John Grant at Hardtail Choppers produces frames and sell all the individual components that you may need if your are building your own. This new neck is produced for builders wanting a single down tube neck with backbone and down tube holes already machined to accept 1 1/2″ frame tubes. Offered in 30-degree rake in […]
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Published by December 19th, 2010 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.New Dunlop Wide Whitewall Tires For Harley-Davidson Sportster Models.
Published by December 18th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.Available in 19″ front and 16″ rear, these new Dunlop wide whitewall tires (1.125″ front and 1.50″ rear) are now available from your local Harley-Davidson Dealer. Retro look guaranteed, especially if you pair them with a set of black rims. Dunlop® Tires has a long relation with Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, providing original equipment and service replacement […]
1- J.D. Power Research. The 13th year study conducted in September and October 2010 confirmed 1- that the average age of new motorcycle buyers is now 49, 1 more year than in 2009, exactly 9 years more than in 2001 when the average age was 40! 2- that the number of problems per 100 new […]
Big Legal Win For Paul Teutul Jr. Against His Father. Can Keep 20% Of OCC.
Published by December 17th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.A decision of December 14th, 2010 by the Appeals Court reversed a Lower Court’s ruling that would have forced Paul Teutul Junior to sell his 20% interest in Orange County Choppers to his father at a price to be determined by the court. For those who are interested to understand the importance of this decision for […]
Circa 1934 Harley-Davidson Koslow
Published by December 17th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Videos.Thought you might be interested to know about this HD Koslow, an obscure and very rare OHV conversion of a Harley Flathead. Koslow? Owner Barry Brown gave me the 411 on his bike. When in 1931 Ignaz Schwinn, the owner of Excelsior/Henderson Motorcycle Company in Chicago, decided to shut down the business, one of his […]
Meet Star Of Sons At Anarchy At Next Easyriders Bike Shows.
Published by December 17th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Just in. The organization of Easyriders Events just informed me that Charlie Hunnam, star of the hit TV series Sons Of Anarchy (5.9 million weekly viewers) accepted to meet with his fans at the next 2 bike shows in California. Charlie Hunnam (who plays the character of Jax Teller son of founder of the Anarchy […]
Miss Harley-Davidson Enthusiast 3-In-1 Jacket
Published by December 16th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Merchandise.Holidays shopping got started and it’s time for me to help you guys find something that she will like under the Christmas tree. If she is a Miss Harley enthusiast she may want to wear this new casual jacket with a removable, zip-out hooded vest. It provides three-in-one versatility. The 80-percent cotton/20-percent nylon outer jacket […]
China Is Now The World’s Largest Motorcycle Producer. Harley-Davidson To Manufacture In China?
Published by December 16th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.It’s official. China has now taken over Japan as the largest producer of motorcycles in the world. 50 million motorcycles are produced worldwide, and China is stated to manufacture at least 27.5 million of them, or a little more than 50% of the total world production. China has more than 130 motorcycle brands, for now […]
Reorganization At Kiwi Indian Motorcycles
Published by December 16th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.It never been officially disclosed until now. Ivar Natin, a former customer a long time friend of Mike Tomas at Kiwi Indian Motorcycles and later a technical writer for his Indian Replica components, has taken over the company parts division, now a separate entity under the name of Kiwi Indian Motorcycle Parts Co. The new […]
2010 Yokohama Show. Gas Tank Paint Job Contest.
Published by December 14th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Painters.I let you find out which art is from a Japanese artist. Easy…(Photography by official Mooneyes photographer Shogo Nakao)
Harley-Davidson From The Point Of View Of The Investor.
Published by December 14th, 2010 in Builders and Editorial.Among many data that Wall Street analysts and investors closely track are the various company margins. Gross margin, operating margin and net margin (see definitions at bottom of this post). If they increase or fall, they want to know why. Healthy margins, either constant (expenses and revenues increase by the same percentage) or increasing over time, are […]
From left to right, and top to bottom. Cuba (Moto Guzzi), Costa Rica (Suzuki), China (Honda), Italy (Moto Guzzi), Barbados (Suzuki), Argentina (Moto Guzzi). Soon, more countries.
El Diablo Kustom Street Tracker Kawasaki.
