Found dismantled in an Australian collection some years ago, this 1915 Indian is barking again. A flames show out of the cylinder heads.
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1915 Indian Boardtrack Racer Breathing Again
Published by April 10th, 2016 in Builders, Editorial and Videos.Harley-Davidson Losing Market Share? Two analysts on Wall Street are pretty certain that Harley-Davidson lost market share in the first quarter 2016. John Tomlinson, an ITG Research analyst, estimated in a report that Harley’s quarterly U.S. retail sales fell as much as 7% to 32,995 motorcycles. That followed a report on Tuesday by David Macgregor, […]
Harley-Davidson New Marketing Campaign Shows How Harley-Davidson Can Create Deeper Bonds and Enrich Your Legacy
Published by April 8th, 2016 in Builders, Editorial and Videos.Harley-Davidson unveiled ‘Trophy Wall,’ the second commercial in the brand’s newest global marketing campaign: ‘Live Your Legend.’ The campaign shows how a new Harley-Davidson motorcycle can enable riders to create deeper bonds and share richer experiences – allowing them to live their own legend.“ ‘Live Your Legend’ is designed to inspire a new generation of […]
Under New Ownership Big Dog Motorcycles Is Back With Limited Production Motorcycles
Published by April 7th, 2016 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.The great recession of 2008 pushed Big Dog Motorcycles to definitively close its doors in 2011. Today, Matt Moore , a former Big Dog’s Director Of Sales, and his family own all the rights, trademarks, good will of the defunct company and after defining a new strategy to relaunch the brand, is offering a new […]
Guy Martin’s Wall of Death World Record Using An Indian Scout. Video.
Published by April 7th, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial, Events and Videos.On March 28th, riding a modified Indian Scout, English racer/tv host/daredavil Guy Martin reached a speed world record of 60.1 mph on his first attempt and 70.33 mph (5.2 G) on his second attempt on a special built Wall Of Death. Traditional Wall of Death setup ranges from 20 to 36 feet in diameter with riders […]
Introduction To The Indian 101 Scout By Jay Leno
Published by April 6th, 2016 in Builders, Editorial and Videos.For most, the 101 Scout is the best Indian ever built and for sure one of the most iconic motorcycles. Racers in particular recognized the 101’s special qualities. Unfortunately this Indian model had only a four year production run. In this video, Jay Leno introduces you to his 1931 101 Scout and rides it, both […]
Buffalo Chip Challenge™ Students’ Hard Work Pays Off At Donnie Smith Show
Published by April 6th, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Months of hard work paid off for a group of Black Hills area high school students this weekend. The group, participating in the 2016 Buffalo Chip Challenge, earned two first place awards April 2 at the prestigious Donnie Smith Bike & Car Show in St. Paul, Minn. The student-built Buffalo Chip Challenge bikes, a fully […]
Custom Motorcycles. The Way They Do It In Poland.
Published by April 5th, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.If you visit Poland in Central Europe, the city of Poznan is probably one of the 2 (with the capital Warsaw) that you want to visit because of its famous Renaissance architecture with richly decorated attics and arcade loggias. The old town was destroyed during world war 2, then meticulously rebuilt. The city is also […]
Custom King Iron 883 Sportster By Rick‘s
Published by April 4th, 2016 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.“Battle of the Kings”, Harley-Davidson’s custom bike competition is going on with a record number of dealers all over the world competing for the bragging right of “2016 King Of Custom.” Dealerships were supplied with a Sportster Iron 883 Dark to see who can produce in a time frame of 6 weeks maximum the best-looking […]
Exclusive. Jason Havey Appointed CEO of Brass Balls Cycles Amidst Large Scale Financial and Operational Restructuring
Published by April 3rd, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Following my announcement of March 25th regarding the financial difficulties of custom shop Darwin Motorcycles, I had a couple of friendly telephonic discussions with owner Dar Holdsworth. He explained to me the reasons of his troubled business and shared with me his business strategy to restructure it. To confirm his intentions Dar Holdsworth just sent me […]
A Visit To Hazan Motorworks
Published by April 3rd, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Videos.The Musket by Hazan Motorworks is probably the closest you can find to the definition of motorcycle work of art. Brooklyn-based artist Maxwell Hazan hand-built this machine around a 1000cc v-twin engine created from 2 Royal Enfield 500cc engines. Aluminum bodywork massaged after creating wood templates is absolutely flawless and is conceived to emphasize the […]
Old School Cool Harley Merchandise
Published by April 2nd, 2016 in Builders, Editorial and Merchandise.The 1947 Harley-Davidson accessories catalog featured the first H-D tee-shirts with the trademark “Wings Logo” prints. At that time, for clubs, Harley accepted special orders with backside lettering. If you are looking for authentic reproductions of these Harley first tee-shirts and other merchandise straight from the pages of H-D history, you can order online some […]
1928 BMW Landspeeder Interpretation By Revival Cycles.
Published by March 31st, 2016 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Partners Alan Stulberg and Stefan Hertel at Revival Cycles think that “a motorcycle should be more than a machine, an aesthetic expression that demonstrates the beauty of purposeful form.” The Austin shop has built some remarkable motorcycles and this modern interpretation of the record-breaking 1928 BMW R37 ridden by Ernst Henne is another example of […]
Record Motor Cycles Building 2 Machines To Attempt Land Speed Records in 2017
Published by March 30th, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Italian Roberto Crepaldi founded Record Motor Cycles (RMC) in 2015, and with his team has started the manufacturing of 2 motorcycles that will race the 2.000 cc and the 2.500 cc classes in Bonneville in 2017 (if the Salt Flats are rideable…) The bikes will race in the FIM “Partially-Streamlined” category, (that is a partially […]
A letter from Jeff Nicklus of Jeff Nicklus Customs. “Cyril. With Conrad’s passing in 2012 I realized that it was the end of the Nicklus name. He was the only male child in the family. I also realized that my children are ninth generation Texans. I further realized that I had been born and raised in […]
Gabrielle. A Harley Dyna Wants To Become A Tracker.
