Everybody wants to clean the clutter of a Harley-Davidson Softail or Bagger rear fender. Many options and license plate relocators are available. Like these stainless steel license plate relocators sold with or without a tombstone style taillight. When installed, the plate relocator moves the plate mounting location down below the taillight or light bar depending on your model application. Relocators are a direct bolt on swap and retail for just $40.00. SoftBrake’s Tombstone Housing eliminates the top license plate illumination lens, uses all your stock lights inner hardware and retails for $75.00. Check them out at Softbrake or call 714-680-0911
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License Plate Frame Relocators
Published by November 1st, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.Steve McQueen Indian Chief, Car And Truck To Be Auctioned
Published by October 31st, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.
Items previously owned by legendary Hollywood actor Steve McQueen have been consigned to Bonhams’ Annual Classic California auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles next month. This is not the first time items from the McQueen family have been entrusted to Bonhams and once again this leading auction house has been selected to represent possessions previously owned by the King of Cool. Continue reading ‘Steve McQueen Indian Chief, Car And Truck To Be Auctioned’
Ride Like Hell. Feel Like Heaven.
Published by October 31st, 2009 in Builders, Editorial and Merchandise.
Whatever you ride, I hope you know the feeling. This Cyril Huze tee shirt will get you there a little bit faster. Is it necessary to state how much the opposite sex may be impressed when reading this text? Wearing this retro racing logo will never put anyone out of style, before or after your fast to heaven exercise. Classic fit, only available in gray, with front black retro racing bike on white background. Buy a couple now for you or a holiday gift. Machine washable. Unisex. Medium M, X, XL, 2XL. In stock. Order by jumping HERE.
Harley Sportster Riders. Unleash The Ponies.
Published by October 31st, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.
Newly added to its full line of Engine Management Systems for Harley-Davidson models, the ThunderMax Autotune for Sportster XR1200 allows you to maximize engine power performance with total control of your EFI system. It’s a complete replacement engine management system that replaces the stock Electronic Control Module (ECM). Not an add-on box or signal modifier. The ThunderMax is a high speed, high resolution processor designed to deliver uncompromising performance and to autotune as you ride for any riding condition, any exhaust system. any riding style for optimum power and economy. If you need help finding expert installation for your ThunderMax system, contact Zipper’s Performance for details. 410- 579-2828, Zippers@ZippersPerformance.co
Did you know? 1- Meaning: the name Halloween is actually a shortened version of “All Hallows’ Even,” the eve of All Hallows’ Day. “Hallow” is an Old English word for “holy person,” and All Hallows’ Day is simply another name for All Saints’ Day, the day Catholics commemorate all the saints. At some point, people began referring to All Hallows’ Even as “Hallowe’en” and then simply “Halloween. 2- Trick-or-Treating: In medieval times, one popular All Souls’ Day practice was to make “soul cakes,” simple bread desserts with a currant topping. In a custom called “souling,” children would go door-to-door begging for the cakes, much like modern trick-or-treaters. For every cake a child collected, he or she would have to say a prayer for the dead relatives of the person who gave the cake. These prayers would help the relatives find their way out of purgatory and into heaven. Continue reading ‘Happy Halloween.’
Harley Sportster Speedo Relocation Bracket
Published by October 30th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Electrical.
On a Harley-Davidson there are some parts you want to change and some you want to keep because they are functional. But as soon as you change one part you are often obliged to relocate another one. On a Sportster, a lot of you are changing their handlebars but wonder where to reinstall the speedo.
Easy with this bracket to mount onto the engine heads, left side of course, with the speedo readable when you ride. Fits 04 & up models, but be patient because they are made on request with a lead time of 2 to 3 weeks. At Kundratic Kustom Motorcycles.
