Weather was typical South Dakota. Locals have a saying: “If you don’t like our weather today, wait for 15 minutes…” This year again, everything from high temperatures under blue skies, to tornado watches to sudden pouring rain and hail from hell. Then repeat 2 or 3 times a day depending of where you are and […]
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2011 Sturgis Rally Postcards
Published by August 14th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.2011 Sturgis AMD World Championship Winners
Published by August 13th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Here are all the Class Winners of the 2011 AMD World Championship Of Bike Building. FreeStyle Class. 1- Tavax Engineering, Bike Tavax 2011V 2- Lamb Engineering, Bike Son of a Gun 3-Kraus Motor Co. Bike Bolide Modified Harley Class. 1- AbnormalCycles, Trike Union 2- Iacona Custom Cycles, Bike Challenger 3- Shaw Harley-Davidson, Bike Nascafe Racer Production Manufacturer Class. 1- […]
Jeff Decker Collection At Sturgis Michael Lichter’s Annual Art Exhibit.
Published by August 12th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Big Crowd last Tuesday evening at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip for the VIP Industry party for the unveiling of Jeff Decker art collection at the 11th Annual Michael Lichter Art Exhibit. Artist Jeff Decker lives, studies, documents and sculpts motorcycle culture. Hanging from the exhibition hall ceiling, Jeff had the excellent idea to hang banners with […]
Learning Motorcycle Sheet Metal Fabrication With Bryan Fuller
Published by August 12th, 2011 in Books, Builders, Customs and Editorial.If you are in Sturgis and do some work on your bike yourself, stop by the the Fuller Hot Rods booth between 4th & 5th street on Lazelle. Not only will you admire his new Cafe Racer style creation (I will feature it soon in my Blog and you can also see it in the […]
Desperado Junction Expo. Bikes. Parts. Rock N’ Roll.
Published by August 12th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Made a pit stop in Lead, just above historic Deadwood, at the Junction Biker Expo to sign my shop and blog tee-shirts. And I must admit that some vendors (Jeff Nicklus of Desperado Custom Motorcycles to not name him) knows quite a few tricks to attract a crowd to his bikes display and to my […]
Lorenzo Lamas Rumble For The Heartland Sturgis Ride
Published by August 11th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Last Tuesday, military dignitaries, celebrities and friends joined Lorenzo Lamas, Chad Greulach founding parter of Lorenzo Lamas Cycles, Army Colonel Dino Sarracino and custom builder Ralph Randolph for a charity ride from Devils Tower, Wyoming to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip. Objective? Raising money to benefit Operation Homefront and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center while […]
Fast Motorcycle Industry News
Published by August 11th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Exclusive: 2012 Anniversary Edition Indian Chiefs. Polaris is planning to build 110 Special Anniversary Edition Chiefs with 109 offered for sale. Model #110 will stay with Polaris as one of the first Indians built at Spirit Lake, Iowa. Each historic bike will come with a special leather jacket and other items to be announced. Some […]
2011 AMD World Champion. Ken Tabata From Japan.
Published by August 10th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The 2001 AMD World Champion is Ken Tabata from shop Tavax Engineering in Yao City, Osaka, Japan. Engine is S&S H93. Ken Tabata, worked for 2-1/2 years on his sculpted all aluminum bodywork winning bike designed to look like a Cheetah on wheels about to pounce…The swingarm pivots from behind the rear cylinder, arcing over the […]
2011 AMD World Championship. 2nd Place Freestyle Class.
Published by August 10th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Bike “Son Of A Gun” built by Larry Houghton from Lamb Engineering in Salisbury, UK. The bike is based around a 1951 BSA single cylinder engine and Talon motocross wheels. More parts are recycled ones from the ones rejected by friends. Non counting the value of his time and craftsmanship, Larry states that this custom […]
2011 AMD World Championship. 3 RD Place Freestyle Class.
Published by August 10th, 2011 in Builders, Customs and Events.Satya Kraus from Kraus Motor Co. in Casadero, California. Called Bolide, this bike has everything it needs to be a daily ride and nothing it doesn’t. It uses a 93ci S&S Shovelhead motor in a one-off frame carrying a mono-shocked swingarm, telescopic forks and 17” Alpina spoked wheels dressed with Metzeler sport bike tires. (pictures […]
Live From Sturgis AMD World Championship Of Bike Building. The Awards Ceremony At 3 PM Mountain Time.
Published by August 10th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The live broadcast ended. See Top Winners above.
Harley-Davidson Touring Masterpiece. The 2012 CVO Road Glide® Custom.
Published by August 10th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The new CVO Road Glide Custom is a limited-production, high-performance touring masterpiece, one of four limited-production 2012 models from Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO)TM, each turned out with bold paint, gleaming chrome, and the most-powerful V-Twin engines offered in production Harley-Davidson motorcycles. This chromed-out, shark-nosed beauty features the air-cooled, Twin Cam 110™ engine, an exclusive […]
Performance Machine Acquires Xtreme Machine Motorcycle Wheels
Published by August 9th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial and Wheels.Well known in the custom bike business, Xtreme Machine has been manufacturing billet wheels for more than a decade. In fact, Xtreme has been the recipient of the coveted “V-Twin Wheel Design Of The Year” award three times for their extraordinary designs. “Xtreme Machine has always been a well-respected brand and Performance Machine will continue […]
Preview Of Jeff Decker Collection At Sturgis Michael Lichter’s 11th Annual Motorcycles As Art Exhibit.
