Bonanza / Gringo / Lane Splitter
One of favorite color choices for 2019, our new Gloss Copper paint really pops! Available for Bonanza, Gringo & Lane Splitter Helmets.
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Check out the entire line at 5-Ball Racing Leathers
First, all of our leathers come with two deep gun pockets, which are great for cameras, phones, tools, you name it. We also have a media pocket on the inside back. It’s great for a file, taxes, the latest Cycle Source magazine or divorce papers.
Our Jak shirts come sleeveless, 5/8 sleeve and full sleeve. They are cool for the taller guy and for hot temps. I’ve ridden to Sturgis several times with my 5/8 sleeve. It’s a break when it’s hot. When it’s cold I added a sweatshirt and thermal and was still good to go. They have tails, so they are longer.
I worked with Debi at Bartels’ H-D to create the perfect women’s Hoodie jacket (Racy Women’s 5-Ball Jacket). We worked with our manufacturer on a lighter more comfortable leather. It has great curves and the hoodie is complete and able to zip together or into the liner of the jacket. It also has thumb holes for cold nights.
Our Special Opps series with vests and jackets is a more traditional biker jacket with a ton of pockets. The sleeves un-zip from the body to allow the jacket to be a vest.
We wanted a lighter vest for everyday use and came up with this Ballistic Nylon with leather trimmed vest. It’s great for Arizona riders who need something to breathe. I wear one around the shop in the winter and on my bike in the summer. It’s light, cool and has all the right pockets.
We designed the Flat Out vest for club guys. It’s super clean for patches. Like the Jak shirt line, we hide two slip-in pockets. We ever eliminated the waist band for the ultra-chopped and trimmed look.
We also have ultra-soft Speedway leather shirts in brown and black. They are classic and super comfortable.
It’s all about Progress, goddammit!
I want to ride the Panhead and check out the risers and my fixed front brake. I need to go to the Marina supply store this morning. Maybe I will ride the Panhead.
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American Citizen Biker PAC ad to this 2020 Vision Raffle page http://citizenbikerpac.com/
(Amesbury, MA) The first of 12-months “2020 Vision Raffle” drawing was conducted May 20th, at Precision Powersports in Amesbury, with owner Josh Ballon drawing the lucky winner, who was rider Carlene A., of Wenham, MA.
Josh’s son Brandon recorded live via Facebook Video – (see https://www.facebook.com/precisionpowersportsllc/videos/327215767967960/) – Paul W. Cote, Sue Hart and Josh putting the tickets in the jug, swishing ’em around, while talking about the two Massachusetts Motorcyclists Survivor’s Fund and the American Citizen Biker PAC.
“What we ride, where we ride and who we ride with separates us at times,” said Cote during the streaming and mixing the tickets, “but when a rider goes down, we don’t ask those questions – we ask how can we help.” And its the same with political issues, that affect us as Bikers and Americans, which the PAC will address going into year 2020.
Linda H. of Gloucester sold the winning ticket and was watching the live stream, called Carlene and told her to call Paul. “She was excited, and we offered her one of the five prizes,” claimed Cote. Prize options, each with a $2,020 value included trips to Boston or Bikertoberfest, a Henry Repeating “God Bless American” Repeating Rifle and 2,020 rounds of ammo, dinner for 20 of her buddies, or $2,020 cash. “She took the ca$h” and said she’d buy her Sisters dinner at their June monthly Group meeting. Good stuff !”
Tickets for the next drawing, June 20th, are now available on-line via debit/credit cards at http://citizenbikerpac.com/2020-vision-raffle/. Only 2,020 tickets each month, at $20 each, with one prize choice valued at $2,020, and drawing the 20th each month, benefiting the MA Motorcyclists Survivor’s Funds and American Citizen Biker PAC.
Six Business Units, including Tucker Powersports and J&P Cycles, to Become Stand-Alone Businesses
May 21, 2019 – Dallas TX – Motorsport Aftermarket Group (MAG) today announced a new and significant change to managing the multi-brand organization to its 1500 employees.