Times of “carpocalypse” and “motocalypse” may stimulate your creativity. Tom Wright, a loose builder on the outskirts of San Diego just figured out that the bumper cars of the Long Beach Pike amusement park deserve a more dignified end than the crush treatment. Continue reading ‘Street Legal Bumper Rides’
Maintaining or restoring a vintage bike or building a “dirty” old school chopper requires to know where to find the period correct parts. Paughco carries a good selection of those hard to find replacement items. As an example, and because somebody asked me where to find them, these early brake components that Paughco manufactures. They include a mechanical drum with sprocket and dust cover ’37-’57, mechanical brake shoes, mechanical brake drum backing plate ’37-’57, mechanical brake cam for rigids thru ‘57, return springs and even an early Sporty and K-model rear brake lever. If you’re having problems locating early HD style replacement parts, call Paughco at 775-246-5738, email to info@paughco.com
Stephen Berner New Editor In Chief Of IronWorks Magazine
Published by October 29th, 2009 in Editorial and Events.
IronWorks Magazine just hired industry publishing veteran, and long-time Harley-Davidson enthusiast Stephen Berner as its new Editor-in-Chief. Based in Connecticut he will lead the editorial and content development for the magazine. He has worked for several years with American Iron Magazine where he managed events, licensing, web development, and wrote/photographed feature and technical stories. Mr. Berner has also been a contributor to Hot Bike Magazine and is an accomplished leather artist (check his riding jacket). He is a frequent visitor to my Blog where you may have noticed his comments below my articles under the name of “steveb”. Continue reading ‘Stephen Berner New Editor In Chief Of IronWorks Magazine’
S&S 106” Top End Kit for 2007 And Up Big Twins
Published by October 29th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Engines.
The beauty of this 106″ kit from S&S Cycle, in addition of making your engine bigger, is that it’s an easy installation without need of any machining. No need to rebalance flywheels, to bore the crankcases or even split the cases. That’s about as easy as it gets to get more displacement. Time and money saved!
You just do the cylinders swap. These S&S cylinders are available with the same silver or black wrinkle powdercoat as Harley models, so there is no risk of mis-match with the rest of your stock engine. In fact, this kit is only offered with S&S cylinders because, even though stock cylinders can be bored to fit the 3.927” pistons, S&S is not confident that the material used to make the stock cylinder liner and spigot is strong enough. Continue reading ‘S&S 106” Top End Kit for 2007 And Up Big Twins’
Paul Teutul Senior In Studio For OCC Rocks. Please, More Cowbell.
Published by October 29th, 2009 in Builders, Editorial and Videos.For your entertainment…and to give you the opportunity to comment again and again on OCC. (And no, I am not paid, never been, to write any article or publish any picture or video). Below the email I received from the Discovery Channel.
“Thought you might like this clip from tonite’s episode of American Chopper featuring Sr. recording his track for the OCC Rocks Compilation CD. Perhaps your blog readers would get a kick out of it?” Matt Chun, Digital Publicist, Discovery Channel
Sooner or later we will fall. At least one time. Fine, it belongs to the sport of motorcycling. When you are a celebrity it’s one thing to have paparazzi following you everywhere. It’s another one to have your picture taken when you fall from your motorcycle, then flashed in all people magazines around the world. It happened last weekend, and contrary to 1st reports, no Brad Pitt was not rear ended by a paparazzi car following him. Brad just clipped his handlebar/mirrors while trying to move forward between 2 cars stopped at a red light. It happens…Of course, no police report. Just bruised ego. Tow truck and back at home with Angelina. End of the story.
Picture Of The Week. Strip Club And Harleys.
Published by October 29th, 2009 in Builders and Editorial.
Quite surprising for an official Harley-Davidson magazine ad running right now in France and conceived by an advertising Agency that I know very well (Euro RSCG &CO). Excellent art direction and copy writing.
At night, 10 Harley motorcycles parked front of a Strip Club. The tag line says:
“The Paris Motorbike Show has been cancelled. Don’t tell your wife”
Zero Engineering 2010 Choppers Calendar
Published by October 28th, 2009 in Editorial and Merchandise.
From the home of the original Samurai Choppers a calendar featuring 12 inspiring choppers and 12 non less inspiring Japanese girls.
They have a universal design, meaning that no holidays are mentioned to be used internationally. Only 1000 have been printed and can you can order one (worldwide shipping) only from the Zero Engineering Website. Maybe a collectable item. Christmas is coming…
Vote For Cycle Source 2009 Best Of The Motorcycle Industry
Published by October 28th, 2009 in Editorial.
