This Harley-Davidson program is called the “Ride Easy Guarantee” and runs until March 31, 2010. The objective is to get rid f all new 2009 models still sitting in dealerships. 3 different stimulus packages are offered. 1-Low monthly payment options are available on all new 2009 Harley-Davidson Sportster motorcycles. 2- All new 2009 Softail® and […]
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Harley-Davidson Launches “Ride Easy Guarantee” Campaign To Sell Its Remaining New 2009 Models
Published by February 26th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.2 Wheel Ventures Acquires Assets From Ridley Motorcycle Company
Published by February 26th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.In a press release, Jay Ridley (son of Ridley Motorcycle Co. founder Clay Ridley) announced that his company 2 Wheel Ventures has acquired the intellectual property and some remaining tangible assets of the Ridley Motorcycle Company, the brand of fully automatic street/cruiser motorcycles.
Battistinis New Spherical Foot Pegs
Published by February 26th, 2010 in Builders, Controls, Customs and Editorial.Step by step, part after part, hole after hole…Rikki Battistini is covering the full range of products you can bolt on your bike. Keeping the same theme, the beauty of his lineup (pun intended) is that his all his designs are coherent as a whole but that each part mixes very well many other parts […]
Triumph Motorcycles got the magic touch and attacts more and more buyers. Defying the recession, the company market share continued to increase in the US in 2009 and every year since 2005. The company celebrates its 100,000th motorcycle since its return to North America in 1995 and just annouced at its Dealer Conference in Orlando that it will expand its […]
Daytona Bike Week 3rd Fusion Party Is March 4th
Published by February 25th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse Biker Fusion event is again the place where you will be able to mingle with well known custom builders, see an exhibition of cool custom bikes, and contribute to “Soldier’s Angels”, an organization committed to increasing the morale of deployed troops, assisting in getting soldiers home safe and healthy and […]
S&S Cycle X-Wedge Powered Custom Harley-Davidson FXR
Published by February 24th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Driveline, Editorial and Engines.All part manufacturers will tell you that custom bikes sell their parts. And on the show tour, when visiting a booth people will always stop first to check the custom bikes even before looking at the parts. And it’s true even for the most well known after-market manufacturers like engine maker S&S Cycle.
Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight Commercial
Published by February 23rd, 2010 in Builders and Videos.Daytona Bike Week. Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show On Thursday March 4th.
Published by February 23rd, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Bikes built with today’s old style, resurrected and antique motorcycles raising hell in Daytona will all make their bi-annual pit stop (Bike Week & Biketoberfest) at the Willie’s Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show on Thursday March 4th. The custom culture is always in movement and transition. Come to see how the customization landscape is […]
Swift Motorcycles. Is It Over?
Published by February 22nd, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Was advised that Swift Motorcycle Company was doing on March 27th a big sale at their Phoenix location of what seems to be most, if not all, of their equipment. The sale that you can see listed on Craigslist includes the following: Prototype bikes, Parts, Frames. Wheels, Tools, Equipment, Bike lifts, Work Benches, Tire & Wheel Machine/ […]
Auction Of Private Collection Of 100 Vintage Motorcycles
Published by February 22nd, 2010 in Builders and Editorial.On February 27, 2010 at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Hendon, England, Bonhams will auction 100 mainly pre-1950 motorcycles belonging to a prominent Spanish private collector. This extraordinarily diverse collection includes a brace of De Dion Bouton-engined machines dating from the closing years of the 19th Century, as well as nine 4-cylinder models […]
Erik Buell Racing. A Brand New Erik Buell.
Published by February 21st, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.The liquidation sale of all Buell Motorcycle Company is still going on, and during this time, in a small shop close by in the same East Troy city, Wisconsin, Erik Buell and 7 employees are already working hard at building his new company Erik Buell Racing (new website still in construction). When Harley-Davidson decided to […]
New “Two Wheel Thunder” Motorcycle TV Show With Michelle Smith And Jay Barbieri
Published by February 20th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.While at the V-Twin Expo, talked to Jay Barbieri who informed me about his new TV venture. After a decade and a half on the SPEED Channel hosting “American Thunder” Michele Smith and Jay Barbieri are moving to the Discovery Network’s HD Theater channel with a new TV show named “Two Wheel Thunder”. As far as I understand […]
Arlen Ness 40th Year Anniversary Custom Parts Catalog
Published by February 19th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.When you spend 40 years in the motorcycle business you become the collective memory of our industry. Wish Arlen would put on my desk, in chronological order, all catalogs he has produced during 4 decades (I am certain that he kept preciously a few samples of each). I would not miss reading any page, probably […]
Daytona Bike Week. Where Is Indian Motorcycle?
