Yesterday evening Monday January 7, 2013 The Hollister City Council voted and approved the return of the famous motorcycle rally this year. The event was cancelled in 2009 because it lost hundred of thousand dollars that required city funding. The reborn Hollister Rally will be held July 5 & 6, 2013 and Worldwide Dynamics Inc. […]
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Breaking News. Hollister To Bring Back Motorcycle Rally
Published by January 8th, 2013 in Editorial and Events.Indian Motorcycle To Feature Historic Sights And Sounds At IMS Minneapolis Show January 11-13
Published by January 8th, 2013 in Builders and Events.Hey, no. The bike featured here is not the new Indian model with its new reengineered engine (read below.) Again, you will have to wait until this Summer. But the “Indian Motorcycle Experience” exhibit is on tour with a pit stop in eachIMS (International Motorcycle Show), next one in Minneapolis (January 11-13) then New York […]
Indonesian Province Bans Women From Straddling Motorcycles Behind Male Riders
Published by January 8th, 2013 in Editorial and Events.In the province of Aceh, the only Indonesian province that follows Sharia, female passengers have been ordered not to straddle motorcycles behind male drivers. The regulation aims “to save people’s morals & behaviors” Really? But under the new regulation “women are allowed to sit “side-saddle” because passengers who sit side-saddle rarely fell off while when […]
Sturgis 2013. Country Rock Artist Brantley Gilbert To Perform At Buffalo Chip Music Festival.
Published by January 8th, 2013 in Editorial and Events.The Sturgis Buffalo Chip® will welcome country rock sensation Brantley Gilbert to their annual musical festival on August 2-11, 2013 during Sturgis motorcycle rally. Brantley Gilbert is set to ignite Buffalo Chip campers and concert attendees with an energized stage show during The Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling™. Brantley Gilbert joins Toby Keith and ZZ […]
For its 110th Anniversary, Harley-Davidson released a FREE gorgeous catalog that you can get 3 ways. Download the PDF, View as an eBrochure or request the print version. In English or Spanish. Just jump to Free 2013 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Catalog.
Florida 7th Annual Vintage Bike Show On January 26, 2013
Published by January 6th, 2013 in Builders, Editorial and Events.No excuse to not go if you live in a 100 mile radius of Dania Beach (it’s south of Ft-Lauderdale.) About 200 vintage motorcycles are going to be exhibited under the trees of beautiful Frost Park. It’s a very family oriented event with a swap meet, food, Harley skill team demonstrations, motorcycle field games, Roller […]
Steve McQueen Tribute Chopper To Be Offered At Las Vegas Auction
Published by January 5th, 2013 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Not completely convinced that McQueen would have ordered this type of custom bike, but I am told that it was created by East Side Custom Choppers with the approval and participation of Barbara Minty McQueen, Steve’s widow. So, I may be wrong. Who knows? The bike was constructed in 2007 and presented in conjunction with […]
Fiscal Cliff Bill Preserves Electric Motorcycle Tax Credits.
Published by January 4th, 2013 in Editorial and Events.As part of the Fiscal Cliff agreement approved on January 1st, 2013 tax provisions due to expire at the end of 20112 related to green energy and electric vehicles have been extended. The list of preserved tax items is good news for those in support of the green energy and technology proposals of the Obama Administration. […]
Dennis Kirk Releases A 1200-Page Parts Catalog
Published by January 3rd, 2013 in Editorial and Events.Most retail parts’ catalogs of the motorcycle industry are released between December and February. But because of printing and shipping costs, each year fewer are printed and most have already been switched to a digital PDF version to be accessed or downloaded on line. For 2013, Dennis Kirk is one of the few in the […]
Cyril Huze’s 10 Motorcycle Predictions For 2013
Published by January 2nd, 2013 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Here’s the thing about predictions: they are always fun to make (and to read) and no one ever remembers a year later what they were. So there is basically no reason not to whip out the crystal ball and start forecasting. That you agree or not, I hope that my 2013 predictions will give you […]
Harley-Davidson Made For India Motorcycle To Be Revealed At 2014 Delhi Auto Expo
Published by January 2nd, 2013 in Builders, Editorial and Events.This fiscal year, Harley Davidson India should sell about 2,000 motorcycles and by 2015 aims to sell about 10,000. To reach this objective, Harley will unveil in January 2014 at the Dehli Auto Expo a “made for India” special model. This new model will be fitted with a 400 to 500 cc V-Twin with a […]
Have you made your resolutions for 2013? Here are mine: 1. Learn the names of the people two doors down from me and invite them over for dinner. 2- Learn how to cook a full dinner 3- Spend more time with my 2 grand-daughters. 4- Stop being patient with those who copy & paste my […]
The industry lost a Freedom Fighter. William (Bill) E. Gannon II, 59 of Quincy, formerly of Ashmont Hill, Dorchester, passed away at home on December 24th after losing his battle with cancer. He was a motorcycle enthusiast, a journalist, a talented photographer and a long time motorcyclists rights activist from Massachusetts. He was one of the […]