Published by December 13th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Alex Patrocinio is a faithful reader from Spain who is the publisher of El Diablo Magazine, a publication about our Kustom Kulture. From his headquarters in beautiful Barcelona, he sent me an email, a little bit shy and apprehensive, asking me what I thought about this 1975 Kawasaki KZ 400 that he had built as […]
Hellrazor Handlebar And Control Kits For Your Harley Bagger
Published by December 12th, 2010 in Builders, Controls, Customs and Editorial.Hawg Halters (HHI) offers a simple package handlebars + hand controls already preassembled, including a complete internal wiring harness with factory Plug and Play connections. Just bolt-on these bars, connect to the stock Harley-Davidson connectors, run your clutch and front brake (s) lines and you are ready to go. 3 models of bars in 1 […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger Motorcyclist Of the Year. The AMA Annual Award is given every year to the person who has had the most profound impact on the world of motorcycling, for better or worse. Congratulations to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose signature is on a controversial law to regulate motorcycle exhaust systems to address excessive motorcycle […]
Jillian Michaels To All Women. Gear Up And Get Behind The Handlebars.
Published by December 11th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.When you are a renown fitness trainer, an avid motorcyclist and a spokesperson for the Harley-Davidson Garage Party Month events, I guess the Milwaukee bike model you should choose must have the word Muscle in its name. Recently, 36-year old Jillian Michaels took possession of a brand new Harley V-Rod Muscle customized by the team of […]
Introduction To An All Original 1913 Harley-Davidson
Published by December 10th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Videos.Great narration to introduce you to 1 of the 3 known all original 1913 Harley-Davidsons.
Harley-Davidson To Launch New 1200 Custom Model With Associated Factory Customization Program
Published by December 9th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.In February 2011, Harley-Davidson is going to launch a new “1200 Custom Motorcycle”. Although I don’t have any specific info about this new model, nor it seems any Harley dealer at this time, the very interesting part is that in conjunction with this new model, the factory is going to launch a H-D1 customization program […]
In a former post, I already introduced you to “The One”. But since then I got a few more details and pictures with a new paint job, I share now with you. It’s the work of Erbacher a.k.a. Fast Attack AG, in northern Switzerland very close to the German border, a shop specializing in hand-made […]
Mooneyes Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show 2010
Published by December 7th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Videos.The show in Yokohama, Japan closed its doors Sunday evening. No good images yet to publish in my Blog, but thought you would enjoy watching the show video announcement. Main US participants are shown riding their creations just before their rides were loaded in containers for the trip from the west coast to Japan. ( Music: “Rock Yokohama” by Gabriel […]
All of us have a different morphology and each motorcycle model has its own ergonomics. What if you could know and see in advance what would be your position on a specific model of any brand, compare your position on 2 different bikes and this only after measuring and entering your weight and inseam in […]
Confederate Launches A Third Generation Hellcat
Published by December 6th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Confederate President Matt Chambers loves to talk and write about his company motorcycles, and it’s always in a romantic language applied to everything mechanical. To not betray the way he feels about design, riders, motorcycles…and of his new C3 X132 Hellcat, let’s listen to him. ” This third generation Hellcat represents an impassioned, romantic, genuinely […]
Orange County Choppers Headquarters Facing Foreclosure
Published by December 6th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The foreclosure action by lender GE Commercial Finance Business Property Corp. claims that OCC missed mortgage payments of approximately $96,400 and $14,000 due on July 1 on 2 loans of $11 million and of $1.5 million used to build the Newburgh, NY headquarters. The Orange County (Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is also named as a defendant in […]
Mooneyes Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show
Published by December 4th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Today December 4th, at Pacifico Yokohama, Japan all custom bikes and hot rods are setup for the 19th edition of this more than ever popular one-day show on Sunday. Until then, get together parties organized by Dice Magazine and Bean Bandits are going on… About 100 guests are coming from outside Japan, and belonging to […]
Harley-Davidson Bailout. This week American people learned the incredible details of the Fall of 2008 Fed’s 3 trillion dollars bailout of Wall Street and of Corporate America. Not only, the Fed lending almost daily to the largest US banks but also to foreign ones, but to companies like GE, Verizon, Harley-davidson and many others. The […]
John Shola Collection Of British Motorcycles To Be Auctioned In Las Vegas
Published by December 3rd, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.This news follows Bonhams’ earlier announcement of the stunning “barn find” 1952 Chinese Red Vincent Rapide that has been consigned to Las Vegas on January 6, 2011. From the collection of John Shola come several important motorcycles: 1948 Vincent HRD Rapide B, 1949 Vincent HRD Rapide B, 1949, 1952 Vincent Black Shadow C, A Vincent […]
