross Roads Classic, Hard-Ball, Zach Ness Cross Country) and unveiled a new Factory Custom Painted Cross Country featuring a metallic flame paint job. Beyond the custom factory paint job, the bike got the same features than the other […]
Spectacular Mexican Cop Crash Front Of The Camera
Published by December 13th, 2012 in Editorial and Videos.Mexican Cop leading in presidential cavalcade in Mexico City crashes front of the camera. Spectacular, but except a serious beating all over his body, the cop is ok…
Vertical Or Horizontal Side Mount License Plate Kit For Harley Sportster.
Published by December 13th, 2012 in Accessories, Customs and Editorial.Machined from 6061 T-6 Billet Aluminum, this Side Mount License Plate kit mounts to the left side of the swingarm & is secured with the rear axle nut. Depending on how you assemble it, your license plate will sit “Horizontal” or “Vertical.” Includes a very bright LED License Plate light. Comes in chrome or black […]
Jesse James Discovery Build-Off Bike
Published by December 12th, 2012 in Builders, Customs and Events.You wanted more pictures of it. Here they are, provided to me by Jesse James. There is what you see – metal work (chromoly 4130) – and what you can’t see – the mechanical prowess – As Jesse says “The devil is in the details”
Triumph Motorcycles To Move HQ Near Atlanta Airport. Following Porsche, it’s now the turn of British motorcycles manufacturer Triumph to move to the Hartsfield Centre office complex near the Atlanta airport. Triumph will be relocating about 50 jobs to and hiring dozens more employees in the next five years. Company executives said the new site […]
Discovery Channel Build-Off. Chopper Live – The Revenge. And The Winner Is Team Paul Jr.
Published by December 12th, 2012 in Builders, Customs and Events.This Build-Off competition proves again that it is mainly about popularity and not necessarily about the bikes. Paul Jr, this year, like last, demonstrates that he owns the TV audience regardless of how unpractical and sometimes goofy his bikes may look. You don’t have a 10-year show on a major network without being extremely popular. […]
Discovery Build-Off. Chopper Live – The Revenge. Winner Announced Tonight At 9e/8c PM.
Published by December 11th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Should Jesse James be disqualified for taking more time to complete his bike? Senior too…The show is called Chopper Live. But only #teamfastnloud built a chopper. Should #teamsenior, #teamjunior & #teamjesse be eliminated because they didn’t build a chopper? I can’t vote from my phone. Texting to 97979 doesn’t work for me! We didn’t see […]
Start A Custom Engine Project With A New Twin Cam Shortblock Bottom End Manufactured To OEM Specs By Harley-Davidson
Published by December 11th, 2012 in Customs, Editorial and Engines.These crate engine shortblocks are manufactured and assembled on the Harley-Davidson Pilgrim Road engine assembly line and sold with cases, flywheels, bearings and rods already preassembled. The kit includes current-spec Original Equipment cam plate, oil pump, and cam drive components, and the gaskets, seals and most of the hardware required to complete the engine and […]
Annual Sturgis Buffalo Chip Sweepstakes. A Cory Ness Customized Victory And Epiphone Guitar As Prizes.
Published by December 11th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Last weekend at The Sturgis Buffalo Chip®, International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, California The Sturgis Buffalo Chip, known as The Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling™, announced the opening of the annual Sturgis Rider® Sweepstakes with the official unveiling of the customized sweepstakes bike and matching guitar prize package. The Sturgis Rider® Sweepstakes awards one […]
Discovery Build-Off. Chopper Live. The Revenge. Where Did You Place Your Bet?
Published by December 10th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.After wondering during the last 48 hours if he would make it on time for the Build-Off (read the story here), Jesse James is still on his way to Vegas (just 2 hours away at time of publishing), so about to meet the deadline to participate in tonight’s Discovery TV show. Competitors, Paul Jr;, Paul […]
Polaris Industries Acquires KLIM Technical Riding Gear
Published by December 10th, 2012 in Accessories, Editorial and Merchandise.With the objective of adding to the offerings in the parts, garments and accessories market, Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) acquired Teton Outfitters, LLC, a privately owned, Rigby, Idaho-based company which designs, develops and distributes KLIM an industry leader in technical riding gear.2012 sales for KLIM are anticipated to approach $30 million. The terms of […]
Japanese builder Ken Nagai spends most of his time globe trotting between Asia, Europe and the US, showing the couple of custom bikes he finds the time to create each year for his clients and of course promoting his Ken’s Factory extensive line of custom parts.