Soon we are going soon to turn the 2009 page, and what a year it is (was)! It’s the time of the year when a magazine like Cycle Source wants to know who and what, for you readers, was the best of this year. The results will be published in their January 2010 issue. You can cast your vote by going HERE and decide, 2009’s Motorcycling’s Man of the Year, Motorcycling’s Woman of the Year, Production Custom of the Year, Production Bike of the Year, Builder of the Year, Best New General Product of the Year, Best New Performance Product of the Year, Best Event of the Year. To vote for Best Cover Bike Of The Year, Best Pinup Cover Of The year first go to see them HERE.
Added at the request of Chris Callen Oct. 29, 11.20 pm: “Hey guys, sorry about the drink and smoke vote, that was my mistake. Now that the survey is up and running I can’t change it. Just answer that one with a yes to smoke since I do enough of that for all of us and I’ll throw that part out. Thanks for voting! Chris Callen, Cycle Source Magazine.
Best Time Ever To Turn Your Buell Into A Chopper
Published by October 28th, 2009 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.
Easy bet: In 2010 you are going to see lots and lots of custom bikes built on a Buell base. Several reasons for this. 1- Builders and smart individuals are rushing to take advantage of one in a lifetime bargain on the remaining 08 and 09 zero miles models 2- Buells have always been excellent bikes to start riding and building a project for a very reasonable budget. Continue reading ‘Best Time Ever To Turn Your Buell Into A Chopper’
Motorcycle Only Checkpoints. Protecting Or Profiling Bikers?
Published by October 28th, 2009 in Editorial.
As far as I am concerned, and I just checked again the definition of “profiling”, to organize motorcycle only checkpoints fits perfectly in the register of discriminatory tools creating a kind of social sorting and segmentation with very unfair effects on bikers. You may or you may not know, if you didn’t experiment it, that motorcycle only checkpoints are more and more frequent in the US. Last example of this police practice was in North Carolina at the beginning of the month. A Holly Ridge motorcycle checkpoint was organized near jacksonville, NC with state officials justifying it by stating that it was “to protect the motorcycle rider and his passenger”. Continue reading ‘Motorcycle Only Checkpoints. Protecting Or Profiling Bikers?’
New 2″ Semi Open Belt Drives From BDL.
Published by October 27th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.
Another nice component for Baggers. These new beautifully machined BDL’s 2” Semi Open Belt Drives cover all popular Harley-davidson Baggers. Actually there are 2. One is specifically designed for a precision fit to 1990-2006 machines and the other for 2007 and later bikes. Each kit incorporates a unique top belt guard that fits precisely into a groove located between the motor plate and side guard. These are total packages and in addition to the 2” belt and new guard, they include BDL’s smooth as silk, Ball Bearing lock up clutch. Each kit is also supplied with a special pulley ratio that affords greater over-all RPM management. The new drives are designed to allow proper re-placement of the floor boards without any interference. As you can see they look pretty cool, too. For additional information contact Belt Drives LTD at 714-685-3333 or visit Belt Drives LTD
OCC Rocks And Paul Teutul Senior Sings Summertime Blues
Published by October 27th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.
Get a hit on television and the merchandising machine will roll exploiting all possible commercial opportunities. And OCC is pursuing a new one with today’s Tuesday October 27th official release date of classic rock compilation CD and MP3’s curated by OCC founder Paul Teutul Senior. The 17 tracks album named OCC Rocks includes not only famous songs (by the likes of Mountain, Eddie Money, Mott The Hoople, Rick Derringer, Blue Oyster Cult, Toto, Ted Nugent, Guess Who, Kansas, The Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, Judas Priest, etc) but also 4 tracks by The Orange County Band made up of the Teutuls and shop co-workers. Surprise, surprise, surprise. On track # 3 Paul Teutul Senior is singing “Summertime Blues”. Continue reading ‘OCC Rocks And Paul Teutul Senior Sings Summertime Blues’
A cowboy at the Sturgis Rally.
A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. ‘Have you ever done anything of particular merit?’ St. Peter asked. ‘Well, I can think of one thing,’ the cowboy offered. “On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota , I came upon a gang of bikers, who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn’t listen. So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him in his face …. Kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled – Now, back off!! Or I’ll kick the crap out of all of you!”. St. Peter was impressed, “When did this happen?”. The cowboy “Just a couple of minutes ago”.
