FTR 1200 Artist Series: D*FACE – Indian Motorcycle®   Five Limited-Edition Designs From Five Renowned Artists To Be Unveiled June 13 At Wheels & Waves   MINNEAPOLIS (May 30, 2019) – In a dynamic, creative display of artisanship, Indian Motorcycle®, America’s first motorcycle company, today announced its FTR™ 1200 Artist Series, a collaboration with five renowned artists on a limited-edition line of tank covers for its all-new FTR 1200. Only 100 tank covers of each design will be produced, with the five unique designs to be unveiled on June 13 at Wheels & Waves in Biarritz, France.  Sets will be available from select Indian Motorcycle dealers for $699.   Indian Motorcycle curated a lineup of artists with extremely distinct styles from street graffiti to modern abstract, in order to appeal to a wider range of consumer preferences. The artistic tank covers will allow FTR 1200 owners to instantly transform their bike into a piece of mobile fine art, while also increasing their personal connection to the FTR 1200. FTR 1200 Artist Series: D*FACE Design – Indian Motorcycle® The five artists include:

• Steve Caballero: A legendary skateboarding icon and original member of the famed “Bones Brigade,” Cab has forged his legacy by turning pools and half pipes into canvases for his skate artistry. Over the years, he has become well-known for his extraordinary “low-brow,” hot-rod-culture-inspired original art work. His designs are now highly sought after by brands and collectors across the skate and art industries.

 

• D*Face: D*Face (a.k.a. Dean Stockton) is a leading figure in Urban Contemporary Art, inaugurating his career on the streets more than 15 years ago. He originally entered the scene by hand-drawing stickers and posters, adhering them all over London and beyond for the unsuspecting public to discover. His work has since evolved, from fine art gallery shows to full-scale outdoor mural installations that transform urban landscapes and high-rise buildings into massive works of art.

 

• Adam Turman: A home-grown visionary from Indian Motorcycle’s very own backyard of Minneapolis, Turman is known best for large-scale, vivid and dynamic wall-mural installations throughout the Midwest. He began his art career by creating gig posters for local bands, taking inspiration from the bold, graphic style of 1980s comics and heavy metal art. Turman’s keen ability to marry his bold, vivid artistic visions with strategic-marketing objectives has made him one of the Midwest region’s most sought-after commercial artists.

 

• ThankYouX: ThankYouX (a.k.a. Ryan Wilson) began his artistic journey on the streets of Los Angeles in 2009 spray painting stencils in homage to Andy Warhol. While these signature stencils were his initial calling card, they were only scratching the surface of his multi-faceted artistic identity. As his level of notoriety expanded, the nature of his expression evolved to modern abstract designs that stand in contrast to the more conventional graffiti-inspired street-art paradigm. His unique brand of street art has captured attention and earned acclaim around the world.

 

• RISK: A true “O.G.” in the world of graffiti, RISK began his career as a founding member of the WCA (West Coast Artists) graffiti crew.  RISK was one of the first graffiti writers in Southern California to paint freight trains and pioneered the use of billboards and freeway overpasses as artistic canvases.  Over several decades his career has transitioned from the streets to museums, galleries and clothing lines.  Risk is an innovative contemporary artist who now incorporates everything from advanced: “color theory” to “neon” in his body of work.

  The FTR 1200 stands as Indian Motorcycle’s most-customizable platform to date, featuring four distinct accessory collections, designed to modify the bike’s overall look and feel based on the unique tastes and styles of different riders. With its fuel tank located beneath the seat, the FTR 1200 airbox sits directly over the motor where fuel tanks more commonly reside. This allows for tank covers that are easy to remove and interchange, making the process of customization and personalization even more efficient for riders.   “Art and motorcycles share a common thread of self-expression, and for motorcycles, customization is where self-expression truly comes to life,” said Reid Wilson, Senior Director of Marketing and Product for Indian Motorcycle. “The FTR 1200 and its diverse accessory collections, were purposefully designed to enable a rider’s desire for self-expression, and the Artist Series serves that same purpose in a highly artistic fashion.”   An episodic content series, scheduled to debut shortly after Wheels & Waves, will showcase each of the five artists, their design process, and their unique airbox cover designs. To learn more about Indian Motorcycle visit IndianMotorcycle.com and follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.   To learn more, please visit www.indianmotorcycle.com.  