Discovery Build-Off Chopper Live – The Revenge. Jesse James Pre-Show Building Drama.
Published by December 9th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Since a few days the rumor was that Jesse James might not have his “Chopper Live – The Revenge” custom bike done in time for the Discovery TV 4-way Build-Off this Monday & Tuesday. A couple of weeks ago, thanks to a crazy design, Jesse’s project already didn’t make the deadline requested by the Discovery […]
This weekend only, the original Munro Special is on display at the International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach at the Indian booth in Long Beach. She’s a beauty and it was fired up to the cheers of the crowd…
Precision Billet Products Extends Darkside Line To Harley Sportster Models
Published by December 9th, 2012 in Controls, Customs and Engines.Inspired by 16th Century symbolism, the Darkside line from Precision Billet Products has been extended to Harley Sportster models and other motorcycles. Each collection design produced by the company is limited to 2500 sets, making your custom parts somewhat exclusive to your ride. The Darkside Air Cleaner Cover works with all K&N Hi-Flo air filters […]
Indian Motorcycle Unveils The 2013 Indian Chief Vintage Final Edition
Published by December 8th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Yesterday evening at the LA International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, executives of Polaris/Indian unveiled to the press the very limited edition 2013 Indian Chief Vintage FE (for Final Edition.) It is the last version of the Kings Mountain era Indian Chiefs before the release of the brand new Polaris/Indian model in 2013 during Sturgis […]
Best Shopping Ideas For The Holidays
Published by December 8th, 2012 in Accessories, Editorial and Events.He lives and breathes everything Apple, or he got a passion for photography or movie making and want to be the next Scorcese, or is in hunting, guns and knives. Awesome gift ideas at this website. This Pak. Thank me for all the money you are going to spend…
The New Indian Motorcycle Engine Sound. Listen To It Here.
Published by December 7th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial, Engines and Events.High energy this Friday at the the 32nd annual Progressive International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach where more than 150 manufacturers of motorcycles, parts, accessories and apparel are expecting 55,000 visitors during this weekend. There was great anticipation on the Indian Motorcycle display where the engine sound of the brand new Indian model by Polaris (expected […]
2012 Custom Chrome Europe Rookie Awards
Published by December 7th, 2012 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.It’s always a great idea for the benefit of the whole motorcycle industry to motivate younger custom bike builders and to reward them for their creativity and craftsmanship skills. In November 2011 Axel Sherer, Marketing Manager of Custom Chrome Europe, got the idea of contacting young builders via Facebook, their preferred social network platform. Through […]
Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day, Bev my wife and I went into town and visited a shop. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and I said, “Come on, man, how […]
New York Federal Appeals Court Upholds Motorcycle Roadblocks
Published by December 7th, 2012 in Events.The Court of Appeals for the New York Second Circuit backs roadblocks for the purpose of issuing citations. In 2007, the New York State Police began using federal taxpayer grant money to target these motorcyclists with the stated objective “to detect motorcycle safety violations and ensure proper registration and operator compliance with New York State’s […]
Only Known To Exist 1905 Leo Motorcycle To Be Auctioned At Bonhams Las Vegas
Published by December 6th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.The exciting discovery in New England brings to light an obscure California-made motorcycle once thought extinct. Thought to be the sole surviving example of a marque lost to time is a recently discovered, complete and original, 1905 Leo Two-Cycle made by the L.A. Mitchell Manufacturing Company of Oakland, California.It will be another headliner at the third […]
Harley-Davidson 4Q Sales Rebounding From Summer Slowdown. According to a BMO Capital Markets Corp. analyst Harley-Davidson Inc. motorcycle sales have revved up after a late summer slowdown, and the Milwaukee manufacturer is on pace to achieve 9 percent retail unit sales growth worldwide in the fourth quarter. Dealer feedback and recent sales and registration data […]
Turn Any 6V or 12V Battery Charger Into A 4-station Maintenance Charger
Published by December 6th, 2012 in Accessories and Editorial.With fuel conditioning, lubrication and oil change, routine battery maintenance (cleaning and tightening of cable ends and battery terminals) and charging is a big part of your motorcycle winterization plans. And if you have several motorcycles or vehicles to care for, the QuadLink® 4-Channel Charger Multiplier is very useful. It is capable of charging batteries […]
