After thirty years the HOG has changed its logo. They ran a poll for a few months and this was the winner. It was, by the way, the one I voted for.
Posts Tagged ‘Motorcycle Ride’
Harley Owners Group New Logo
Posted: December 3, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: Harley, Harley Davidson, HOG, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride
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Highest Road in the World on a Motorcycle.
Posted: December 2, 2013 in Motorcycle, Motorcycle RidesTags: alex chacon, Café Racer, go pro, india, Motorcycle, motorcycle adventure, Motorcycle Ride, Royal Enfield, Sportbike
Although this is a commercial for GoPro…. Wow! Watch this.
It is a short documentary of Alex Chanacon’s travel (in India) on the worlds highest road. He is riding a Royal Enfield.
The photography and the editing is just spectacular! I am going to have to get one of these cameras, so I guess the commercial worked.
Painting the town #RED
Posted: November 30, 2013 in Motorcycle newsTags: Café Racer, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride, Royal Enfield
The new Royal Enfield’s are out in India! Will be coming here soon.
So, it’s been a couple of crazy days vrooming around us. Sudden jaunts on our motorcycles, a bit of off roading madness and then we are lucky enough to get our hands on the #REContinentalGT before the launch on 26th November at 7.30 pm.
How could we say Nay? Aye!
So catch us in #Pune, we are part of the #REPuneBurnup.
We Are the #RERocker’s!
Motorcycle TV: Cafe Racer New Season Review
Posted: November 30, 2013 in Motorcycle TVTags: café motorcycle, Café Racer, custom motorcycle, Harley, Harley Davidson, HD, HOG, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride, motorcycle riding, motorcycling
Café Racer TV
I just got around to watching the first two episodes of the new Café Racer. I love my DVR
I have to say I really like the new format. So far, they show two bike builds each week and they have been good. In the second show, build number one was putting a modern Kawasaki Ninja engine into a Classic Honda CB750 frame. Build two was the taking parts of a Harley Davidson Aermacchi and creating a café bike. Both turned out fantastic!
If I had one complaint, and I really don’t, I would like to know how long it took to assemble the bikes, was it a week, a month, months?
Motorcycling vs. CDC… Is the Centers For Disease Control Trying to Reduce Motorcycle Use?
Posted: November 29, 2013 in Motorcycle advocacy, Motorcycle newsTags: Café Racer, congress, custom motorcycle, Harley, Harley Davidson, Harley Owners Group, HD, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride, motorcycle safety
…. the Task Force’s presentation to the CDC in October 2013 “links the adoption of universal helmet-use laws to a potential reduction in motorcycle riding, which would help meet the CDC’s goal to reduce injuries and fatalities”….
I am so happy that the AMA is jumping in this issue! They have sent a letter to the CDC asking for meeting to discuss the issue. As I noted in earlier posts (here, here, and here), it is my opinion that this is the first strike to make motorcycling a bad health choice just like cigarettes, soda and trans fats.
The AMA has created a FAQ that attempts to inform us of what they are concerned regarding this issue.
As a community we need to make sure that motorcycling stays out of the health care debate. Please contact your congressional representatives (202-224-3121) and ask them to keep the CDC out of motorcycle safety issues. 
Aerodynamics as Motorcycle Art…. Harley Davidson Style.
Posted: November 28, 2013 in MotorcycleTags: Art, Café Racer, custom motorcycle, Harley, Harley Davidson, Harley Owners Group, HD, Motorcycle, motorcycle art, Motorcycle Ride
Airodynamics as Art
They say that art is in the eye of the beholder, will I behold art.
This was a small picture on page 65 of the current issue (# 23) of HOG magazine (the scan does not do it justice). The moment I saw it I began searching the web for this or similar photos, I did not find anything as nice as this.
Harley Davidson, if you were to offer framed versions of this for sell I think you would get a few takers. HOG how about making this available as a wallpaper for our computers/laptops/tablets.
Motorcycling Vs. CDC…. Another update!
Posted: November 28, 2013 in Motorcycle advocacy, Motorcycle newsTags: Café Racer, CDC, custom motorcycle, Harley, Harley Davidson, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride, motorcycle riders foundation, motorcycle safety, motorcycling
DOT Approved? Not likely.
I just ran across another congressman who has sent a letter to the CDC (back in September, obviously I got to this late).
Congressmen Tom Petri of Wisconsin has written the CDC telling them to stay out of motorcycle safety issues and to focus on their mission of disease prevention. The congressmen said this:
“Given the demands on your budget and the unique ability of the CDC to address such pressing issues as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and a host of other conditions and issues, which afflict millions of Americans and others around the globe, we encourage you to direct your attention and resources to areas that are not currently already being addressed elsewhere in the government.”
ABATE of Wisconsin and the Motorcycle Riders Foundation is working with the congressmen, who is apparently a motorcycle fan, on this and other biking related issues.
As I mentioned in my other posts about this issue, allowing the government to label any part of motorcycling a health cost risk is to open the door to the elimination of what we love. I am personally in favor of helmets, and think we should all use them but using the new health care laws will, eventually, slowly, eliminate motorcycles “for the safety of the children”.
Make sure you contact your congressmen about making the CDC stay out of transportation issues! You can call your representatives by calling the US Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Top 10 Harley Davidsons
Posted: November 21, 2013 in MotorcycleTags: Harley, Harley Davidson, HD, Heritage softail classic, HOG, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride, motorcycle riding, Softail, top 10
Motorcycle.com put together a “Top 10 Harley Davidsons” list by asking people in the industry what they thought were the best bikes. The bikes on their list covered a large swath of Harley history.
Although they did not ask me I will give you my #1 Harley. For me, it is the Heritage Softail Classic. With this bike Harley has encapsulated their historic look with current technology. Styling from the 1940’s, softail replacing ridged, fuel injection, saddlebags and lots of chrome; this is a bike that blends it all together. This bike has been around for a while too, starting production in 1986.
Plus I own one!
Custom Harley Davidson Sportster
Posted: November 19, 2013 in Motorcycle newsTags: comete motorcycles, custom motorcycle, france, Harley, Harley Davidson, HD, HOG, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride, motorcycle riding, Sportster
I have had a couple posts lately regarding the Star Bolt and the customization of that bike, so I thought I should post something about how people are customizing the original. I looked at several custom “Sporties” but I settled on this one.
The “Lumberjack” by French builder Comete Motorcycles is a mean looking Sportster. Setup for off-road use, the bike has multiple custom parts, all of which you can buy from Comete Motorcycles, to build your own Lumberjack but it looks like you will need to supply the chainsaw!
Royal Enfield Motorcycles: 15 things you may not know
Posted: November 15, 2013 in Motorcycle, Motorcycle newsTags: Café Racer, dealernews.com, Harley, Harley Davidson, Harley Davidson Sportster, india, india motorcycle, Indian motorcycle, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride, motorcycle riding, Royal Enfield, Royal Enfield Continental GT
Royal Enfield Continental GT
As I mentioned in an earlier post I have always liked Royal Enfield motorcycles. I ran across a short, interest article on the DealerNews.com website that covers where Royal Enfield came from and where it is now.
Check it out HERE.
I JUST WANT 2 RIDE!! 