Published by March 28th, 2016 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.During 13 frenetic years, custom building shop “Radical Custom” created some of the world’s fastest and best designed custom Ducatis. But because of a too hectic professional life, the fun of custom building was gone for French/Spanish builder Pepo Rosell, After a one year break to rethink his life, he realized that his passion for […]
Erik Buell Racing (EBR) Has Announced 2016 pricing For 2 Models. The two models are the 2016 EBR 1190RX and EBR1190SX, priced at $12,995for the EBR 1190SX and $13,995 or the RX. The bikes use a liquid-cooled 1190cc V-twin engine, with four valves per cylinder making 185bhp of power and 138Nm of peak torque. The […]
Screaming’ Eagle High Flow Exhaust With Street Cannons For 2010-Later Harley-Davidson Touring Models
Published by March 26th, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Exhaust.You can bolt on a menacing tone and gain Harley factory-tuned Touring-motor muscle with the new Screaming’ Eagle High Flow Exhaust System (P/N 64800043 Chrome, P/N 64800044 Black, $1,299.95) Optimized for Screamin’ Eagle® Stage Kit engine configurations, the Screamin’ Eagle High-Flow Exhaust system provides bolt-on performance by reducing the catalyst restriction and improving exhaust flow. This […]
Victory Octane. How Many Shots Of Adrenaline Do You Need?
Published by March 25th, 2016 in Builders, Editorial and Events.When Victory teased the unveiling of a Modern American Muscle model inspired by the Pikes Peak Project 156 racer, apparently it meant many different things to my readers. You just need to read again the comments that popped up under my feature during the official launch on February 19th. Some imagined a sport chassis design […]
Darwin Motorcycles Closed. Customers File Complaints For Custom Bikes Paid And Not Delivered.
Published by March 25th, 2016 in Builders and Events.During these last weeks I was contacted by clients of Darwin Motorcycles (Brass Balls Bobbers) owned by Dar Holdsworth asking me if I could shed some light on the status of the Oklahoma custom shop. These clients, located in the US and abroad, stated to me that they ordered and paid in full for custom […]
Beverly Hills Board Track Racing (1921)
Published by March 24th, 2016 in Builders, Editorial, Events and Videos.This board track competition took place on April 24, 1921, at the Beverly Hills Speedway in Los Angeles, California. Although created at the time to promote Indian bikes, the film survives today as an important document for the history of motorcycle racing. Not only does it capture the short-lived Beverly Hills Speedway (1920–24), hyped as […]
Picture Of The Week. 1923 Harley-Davidson Model JD23.
Published by March 23rd, 2016 in Builders and Editorial.1903 Magazine, a quarterly online publication for Harley-Davidson enthusiasts, is a curated collection of timeless stories and authentic experiences about riders, racers, and builders; artists whose medium of expression is steel, rubber, and paint. In the issue 2, this 1923 Harley-Davidson Model JD23. The stars on the wheels might suggest a law enforcement connection. But […]
Harley-Davidson Making Its Numbers With Dodgy Tactics?
Published by March 23rd, 2016 in Builders, Editorial and Events.The Motley Fool, a very respected multimedia financial-services company that provides financial solutions for investors through various stock, investing, and personal finance services ran last weekend an interesting analysis of Harley-Davidson 4th quarter results. Journalist Rich Dupreys wonder if Harley is using dodgy tactics to make the numbers for its shipping guidance. The issue is […]
Buffalo Chip Challenge™ Students Score at Black Hills Motorcycle Show
Published by March 22nd, 2016 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Black Hills area high school students participating in the 2016 Buffalo Chip Challenge scored their first big win this weekend at the Black Hills Motorcycle Show. Just days after completing two world-class, custom baggers, the students unveiled the bikes at the Black Hills show and received two first place trophies. The students will now take […]
Language, like life, does evolve. And often words we use today to describe a type of new-built motorcycle are not what they meant when originally used. Take the word Bobber, originally called a ‘Bob-Job’ from the 1930s through the 1980s. It was used to describe motorcycles typically built around unmodified frames (by opposition to a […]
Harley-Davidson CVO Motorcycles. The Reference Book.
Published by March 19th, 2016 in Books, Builders, Customs and Editorial.Each year Harley-Davidson offers to its “Alpha” clientele – those faithful to the brand who want the best of the best – limited edition factory premium custom motorcycles under the lineup name of CVO Motorcycles (for Custom Vehicle Operations.) Harley promotes them with slogans or statements like “True motorcycle masterpieces”, “For the rider who wants […]
