Diversification has always been a key ingredient of business. More than ever in this economy…So, Pro-One Performance, one of the leaders in supplying quality billet accessories for Harley-Davidson motorcycles, SUV and trucks is about to launch “California Scooter Company”, a line of top quality Scooters with attitude. inspired by the 1954 Mustang Scooter. I like very [...]
Although salt quality for racing was quite bad during the first 2 days, a lot of new Land Speed Records in Bonneville this year. Too many to mention in my Blog, but one to notice was the 2 reached on a bike last ridden by late Cliff Gullett tragically killed while racing the Salts in 2008. The bike [...]
The Accel SLM Module let you automatically re-calibrate and optimize your EFI bike after modifications like exhaust pipes, air cleaner, intake, intake, cams, etc. for a smoother running engine. It’s a direct plug-in installation. Just plug & ride…(Because we found out that publishing this video creates problems for you to load pages of the Blog, [...]
Great shop name and a great custom bike based on a Honda 750 Four. These “Monkees” are based in Copenhagen, Denmark and produce very interesting machines, one at a time, using rebuilt engines and fabbing their own parts. Evidently, this bike has Cafe Racer genes and is very representative of the new big trend in northern europe. [...]
First, these Super Torque Stealth Spyke starters have beautiful minimalist lines and all bolts are concealed. The outer cover can even be custom engraved with the name of your bike, logo or whatever. They are are offered in 11 colors with a 1.4 kw configuration. Equipped with an optional Syke Krypto-9 Starter Drive they offer [...]
For a change, a little bit of cultural news. The David statue is returned to Italy. After a 2-year loan to the United States, Michelangelo’s David is being returned to Italy. His proud sponsors were:
Reader Mike Greenwald sent me this very interesting map where the size of each country has been resized proportionally to the concentration of motorcycles and moped in each of them. So, the map takes in account ALL powered 2-wheelers. The latest available statistics estimate that, in average, there are 33 moped or motorcycles in the [...]
The BDL “Competitor Clutch Assembly” (Ref: CC-130-BB) is specifically designed for installation in all stock Harley-Davidson clutch baskets from 1998 to 2009. The kit includes 7 Kevlar fiber clutch discs providing 60% more surface area than those in the stock factory pack. In addition BDL includes 7 application specific steel plates, their patented “Ball Bearing [...]
Several times I have featured the Classic Antique Vintage and Boardtracking replicas imagined, engineered and built by Mike Hanlon at Timeless Motor Company. In exclusivity, just out of his manufacturing facility, I introduce you now to his new masterpiece (no it’s not a scale model but a full size motorcycle) simply called “Timeless Dream”. Mike is [...]
Yesterday I received an advance copy of this new gorgeous book and of course could not resist spending my all evening reading about the 50 Builders featured and look at the superb photography of their custom bikes. As you remember, one year ago S&S Cycle was celebrating its 50th Anniversary, commissioned 50 builders (for reason [...]
New from Paughco these Springer front ends designed specifically for 2004 and later Sportster and Dyna models. These new Wide Glide Springers are a direct bolt-on install and come in stock lengths for Sportsters that came lowered from the factory and 3” over for standard height models. Top clamps can be ordered with ears for [...]
Frank Serrano will tell you that “this exhaust system roars like the devil himself is coming to you…” So, I let you decide if you want to rip the streets with these high decibels pipes. For Evo or Twin Cam engines, it’s a 4-step design starting of course at 1.75″ at the cylinder heads, then [...]
Joe Bonnello is a friend of the crew at Saddlemen. With 4 other friends he did a ride that I would really like to do, up to the highest roads in the world in the northwestern Himalaya mountains. The bikes used were India-made Royal Enfields Motorcycles and when Joe and group reached the highest road [...]
The installed front brake caliper bracket bolts may be too short, reducing thread engagement of the bolts into the caliper bracket. The brake caliper could become loose or separating, resulting in reduced brake effectiveness, loss of control of the motorcycle, increasing the risk of crash. Triumph will replace these bolts. Owners may contact Triumph at [...]
This custom illustrates the trend of building a retro bike from the ground up using major parts from different legendary manufacturers. In this case starting from a 1973 Triumph (modified with 32-degree of rake and fuel in frame with fuel pump), using a restored 1967 BSA A65T (fitted with a Mikuni side draft carburetor and a Joe [...]
You are looking at a Bad Boy Baby-Boomer Chair. Much more appealing than the traditional La-Z-Boy and making you feel much younger. It features headlights to help you look for the TV remote you lost again, mirrors to check on your wife in the kitchen, a footrest that you can kick to make vroom room via [...]
Erik Buell, Founder and CTO of Buell Motorcycles says it himself in his website. His Blast model was initially conceived as a first bike for somebody who has never been on a motorcycle. Something cute, light, low and easy to handle. But he admits that it has never been an innovative, breakthrough sport bike and [...]
Kirk Van Scoten created his American dream- Sumax- just over 25 years ago.. Worked quite a bit with him and was always satisfied. The success of Sumax has allowed Kirk to retire and take on a new passion for himself and his grandchildren by writing a series of children’s books about motorcycling adventures. Because he [...]
“Art Of The Chopper” books and exhibitions have always strived to present motorcycles as both sculptural art and artifacts of American culture. The definition of a chopper is any conceptualized, one-of-a kind, and hand made motorcycle of exceptional design and originality, and that perfectly describes the 30 ostentatious yet beautiful custom bikes that will be presented in “Art of the [...]
Start any engine regardless of displacement or compression ratio with a stock starter. The new Easy Start Cams from S&S® Cycle make hard starting obsolete for 1999-up big twins. Available in chain drive and gear drive versions. Don’t get caught dead without them! Watch this 4-minute video.
Last weekend during the Super Swap Meet in Davenport, Iowa the AMCA (Antique Motorcycle Club of America) Ryan Mackey was picked by 30 judges as the winner of the “Free Harley Give Away Contest”. He was one of the ninety 18 to 25 year olds that wrote an essay for the contest which ran for [...]
Many of you are customizing a stock Harley-Davidson model and when working on your hand controls want to be able to keep your factory switch housings to preserve all electrical functions originally on your bike. A good “clean looking” choice are these STK controls from JayBrake. They have several interesting features such as the 2-piece [...]
From the 1969 Easy Rider movie, this line: “They are not scared of you. They are scared of what you represent to them”. Although too young to have seen the movie the year of its release, Custom Builder Dar Holdsworth pays homage to this important era of our counter culture with its own chopper design. [...]
When after midnight, with a muted sound TV front of me (at this time she is usually sleeping…), I find myself typing on my laptop the words you are going to read when you wake up, I am amazed by the number of running commercials about male enhancement of, like they say, this certain part of [...]
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