Often neglected, front suspension rarely sees any love when it comes to rider setup. Too soft or too firm? There wasn’t much you could do without gutting the forks and replacing many of the internals. Burly Brand took notice of the Harley factory oversight and created a simple to install and set up preload adjuster. […]
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Give Some Love To Your Front Suspension. Fork Spring Preload Adjusters By Burly
Published by September 10th, 2014 in Customs, Editorial and Suspension.In Bonneville Jason DiSalvo Will Try This Week To Break The Motorcycle Land Speed Record Of 376.363 mph.
Published by September 9th, 2014 in Builders, Customs and Events.Weather and quality of the salt permitting, pilot Jason DiSalvo will try this week during the Mike Cook’s Bonneville Shootout to break the motorcycle land speed record of 376.363 mph aboard his T twin turbo-charged Triumph Rocket III-powered streamliner. Developed by Matt Markstaller (Hot Rod Conspiracy) and Bob Carpenter (Carpenter Racing), the Triumph Castrol Rocket […]
The Midual Type 1. Custom Luxury For Only 35 Owners.
Published by September 8th, 2014 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.The story of Oliver Midy, designer and engineer of the Midual Type 1, is the one of a child acquainted very young with motorcycles, who become obsessed with them, who at the age of 14 succeeds in accomplishing the restoration of a gorgeous Monet-Goyon and who spent all his adult life until now dreaming then creating […]
Inflated. AirHawk Seats By Danny Gray
Published by September 7th, 2014 in Customs, Editorial and Seats.The technology, already used medically for over 35 years, to distribute your weight equally over an entire seating area, is integrated in Danny Gray’s AiHawk seat series. The comfort seat system reduces tissue pressure and noticeably improve comfort by minimizing those hot spots during long rides. A pump and bleeder valve are integrated to each […]
New Elegant Auxiliary Lightning For Harley Street Glide Models
Published by September 6th, 2014 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.This Auxiliary Lightning Kit (P/N 67800367 Chrome, P/N 67800366 Gloss Black; $429.95) provides extra lighting output and includes new mounting brackets that flow with Batwing-Shaped fairings. Designed for the 2014-later Harley-Davidson Street Glide® and Street Glide® Special models. The elegant cantilever brackets serve as stylized mounting points for the lamp and turn signal housings, and eliminate […]
New Two Brothers Racing V-Twin Comp-S Exhaust System For Harley Sportster & Dyna
Published by September 5th, 2014 in Controls, Customs and Editorial.With nearly three decades of championship winning performance behind them, Two Brothers Racing is taking their products to the V-Twin market with the introduction of the all-new Comp Series. The Comp-S system provides increased horsepower and torque (dyno charts are on their website), with swept-up muffler for ground clearance allowing riders to maintain higher speeds. […]
Old School Triumph Bobber. Built By Halls Custom Vintage. Photographed By Frank J, Bott.
Published by September 4th, 2014 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Tomorrow Friday September 5, 2014 at 11 am, there is a grand opening & ribbon cutting of Frank Bott’s new visual production studio at the Utah Industrial Depot, 225 Iron Street Building 637 North in Tooele, Utah. To get acquainted with me and my readers and to illustrate his photographic work, Bott sent me great […]
For Those Who Dream, Ride And Sleep Indian Motorcycle
Published by September 4th, 2014 in Customs, Editorial and Merchandise.FiledCandy, a UK company specializing in outdoor products created to add stylish flair to camping has signed a deal with Indian Motorcycle to offer to produce an Indian branded 2-person “Explorer Tent” that can be neatly fitted inside into a compact carry case easily transported on the back of your bike. The rustic design has been […]
Progressive Suspension High Performance Piggyback Shocks Now Also Available For the Harley V-Rod Chassis
Published by September 3rd, 2014 in Customs, Editorial and Suspension.Progressive Suspension is extended its race inspired 970 Piggyback Reservoir Shocks applications already available for the Harley Dyna and Sportster to the V-Rod chassis. For those requiring a suspension for bikes doing much more than weekend coffee runs, the hand built in the USA, 970 Series shocks combine a high pressure gas monotube design with […]
Under water mother nature inspired this fish scale design grips made of injection molded Kraylon rubber. Good grip density. Available for 1” and 7/8” handlebars. Available in white, midnight blue, white and orange. At the price of $18.95 for a pair, you can change the color of your grips every other month. Order online at […]
Custom Moto Guzzi V7 Stone By Venier Customs
Published by September 1st, 2014 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.It’s quite unusual for a professional Custom Builder to bring a brand new bike straight from the dealer show floor to the shop for a full redo, old school style. Why not if it’s a custom order from a client who desires the quality and reliability of a new powertrain but will never be satisfied […]
Avon Tyres Introduces 13 New Cobra Model Sizes For Cruisers And Tourers
Published by August 29th, 2014 in Customs, Editorial and Wheels.Avon Tyres will introduce 13 new 15” to 21” sizes in the popular Cobra tire line designed for the power cruiser, touring and custom market. With all sizes scheduled for availability by the end of September, each new Cobra AV71 and AV72 size will soon replace the corresponding size in the Venom tire line. “The […]
Legends Built Memorial Custom Motorcycle For SPC Cody Towse Killed In Afghanistan
Published by August 29th, 2014 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Videos.Last week I introduced you to Legends Motorcycles, the Utah based museum/gallery/workshop to let you know about its fabulous exhibition of motorcycle art. But Legends Motorcycles is also dedicated to helping serious riders create custom vintage bikes they can be proud of by making handcrafted vintage parts available to anyone who wants to turn their […]
Is there a better definition and illustration of a “Rolling Piece Of Art” than this BSA 500 by Hazan Motorworks? The kind of custom motorcycle that doesn’t need any explanation or tech sheet. So, I will limit my copy to reproducing Maxwell Hazan philosophy. Admire and enjoy the photography. “Motorcycles are an artistic medium. I […]
Aluminum Scoop For Harley V-Rod Muscle
Published by August 27th, 2014 in Builders, Chassis, Customs and Editorial.In Sturgis, saw quite a few V-Rods, a model positioned in Harley-Davidson’s lineup as the “power cruiser with a dash of intimidation.” Europeans love this model much more than the Americans. Logically, it’s in the old continent (especially Germany & Switzerland) that those who want to customize this model will find a lot of V-Rod after-market […]
Pan Style Board Tracker By Rods And Rides
Published by August 25th, 2014 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.During the Sturgis Rally, the latest one from T.D. Ward got a lot of attention and quite a few trophies in the bike shows to which it participated. A custom bike that I will put in the category of a crossover from the Hot Rod world. Ward’s car genes were acquired a long time ago […]
Kuryakyn Has Launched A Performance Division Named Crusher. New Maverick Exhaust System.
