That’s a helluva way to kick off an article, but it’s the truth and Nash Motorcycle Company is fine example. Four years ago three brothers, a wife, Jenna, and a couple of staffers, including Marlin, kicked of Nash Motorcycles in a high precipitation area of the U.S. They build up to 20 hot rod motorcycles […]
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Here’s an original springer photo from the Bob T. Collection. This Halibrand Special started life as a brand new 2006 Springer Softail. I use the Springer as the platform for building Specials because it’s the only way I can get the black and chrome motor on a base model. I completely re-fit the springer front
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This wild Indian custom built by Carl Blake of Black Hawk Customs, out of Waterloo, Iowa is an interesting mix of old and new. Carl was kind enough to tell us his story: I built my first custom chopper from parts gleaned fromthe California swap meets when I was in second grade. My father and
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As a boy my dream was to own a Harley.I got that chance when my nana past away 7 years ago.She never wanted me to get a bike because her Grandad was a daredevil & she use to say I was just like him. The original. I brought the bike Trader & looked through it
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This sweet Panhead had quite a life. It tooled around the San Francisco Bay area in the 1960s and was chopped in true “Frisco” style by its original owner back in the day. When it’s owner passed away, the bike was left to Bones, the owner’s riding buddy. The bike was torn down in 1988
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I started building a bike for two reasons: I needed something new to ride, and I didn’t want bike payments. I had an idea of what I wanted. I liked the looks of the bare bone choppers, with no gimmicks. I like long springer front ends, and I like fat back tires (to an extent).
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Click on the image for the Indian Larry Legacy Website. Keino built this sign for Larry’s Birthday in 2004. This story will hit home with old school die-hards and young guys still dazzled by metal flake dust. This bike started with a set of 4.25-inch Evo flywheels and rods. “Here’s your next bike,” Indian Larry
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The KRV5 Tracker is a creative collaboration between motorcycle designer Roland Sands and racing legend “King” Kenny Roberts. Roberts’ had the idea to utilize one of his KRV5 engines for something other than the MotoGP track. Sands’ was looking for a build project that would challenge and inspire his creative talents. With knowledge of Sands’
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They were conversation topic number one at the European Bike Week on Faaker See and easily the most photographed product at the entire event. We are, of course, talking about Marcus Walz’s newest project, “TuNero,” which he is conducting in collaboration with the world famous Ferrari specialist “Novitec-Rosso”. The birthplace of this admittedly crazy idea
The most amazing bagger I have seen to date. 1430 cc, water cooled Road Rod. This Canadian Custom drips of American style and bad assed hot rod flair. With the impending release of the new Harley models due in a week, I am always amazed at what gossip the internet can breed. While there is
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* Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand. * The term “bank teller” originated in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, when banks began hiring low-paid workers to “tell” throngs of frantic depositors that their money was gone. * The brand name “Jelly Belly” was created in 1982 after Nancy Reagan
Even more serious than the mania for chocolate is the growing epidemic of MAS, or Motorcycling Addiction Syndrome. Don’t laugh because you might be its next victim. Just to give you a possible heads up in case it’s creeping up on you, here are a few questions to quietly answer for yourself. How many of
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Useless Facts II The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.” Barbie’s measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20. A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”. The word
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According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, or even maybe the early 70?s probably shouldn’t have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles , doors or cabinets, … and when we rode our
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1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.” 3. There is a very fine line between “hobby”
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(What do you expect from such simple creatures?) Their last name stays put. The garage is all theirs. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. They can be president. They can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell them the truth. The world is their urinal. They
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…why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin? …why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed? …why there’s no headline that reads “Psychic Wins Lottery?” …why “abbreviated” is such a long word!? …why doctors call what they do “practice?” …why you have to click on “Start” to stop Windows 98? …why
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Oil Change instructions for Women: 1)Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change. 2) Drink a cup of coffee. 3) 15 minutes later write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle. Money spent: Oil Change $20.00 Coffee $1.00 Total $21.00 Oil Change instructions for Men:
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1. A bicycle can’t stand-alone because it is two tired. 2. What’s the definition of a will? It’s a dead giveaway. 3. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. 4. A backward poet writes inverse. 5. In democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism it’s your count that votes. 6. She
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FOR MEN TIRED OF RECEIVING MALE-BASHING JOKES How many men does it take to open a beer? None. It should be opened by the time she brings it to him. Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman? Because a woman who can’t even afford a washing machine will probably
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Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. “How old are you?” “I’m four and a half!” You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and
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SYMPTOM: Beer is crystal-clear. FAULT: It’s water. Somebody is trying to sober you up. ACTION: Punch him. SYMPTOM: Don’t recognize anyone, don’t recognize the room you’re in. FAULT: You’ve wandered into the wrong party. ACTION: See if they have free beer. SYMPTON: Feet cold and wet. FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle. ACTION: Rotate
OLD DIRT Hey Dad,” one of my kids asked the other day, “What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?” “We didn’t have fast food when I was growing up,” I informed him. “All the food was slow.” “C’mon, seriously. Where did you eat?” “It was a place called ‘at home,” I
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1. You take your dog for a walk and you both use the same tree. 2. You can entertain yourself for more than an hour with a fly swatter. 3. You burn your yard rather than mow it. 4. You think the Nutcracker is something you do off the high dive. 5. The Salvation Army
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