“We’ve asked each of our senior leaders to focus 100% of their efforts on creating value, delivering growth and expanding the entrepreneurial mindset within their business unit and their brands. When we do this, we will become more nimble, more aggressive and have a greater focus on the market and on our customers. We’d rather have a portfolio of successful companies with complete independence than force them to integrate, which turned out to be detrimental to several of our brands,” said Hugh Charvat, CEO of Motorsport Aftermarket Group.
“While our business units will continue to collaborate where helpful, there will be no corporate mandate to do so. And we’ll ensure complete independence between Tucker Powersports, J&P Cycles and our four other business units by making them stand-alone businesses. This demonstrates our commitment to supporting our dealer customers.”
“We now have great talent leading each of our business units, so the board and I feel that this is the time to unleash those individuals and all of our great employees to return our brands to the status they’ve enjoyed in the past without the operating restraints that have been in place as MAG.”
Known internally as “Unwinding the Vertical,” Charvat indicates that the change will be good for all the company’s stakeholders. “Aggressive companies led by great leaders will certainly have a positive impact on the powersports industry. Our goal is to lead in every product category where we compete.”
In the past several months, MAG has pursued and hired top industry talent to fill significant roles including powersports industry veterans Mike Kennedy, Greg Heichelbech, John Potts and Greg Blackwell.
About Motorsport Aftermarket Group
MAG is based in Coppell, Texas and includes six independent business units which manage 18 consumer brands. The company’s brands include Answer, BikeMaster, Burly, First Gear, Dragonfire Racing, J&P Cycles, Kuryakyn, Mustang Seats, Performance Machine, Progressive Suspension, ProTaper, QuadBoss, Roland Sands Design, Speed and Strength, Tucker, Tucker V-Twin, Twin Power and Vance & Hines. MAG business units employ 1500 people throughout the United States.
As per the suit filed, Royal Enfield has infringed Flash electronics’ patent on “Regulator Rectifier Device and Method for Regulating an Output Voltage of the Same” duly issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to Flash Electronics on February 20, 2018 after Flash’s R&D department made a breakthrough invention of the component in 2014.
Home-grown electronic and electric auto components player Flash Electronics India Ltd against Royal Enfield challenging patent infringement in the US regarding the production of an important component for motorcycles, the company said in a press release.
As per the suit filed, Royal Enfield has infringed Flash electronics’ patent on “Regulator Rectifier Device and Method for Regulating an Output Voltage of the Same” duly issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to Flash Electronics on February 20, 2018 after Flash’s R&D department made a breakthrough invention of the component in 2014.
Since then Flash Electronics has been the key manufacturer and supplier of this component to many leading two-wheeler manufacturers in India and overseas.
The regulator-rectifier is a vital component that smoothly and efficiently converts the AC (Alternating Current) voltage produced in motorcycle engines into DC (Direct Current) voltage to charge the batteries, power the headlights, light up the instrument panel hence drives the motorcycle’s electrical systems.
Besides USA, Flash has been granted patent in various other countries including many European countries including Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Austria, Switzerland as well as Turkey and the company would be filing similar suits in the respective jurisdictions soon.
Commenting on the incident, Sanjeev Vasdev, Founder and MD, Flash Electronics India Pvt Ltd said “We have been trusted suppliers to leading auto manufacturers across India and overseas and it’s unfortunate to have to deal with such an unexpected and unprecedented act on the part of Royal Enfield, one of the most prestigious names in the automotive sector.”
He added,” This incident is highly objectionable and has dented the credibility of the brand, at least with us as a partner”.
Further, Vasdev mentioned that the company was approached by 3 senior officials of Royal Enfield on 12th October 2018 in New Delhi to settle the issue amicably and requested Flash not to file any suit on the matter. Flash waited for the outcome of this meeting but Royal Enfield did not address the issue.
Vasdev further commented that Flash will take all necessary action required across the world to ensure that Royal Enfield stops infringing the patent and pays compensation for the violation which would run into millions of dollars. He also urged other component manufacturers to be vigilant , on this kind of predatory behaviour.
Speaking on the lawsuit filed, Royal Enfield said, “We would like to clarify that the said component is supplied to us by an external, proprietary supplier, which independently develops and owns the IP rights in the said component. The supplier denies plaintiff’s claims vehemently.”
