31/01/2007 by info.

Luciano Andreoli’s superb Revtech-engined retro bobber “Project B” took first prize at this year’s Bike Expo International custom show at Padova, Italy. As well as an impressive winner’s trophy, the prize consists of 5.000 Euro towards bike transport and other costs to Sturgis to compete at the World Championship of Custom Bike Building, August 5-8.

Andreoli, of Rovato, near Brescia, impressed the judges with his innovative styling and unique handcrafted parts.

Second prize was taken by Andreas Eriksson of Mojo Chopper Manufacturing, Stockholm, Sweden.

His project, named “Inzane”, is a fine example of traditional Swedish chopper styling with contemporary engineering solutions. Andreas’ prize is 1.500 Euro towards his participation in the European Championship of Custom Bike Building, being held at the Custom Chrome Europe Dealer Show in Mainz, Germany, on March 24-25.

Big Twin Motors of Naples were awarded third prize, again of 1500 Euro towards participation at the European Championship, for their “Hi-Tech Radical” lowrider.

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Favaro Veneto, Italy
Tel: +39 041 501 0188
Fax: +39 041 635337
E-mail: info@bike-expo.it
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30/01/2007 by info.

Year One, the largest supplier of muscle car and restoration parts in the USA, has been building radical custom cars on a limited basis for a few years now. When one of the company’s customers wanted a motorcycle to match his muscle car, the Year One crew went to work building a custom bike. The first quickly led to a second, and soon orders were coming in for more.

For more information on getting a custom-built motorcycle to match your musclecar, contact Year One at bikeworks@yearone.com .

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30/01/2007 by info.

Ted Simon is the author of the classic travel book JUPITER’S TRAVELS. It documents his four-year journey round the world by motorbike, travelling through Europe, Africa, South and North America, and Asia. A number one bestseller in the late 1970s, it is still regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle books - indeed, one of the greatest travel books - ever written.

In 2001, at the age of 69, Ted Simon decided to retrace his journey, and DREAMING OF JUPITER is the result. It took him two and a half years - during which time he revisited all the countries he had travelled through in the 1970s. He found much had changed, and he reflects upon the increased poverty, political upheavals, environmental issues and indeed the changes in himself.

But ultimately, DREAMING OF JUPITER is a hugely inspiring read with a positive message at its heart - that even at the age of 70 you can still set off on an adventure, and be surprised and excited by what life throws at you along the way.

RRP. is £18.99 and it is scheduled to be published in early March.

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28/01/2007 by info.

Spyke’s beefy 63mm inverted frontends feature speed-sensitive damping and progressive-rate springs for a plush ride with uncompromised handling over a variety of surfaces. The fork has chrome-plated triple clamps machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum, a chrome-plated 63.5mm-diameter upper tube, and a hard-chrome 45mm-diameter slider tube.

For more information, contact Spyke at (562) 869-9333, or visit www.spykeinc.com.

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28/01/2007 by info.

A new Lightning Super TT debuted recently at the International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan, Italy. Buell decribes the bike as part sport-performance streetfighter and part urban supermoto. The Supermoto (aka SuperMotard or US TT) category refers to an all-around style of motorcycle combining characteristics of road racing, dirt-track, and motocross bikes.

The Lightning Super TT provides a 31.4-inch solo seat height, while a passenger seat can be added. A 43mm Showa inverted front fork with fully adjustable front suspension and adjustable Showa rear shock add even more versatility. The Surlyn flyscreen sits below a wide, flat handlebar with cross-brace, instrument panel, and deflectors for aggressive street riding. A lightweight aluminum frame contains the fuel, while the swingarm holds oil. The muffler is located below the engine. A 375mm front rotor mounted on the wheel’s perimeter is gripped by a six-piston caliper, allowing for light, six-spoke wheels. Pirelli Scorpion Sync tires have an aggressive tread pattern to provide better bite on even the nastiest pavement.

A broad powerband comes from the air/oil/fan-cooled 1,203cc Thunderstorm engine featuring DDFI II electronic fuel injection, and the Buell Interactive Exhaust is tuned for the ultimate in performance and control.

The Lightning Super TT will retail for $10,295 in the US and will be available at Harley-Davidson/Buell dealerships in mid- to late January 2007. To learn more about Buell motorcycles, visit your local Buell dealer today (and www.buell.com) and experience the pure streetfighter attitude, style, and performance only found on board a Buell.

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27/01/2007 by info.

Who wants to mess around with cumbersome bike keys anymore? The geniuses at Bulletproof Electronics have solved the problem. Check out the new ARSE (automated recognition system electronics), which allows bike owners to carry a card the size of a credit card in their rear pocket or wallet instead of a traditional key. All the owner of the bike must do is plant his or her duff on the seat and press the starter button; no more forgetting your keys in the ignition and walking away.

For more information, contact Bulletproof Electronics at (941) 708-3444, or visit www.bulletproofelectronics.com.

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26/01/2007 by info.

REST OF THE WORLD VERSION:

The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building and improving his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he’s a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed. The shivering grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.

