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 […]
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Published by August 11th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.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 […]
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 […]
For the 4th year, the annual Sturgis Legends Ride ® on Monday August 8, paired rally-goers with celebrities and top-bike builders on a ride from Deadwood to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip ®. The event already raised $200,000 with all proceeds benefiting local charities, including the Black Hills Special Olympics and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & […]
Barnett’s Magazine will publish on September 15, 2011 its final issue. Founder Mark Barnett published the magazine first issue in the winter of 1997. The magazine targeted the custom bike and modified Harley-Davidson enthusiast. In 2011, the magazine started to be published bi-monthly, six issues a year. The last issue (Dated November/December) will be in newsstands September 15, 2011. […]
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 […]
Harley-Davidson Events At 2011 Sturgis Rally
Published by August 7th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.71st Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota’s legendary Black Hills region. The Harley-Davidson Road Tour will run from Saturday, August 6 through Saturday, August 13 at its location at the intersection of 3rd and Lazelle streets in downtown Sturgis. All Harley-Davidson activities in Sturgis are free of charge and include the following: • New […]
On My Way To The 71th Sturgis Rally
Published by August 7th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.When you will read this, I will be flying the blue and friendly skies (?) hoping to be in Rapid City this Sunday afternoon to participate to the next 7 days of the largest motorcycle rally in the world, the 71th Sturgis Bike Week. As soon as I reach my rally headquarters, I will report as […]
Judge Denies Request For Restraining Order Against SMRI. Only Trademarked Sturgis Merchandise On Sale During 71th Rally.
Published by August 6th, 2011 in Editorial and Events.On Wednesday August 3rd, in District Court Of South Dakota, Rushmore Photo & Gifts filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injection against SMRI (Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc.) to try to prevent the non-profit group from enforcing its Federal trademarks, including Sturgis & Black Hills Rally during the motorcycle event from […]
Sturgis S&S Night And Engine Giveaway Is August 10, 2011
Published by August 6th, 2011 in Editorial.Go to Sturgis. Come back with a free one-of-a-kind V 113″ from S&S Cycle. It can happen if you participate to the S&S Night at the Downtown Broken Spoke Saloon on Lazelle Street on Wednesday August 10th starting at 9 PM. But I would recommend you arrive earlier. You just need to be present to […]
Commemorative 30th Anniversary Buffalo Chip Calendar
Published by August 6th, 2011 in Editorial and Merchandise.It’s never too soon to buy your garage or office calendar for next year. The Buffalo Chip Commemorative 30th Annual Party Calendar will be available at the Chip during the Sturgis Rally and as a bonus, the models featured in it will be on hands to sign it (if I knew the times, I would […]
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 […]
Postcards Of Klock Werks Pre-Sturgis Party
Published by August 5th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Yesterday Thursday August 4th, those riding the I-90 in direction of Sturgis got a chance to stop by the Klock Werks shop in Mitchell, South Dakota for a pre-Sturgis party. For the 5th year, old and new friends of the industry mingled, had a good time around bike lifts, enjoying tacos and sodas, getting their […]
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 […]
New Black Ice Finish Wheels Offered By Harley-Davidson
Published by August 4th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Wheels.It looks to me like”black chrome”, but Harley-Davidson claims that it’s not, that it’s not a chrome process and that they are the first to offer this treatment in the motorcycle industry. I will have to check from close on the Harley display on Lazelle Street in Sturgis. Harley states that Black Ice is the […]
Original Broken Spoke Saloon. The Hottest Honky-Tonk In Downtown Sturgis
Published by August 4th, 2011 in Editorial and Events.The Original Broken Spoke Saloon on Lazelle Street is a down home, honky-tonk party that is on fire the entire 71st rally week. With its ride through bar, tire burned dance floor, museum quality motorcycles and collectibles, and non-stop entertainment it’s where the real rider loves to hang out. This year, Jay Allen, founder of […]
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 […]