The company is evaluating the issue internally and seeking legal advice from our US counsels.
Pa. lawmaker wants grass off roads to protect bikers
Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Washington County, is proposing legislation that would make throwing grass clippings on the roadway a fineable offense much like littering. She said the clippings present a hazard to motorcyclists as well as an environmental concern.
A Washington County senator is proposing a bill to try to protect motorcyclists and other motorists from a roadway hazard during mowing season and address an environmental concern at the same time.
Sen. Camera Bartolotta, a Republican, wants to add grass clippings to the list of items – waste paper, sweepings, ashes, household waste, glass, metal, refuse and other rubbish – that can result in a fine if someone is responsible for them ending up on a roadway.
Saying grass clippings not only cause the surface of the roadway to become extremely slippery, she said they also can clog storm drains and make their way into streams and cause pollution.
“Prohibiting grass clippings from roadways is an easy, commonsense solution to a deadly problem,” she said. “Land owners have a right to manage and maintain their property as they see fit, but they also have a responsibility to ensure they do not create a lethal hazard for other motorists on public roadways by being negligent.”
Her bill proposes fines of up to $300 for the first offense and up to a $1,000 for subsequent offenses. Along with that, her proposal would require the landowner to remove the clippings from the roadway.
Mike Sobol, a Cornwall Lebanon School District computer teacher, does not own a motorcycle but still sees merit to this proposal becoming law. He had to replace the fender on his car after driving past a person cutting grass and having stones shoot out from a mower damaging his car.
Beyond the safety hazard, he said, “This is a pollution issue too. This is a two-headed snake.”
While this doesn’t rank as the highest priority for the Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education of Pennsylvania, the group’s state legislator coordinator John Kruger said it is a concern particularly to younger riders.
“The demographics of the riders are changing,” Kruger said. “So what didn’t bother the ‘old school’ riders is different than what bothers ‘young kids.’”
He put up a post on the group’s Facebook page about the proposal and it drew 215 comments with only three of them against it, he said.
“If you are driving your bike on a super sunny day, the last thing you’re expecting is ice on the road. Grass on the road is quite honestly ice in the summertime,” he said.
When riders complain to law enforcement, he said their complaints are dismissed. “You hear them say the current law is not enforceable.” But he said the senator’s proposal to add two words “grass clippings” to the law that makes throwing litter and other items on the roadway an offense would fix that.
Owner of Colony Machine, Mark Borcoman, by their newest CNC turning center.
Lowbrow Customs is the only place, world-wide, that you can find every single Colony Machine product (over 3,500!). Founded in 1969, Colony produces top-quality, made in the USA hardware for Harley-Davidsons 1911 to current. Their new 2019 catalog just came out and contains hundreds of new parts.
Click here to download the Colony Machine catalog as a PDF file. Perfect for quick reference or for printing out just the pages you need.
You can also shop Colony products at Lowbrow Customs.
It is finally starting to warm up and we bet you are gearing up for your summer fun.
The Smoke Out Rally is the epicenter of the Chopper World. It has everything: the ride-bike-bike show, music, drag racing, camping, & Mini Bike Racing. It’s where you meet your old friends and make new ones.
NOTE: This is the last day to save on Smoke Out tickets. Click here for your tickets and camping specials.
Enjoy the ride,
-Edge
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Police made 35 arrests and issued 118 citations during a Cinco de Mayo crackdown on motorcycle gangs.
Police released the figures Tuesday in response to an ABC-7 request for information. Several ABC-7 staffers and viewers noticed police pulling over groups of motorcyclists during the entire Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend.
The three day operation from May 2nd to May 5th was “conducted in response to the large number of outlaw motorcycle gang members anticipated to be visiting the city that weekend,” police said.
Police did not specify the extent of the charges filed, nor did they identify those arrested.
The El Paso Police Department’s Gang, TAC and SWAT units participated in the operation along with partner, local, state and federal agencies from the Texas Anti-Gang Center.
–KVIA, ABC News
–from Rogue
Senior Investigator
Bikernet Crime Lab
