After the disappearance of so many shows and rallies, nice to hear about a new one. One of the men behind the first Iowa annual rally is no other than Jay Allen, creator of the World’s Biggest Biker Bar, The Broken Spoke Saloon. Last Spring, Jay created Jay Allen Productions, a rally production company that [...]
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Inaugural Iowa Grand Motorcycle Rally. July 26-29, 2012
Published by April 27th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc. Trademarks. Wal-Mart Added To Lawsuit.
Published by April 26th, 2012 in Editorial and Events.SMRi, the group who owns the Federal Trademark Registration in relation to Sturgis Rally goods and services has obtained from a Federal judge to add Wal-Mart Stores as a defendant in its lawsuit to protect its registered trademarks for “Sturgis” and “Black Hills.” Last June, SMRI sued Rushmore Photo and Gifts Inc. arguing that it owns the [...]
Harley-Davidson First Quarter 2012. Retail New Motorcycle Sales Up 20.3 Percent Worldwide and 25.5 Percent in U.S.
Published by April 25th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.As expected, this morning Harley-Davidson reported strong gains in earnings and dealer new motorcycle sales for the first quarter of 2012. As buyers become more comfortable with spending and interest rates remain low the consumer focus has shifted from used to new motorcycles. A flash of warm weather in winter in the US has also [...]
Harley-Davidson World Ride Starts June 24. Million Mile Monday Expanding to Two Days.
Published by April 25th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.The Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.), invites all Harley-Davidson motorcycle riders around the world to celebrate the freedom of the open road during the 2012 Harley-Davidson World Ride. Launched in 2008, Million Mile Monday has been an annual event on the last Monday of June that brings thousands of Harley-Davidson motorcycle riders together in a collective [...]
World’s Oldest Unrestored Indian Motorcycle Sells For $155,000
Published by April 25th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Last Saturday a 1903 Indian motorcycle sold at auction for $155,000. It was announced by the auction house as the known oldest motorcycle from Indian that began selling bikes in 1902. It is one of only three built in 1903.The auction was won via a telephone bid from a motorcycle collector from New York City [...]
Leaked Report. Harley-Davidson US Sales Up 25% During 1st Quarter 2012.
Published by April 24th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Harley-Davidson is scheduled to release first quarter 2012 earnings tomorrow Wednesday April 25. But after information leaked from a research update by the Motorcycle Industry Council became public, Harley-Davidson was obliged yesterday to confirm in a federal filing that retail sales of motorcycles in the United States rose 25.5 percent in the first quarter of [...]
Harley-Davidson Museum Offers Historic Images For Public Purchase
Published by April 24th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.An opportunity for you to engage in Harley-Davidson’s history, The HD Museum launched a new website Harley-Davidson Images where you can order a wide range of Art from the H-D Museum® Archives. Are offered several reprint options, allowing customers to find photos they want and have them printed on various media, including stretched canvas, wooden signs, [...]
2012 Cannonball Endurance Run. September 7 To 23, 2012
Published by April 22nd, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.In 2010, you loved to follow in my website the brave riders of the Cannonball Endurance Run who proved that antique motorcycles could be put again to the test of crossing the country from east to west coast. This year, only motorcycles built in 1929 or earlier can compete and of course must be powered [...]
As you probably already know, as of today, there is no museum commemorating all those pioneers who raced the Salts of Utah (there was a small one, defunct 14 years ago.) 18 months ago, Wendover, Utah Mayor Mike Crawford and local Bonneville enthusiast John House announced that they had secured a five-acre plot of land [...]
2012 March Revenue Of US Motorcycle Dealers Up 20%. The data comes from ADP Lightspeed, an organism maintaining a database of over 1 billion sales records from motorcycle industry dealers. Every night, over 1400 Lightspeed dealers automatically transmit the day’s Parts, Service and Sales information to a collective database held at the Lightspeed offices Salt [...]
World’s Biggest Motorcycle
Published by April 19th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Another strange record to enter the Guinness Book Of Records. Supposedly the largest motorcycle in the world, weighting 8818 pounds (4000 kg or 4 tons), measuring 32.81 ft long (10 meters) and 16.4 ft high (5 meters). It is powered by a 5700 GM motor, features cables with an OD of 7.2 ft (2.2 meters) [...]
Volkswagen’s Audi Said Set to Buy Italian Ducati for $1.1 Billion
Published by April 17th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.An agreement was reached for German Volkswagen’s Audi to buy Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati from its owner Investindustrial SpA for about $1.1 billion (860 million euros) including debt of about $260 million (200 million euros.) The deal, minus debt, should be signed today and would value Ducati at about seven times last year’s earnings before [...]
