I’ve known Micah for maybe 45 years. He still rides daily and looks like a man who was made for his motorcycle. He fits like a glove and rides like the wind in a desert, after a storm instigates a low-pressure zone whipping the loose sand across the highway. He owned Micah McCloskey’s Custom Motorcycles […]
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Super bikes have nothing on this twin-turbo V8 trike This wonder trike-thing with three wheels or less is unusual and it just needs to be shared. Enter the latest project from ProBoost, a Finnish company that has specialised in modifying motorbikes and snowmobiles since ’94. With their motto “power is
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The battle over politics in the financial marketplace continues to intensify. The combatants include anti-gun politicians who insist that banks have a social responsibility to sign onto the far left’s political agenda. Opposing them are patriotic Americans of all stripes who believe that federally chartered banks should serve the law-abiding public without ideological or political
Today we complete the first full calendar quarter of reporting motorist-related activity that is passing through state and federal legislatures. The NMA Bill/Regulation Tracker (Bill Tracker) was introduced in the Winter 2019 issue of Driving Freedoms and went live on Motorists.org in early January when most states began new legislative sessions. Only three
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Three years ago in Sturgis, South Dakota, a chance meeting of two Florida residents (who actually live 15 miles apart), Stephen “Hot Shot” Aretz and Freddie Bollwage, paved the way to Daytona Bike Week and Billy Lane’s 2019 Sons of Speed Vintage Motorcycle Race. Freddie invited Hot Shot to the 2018 Biketoberfest Sons of Speed
Dated December 4, 2018 A senior Hells Angels member married the daughter of a notorious drug dealer this weekend in Montreal and everyone, including the Mafia, showed up. The vibe at Montreal’s Windsor Ballrooms was somewhere between glitzy film premiere and rowdy biker party on Saturday evening. Adjacent Peel Street was
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In three years, all new cars and light-trucks purchased in EU countries will be required to include standard price-increasing features that will change how motorists drive. Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection voted in February to approve a range of new vehicle safety standards initially proposed by the European
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The last few weeks have been interesting and challenging. We are actually getting close to watching the Salt Torpedo sit on its own three wheels with the help of Yelvington Shocks. A set of 9.5-inch rear Yelvington shocks could reach us this week, but I made two sets of struts to hold us over. We
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I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw’s son The highway is my legacyOn the highway I will runIn one hand I’ve a Bible In the other I’ve got a gunWell, don’ you know meI’m the man who wonWoman don’t try to love me Don’t try to understandA life upon the
Welcome to the War on Cars Watch, a weekly blog to bring together all the stories that affect motorists with regards to street planning such as road diets, and traffic calming as well as programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets. Please read this blog and let us know what you think
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LET THE RACES BEGIN… Daytona Bike Week, New Smyrna Speedway Inspired by early 20th century board-track races the Sons Of Speed Race has motorcycles that are direct drive meaning no clutch or transmission (when the engine is running the rear wheel is turning) in what is called the 61 classes. Early 61s are the
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NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish 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)
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If you live in a warmer climate all year round, consider us jealous. Spring is right around the corner for the rest of us and you know what that means – riding season is officially upon us. We are PUMPED to brush the dust off of our bikes and say goodbye to winter.
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Sons of Speed inspired by Billy Lane’s passion for the thrill of old school early board-track racing, took place under sunny skies during Bike Week. It was not far from the Cabbage Patch and other sandy camping hangouts at the New Smyrna Speedway. The ride over to the racetrack was beautiful, warm and sunny compared
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Friday January 25th, my friend Allen and I loaded the bikes and headed to the Briar Creek Expo here in Charlotte. We loaded Allen’s 1952 K-model in the back of my truck, his 1984 XR-1000 in his van and my 82 Shovelhead in Cox’s Harley-Davidson trailer. We were on our way! This year’s show was
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I do not write much about climate change here, mainly because it is such an easy target to bash. Every decade has its fears; people get rich allaying those fears, including by discussing them to death. In the 1980s, it was the Satanic Panic. Now it is climate change. In my view, climate change
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The magnificent Stealth wrote this one week before the wild Easyriders Bike Show in Charlotte, NC. This show was always one of the best in the Easyriders annual series of shows. It consistently brought out the best in customs from the Easter seaboard. Mike faced stiff competition and a dire deadline to finish
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Incredible Custom Trike gets a War Veteran back on the road Jim Schombs a Navy Seal had a stroke in 2001. The war veteran believed his motorcycle riding days were over. Then he talked to some older veterans he met who had disabilities. The elder veterans told him about Trikes – a
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Compare motorcycle shipping companies Using an auto transporter to move your bike will help ensure it arrives safely and quickly to its destination. While there are many similarities between shipping a car and shipping a motorcycle, it’s best to work with companies that have specific experience shipping motorcycles. Our picks for best motorcycle shippers
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So after installing Woods 777 cams in my 2014 Street Glide my compensator was making a knocking noise due to the lope at idle from the cams. I ditched the compensator and went with the Twin Power 32t Compensator Eliminator. What a difference, bike is much smoother, less noise, shifts better… all around improvement. They
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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 BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled
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Editor’s Note: The Long Road Bedroll was conceived and designed by the Commander of the annual SmokeOut, the most rowdy event on the planet. I have ridden the Long Road to the SmokeOut several times with Edge, the mastermind. I know about the grassy knolls, the rained on fields and the shared motel rooms. Edge
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I had a 2004 dyna lowrider all clubbed out with a Harley fairing, about 10 years before Sons of Anarchy came out, making the club style main stream. I was always building that thing up almost like a “mini bagger,” and then I thought I would graduate to a FXRT. Then I saw a Road
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Wham, we are cooking. In this chapter we will discuss frame progress, front suspension progress, seat progress, harness progress, rear brake progress and more. We are now working with the team three days a week, in the afternoons, Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday. I’m the janitor and responsible for cleaning the shop between sessions. I’m also
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