The 3rd season will air on Velocity, the Discovery Channel replacing HD Theater since October 4, 2011. Cafe Racer Season 3 runs Thursdays at 8 pm, starting April 19th. Mike Seate hosts a tour of one of the world’s most enduring style of bikes: The Cafe Racer. Mike will continue to explore the history, development […]
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Cafe Racer TV Season 3 Starts Thursday April 19, 2012
Published by April 4th, 2012 in Customs, Editorial and Videos.Antilock Brakes. Is It The Most Valuable Motorcycle Feature?
Published by April 4th, 2012 in Editorial, Events and Videos.It is still one of the most controversial topics regarding motorcycle safety. Are motorcycles factory equipped with antilock brakes less prone to create fatal crashes than without? The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety re-affirms that antilock brakes for motorcycles are working as designed to reduce the chances of crashing, removing some of the risk that […]
Harley-Davidson Dealers To Offer Seat And Windshield Demos
Published by April 3rd, 2012 in Editorial.As part of its “Upgrade Your Ride” Spring promotion, Harley-Davidson® is introducing a new Seat and Windshield Demo Program that enables a rider to visit a participating Harley-Davidson dealer and sample these components on their own motorcycle. By utilizing the demo programs, riders can take the guess-work out of creating a perfect-fitting ride. A rider […]
Auction Of Big Bear Choppers Remaining Assets
Published by April 3rd, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Engines.Mid-November 2011, Big Bear Choppers, a small custom motorcycles manufacturer, ceased all activities with several clients not receiving the bikes for which they paid deposit and at least 2 delinquent loans. One from First Mountain Babk and another with the Small Business Loan administration of Bear Lake, CA. Balance owed on these loans was reported […]
First Michigan Motorcycle Mecca Custom Bike Show. June 1 – 3, 2012.
Published by April 3rd, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.This spring the “Motor City” will be transformed into “Motorcycle City” when it hosts the first ever Michigan Motorcycle Mecca (MMM) Custom Bike Show. Presented by Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, this elite, multi-class custom bike show experience will attract tens of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan, June 1 […]
Daytona Best Of Show Ultra Radical Custom Motorcycle
Published by April 2nd, 2012 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.In each bike show, a couple of custom motorcycles being unveiled make you scratch your head. What’s that? How does it work? Is it rideable? Three weeks ago, the judges of the 40th Daytona Rat’s Hole Bike Show were won over by this new creation called “Pipe Dreams” and gave it a Best Of Show […]
Show Me Your Office. Mike Corbin.
Published by April 1st, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Seats.From designing an extensive line of motorcycle seats, fiberglass body kits, saddlebags and accessories for which he is known worldwide, to developing electric-powered vehicles before everybody else (remember the V-Twin powered 3-wheel named “the Merlin” and the single-seat enclosed “Sparrow Motorcycle”?), to furniture and even fitness equipment (at the time endorsed by bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger), […]
Chasing Speed. A Documentary On Leslie Porterfield On Discovery’s Velocity Channel Tomorrow Sunday April 1, 2012
Published by March 31st, 2012 in Editorial and Events.35-year Leslie Porterfield is the most well known woman racing the Salts of Bonneville. Although she officially started chasing her land speed dreams only 5 years ago, ended up crashing with broken ribs and a punctured lung, since then she has broken several world land speed records. In 2008, Porterfield broke the Production Class record […]
New Boom Audio High Performance Bagger Speakers For Harley Electra Glide
Published by March 31st, 2012 in Accessories, Builders, Customs and Editorial.The new Boom! Audio High Performance Bagger Speakers replace original Harley-Davidson equipment speakers for improved volume and clarity. The Fairing Front (P/N 76000256, $159.95) and Tour-Pak Rear (P/N 76000257, $159.95) are high-performance replacements for the stock speakers on 1998-2005 Electra Glide® models. A two-way speaker design with a separate bass and midrange driver and grill-mounted […]
Dusty Jewels. A 70″s Off-Road Motorcycle Exhibition
Published by March 31st, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.On April 3, 2012 The Antique Automobile Club of America Museum will open a “motorcycle exhibit named “Dusty Jewels: Off-Road Motorcycles of the 1970s.” featuring more than 20 motorcycles that tell the story of off-road motorcycles of the 1970′s. This period was a high water mark” of interest in motorcycling before the decline in motorcycle […]
Moto Guzzi Cafe Racer. Bella Machina.