WorldSBK U.S. Round: Rea Wins the Superpole Race, but Yields to Davies in Race 2, While Bautista has a Weekend to Forget and Pirelli Achieves Satisfaction with the New SCX Solution

Sixth Race Win in a Row for Rea who Pulls Ahead in the Championship by 81 Points over Bautista

SALINAS, California (July 14, 2019) – The Californian weekend of the MOTUL FIM World Superbike Championship, hosted by the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, ended with two wins for Jonathan Rea and Kawasaki and one for Chaz Davies on Ducati.

After winning Race 1 on Saturday, the four-time World Champion of Rea also won the Tissot Superpole^® Race on Sunday morning, but was unable to defeat Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R) in Race 2. On the other hand, for the other rider representing the manufacturer from Borgo Panigale, Álvaro Bautista, it was a weekend to forget with a crash in Race 1 and a DNF in Race 2 when he was forced to retire on the third lap. The Spaniard, who was the favorite for the world title in the early part of the year, is now 81 points behind Rea and will be forced to make a difficult comeback after the summer break, in the hopes that his rival is unable to finish consistently on the podium, as he has so far.

Worth a mention is the excellent performance by the talented young Toprak Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) who, with his two third place finishes in Race 1 and Race 2 and his fourth place in the Tissot Superpole^® Race, confirms his status as the best of the private team riders.

Pirelli can consider itself to be very satisfied with the race results at Laguna Seca, particularly in terms of the new SCX solution. This option, which Pirelli introduced in the Championship just this year as a pre-qualifying option to be used in Superpole^®and in the 10-lap sprint race, was not only used by practically all the riders at Laguna Seca in the Tissot Superpole^®Race, but it showed that it can also last the 25 laps of the standard-distance races, proving to be very competitive.

The Tissot Superpole^® Race, starting at 11:00 a.m. local time with Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) in pole position, lost one of its key players as early as the first lap when Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R) tumbled disastrously to the ground just a few meters after the start due to contact with the rear tire of Toprak Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) who was overtaking him. Then, on the following lap, an accident at the top of the Corkscrew involving Alessandro Delbianco (Althea Mie Racing Team / Honda CBR1000RR) and wild card JD Beach (Attack Performance Estenson Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R1) forced race direction to red flag the race, bringing the action to a halt.
The three riders involved in the accidents wound up in the medical center and were unable to be on the grid for the restart, which anticipated an eight-lap race.

As in Race 1, in this sprint race, Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) once again started well and managed to maintain the race lead from start to finish, winning with a 2.5 second gap ahead of Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R) and 3.6 seconds ahead of Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team / BMW S1000 RR) who, unlike in Race 1, succeeded in snatching the bottom step of the podium from Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) who finished fourth ahead of the other factory Kawasaki ridden by Leon Haslam.

WorldSBK Tissot Superpole^® Race standings:

1) J. Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
2) C. Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R)
3) T. Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team / BMW S1000 RR)
4) T. Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
5) L. Haslam (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
6) A. Lowes (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team / Yamaha YZF R1)
7) L. Baz (Ten Kate Racing – Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R1)
8) J. Torres (Team Pedercini Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
9) L. Mercado (Orelac Racing VerdNatura / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
10) M. Van Der Mark (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team / Yamaha YZF R1)
11) S. Cortese (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK / Yamaha YZF R1)
12) M. Reiterberger (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team / BMW S1000 RR)
13) M. Rinaldi (Barni Racing Team / Ducati Panigale V4 R)
14) E. Laverty (Team Goeleven / Ducati Panigale V4 R)
15) R. Kiyonari (Moriwaki Althea Honda Team / Honda CBR1000RR)
16) M. Melandri (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK / Yamaha YZF R1)
NS) A. Delbianco (Althea Mie Racing Team / Honda CBR1000RR)
NS) J. Beach (Attack Performance Estenson Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R1)
NS) Á. Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R)

In Race 2, the order of the riders on the podium changed, but the faces were the same as those in Race 1. Winning this second race was Welshman Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R) who, unlike in Race 1, chose the same tire used by Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR), managing to overtake him on the inside at the first turn after the start and then maintaining the race lead all the way to the checkered flag. With the exception of this pass, throughout the rest of the race, the riders in the front maintained the positions taken at the start, with the reigning World Champion, after winning Race 1 and the Tissot Superpole^® Race, finished on the second step of the podium more than three seconds behind Davies. Finishing third was Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) who repeated his performance from Race 1, once again the best independent team rider. Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team / Yamaha YZF R1), Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team / BMW S1000 RR) and Haslam (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) completed the top-six race finishers.