Published by February 19th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Indian Motorcycle has a new dealer in Daytona Beach. So, during Bike Week the factory event truck will no more sit at the International Speedway, but at the Riverfront Park, directly across from the company’s new Daytona Beach dealership located at 402 North Beach Street. Indian will be showcasing the brand’s 2010 models from February […]
Dirico Motorcycles Building 3 Steven Tyler ‘Dream On’ Pro-Street Motorcycles For Ohio Lottery.
Published by February 18th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Dirico Motorcycles (formely Red Wing Motorcycles) whose motto is “We build bikes screaming louder than Steven Tyler”, was chosen by the Ohio lottery to build 3 pro-street style custom motorcycles. To make the bikes more “desirable” each of these bikes will be signed by Steven tyler and each member of the Aerosmith rock band. The […]
Daytona Bike Week Rat Fest. A 5-Day Event.
Published by February 17th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.The Rat’s Hole Show used to be a one-day event, the last Saturday of Bike Week. Then it went to 2 bike shows. And now this year, Ted Smith and crew will have 5 events using the Coca Cola Pavillion at Bruce Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona as the Rat Fest’s headquarters. Saturday February 27th: Part 1 […]
From Hubless Motorcycle To Hubless Bicycle
Published by February 17th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Don’t know for sure where these mechanical engineering students got their inspiration, but I can guess and you too… They were 9 working on the project, had one semester to build something original and functioning to deserve to major in their specialty. Much more time and manpower than any builder completing a full blown hubless […]
Big Dog Motorcycles New $21,000 Chopper
Published by February 16th, 2010 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Last Friday I published the unofficial picture taken at the Indianapolis Dealer Expo. Today, Big Dog Motorcycles officially announces the upcoming introduction of its lower price model based on its popular chopper-style platform. Simply called the Big Dog Chopper and available in May, 2010, this new model is marketed as a high-style, high-quality Big Dog […]
Spanish Custom Motorcycle Scene
Published by February 16th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Don’t hear much about the Spanish Custom Motorcycle Scene. Two weeks ago was the Iberian Bike Week with local builders competing in the AMD Spain Championship Of Bike Building to win a trip to the World Championship in Sturgis this coming August. Quite a few strange machines among the 60 registered competitors. The big winner, […]
Indian Motorcycle Charlotte Best Exterior Design And Top 100 US Dealer
Published by February 16th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Like the V-Twin Expo, the International Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis gives every year its share of awards. Congratulations to Mark Moses, owner and general manager of Indian Motorcycle Charlotte of Lowell, NC whose dealership was awarded the prestigious “TOP 100 DEALER” designation by Dealernews magazine.
Kilby Deuce Handmade Motorcycle Parts
Published by February 15th, 2010 in Builders, Controls, Customs, Editorial and Electrical.Here is a a very good address for some very cool handmade parts that you will find nowhere else. They are quite original and go from handlebars to license plate mounts, from fittings and bungs to fuel gauges and valves to bolt-on and weld-on risers. Call Marc at: 757 620 9538 Kilby Deuce
Performance Machine New “Platinum Cut” Style Wheel
Published by February 13th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.Roland Sands designed, and of course machined and sold by Performance Machine, this new “Platinum Cut” style is pushing the envelop regarding the level of detailing you can add to a custom motorcycle wheel. You already know about the “Contras Cut” look originally introduced by PM . Now the “Platinum Cut” brings some more refinement […]
Harley-Davidson At 2010 Daytona Bike Week. Austerity.
Published by February 13th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.There will be no official Harley-Davidson events at the Ocean Center this year. New for 2010, Harley-Davidson will hold Daytona Bike Week 2010 events at both the Daytona International Speedway and at a new location in Riverfront Park on Beach Street across from Daytona Harley-Davidson. Harley-Davidson events at the Daytona International Speedway from Saturday, Feb. […]
A Bronze Sculpture To Honor Burt Munro
Published by February 13th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Burt Munro’s enthusiasm, determination, persistence, ingenuity is fascinating and inspiring for all of us. And it is definitely time for his native country of New Zealand to honor him. A larger-than-life bronze sculpture of Burt Munro on his modified Indian motorcycle might soon be gracing the park of the city of Invercargill where he was […]
Big Dog Motorcycles Introducing A $21,000 Chopper Today At The Indianapolis Dealer Expo.
Published by February 12th, 2010 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.You remember the letter of Sheldon Coleman, CEO of Big Dog Motorcycles, that I published on January 6th. In it, he explained the reasons why Big Dog Motorcycles decided to skip last weekend Cincinnati V-Twin Expo and instead took the decision to exhibit its line up at the Indianapolis Powersports Dealer Expo. Well, the show […]
Myrtle Beach Spring Rally. What’s Going On?
Published by February 12th, 2010 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Already down during these last years, the 2009 city of Myrtle Beach political maneuvers has lowered even more the Spring rally attendance. And in mid-February nobody knows for sure what’s going to happen for the 2010 edition. Originally a local Harley Dealers event, even Harley-Davidson Motor Company didn’t make a definitive commitment and is still […]