Published by March 30th, 2012 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Based on the Motto Guzzi Griso 1200 8-valve engine, this custom Cafe Racer creation is the work of Italian Filippo Barbacane following an idea launched by entrepreneur Alessandro Loviselli. A completely new Cafe Racer style bodywork required heavy modification of the stock frame. Gas tank is made out of aluminum, front suspension is from Marzocchi, […]
The American Motorcycle Girl’s Cannonball Diary by Cris Sommer Simmons
Published by March 30th, 2012 in Books, Builders and Editorial.In September 2010, 50 riders participated to an historical 16-day and 3300 mile coast to coast ride on pre-1916 motorcycles. Among them, the only American woman was Cris Sommer Simmons riding “Effie”, her beloved 1915 Harley-Davidson. After a grueling 2-week endurance ride, only 37 riders arrived in Santa Monica and Cris was among them and […]
Dmitriy Khristenko, a USA-based Ukrainian-born artist, loves to disassemble watches and with the parts from different timepieces creates all kinds of vehicles, included these motorcycles loosely inspired by the real ones he sees in the streets. Wristbands create tires while watch faces glass is recycled as windshields. For the amateur loving both watches and motorcycles. […]
Buit-It-Yourself Cafe Racer. $5000.
Published by March 29th, 2012 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.During all these years of economic recession, Builders Ryan Rajewski and Casey Stevenson at California Ryca Motors have found a very profitable niche. Offering a CS-1 Kit costing between $2,600 to $3,000 which converts a Suzuki S40 -aka Suzuki Savage – into a lightweight, reliable, and fuel efficient Cafe Racer. All parts are included and […]
Harley-Davidson Motorclothes Celebrates 100 Years
Published by March 29th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial, Merchandise and Videos.Harley-Davidson Motorclothes celebrates 100 years of riding gear with a series of 3 videos detailing the relationship between the gear, the motorcycles and the legacy of the brand by mixing historical footage with images and interviews of people who design MotorClothes. This is the 1st one named “Made Of A Hell Of A Lot More […]
Harley-Davidson President and CEO Keith Wandell Financial Compensation. His total compensation in 2011 rose nearly 13 percent to about $7.2 million, compared with $6.4 million in 2010. He opted not to have his base salary increased according to a proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In 2011 Wandell received a salary […]
Judging The New Victory Judge Model And Zach Ness Custom Version
Published by March 28th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The challenge. Not only to road test the 2013 Victory Judge model but also its first custom version. the NessCafe built by Zach Ness. Launched by Polaris with the slogan “The New American Muscle Bike” I wanted to know how much muscle the factory model really got and how much extra excitement Zach’s custom version could bring […]
Supposedly 10 cents of every $1 in insurance premiums goes toward payment of fraudulent claims. So, all my readers being honest, we all pay 10% more that we should to insure our motorcycles. John Egan, a reader who is the Managing Editor of Bankrate Insurance, forwarded to me the story of Peter Jay Raposa of […]
MAG (Motorsport Aftermarket Group) Acquires Motorcycle Superstore
Published by March 27th, 2012 in Editorial and Events.Motorcycle Superstore is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorsport Aftermarket Group (MAG) Motorsport Aftermarket Group, Inc. is a family of leading brands and businesses in the powersports industry. The Oregon-based Motorcycle Superstore, Inc. (“Superstore”) joins with J&P Cycles to create the MAG retail group. Superstore founder, Don Becklin, assumes the role of president for […]
2012 Daytona Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show Winners
Published by March 27th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.This year, organizers Ted and Pam Smith squeezed about 180 custom bikes in the beautiful setting of the Daytona Lagoon amusement park to compete in the 40th Annual Daytona Bike Week Rat’s Hole Show. And the top winners in each class are: Best Of Show: Steve Galvin, Wikked Steel. Over 1000 cc Super Radical: 1st. […]
For a change, just a glimpse at a nice custom 1988 GSRX Kawasaki, with frame modified Aztech welding, a 759 H2 motor, carburetor, exhaust by Fast By Gast (Paul Gast built the fastest and most reliable Kawasaki Triples in the world and distributes a wide range of performance/drag racing parts.) Front end, swingarm, wheels and […]
25th Annual Donnie Smith Bike Show. A Reported 30,000 Visitors.
Published by March 27th, 2012 in Editorial.Difficult to believe that The Donnie Smith Bike Show And Parts Extravaganza is already in its 25th edition. It has always been each year in March the mid-west largest motorcycle event. Faithful reader Art Welch, who owns Indian Motorcycle of the Twin Cities Minnesota and was an exhibitor in this past weekend show ( March […]
Well known for its vintage styling, no gadget or chrome approach in building rigid custom motorcycles, Zero Engineering style has often been imitated. But now that the company is offering an exclusive multi-link frame offering a rear suspension system, Zero regains a distinct advantage versus its direct “old school” competition. Although I already featured this […]
With Jesse, I start a new series called “Show Me Your Office” Simply because I know that most of you wonder how it looks and feels to be in the office of the movers and shakers of the industry. You will be surprised or not. But if you are, I can tell you for sure […]
Corbin 2 New Seats For Harley Softail Blackline
Published by March 25th, 2012 in Customs, Editorial and Seats.In a rush to fill the need of riders looking for custom seats for their Harley Softail Blackline, Corbin releases 2 new saddles. 1- A new version of the Gunfighter solo seat offering the rider a lower back support and for the passenger a padded “fastback tail section” for short trips. Available in various styles […]