After crashing in the Tissot Superpole Race, Bautista attempted to partake in Race 2 anyway, but made a bitter return to pit lane, retiring on the third lap. The same fate awaited Michael Van Der Mark on the sixth lap.

WorldSBK Race 2 standings:

1) C. Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R)
2) J. Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
3) T. Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
4) A. Lowes (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team / Yamaha YZF R1)
5) T. Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team / BMW S1000 RR)
6) L. Haslam (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
7) L. Baz (Ten Kate Racing – Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R1)
8) J. Torres (Team Pedercini Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
9) M. Melandri (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK / Yamaha YZF R1)
10) M. Rinaldi (Barni Racing Team / Ducati Panigale V4 R)
11) L. Mercado (Orelac Racing VerdNatura / Kawasaki ZX-10RR)
12) E. Laverty (Team Goeleven / Ducati Panigale V4 R)
13) M. Reiterberger (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team / BMW S1000 RR)
14) S. Cortese (GRT Yamaha WorldSBK / Yamaha YZF R1)
15) R. Kiyonari (Moriwaki Althea Honda Team / Honda CBR1000RR)
16) J. Beach (Attack Performance Estenson Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R1)
17) A. Delbianco (Althea Mie Racing Team / Honda CBR1000RR)
RT) Á. Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R)
RT) M. Van Der Mark (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team / Yamaha YZF R1)

The Pirelli solutions chosen by the riders for WorldSBK Tissot Superpole^®Race and Race 2:

In the Tissot Superpole^® Race, rider choices were rather unanimous. At the start, practically all the riders had chosen the combination of the standard SC1 125/70 tire (option A) on the front and the SCX (option X) on the rear. The exceptions were Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) and Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR), who used the Y0446 SC0 development solution (option A) on the rear, and Ryūichi Kiyonari (Moriwaki Althea Honda Team / Honda CBR1000RR) who, instead of the SC1 on the front, went with the X1071 SC2 development tire (option B). At the restart, Razgatlioglu (Turkish Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-10RR) also opted for the SCX rear, leaving Rea as the only rider on the grid mounting the Y0446 SC0 development tire. Also worth a mention is the change made by Delbianco, opting for the X1071 SC2 development tire at the restart, as Kiyonari had.

On the other hand, the choices for Race 2 were different, with the riders making various changes compared to Race 1. On the rear, Davies and Eugene Laverty went from the SCX (option X) to the Y0446 SC0 development tire (option A) and the standard SC0 (option B) respectively, unlike Leandro Mercado, Markus Reiterberger, Beach and Kiyonari, who switched to the SCX (option X). In the end, the grid was split equally for the rear among the three available solutions, whereas on the front, the standard SC1 125/70 (option A) remained the tire chosen by all the riders except for Kiyonari.

Pirelli statistics for WorldSBK Tissot Superpole^® Race:

• Winner of the PIRELLI BEST LAP AWARD: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK), 1’22.700 on the 2^nd lap

• Most used front solution: standard SC1 125/70 (17 out of 19 riders)

• Most used rear solution: SCX (18 out of 19 riders)

• Maximum race speed reached by Pirelli DIABLO™ Superbike tires: 260.8 km/h, achieved by Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Barni Racing Team / Ducati Panigale V4 R) on the 6^th lap

• Air temperature: 18° C
 
• Asphalt temperature: 36° C

Pirelli statistics for WorldSBK Race 2:

• Winner of the PIRELLI BEST LAP AWARD: Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4 R), 1’22.976 on the 3^rd lap

• Most used front solution: standard SC1 125/70 (18 out of 19 riders)

• Most used rear solution: development SC0 Y0446 200/65 (7 out of 19 riders)

• Maximum race speed reached by Pirelli DIABLO™ Superbike tires: 261.4 km/h, achieved by Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Barni Racing Team / Ducati Panigale V4 R) on the 7^th lap

• Air temperature: 15° C
 
• Asphalt temperature: 46° C

 

 

This fall, deliveries of the Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcyle will begin. The moment marks the first time a large bike-builder starts selling such a motorcycle, so making the model a success from the get-go is essential for Harley. To make sure the bike has all the right cards, another perk for LiveWire owners was announced on Thursday (July 11).