THE END

THE BRITISH VERSION:

The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he’s a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed.

A social worker finds the shivering grasshopper, calls a press conference and demands to know why the squirrel should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others less fortunate, like the grasshopper, are cold and starving. The BBC shows up to provide live coverage of the shivering grasshopper; with cuts to a video of the squirrel in his comfortable warm home with a table laden with food.

The British press inform people that they should be ashamed that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so while others have plenty. The Labour Party, Greenpeace, Animal Rights and The Grasshopper Council of GB demonstrate in front of the squirrel’s house. The BBC, interrupting a cultural festival special from Notting Hill with breaking news, broadcasts a multi cultural choir singing “We Shall Overcome”. Ken Livingstone rants in an interview with Trevor McDonald that the squirrel has gotten rich off the backs of grasshoppers, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the squirrel to make him pay his “fair share” and increases the charge for squirrels to enter inner London .

In response to pressure from the media, the Government drafts the Economic Equity and Grasshopper Anti Discrimination Act, retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The squirrel’s taxes are reassessed. He is taken to court and fined for failing to hire grasshoppers as builders for the work he was doing on his home and an additional fine for contempt when he told the court the grasshopper did not want to work.

The grasshopper is provided with a council house, financial aid to furnish it and an account with a local taxi firm to ensure he can be socially mobile. The squirrels food is seized and re distributed to the more needy members of society, in this case the grasshopper.

Without enough money to buy more food, to pay the fine and his newly imposed retroactive taxes, the squirrel has to downsize and start building a new home. The local authority takes over his old home and utilises it as a temporary home for asylum seeking cats who had hijacked a plane to get to Britain as they had to share their country of origin with mice. On arrival the tried to blow up the airport because of Britain’s apparent love of dogs. The cats had been arrested for the international offence of hijacking and attempt bombing but were immediately released because the police fed them pilchards instead of salmon whilst in custody. Initial moves to then return them to their own country were abandoned because it was feared they would face death by the mice. The cats devise and start a scam to obtain money from peoples credit cards.

A Panorama special shows the grasshopper finishing up the last of the squirrel’s food, though Spring is still months away, while the council house he is in, crumbles around him because he hasn’t bothered to maintain the house. He is shown to be taking drugs.

Inadequate government funding is blamed for the grasshoppers drug illness’. The cats seek recompense in the British courts for their treatment since arrival in UK .

The grasshopper gets arrested for stabbing an old dog during a burglary to get money for his drugs habit. He is imprisoned but released immediately because he has been in custody for a few weeks. He is placed in the care of the probation service to monitor and supervise him. Within a few weeks he has killed a guinea pig in a botched robbery. A commission of enquiry, that will eventually cost GBP10,000,000 and state the obvious, is set up.

Additional money is put into funding a drug rehabilitation scheme for grasshoppers and legal aid for lawyers representing asylum seekers is increased. The asylum seeking cats are praised by the government for enriching Britain’s multicultural diversity and dogs are criticised by the government for failing to befriend the cats. The grasshopper dies of a drug overdose. The usual sections of the press blame it on the obvious failure of government to address the root causes of despair arising from social inequity and his traumatic experience of prison. They call for the resignation of a minister.

The cats are paid a million pounds each because their rights were infringed when the government failed to inform them there were mice in the United Kingdom .

The squirrel, the dogs and the victims of the hijacking, the bombing, the burglaries and robberies have to pay an additional percentage on their credit cards to cover losses, their taxes are increased to pay for law and order and they are told that they will have to work beyond 65 because of a shortfall in government funds.

THE END

Thanks to Swampig

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25/01/2007 by info.

Another new bike flick - this time based based on Marvel comics Ghost Rider…..starriing Nicholas Cage - this one looks worth going to the cinema to see….. LOL - even has Peter Fonda as the Devil! Gotta be worth a look….

Take a look at the trailer and let me know what you think!

Ghost Rider Teaser

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25/01/2007 by info.

Tedd Cycle is proud to offer Volt Tech alternator kits for ’70-up Big Twins. These kits come with a stator, rotor, regulator, and mount kit. The rotor is designed with a stainless liner, which seals the magnets in place, and the regulator has a beautiful chrome finish. It comes packaged as a complete kit so you don’t have to worry about getting all the necessary parts together.

For more information, contact Pro-Street Cycles.

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24/01/2007 by info.

Later this year a movie called Wild Hogs will hit the cinemas. It’s basically the same theme as the movie City Slickers with Billy Crystal, but the horses are replaced with Harleys. Looks like the typical Hollyweird movie fare about wannabe Biker stereotypes, but I guess it might just about bring a grin out here and there. The movie is not generating that much fuss online either. A few blogs mention how fat John Travolta has become, after finding some photos from the shoot. Then of course there’s the little mishap where Hells Angels sues Disney for using their logo in the movie.

Well, here’s the trailer - you decide. I guess that the biggest laugh we’ll get from this movie will be taking the piss out of it with the other bikers at the local hangout.

Wild Hogs Movie

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