New Baker Drivetrain Vintage Cast Aluminum 4-Speed Transmission
Published by October 26th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.
Would be nice if you could install in your vintage or in your vintage looking bike a transmission looking like it belongs to your style of bike but with modern internal components. Bert Baker thought about it. Bye bye polished or chromed 6061-T6 billet aluminum. Hello again to A356-T6 cast aluminum. Bert Baker goes back in time for the look, and invent the modern 4-speed transmission for traditional gear drive speedo or modern late model electronic speedo pick up. Continue reading ‘New Baker Drivetrain Vintage Cast Aluminum 4-Speed Transmission’
Best Self Promoting Tee-Shirt Of The Month
Published by October 26th, 2009 in Editorial and Merchandise.
Ray owns a business called Biker Rain Chaps. And in these tough times (or rainy days) he had to find a cheap creative way to promote his business. So he created this tee-shirt “My Bike Makes Me Wet” that you can get for free + 25% discount on his chaps when you place an order before this coming weekend. Of course, I would recommend that only women wear it or be ready for some well deserved jokes…Wearing only the tee-shirt doesn’t necessarily keep you dry. Biker Rain Chaps.
Pro-One Mini Motorcycle Registration Holder
Published by October 26th, 2009 in Customs, Editorial and Merchandise.
If it didn’t happen to you, it will! Because you are distracted or just because you have a ride only wallet, you forget your registration. Which is very fine until a cop approaches you and asks your “driver license, registration, insurance…”. And as you know, more than when you drive a car, the absence of these little pieces of paper can put you in big trouble. Continue reading ‘Pro-One Mini Motorcycle Registration Holder’
A shop named Chopper Kultcha (phonetic pronunciation of word Culture in a British accent), located in Abu Dhabi (it’s in UAE, or United Arab Emirates), managed by a custom builder whose name is Mario Kyprianides (it’s Greek Cypriot), wo is amazing bike show judges in Europe with a bike called “Courtesan” (who you can almost describe as a high class “hooker” to serve Kings), is worth some explanation. Mario grew up in the south of the UK, followed his parents who immigrated to the UAE in the late 70s chasing good and easy money, came back to the UK to study and graduate, then settled again in Abu Dhabi…He is a 3rd generation builder, his grand dad in the 50s buying a lot of military bikes (Harley, Indian, BSA etc) and converting them to civilian models. His father continued the tradition and little Mario got the bug around the age of 8 as soon as he succeeded fixing and riding his first moped. Well the rest of the story is more typical of what you hear about many builders. A few friends asked him to tinker with their bikes, and since he was very good at it many friends and accessorized bikes later he entered the bike building business… Continue reading ‘Chopper Kultcha’
Harley-Davidson Incentive. $5,000 To The Dealer For Each Buell Sold
Published by October 25th, 2009 in Builders and Editorial.
Last Monday, 3 days after Harley-Davidson decided to drop Buell I was informed that my local Harley-Davidson dealers in South Florida were already re-writing sticker prices of every Buell in stock to 50% of the original MSRP. Then, Milwaukee faxed to all dealers to announce an incentive to help move all Buell models out of the door as fast as possible. The dealer money incentive was supposed to be kept top secret. Not for a long time… Harley-davidson informed every dealer that they were giving them $5000 for each Buell leaving the show floor, whatever the model! So, it means that a dealer selling a brand new 2009 1125 CR could sell the bike previously listing at $9999.00 for $4,999.00 without losing any money. Continue reading ‘Harley-Davidson Incentive. $5,000 To The Dealer For Each Buell Sold’
New And Interesting. 3-Piece Wheel Design With Internal Brake System.
Published by October 25th, 2009 in Brakes, Customs, Editorial and Wheels.
Published here for the 1st time after years of research & development by Aaron Glenn who has a long experience in the street-rod industry, this is a new true 3-piece wheel combo including a brake rotor, a brake and its bracket. The rim barrel is a-one piece design with a built in flange that accepts the wheel face via perimeter bolts. The rotor, brake and the brake bracket are all inside of the rotary forged wheel faces. Continue reading ‘New And Interesting. 3-Piece Wheel Design With Internal Brake System.’