Having struck a deal with one of the largest charging station operators in the U.S., Electrify America, Harley announced customers who buy this motorcycle between August 2019 and July 2021 can benefit from free charging of 500 kWh over two years.

To make sure the charging process is as easy as it comes, Electrify’s stations will also be integrated with the new version of the Harley-Davidson App.

The 500 kWh offered for free amount to about 30 full fills for the bike’s batteries. That in turn translates into total mileage of about 2,850 miles (4,586 km).

“With an average of 70 miles between each of our charging stations, we are creating a network that is premium, ubiquitous and powerful, so it makes sense that we would expand that offering to electric motorcycle owners,” said in a statement Electrify’s CEO Giovanni Palazzo.

“We are excited to work with an iconic brand like Harley-Davidson, as part of a shared commitment to advancing the electric transportation industry.”

The LiveWire electric bike sells from $29,799. It offers a range of 95 miles (152 km) per charge and 0 to 60 mph acceleration of under 3.5 seconds.

This motorcycle will be the most connected Harley has ever made, using a Panasonic telematics system and the Harley-Davidson Connect solution. The latter allows riders to pair their gadgets with the bike, a feature that makes the LiveWire the first North American mass-market cellular-connected electric motorcycle.

–EIN News Service

The bike will even sound like a Harley thanks to the included sound generator.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —

Thousands of bikers from across the country gathered outside Gillette Stadium Saturday afternoon for a memorial honoring seven motorcyclists who were killed in a collision with a truck last month.

The event was organized by the Jarheads, a club that includes Marines and their spouses, and included music and remembrance.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft made an appearance at the memorial service and said that his family will donate $100,000 to the cause.

From Welding to Epoxy Filler and Aerodynamics

This whole process has been a test of desires, wills, and emotional stability. From the very beginning of this odyssey, I wanted this to be a team effort. More folks have been involved in this project than any other motorcycle build I’ve been involved with, except maybe the Easyriders Streamliner.

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GP Racing Spec and Hi-Performance Oils Maximize Durability of High Performance Engines

MARIETTA, Ga. – July 13, 2019 – Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, today announced Yamalube’s GP Racing Spec and Hi-Performance Full Synthetic engine oils are now available at Yamaha dealers across the nation.

Both Yamalube’s GP Racing Spec and Hi-Performance are SAE 10W-40 4T full synthetic engine oils with a modern balanced formulation designed for superior performance and maximum durability for today’s advanced high performance engine parts. They provide enhanced engine performance, fuel efficiency and excellent thermal stability for advanced protection in any on- and off-road application.

Offering the ultimate in Yamalube’s ultra-high performance engine oils, GP Racing Spec oil is the newest generation of Yamalube’s 50-plus year lineage of competition blends. Derived from the same oil used in Yamaha’s YZR-M1 MotoGP bike, the new GP Racing Spec oil is blended using advanced additives for high thermal resistance in extreme racing and other severe environments. GP Racing Spec oil maximizes engine power and enhances overall clutch and shifting performance with its extreme anti-wear and anti-friction properties.

Yamalube’s GP Racing Spec oil is classified as a JASO MA2, while Hi-Performance oil is classified as JASO MA. Both products meet API SL requirements.

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We hauled ass on this project every week this year with few stumbling blocks. We didn’t know what the hell we were doing half the time, but we never hesitated to reach out to experts. All seemed to be flying toward a start-up and running this puppy around the block, until we faced fiberglass.

It was supposed to take a week, but it took a month or more. I learned a lot about fiberglass and I’m still learning. Then I ran the body out to Aircraft Windshields to have the windshield made. It took three weeks to get an estimate and the body back. The Lovely Jessica told me I would have my acrylic or plexiglass or Lexan windshield back by the 22nd of July. We chose a 1/4-inch acrylic shield.  That’s pushing it.

