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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Synchronized Swimming? No Way. Synchronized Motorcycling, Molto Buon!!

April 28, 2012 – 11:04 am

one of the most viewed motorcycle clips on Youtube, this one has pulled in nearly 1 million hits and pops up on Facebook and Twitter all the time. It documents the 107th anniversary of the Italian police and features a magnificent formation motorcycling. It has a crazy kind of Busby Berkley awesome to it, and [...]

By Greazy Bastard | Posted in Bike Basics, Bike Find of the Day, Biker Culture, Classic Motorcycles, Motorcycle Art, Motorcycle Insurance Guide, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Photo of the Day, Motorcycle Videos | Comments (0)

Keep Your Motorcycle Safe Thieves On the Prowl in Tennessee

April 28, 2012 – 7:57 am

It only takes a few seconds for your bike to disappear, and once it’s gone, the police say it’s probably gone for good. The good folks in Clarksville, Tennessee know that’s a fact as motorcycles are being grabbed up in daring daylight thefts – often from busy parking lots – at the rate of nearly [...]

By Todd Halterman | Posted in Biker Culture, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Theft, Motorcycle Videos, Sons of Anarchy | Comments (0)

Zen and the Art of Million Dollar Motorcycle Making

April 27, 2012 – 8:54 pm

This video is a profile of custom motorcycle builder Chicara Nagata, and Nagata has it going on. Nagata has won numerous awards for his custom motorcycles, some of which take him over 7000 hours to build, which, I guess, elevates them to the level of art, at least the kind of art people pay for [...]

By Greazy Bastard | Posted in Bike Find of the Day, Motorcycle Art, Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Insurance Guide, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Photo of the Day, Motorcycle Videos, New Bike Designs, Sons of Anarchy, TV and Film Motorcycles | Tagged Chicara Nagata, million dollar custom motorcycle | Comments (0)

Kurt Sutter Takes A Real Walk on the Wild Side With New Documentary Series

April 27, 2012 – 8:34 pm

Kurt Sutter, the man behind the creation of the FX Network series and biker drama Sons of Anarchy has unveiled his unscripted series on Discovery Channel which profiles the world’s most notorious gangs and crime families. Entitled Outlaw Empires, the series focuses on outsider organizations like the Crips street gang, the Irish Mob, a Latin [...]

By Todd Halterman | Posted in Biker Culture, Biker Gangs, Motorcycle History, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Videos, Sons of Anarchy | Tagged Aryan Brotherhood, Crips, Irish Mob, Kurt Sutter, Outlaw Empires, SOA, Sons of Anarchy | Comments (0)

Hells Angels Put the Legal Beatdown On MTV

April 27, 2012 – 1:06 pm

The Hells Angels are famous for protecting their own and their turf. Back in the day, if you messed with an Angel you could expect them all to pay you a visit with an eye toward exacting revenge, and that’s still their credo. But now, they send in the legal talent to mop up when [...]

By Todd Halterman | Posted in Motorcycle News | Comments (0)

Bike Find of the Day A Pristine Honda GB 500

April 26, 2012 – 12:04 pm

Just way ahead of the curve. The Honda GB500 was the ultimate production cafe racer before cafe racers started getting some love once again. They only made this version for a couple of years, back in 1989 and 1990, but if Honda were to dust off the old tooling and start making them again, [...]

By Greazy Bastard | Posted in Bike Find of the Day, Cafe Racers, Classic Motorcycles, Motorcycle History, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Photo of the Day | Comments (0)

Six Excellent Tips To Help You Get Cheaper Motorcycle Insurance Now

April 25, 2012 – 11:46 pm

This is the reality; you must have motorcycle insurance if you want to ride on American roads and stay on the right side of the law. Without it? You, my brother, are courting the fates and headed to a bad, bad place. Given that fact, here are six exceptionally good tips to help you control [...]

By Todd Halterman | Posted in Motorcycle Accidents and Crashes, Motorcycle Business News, Motorcycle Insurance Guide, Motorcycle Insurance Online, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Safety, Research | Comments (0)

Bike Find of the Day 1954 Victoria Bergmeister

April 25, 2012 – 4:28 pm

Manufactured in Germany, this classic art deco-styled motorcycle shares many features with the BMWs and Moto Guzzis of the era, and it sports a motor design that, in my humble opinion, is more beautiful than either of those powerplants. Victoria was a bicycle manufacturer in Nürnberg, Germany, but they also made motorcycles from about 1901 [...]

By Greazy Bastard | Posted in Bike Find of the Day, Classic Motorcycles, Motorcycle Art, Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle History, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Photo of the Day, Motorcycle Videos, Research | Comments (0)

Hydrogen Powered Motorcycles In Your Future

April 25, 2012 – 12:41 pm

Motorcycle are one of the cheaper forms of transportation in regard to fuel costs, but you’re not going to sneak up on anyone when is comes to acoustic footprint. That could all change with the advent of electric and – the real coming thing – hydrogen-powered motorcycles. While hydrogen motorcycles haven’t been around long, the [...]

By Greazy Bastard | Posted in Advice, Bike Basics, Concept Motorcycles, Electric Motorcycles, Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Business News, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Photo of the Day, Motorcycle Videos, New Bike Designs | Comments (0)

Harley Davidson Forging Ahead With Solid Q1 2012 Earnings Report Expected

April 25, 2012 – 9:33 am

Harley-Davidson is scheduled to release an official first-quarter 2012 earnings report today, and according to leaked reports from the Motor Company’s HQ, the news will be very good indeed. Harley-Davidson, that’s HOG on the big board to you, may have lost Willie G. Davidson, grandson of founder of William A. Davidson, to retirement after 49 [...]