Tornado Outbreak. A Message From Jerry And Kathleen Covington At Covingtons Customs.
Published by April 16th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.As most you living in the USA know, last Saturday and Sunday, more than 120 tornadoes were reported in a two-day outbreak in Oklahoma. One of the twisters (classified EF-3 tornado generating speeds of 136 to 165 mph) caught many unaware in Woodward, a town of 12,000 people, when storm sirens failed to sound after [...]
Oldest Known U.S. Made Motorcycle To Be Auctioned April 21, 2012
Published by April 14th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.It is supposed to be the oldest unrestored motorcycle made in the US, the only known 1903 Indian. Steve Rinker, who runs Buck’s Indian, an Indian motorcycle restoration firm in Romney, explains: “The handful of 1902 Indian models that were built were deconstructed, their parts used to build the 1.75-horsepower 1903 models. And as far [...]
First Cuban National Meeting Of Harley-Davidson
Published by April 14th, 2012 in Builders and Events.Since January 1959, when Batista was finally ousted and replaced by Castro’s revolutionary government, the Latino riders of Cuba, calling themselves Harlistas, overcome the difficulties of maintaining their Harleys, repairing and re-fabricating the parts that they can’t import because of the U.S. blockade. This weekend, during 3 days, the Cuban Harlistas across the country are [...]
Michigan Helmet Law Repealed. Since yesterday Friday April 13, 2012, helmets are no longer mandatory for all riders and passengers in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder signed the bill, which received bipartisan support, on Thursday and announced the change Friday.T he law has immediate effect but sets conditions to legally ride without a helmet. Motorcyclists must [...]
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) announced the 2012 dates for the country’s premier annual celebration of vintage motorcycling. The event will take place on July 20-22, 2012, at the world-class Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. For more than two decades, AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days has been the premier summer event for motorcyclists of [...]
Show First. Then Race. On His Way To The Bonneville Salts.
Published by April 12th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Because of a resurgence of interest in Bonneville racing and because more machines are built by traditional custom builders who want to taste the Salts, more of these racing motorcycles are shown on the bike show tour before traveling to Utah. Although Mike Beland has a background in motorcycle racing, too busy at his West [...]
New David Uhl Release. A Tribute To The Shelby Cobra
Published by April 12th, 2012 in Editorial, Events and Painters.As part of his continuing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Shelby Cobra, David Uhl just completed ”Hey Little Cobra”. David tells the story: “After discovering an excellent story that was hiding in the early ’60′s, I came to know a famous singer/songwriter, Carol Connors. Around the time that Carol charmed America with the single “To [...]
Custom Built In East Europe
Published by April 11th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.If you follow attentively the custom bike scene around the world and its representation in US bike show competitions like Sturgiis, you already know that East Europe counts many talented custom builders who have already demonstrated during the last decade their ingenuity and unique style. Because East Europe is still economically an under- developped part [...]
Sonny Barger Film Project. A Motorcycle Club Story.
Published by April 11th, 2012 in Editorial and Events.Sharpfinger Films announces that Sonny Barger is producing an independent feature film adapted from his successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats. In the film, the Infidelz MC´s former President, Patch Kinkade, is dragged back into his prior life when the peace accord between the clubs is broken. The fictional motorcycle clubs will be portrayed by [...]
Breaking News. Saxon Motorcycles Is For Sale.
Published by April 10th, 2012 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Mark Borodkin, Chief Executive Officer of Saxon Motorcycles is looking for a buyer for his small production custom motorcycle business. Saxon was originally founded in 2004 at the top of the custom choppers craze, trying to offer production motorcycles at a more reasonable price point than the competition. A lack of originality, multiple warranty issues, a [...]
South Dakota Launches Motorcycle Education Safety Website
Published by April 10th, 2012 in Editorial and Events.South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard, Public Safety Secretary Trevor Jones and Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen unveiled yesterday a new website named South Dakota Rides stated to promote motorcycle education and safety. The governor also has designated next week as Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Week in South Dakota. A look at the website shows very little [...]
Women Of Harley-Davidson Have Their Own Website. The Digital Buzz Wall.
Published by April 8th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Harley=Davidson created a new interactive website called The Buzz Wall for all women who either already ride a motorcycle or want to learn how. “Freedom to be.” “It’s Harley or Nothing.” “It’s in my blood.” “2 Wheels Move the Soul.” These are just a few of the things women are saying in this digital space [...]
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