Jessica gave me three samples of tints. Micah said no tint, clear. He doesn’t want anything to obstruct his vision.

The next mission was to handle all the finish welding and paint the frame. Andrew Ursich volunteered to help TIG weld. He’s a master builder and a longshoreman for the Port of Los Angeles.

He came over for a few nights. I handled the tab welding and some of the TIG and MIG welding. There was a lot more welding to do and prepping the frame for paint.

Everything is a learning experience. I needed to know more about TIG welding, and we learned more about MIG welding prep and gas. It was surprising how many welds we spotted and filled. As Andrew finished components, I move the small stuff into our clean-room for either silver or satin black paint.

I have this shack built into my shop, in the rear corner. I put the solvent tank in there. The notion was to make it the clean room for rebuilding engines or carburetors. It turned into the housing supply room with paints, household electrical parts, plumbing shit, you name it. It’s a fucking mess most of the time.

I installed hooks in the ceiling so we can paint small parts and allow them to dry.

Finally, we could move the frame outside. I wire brushed it as much as possible and gave it a blast with the soda bottle, that’s a paint in the ass. There must be a better way of pouring the soda into the bottle, but I don’t know it yet.

I must have slipped through a half-dozen Rust-oleum cans. According to Dennis Manning we needed to avoid the cost and time lost of powder coating. “As soon as you start to put it together, you’ll find another tab that needs to be welding-on or changed,” he said.

This whole process has been a test of desires, wills, and emotional stability. From the very beginning of this odyssey, I wanted this to be a team effort. More folks have been involved in this project than any other motorcycle build I’ve been involved with, except maybe the Easyriders Streamliner.

I must remind myself constantly about the Buddha’s teachings. Nirvana, or a purely relaxed mode of operation comes from the mind. If you are wound up about anything, you can change your mind. The best way to describe this anomaly is to think about a friend’s reaction to something like a fender bender. One guy has an accident and notes the info and then calls his insurance agent. The next guy goes ballistic, like in road rage and beats the other guy with a baseball bat over a dinged fender. It’s all in the mind.

In each case it has nothing to do with the circumstances but only with your reaction, your mind. I’ve admittedly had some issues with my mind. But at least I’m aware of them and know the basics on how to relax and get back into the Nirvana mode. Sure, some of it comes from our fleeting timeline, the desire to be on the salt, and the will to be as perfect as possible.

My mantra is constantly all about moving forward. When someone suggests more work or delays, I get all wound up and start sharpening my knife…

Enough of the stress involved, let’s get back to the facts at hand. As soon as the frame was welded and had three coats of paint laid down, we could start final assembly and we went at it installing the JIMS monster engine, 5-speed transmission and the rear wheel. Then the front end was installed, and I started to install the front axle. We installed the modified Bassini Exhaust several times. We kept discovering something had to go on first, like the starter, then the clutch cable.

 We have the body back and I was concerned about the canopy. I called George, “The Wild Brush” and asked him, since he had mentioned fiberglass work in the past. “I can handle it,” George said. He’s worked with funny cars and dragsters. He has pinstriped and lettered hundreds of race cars and race boats and stood by while the masters fabricated almost anything.

I picked up the top of the body on Friday and Saturday George showed up along with Micah. They immediately hit it off. George started to criticize our bodywork and my stress level heightened. He wanted to modify aspects of the body before messing with the canopy. My mind immediately clicked off additional days messing with the body, while we could be making it run, but I agreed with most of his mods. I had to swallow hard and get back to the Marine supply store.

I spoke to Dennis Manning, the streamlining master, this morning about firewalls. He’s working on a book about his streamliner history. He suggested a drain behind the wall in the engine compartment to allow any fluids to escape and not creep into the pilot’s compartment.

He told me that all the holes for cables need to be above the centerline of the wall. We discussed how to seal it and he pointed out that because of air movement in the stern fumes are often pushed forward into the pilot’s compartment, which means the seal must be tight.

Dennis had a story to tell about each of his suggestions. He’s had experiences with them all, with over 35 years of streamliner experience. I want to get back to the fire wall, because it’s a major obstruction to progress.