Another US Harley Dealer Avoids Harley-Davidson Termination Notice For Allegedly Violating Non-Retail Sales Policy. Harley-Davidson conducts frequent audits of its dealers network to see if they don’t violate the company Non-Retail Sales Policy (NSRP) On June 23, 2011 Harley-Davidson notified Riverside Harley-Davidson (dab Skip Fordyce Harley-Davidson) of its intent to terminate the dealer agreement within 30 […]
EPA Drops Minimum 4-Gallon Purchase Requirement For Motorcycles And ATV’s
Published by December 25th, 2012 in Editorial, Events and Legal.The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports that the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scrapping its requirement that all consumers buy at least 4 gallons of gasoline from certain gas stations using blender pumps that dispense E10 and E15 through the same hose. The vast majority of motorcycles and ATVs in use today aren’t […]
Harley-Davidson Dealership In Texas Not Negligent In Test Drive Crash
Published by December 22nd, 2012 in Editorial, Events and Legal.Justices with the 13th Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Euton Harley-Davidson Inc. of Victoria, Texas was not negligent when an employee crashed while test driving one of its motorcycles. Robert Zissa Jr. ran a stop sign on July 5, 2006, while test driving a motorcycle for the dealership. He collided with a 2002 GMC […]
First India Bike Week And First India Harley-Davidson Hog Rally in 2013
Published by December 21st, 2012 in Builders and Events.Harley-Davidson will hold its first Indian National Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) Rally January 31 and February 1 in Goa. The celebration also kicks off a full year of festivities across the world to mark Harley-Davidson’s 110th Anniversary. Harley-Davidson India also announced its sponsorship of the first India Bike Week, following the National H.O.G Rally, on February […]
Holiday Greetings From Cyril Huze. Three Simple Wishes. Peace. Happiness. Prosperity.
Published by December 20th, 2012 in Events.During this holiday season, please don’t wear bad (although sweet) Santa Claus sweaters, don’t expand too much your waistline and don’t shrink your bank account to zero. Enjoy your family, friends and time off.
Cut-Away Engines, Hubs And Motor Wheels Added To Las Vegas January Auction
Published by December 20th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.In addition to the nearly 250 antique, vintage and classic motorcycles being offered at Bonhams’ Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction in January is a unique collection of mid-century cut-away motors and components. The fascinating mechanical displays represent uncommon marques HMW, JLO, NSU, Pluvier, Solex and others, while a selection of cut-away multi-speed hubs from Sturmey-Archer round […]
Harley-Davidson To Introduce In The Next 2 Years A New Made-For-India Motorcycle
Published by December 18th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Harley-Davidson has already made its intent clear: India is a key market and the company will do whatever is necessary to get a high share of this growth market. To take on its Japanese, Korean & India rivals Harley-Davidson intends to introduce a new motorcycle made exclusively for the country within the next two years. […]
Rossmeyer’s Harley-Davidson To Close Its Fort-Lauderdale Dealership
Published by December 15th, 2012 in Editorial and Events.Although sales of heavy cruisers motorcycles started to bottom out in 2011, with sales up about 1.5% until 3rd quarter of 2012, Harley-Davidson dealership network continues its consolidation started in 2008. Another example is Rossmeyer’s Harley-Davidson closing its store in Fort Lauderdale at 2871 North Federal Highway and regrouping in its other larger store at […]
The Big Kid Gift Guide. What To Get The Guy Who Never Grew Up.
Published by December 15th, 2012 in Events and Merchandise.He never grew up. What to get for him? Just jump to The Big Kid Gift Guide.
About The Effects Of The Discovery Chopper Live Build-Off Competition On Bikers And Professionals Of The Industry
Published by December 14th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.As expected, after you debated the merits of each builder and custom bike you saw in the Discovery build-off competition, conversation in comments turned to a one decade long topic still dividing both bikers and professionals of the motorcycle industry. What are the effects, positive or negative, of such motorcycle TV shows? Do they make more […]
Victory Launches New Midnight Metallic Flame Cross Country Bagger
Published by December 13th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Last weekend at the Long Beach IMS Show, Victory displayed its offering of premium baggers (Cross Country, Cross Roads Classic, Hard-Ball, Zach Ness Cross Country) and unveiled a new Factory Custom Painted Cross Country featuring a metallic flame paint job. Beyond the custom factory paint job, the bike got the same features than the other […]
Jesse James Discovery Build-Off Bike
Published by December 12th, 2012 in Builders, Customs and Events.You wanted more pictures of it. Here they are, provided to me by Jesse James. There is what you see – metal work (chromoly 4130) – and what you can’t see – the mechanical prowess – As Jesse says “The devil is in the details”
