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With more than 300 motorcycles on display and 3,000 guests in attendance, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, features one of the world’s finest and rarest collections of vintage and modern motorcycles sponsored by leading manufacturers and top lifestyle, retail, and beverage companies ─ all hosted on the stunning green grasses of Quail Lodge & Golf Club […]

Hey, This will be a week of reflection and panic over Harley’s Quarterly Report, the Kansas Plant shutdown and the State of the Union Speech. Two things at play here. One is the nature of our media now, since everything is in real-time and negativity seems to be the order of the day. So, most reports

In support of E3s expanding commitment to professional and amateur motorcycle racing, E3 announces a two-year sponsorship commitment to Arenacross racing. E3 is now the official spark plug for all A.M.A. Arenacross events for both 2018 and 2019. E3 Vice President of Motorsports, Rob Fisher, says, “With its high flying action and handlebar banging drama, Arenacross

  Slingshot had just introduced its most premium offering yet with the Grand Touring LE. Fully loaded and accessorized straight from the factory, the limited edition is the ultimate in comfort, style and technology. Fully outfitted from the factory with everything you need to make your escape, the Grand Touring LE comes with the Slingshade,

Availability of the special premium package upgrade for the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s 10th annual Biker Belles Celebration has been extended for just a few days to Feb. 9. The addition of two new symposium panelists and the all-women’s “Women & Wheels Bike Show™” presented by Wild Gypsy Tour, make this deal even more appealing. The

Okay, just a little update on this story. Somehow we either did not send it, or it got lost in Bandit’s stack of to-do items??? As of now, it looks as though BIG changes are headed for Smoke-Out 19? Talk of new sponsors, new events and more action to come! The SmokeOut has always been

Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is settled science, proclaim the predictors of weather doomsday. Settled Science? Science evolves continuously and can never be settled, unless, of course, the ‘settled’ subject is dogma, not science. Is it just a ‘my way or the highway’ attempt by vested interests to close discussion on their terms? Consider the term

Hey, I’m confused today, how can we unify the country and make progress down the right path. Tough one. Does this whacky planet need conflict to fuel the fires and if we are not attacking Facism or Communism we attack each other. I’m talking in big circles. We were once just a bunch of bikers having

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A California motorcyclist has filed a lawsuit against General Motors, accusing one of the manufacturer’s robot-operated vehicles of “negligent driving.” Oscar Willhelm Nilsson claims he was traveling down a San Francisco street last month when a Cruise AV aborted a lane change and swerved into his lane. The car struck him, “knocking him to the

Hey, I told you life was nuts. I watched a senate hearing last night on C-span about regulation and autonomous vehicles. What an oxymoron. These guys were complaining about regulation ahead of technology, which is sort of impossible. How can you regulate something that hasn’t been developed? They’ll find a way. So, they want to be

Now available in smooth gloss black, Precision covers serve as an extension of the Milwaukee-Eight’s design language, enhancing the sinister look of Harley-Davidson “Special” and CVO Touring models, as well as the Gloss Black Engine Cover Kit (H-D P/N 92500059). The modern and muscular designs deliver a truly defined appearance for a seamless integration with

As America has been dramatically reducing and even eliminating their skilled trades classes, Harbor Freight Tools founder, Eric Schmidt, started Harbor Freight Tools for Schools as a non-profit program to strengthen and bring back those classes to give students a path to a skilled trade and a good paying career. The first annual Harbor Freight

The Metzeler brand extends its ROADTECTM 01 Sport Touring line with new X-ply sizes. Available starting in March 2018, the new line extension will provide many more fitments for older motorcycles as well as the new, smaller capacity motorcycles. Compared to the radial version, ROADTECTM 01 X-ply features the use of different structures and compounds.

In an X Games first, Harley-Davidson® Snow Hill Climb will make its debut at X Games Aspen as a medaled event alongside ski, snowboard and other action-sports competitions. The new medal sport will close out X Games Aspen 2018, which airs January 25-28 on ESPN and ABC. In the Harley-Davidson Snow Hill Climb, riders will

Hey, We are living through interesting times. They are perplexing times and in some respects, I don’t get it. When the whole Global Warming threat kicked off so many folks gave into it, as if to say, “The oil companies have fucked with us in the past, I guess the regulators must be right.” All