Published by August 24th, 2014 in Customs, Editorial and Exhaust.In Sturgis on August 2nd, 2014, Crusher -the all-new Performance Division of Kuryakyn, launched its first series brand-new and made in America, Maverick 4” Slip-Ons mufflers and 2-Into-2 exhaust systems. They are offered for the Harley Sportster, Dyna, Softail and Tourer. They feature precision machined billet aluminum tips with a matte black high-temp ceramic coating […]
Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials Start Today Sunday August 24th, 2014
Published by August 24th, 2014 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.They arrived from all over the world to find out that 2/3 of the Salts are salt, the other 1/3 being a lake 1/4 mile wide and several miles long. But the dedicated team of volunteers from the 1st Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials (that you could also call the 11th BUB Bonneville Speed Trials) had […]
CV Performance Choke Bracket For Better Access To The Choke Knob
Published by August 23rd, 2014 in Customs, Editorial and Engines.CV Performance, a company specializing in tuning and improving Harley-Davidson CV carburation for over 25 years, offers the Harley Choke Relocation Bracket to help Harley-Davidson owners have quick, easy access to their choke knob, while giving the carb and engine a better look. The CV Performance Choke Bracket moves the CV Carburetor Choke knob from […]
Legends Motorcycles. Museum. Art Gallery And Vintage Motorcycle Workshop.
Published by August 23rd, 2014 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Painters.Not far from the Bonneville Salts where the Speed Trials are going to begin this Sunday August 24, a museum/gallery with a vintage motorcycle workshop that I recommend you pay a visit to. In a superb building, owner Of Legends Motorcycles Rick Salibury has turned his lifelong passion for vintage motorcycles into a full-time business […]
At the Bandit9 Shop, Bandit Chief Daryl Villanueva will tell you that he doesn’t and will never play by the rules followed by most custom builders. He works without any constraint – certainly not any from clients – his professional joy being to create kinetic art and to build moving sculptures. His latest work is […]
Custom Heel Shifter For Indian Chiefs
Published by August 20th, 2014 in Controls, Customs and Editorial.As expected, the custom motorcycle industry is seriously focusing on creating after-market accessories for the new Indian models. Vendors who have seen the Scout in Sturgis tell me that can’t wait to get one to see what they can create for it. For the Chief, many custom accessories are already available in complement of those […]
Harley-Davidson Museum® Celebrates Motorcycle Art At Annual Custom Bike Show Weekend
Published by August 20th, 2014 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.If you live or travel close by, the Harley-Davidson Museum is the place to be this coming Labor Day weekend, when it hosts its annual Custom Bike Show Weekend that kicks off at Bike Night on Thursday, Aug. 28, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 31. The highlights of the weekend are two of some of […]
New Tsunami Aluminum Rear Fender For Your Sportster
Published by August 19th, 2014 in Chassis, Customs and Editorial.An easy way to change the look of your Sportster is to switch the stock rear fender for this one featuring a nice duck tail. Built from thick aluminum (Heavy gauge 6061 T-6), precision die-stamped & CNC laser cut. The Tsunami fender can be bolted-on directly to your Sportster in place of the factory one. […]
A new version of the vintage headlight by Roland Sands, with the advantage of a DOT rated lens and bulb because a headlight is supposed to let you see correctly the road when traveling at night… The DOT approved H-4 Bulb has twice the illumination of a standard sealed beam. CNC machined with a billet […]
A kit to turn a Harley V-Rod into a reverse trike in about 4 hours for a budget of $5000.00? The idea seems to interest unite a few Harley dealers and bikers in the USA and abroad. I guess aging V-Rod riders. The idea and conception (2 front wheels) comes from John Kroening from Wisconsin […]
