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Come to the Grand National Invitational Finals February 8, 9 and 10 in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center (Halls E & F)

400 North High St – Columbus, OH 43215

Show Hours: Fri 4pm-9pm Sat.10am-9pm Sun.10am-5pm

Admission Adults: Fri $20.00 Sat $25.00 

Sun $20.00 Weekend Pass $35.00

$5 Discount For All ACTIVE MILITARY 

– Must Show Military ID At Time Of Purchase 

– "Can ONLY Be Used At Box Office"

Admission Kids: (6-12) $10.00 Each Day 5 yrs & younger-Free

Host Hotel: Doubletree Suites by Hilton

Columbus Downtown – 50 South Front St. – Columbus, OH 43215

Ph 614-228-4600

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Clean   08' Sportster 883 Custom. All stock with exception of some aftermarket grips and shift lever. Runs like new.

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Bikernet spotted this clever new product at V-Twin Expo. Check it out!

With the newer Harley-Davidson’s and their taller seat heights, have you considered lowering the front and rear to get better handling with your bike?   If you have, you need a kickstand that will work and keep your bike upright safely because the stock kickstand will lean the bike to the right too much and it will want to fall over.   Pingel Enterprise, Inc. has designed 2 kickstand models for lowered bikes with a model for 1” lowered front and rear bikes and one for 2” lowered front and 1” lowered rear bikes.   These kickstands are handcrafted in the USA, made of steel, tig welded and beautifully hand polished and then chrome plated.  They are designed to mount to the stock mount and will accept the stock spring.  Unlike the stock H-D kickstand, these models have a large surface foot pad contact area to support the bike better on the ground.  The kick tab is also easily accessible for use with stock and oversized primary covers.   Pingel also has a stock replacement model which has a lesser lean angle to make it easier to get the heavy bike off its kickstand.  To be used with the Pingel 1” rear lowering kits.

Go to Pingel to see this and many more products for your motorcycle.

A hearing room filled with patch-wearing motorcycle club members broke out in cheers Wednesday as an Arizona Senate committee passed a bill requiring police to take training highlighting a ban on profiling of motorcyclists by law enforcement officers.

The unusual sight at the state Capitol was prompted by a bill attempting to address complaints from motorcycle club members who say they're frequently stopped by police for no legitimate reason. Republican Sen. Judy Burges of Sun City West is the sponsor.

Ken Mei of Phoenix, president of the local chapter of the Peckerwoods Motorcycle Club, said the treatment he and his fellow members receive from police makes it obvious they're being singled out.

"The other day me and a friend of mine were out riding our motorcycles, and we got pulled over by a highway patrolmen, two city (of) Phoenix policemen and a helicopter," Mei said after the hearing ended. "We didn't receive any citations, anything. They basically wanted to know about our patches."

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If you must wear a helmet, you might as well make it a fun experience, so here are a few new designs from Bell Helmets, inspired from Roland Sand's creations. Bell has even extended their exclusive artist series with Chris Wood and AIRTRIX. Good Times, Panel Orange and RSD Trouble – The Original Bell helmet from 1954 gets some killer paint jobs, featuring a “Good Times” retro writing, a tough guy “Trouble” design and a sleek “Panel Orange” stripe.

SuperTrapp has several Tune Kits available for riders wanting to adjust the sound and performance of their H-D Screamin’ Eagle FatShotz or Nightstick by simply adding or subtracting discs to the muffler allowing them to tune the exhaust to their bike and riding style.

The SuperTrapp Tune Kit for the Screamin’ Eagle FatShotz (P/N 404-7847, MSRP $81.40) is for Baggers equipped with the H-D Screamin’ Eagle FatShotz Dual Slip-Ons which are assembled with ten discs, one open end cap and a black trim ring per muffler. SuperTrapp’s FatShotz Tune Kit includes ten extra discs, twelve screws, two closed end caps, a special wrench to remove the tamper resistant screw and anti-seize grease.