We discovered another rule we must comply with. Trikes must have front fenders. I ordered a set from Kent Riches, Air Tech, and then we ran into shipping issues. Air Tech is in Southern California and the make products to order, so it took about six weeks. They were shipped and arrived in Carson, CA about 10 miles away. Then they were forwarded to Wilmington, NC on the east coast.

About then we started to track and holler, but the post office sent them back to Wilmington, CA where it was determined the address was wrong on the package. I couldn’t get to the post office quick enough. They had already sent them back to Air Tech.

Finally, the Air Tech fiberglass fenders arrived. They are light, thin fiberglass and very flimsy. Here’s what Kent recommended for mounting:

I’m not sure what spindles you are using but if they have any mounts on them for a drum backing plate or caliper mounts you can mount them there… I ran a bracket straight down from there to a hoop that went completely around the bottom edge of the glass pants.

I made this hoop out of 1/2 round metal, so it gave a nice radius finish at the bottom. on the outside of the wheel and inside of the pants, I ran another flat strap straight up from that bottom support hoop to the spindle center bearing castle nut… I took an old castle nut and welded a stub of 3/4 tubing on it and then welded a 1/4-20 nut inside the other end of the metal stub, then cranked that assembly onto the remaining threads onto the spindle….

Now, I could drill a hole through the outside of the pants so a support screw would go through the pants, through the flat strap coming up from the bottom edge hoop and thread into the spindle nut stub and keep the outside of the pants from dancing around.

So now, you have supports on the inside at the spindle flange and outside the wheel at the center spindle nut…

Hope you can understand this….

–Kent
Team Airtech

I tell them that equity can come in lots of forms from saving coins in a jar, to collecting motorcycles, paint a painting, make something, start a business, or buying a home. Buying stock is one of the easiest ways to go. It has risks, but it also has tremendous gains if you keep an eye on them.

Then I need to hit Phillips Steel for the strap I need to make the frames for the fenders. I need to get my ass back to the shop and apply at least two coats of Epoxy filler and hopefully get very close to a perfectly shaped body. That’s a major accomplishment.

But then we need to install the modified parachute box, but the real goal is the canopy. Hang on and don’t forget Nirvana.

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Well, the new owners took over and there were no announcements or a new plans shared. Staff members and contributors waited. Michael Lichter came to Los Angeles for Born Free and wanted to check on his archive of photography at the office. At first, they told him not to come, they had it handled. He kept knocking on doors. He spoke to one of the new partners, who owns StrongHold, a clothing shop on Melrose. The guy had never heard of Michael Lichter.

He went out to the offices and spoke to some of the staff. Mike owns 40 years of archived material covering the history of our industry. Most recently news leaked of a creative meeting in Canada with the new staff, but still no announcements. Then yesterday staff members like Dave Nichols and Beatnik were let go. We haven’t confirmed how many other staff members were received pink slips, but with only a staff of five, who knows. I need to reach out to Billy Tinney, the editor of Tattoo.

So, what’s going to happen next. Maybe only the Shadow knows.

 

–Bandit

Baker Drivetrain Burnout Drags

Monday, August 5, 2019
Racing starts at 8:00 pm
Fastest through the gears burnout contest.

This event is sponsored by Cycle Source Magazine

Hello,

You’re invited to attend the Grand Opening of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s 2019 Motorcycles As Art exhibition, “What’s the Skinny – Motorcycles Without the Fat,” curated by the celebrated Michael Lichter. This highly anticipated event takes place during the Buffalo Chip’s prestigious Motorcycle Industry Reception on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 2019.

The What’s the Skinny exhibition will exist for only one week, and the Industry Reception is the only opportunity to experience it with Michael himself, along with past, present and future leaders of this incredible industry.

There will be a few surprises for those who attend the Industry Reception. So don’t miss it!

Please take this opportunity to RSVP to

Kris.Sammons@BuffaloChip.Com

 

Also, remember to Add the Date and Time to your calendar

Click through the image or this text to find out more about this year’s Motorcycles as Art exhibit.

Ride Free, Take Risks and we look forward to seeing your smiling faces on August 4^th!

Michael does a helluva job every year with these free exhibits. He doesn’t make a dime.–Bandit