Until last year, a law prevented two people from riding on one motorcycle on the Japanese highways. Since this rule was scrapped sales jumped 13% in one year. The number of new Harley-Davidson registered in Japan hit a record of 14,000 in 2006, 48 percent more than in 2000. Japanese have always been enthusiastic with [...]
I don’t know what it is worth and if it is really practical when riding. but a company called Grip Ace offers grips inorporating microprocessor controlled switches. They even propose to install this system on your own grips. You can watch the video with more information by going to their website at Grip Ace. If you [...]
I posted several times about the work of Fabricator Kevin. For the garage or shop builder looking to install a solo seat, Kevin proposes this 10 gauge steel laser cut pan. After being formed it is equipped with a built-in nose hinge assembly that utilizes a bearing pivot [...]
Who doesn’t like the slammed look of a rigid frame with the rear fender tucked close to the rear tire? Who doesn’t prefer a comfortable ride? The Harley-Davidson Softail family grows in a new direction for 2008 with the introduction of the FXCW Rocker and FXCWC Rocker C 2 Softail models with the hard tail [...]
Here is part of the new lineup. The 2 first pictures are the ones of the new Rocker and Rocker C Softails equipped with a 240 mm rear tire. Notice the seat off the rear fender and the rear fender placed at 1" of the tire to give the illusion of a hardtail bike. Also, there is an [...]
S&S Cycle Inc. will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a motorcycle event that’s expected to draw thousands of people next June to the La Crosse, Wisconsin based headquarter. I have been contacted to be among the 50 custom builders who will build an S&S based custom to be exhibited during the June 27-29 celebrations. The [...]
Is the new Buell 1125R sport bike the riding experience that young riders were looking for? For the 1st time at Buell, the 1125R is powered by a liquid-cooled engine (Twin side mounted radiators). It is a 72º V-Twin “Helicon” fuel-injected built in Austria by BRP-Rotax. Bore and stroke are 103 x 67.5 with a [...]
This is the first carbon fiber velocity stack that I have seen. But the interesting part is that it includes a unique mounting ystem allowing adjustment to fit any HD or aftermarket V-Twin engine. It is available for all Evo and Twin Cam type engines with S&S E or G and Mikuni HSR 42/45 and stock Keihin [...]
Last time I was in Las Vegas visiting Mondo Porras at Denver’s Choppers I saw this bike but didn’t know the story being it. Elizabeth Stiers was a busy career woman when she met Nick Schulz, a man with whom she shared common interests of riding motorcycles, collecting Indian art, visiting the southwest and more. [...]
I know a few custom builders who are taking this direction. They take a big American V-Twin and stuff it into a sport bike chassis that they hand fabricate. But it’s always for a one-off project. As the opposite, the idea of Curt Winter, owner and designer of Big Twin Racer, is to offer a [...]
How many times do you have to adjust your engine idle speed? Now you can do it in style with these custom idle screws made for Mikuni carburetors 42/45. It’s made by a company called Pistor and they offer 14 different models and shapes from skull to 8-ball to [...]
Who doesn’t want more torque and horsepower? A company called “Revolution Performance Motors” provides high quality 4=valve engines and head sets for your V-Twin needs. Their patented Hemi 4- Valve heads move 1.5 times more air than the stock 2 valve head. Due to the hemispherical design of the heads and the position of the [...]
If you are in custom bikes, whether as a participant or as a spectator, you love the Easyriders /V-Twin Bike Show Tour visiting about 12 cities every year. It’s a great opportunity to show your work or to observe the newest trends in customization and maybe get inspiration (I didn’t say copy) for your next [...]
Thanks to a good tip received from one of my readers you can get online the complete list of the 2008 Harley-Davidson models still not officially released. This is the site of the California Air Resources Board, and it lists, broken down by engine displacement, all the 2008 lineup as approved by ARB. I let you discover the new [...]
Mats Lovgren, editor of the Swedish magazine Big Twin writes to me: "Hello Cyril. As an editor of the Swedish Harley focused motorcycle magazine BigTwin I follow your blog with great interest. There are always new exciting companies, products, events and other things popping up there and they are usually great leads for us when [...]
Promise. It’s the second time and the last one that I write about the iPhone. I got one in my hands (not mine, the one of my web designer son) and how not to play with it. I had to try 2 things. First, traveling a lot, I was wondering if I would be able to Blog [...]
New this year during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this August 4-11, Harley-Davidson will feature new activities and events geared towards women at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. The Women’s Booth inside the Civic Center will feature a new display showing the history and connection between Harley-Davidson and women riders through the years. Aug. 9, is [...]
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