Published by August 9th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The Sturgis Michael Lichter’s 2011 “Motorcycle As Art Exhibition” called “Slant Artist-An Eccentric View on Motorcycles and Art” just opened to the public and is focusing on avant-garde bronze artist Jeff Decker. Yesterday, Jeff gave me the privilege of a private tour of his incredible personal collection of bronze sculptures, of antique motorcycles Harleys, Crockers, […]
First Hamsters USA Burnout In Sturgis
Published by August 9th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.During the Sturgis Rally, the Hamsters Group is staging the first ever Hamsters USA Invitational Burnouts in downtown Sturgis. The Loud American Roadhouse and the City of Sturgis are hosting the burnouts on Thursday, August 11th at 3:30 PM just after the annual lunch and ride to Sturgis. The smoking event will take place on […]
If you want to quickly add a lot of horsepower to your EFI Touring, Softail® or Dyna® , give it some N.A.D.S. (Nitrous Assisted Dry System.) Probably the biggest bang for your buck ThunderMax N.A.D.S. is a complete bolt-on “dry” system that requires no secondary fuel source for a clean, simple installation in maxi 30 […]
Arrived In Sturgis. No Luggage. Tornado Near Custer. AMD World Championship Industry VIP Party
Published by August 8th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The US economy was downgraded from AAA+ to AA+, and me I downgrade United Airways from BBB- to CCC- for losing my luggage one more time this year… Well, as soon as I learned the not so good news (they will deliver my luggage to my hotel when they find it…) I jumped in my […]
Exclusive. Fred Krugger World Tour Custom Harley CVO Bagger.
Published by August 8th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.It will be a sight of relief for some competitors in the Freestyle Class of the AMD World Championship Of Bike Building to know through my Blog that Belgium based builder Fred Krugger is not making this year the trip to Sturgis… Last year World Champion with the simultaneous front and rear adjustable suspension Veon […]
First Annual Sturgis Victory Motorcycles Bike Show
Published by August 5th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.It looks like the Buffalo Chip is turning into the epicenter of all Sturgis Bike Shows and exhibitions. After the Rat’s Hole Show on Thursday August 11th, the Limpnickie Lot exhibition all week, the Cycle Source Magazine Chopper Show on Friday 13th, the First Annual Victory Bike Show will be held at the Chip on […]
Full-Bore Sheet Metal. A New How-To Book By Bryan Fuller
Published by August 5th, 2011 in Books, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.No cool custom bike without at least some sheet metal fabrication. And it’s where many fail… Bryan Fuller, the owner of Fuller Hot Rods and also co-host of “Two Guy’s Garage” on the Speed Channel, and Mark Prosser, a Certified Welding Expert (CWI/CWE) teacher, have been working during 2 years on this new book focusing on custom […]
Your Harley Touring Bike Would Love a A KickShoe™
Published by August 5th, 2011 in Accessories, Customs and Editorial.Especially if you ride a heavy touring bike and may have to park it on soft and/or uneven surfaces like hot asphalt, sand, grass, stones, etc. KickShoe™ is designed to do away with the need to carry a kick stand pad, coaster, or crushed beer can and have to dig through your bags to find […]
New And Interesting Bagger Kit For Harley Sportster
Published by August 4th, 2011 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.Encouraged by the success of the Pro-Tour X Bagger he built a couple of years ago for the S&S Cycle 50th Anniversary, Doug Wozney obsessed with the idea of turning a factory Harley Sportster, the lightest American made platform, into a strong performance bagger with a low center-of-gravity and superior cornering ability and wrapped in […]
Sturgis Rat’s Hole Custom Chopper Show Is August 11th At Buffalo Chip
Published by August 3rd, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The world famous Rat’s Hole Show will be held again this year at the Buffalo Chip on Thursday August 12th. The iconic Rat’s Hole Custom Chopper Show will be featured at the Legendary Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on August 11, 2011. The show’s sole ambition is to showcase the innovations and talents […]
Derringer Bespoke Motorbikes Collection. I Want One.
Published by August 3rd, 2011 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.I fell in love at first sight with these motorbikes, modern interpretation of board track racing motorcycles. Evocation of banked wood motordromes, of smell of fuel, of speed, of danger, of checkered flag… Each Derringer cycle is custom built and no two are exactly alike. But all succeed with a design at the intersection of […]
Cafe Racer TV Season 2 Starts Tonight
Published by August 3rd, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Videos.Are you all about sleek and naked fast machines? Are you a nostalgic of the English “Cafe Society”, of the rockers reunions and of the early ton-up boys and girls doing burn-ups and racing from cafe to cafe the time of a Gene Vincent song. In the 70’s, in England and in many countries around […]
Sturgis Buffalo Chip Week-Long 30th Anniversary Party
Published by August 3rd, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.The party will rock hard from August 5-13 to celebrate 30 years…of Sturgis parties. First, some of the most legendary acts will play the Chip: Stevie Nicks, Toby Keith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, STYX, Poison, Def Leppard, John Fogerty, Alice Cooper, Jeff Bridges and friends, Tesla, Pop Evil, Puddle of Mudd and many more. On August 8th, […]
