Hey, It’s supposed to be raining cats and dogs on the coast today, but last night we worked on the good Doctor’s dresser. He faced starting issues, and Dr. Willie came to our rescue. I didn’t have the JIMS clutch puller he had. We ran smack dab into the center of Evo heaven. We tinkered […]
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame boasts a collection of nearly 100 motorcycles dating back to 1909. Some of the collection is extremely rare. Other bikes are really quite common. The vast majority of the bikes on display here fall somewhere in the middle. This little Triumph Tina is one of those. While
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It’s hard to say where the cotton actually came from, but suffice it to say that the quality was excellent. It was woven into a rich piece of material and dyed black. The material was selected by a very astute and discriminating buyer looking for only the best to represent their brand. The purchase included
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A half-million bikers were expected to roar into town for the 71st Daytona Bike Week. Uhh, probably not… Bike Week got pushed back because NASCAR bumped their opening race, the Daytona 500, back a week and the Daytona International Speedway requires a week to convert the track from cars to motorcycles. What does this have
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How many of you beer drinking, bar fighting, stripper chasing, Harley ridin’, grimy saddle tramps, from the late ’60s and early ’70s remember the old 12-spoke magnesium wheels we ran on bikes out of the south bay area? Who remembers who was the first person to convert that classic mag to a motorcycle? Does anybody
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Welcome Aboard Planet Earth, Enjoy The Ride! Shortly after joining society the 31st of May 1944 in El Dorado, Kansas. the adrenaline addiction might have kicked in when the good Dr. Dillenbeck pried me out of the dark into the bright lights of the hospital delivery room at 4:29 a.m. After the complimentary slap on
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THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. NCOM COAST TO COAST BIKER
NCOM Coast To Coast Legislative Update for March 2012 Read More »
There are numerous bike shows during Daytona Bike Week. But I never miss the parking lot Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show , 825 Yonge Street (US 1) in Ormond Beach on Thursday from noon until 4:00 in the afternoon. The sun blazed. The girls were hot, and the old school bikes glistened. In its
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Hey, A major chunk of the industry is rolling home from Daytona right now. I hope it was a mighty successful week, and sets the stage for a brilliant metal flake and chromed-out year. I had sort of a slap-in-the-face epiphany this week. It started with trips to Saddlemen and watching the team build a
Storming Sunday Post for March 18, 2012 Read More »
Aptly Named after the 1969 Pontiac GTO, “Judge.” This American motorcycle delivers on its promise. I couldn’t pop a wheelie but at least burned some rubber. The Judge has lots of torque and power via the Freedom 106. The company claims 113 lb-ft of torque from the 106ci (1731cc) Twin. A 140mm rear tire and
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Side Kicks are designed to offer the rider the freedom ofwheels when riding and the stability of 4 wheels when you stop and start. Here’s a product that caught our attention. It addresses some of the questions that many riders have answered when they bought a trike, but it still lets you ride
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Don't forget Veteran's Day.The bike is '41, 741 Indian Army motorcycle, the uniform is WWII Warrant Officer, and the individual is myself, a Senior Warrant Officer (CW-4), U.S. Army, Transportation Corps, Senior Chief Engineer, of 37 years.They said the Shovelhead was dead. They said the Evo's and TC's would always beat Shovels. They said you
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Hey, We have some good news, and some good news. We recently announced the purchase of Trike Riders Now, then established Bikernet Trikes, Bikernet Baggers, and created a family of sites including Women Riders Now, all to bring you a wider variety of motorcycle entertainment. One of my major driving forces came from the magazine
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Check this out. We are building a similar engine with a K-model top end for our Bonne Belle 45, 2012 Bonneville effort. Duncan Keller is helping Lee Clemens through the engine build process. Duncan is the master of the Magnum engine. Enjoy the tech:
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2012 Harley-Davidson FLHTK Electra Glide Ultra Limited Riding motorcycles has been a regular part of my life as far back as I can remember, even farther back than I care to brag about. My dad used to look like all the guys in Easyriders circa 1979 and I thought he was the coolest man on
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Hey, Yesterday was nuts. We scored a Leonardo da Vinci bicycle that was built after a supposed fake da Vinci sketch. Then we stopped at Pacific Coast Cycles in Long Beach and asked to borrow a set of 45 cases to help with the Bonne Belle mock-up. Mike, who is destined for open-heart surgery in
Daytona Party Weekend Sunday Post, March 11, 2012 Read More »
Bryan Thompson took on this build like a mountain man with a mission. He had to build a pre-unit bobber and stay true to the Triumph code. Only Triumph components could be used. No custom frame, forks, or wheels; just a couple of traditional Bates components and the rest original. But let’s back up first.
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As my eyes accustomed to the low light I thought for an instant I had died and gone to heaven. Or maybe been whisked by a modern day genie to an Aladdin’s Cave of motorcycles. But when I pinched myself it hurt, so I figured so semblance of realism inhabited this motorcycle nirvana. But let
Motorcycle Nirvana Discovered–Bill’s Bike Barn Read More »
Hey, Why are Thursdays nuts? Everything is fine all week, then on the busiest day, the internet goes down, we face a devastating electrical grid surge, or a computer acts up. What the hell. So this morning, my e-mails won’t download, so I can’t finish collecting news items. Fuck it, I’ll work on a motorcycle,
THURSDAY DAYTONA NEWS LINE UP FOR MARCH 8, 2012 Read More »
Click here to see: Mudflap Girl FXRs, Part 7 My Son’s almost Grip Ace Wired Since last time, my Mudflap Girl is still over at Saddlemens waiting on a custom seat, but good news filtered into the shop this week. Next week, we should move forward. Then my son made his dire announcement: “I wanted
Mudflap Girl FXRs, Part 8 Wiring World Read More »
Hey, Weeks fly by. A handful of Hamsters on motorcycles scrambled into the headquarters yesterday for lunch. One brother couldn’t make it. From his phone call, I got the impression a car was in pieces in his front yard, and he needed to finish it, before he was evicted by the neighborhood, or his wife.
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Throttle-by-wire replaces throttle cables with an electrically wired or electronic position sensor at the throttle handgrip. New BMW motorcycles have it, as do Harley-Davidson Touring bikes and modern Trikes, so do many models of cars and even jet aircraft. What is it? Throttle-, drive- or fly-by-wire—electronic throttle control (H-D’s official wording) and engine
Inside Your Trike: Electronic Engine Control and Throttle-by-Wire Read More »
I love pouring over a map spread out over the dining room table, scrutinizing every back road and twist in the ink. There is a scale involved with maps that allow you to dream and plan differently then looking at a GPS or computer screen. I’ve been known to draw a radius and pick a
Biz Profile: Butler Maps Read More »
Harley-Davidson is committed to documenting and preserving the rich history and heritage of African American riding culture for years to come. Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The event
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