The SuperTrapp Tune Kit for the Screamin’ Eagle Nightstick Single Slip-On (P/N 404-7881, MSRP $81.40) is for ’10 FLHX / FLTRX that came stock with a 2:1 exhaust which was assembled with ten discs, one closed end cap and a black trim ring. This Screamin’ Eagle Nightstick Single Slip-On also came equipped with a solid, full length core no packing material. This same tune kit will also work for the ’12 Dyna Switchback which came stock with a Screamin’ Eagle Nightstick Single Slip-On which came assembled with sixteen discs and a closed end cap. SuperTrapp’s Nightstick Single Slip-On Tune Kit includes ten extra discs, six screws, one open end cap, a special wrench to remove the tamper resistant screw and anti-seize grease. SuperTrapp also offers a Nightstick Performance Core (P/N 100-7881, MSRP $102.00) for the Nightstick Single Slip-On that came stock on the ’10 FLHX / FLTRX as well as one for the ’12 Dyna Switchback (P/N 404-7881, MSRP $102.00). SuperTrapp’s Nightstick Performance Core includes a perforated core with pillow packing.

The SuperTrapp Tune Kit for the Screamin’ Eagle Nightstick Dual Slip-Ons (P/N 404-7881, MSRP $81.40) is for Baggers equipped with dual Nightstick Slip-Ons. These exhausts came assembled with ten discs and one closed end cap per muffler and a solid, full length core and no placing material. SuperTrapp’s Nightstick Dual Slip-Ons Tune Kit includes ten extra discs, six screws, one open end cap, a special wrench to remove the tamper resistant screw and anti-seize grease. SuperTrapp also offers a Nightstick Perforated Core (P/N 041-7176, MSRP $40.00) for this particular set up which requires two performance cores to complete the set. SuperTrapp’s Nighstick Re-Pack Kit (P/N 400-7847, MSRP $81.40) is also available and includes two pillow packs to rebuild the two mufflers.

For more info, visit www.SuperTrapp.com or call 216-265-8400. Request complimentary catalogs and e-newsletters of SuperTrapp Industries’ various brands by clicking on the “Contact Us” tab.

The Motorcycle Industry Council reports that retail sales increased 2.6 percent last year among 19 leading manufacturers tracked by the trade association. And for the first time since 2002, all four segments (scooter, dual, on-highway and off-highway) showed increases in year-over-year new unit sales, according to the MIC's Retail Sales Report.

Scooters posted the most significant rate of growth with an increase of 7.7 percent, while dual-purpose motorcycles also showed impressive growth with a rise of 7.4 percent. Off-highway motorcycle sales were up 2.1 percent, while sales of their on-highway counterparts improved by 1.8 percent.

"The MIC is optimistic about this increase in motorcycle and scooter sales," said MIC President and CEO Tim Buche. "In spite of some challenging economic times, the sales of used motorcycles has also increased. Though revenue is not reported to MIC, the major aftermarket distributors have acknowledged strong demand and increased sales as well. Further, we know that Americans are still enjoying themselves a great deal on bikes as tire sales have increased over the past 3 years. Estimated vehicle miles travelled were 29 billion in 2009, an increase of eight billion miles since 2003. All of this signals that motorcycling is an increasingly mainstream mode of transportation and fun."

The Motorcycle Industry Council exists to preserve, protect and promote motorcycling through government relations, communications and media relations, statistics and research, aftermarket programs, development of data communications standards, and activities surrounding technical and regulatory issues. As a not-for-profit, national industry association, the MIC seeks to support motorcyclists by representing manufacturers and distributors of motorcycles, scooters, motorcycle/ATV/ROV parts and accessories, and members of allied trades such as insurance, finance and investment companies, media companies and consultants.

The MIC is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., with a government relations office in metropolitan Washington, D.C. First called the MIC in 1970, the organization has been in operation since 1914. Visit the MIC at www.mic.org.

Even before the V-Twin Expo opened there were comments from some people about the changes scheduled for first weekend in February, 2013. You’re not going to please everyone all the time, so in my opinion I would please the vendors, as they are the ones the show was designed for. Actually it was concocted because no show ever gave the V-Twin market the respect they deserved.  Read Roque's report on the event last weekend.

http://www.bikernet.com/pages/VTwin_EXPO_2013.aspx

Born Free 5 is happening Saturday, June 29th, 2013. And Lowbrow Customs is the online source for purchasing your BF5 poster and ticket for a chance to win one of the Invited Builder bikes! The first 500 tickets sold gets not only the main poster (art by Adam Nickel) but also a hand screenprinted 11" x 17" poster with art by Gorgeous George. These are limited to 500, and as of right now there are only 200 left, and we just got these online yesterday! $25 including shipping in the US gets you your official poster, ticket, stickers and promo goods. Check it all out right here.