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Five Red, White, and Blue DEAN guitars, five brave Purple Heart Combat Veterans, motorcycles, music, mayhem and memories were all shared on the 4th annual Heartstrings for Heroes HONORS CRUISE 2016 in Clearwater, Florida. You couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather: sunny skies, 80 degrees and being in the wind hitting a few local stops on the poker run for a “Bloody Mary breakfast,” before heading over to Clearwater Marina to for a 3-hour “float” around the Intercoastal Waterway and Gulf of Mexico, aboard the Starlite Majesty . Winghouse sign up with Volunteers Diane, Terri Rachel and Rae at the registration table. To read the rest of DMAC’s terrific story on BikernetBaggers for this great event click here.

This week we have news from MotorTrends, the Center for Public Integrity, Indian, Progressive, S&S, Revival, Klockwerks, JIMS, Le Pera and Mo’.   To read the news click here.

It’s more than 17 years since I first came into possession of this 1999 Softail Standard, which I bought used from Harley’s press fleet. Bone stock, it had about 8,000 miles on the clock, and had reportedly been flogged by Dan Ackroyd on some cross-country mischief tour before I got my grubby hands on it. The bike was grimy and a little worn beyond its time, but no matter, I was going to replace or modify most everything anyway. Over time, the Softail got 80-spoke wheels, Screaming Eagle heads, Vance & Hines pipes, Crane cam, Mikuni carb, paint, PM hand controls, Hurst forward controls, PM sliders and brakes, LePera seat, Ghost Bracket bags, H-D chrome rocker boxes, front and rear lights, turn-signals, composite tail-dragger style rear fender, teardrop composite air cleaner, Crane single-fire ignition, Harley old-fashioned style metal tool box, and various other chrome bits and bolts. The project took a couple of years and countless parts. Roads were ridden, stories filed, and years past. Read the rest of the article here.

For Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines riders Andrew Hines and Ed Krawiec, the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series has come down to the wire in a dead heat. After 15 events and 60 furious elimination rounds of competition, the teammates are tied for the Pro Stock Motorcycle points lead as they prepare their Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle competition motorcycles for the final race left on the schedule. Qualifying for the 52nd Annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California, begins Nov. 11 with the title of World Champion on the line for Hines and Krawiec. Hines and Krawiec have each raced a competition Harley-Davidson V-Rod motorcycle to multiple NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world championships; Krawiec is a three-time champion (2008, 2011-12) and Hines is a five-time (2004-06, 2014-15) and defending Pro Stock Motorcycle champion. “Andrew and I will push each other to the very last win light,” said Krawiec. “We are going to try and make it tough on each other, because if it’s tough on us it’s even tougher on the competition. Whoever comes out champion this year is going to earn it.” The Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle team has dominated the Pro Stock Motorcycle class in 2016, winning 10 of 15 final-round races to date. Hines and Krawiec each have five wins on the season. Krawiec led the series in points for most of the 2016 season until Hines won at the U.S Nationals at Indianapolis on Labor Day weekend and claimed the top seed for the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Hines started the Countdown with a 30-point lead over Krawiec. In the first five Countdown events, Hines and Krawiec have each made the finals twice. Hines lost in the finals at Charlotte and Las Vegas, while Krawiec scored wins at Reading

Triumph’s new Street Scrambler features a new chassis and longer rear shocks, wider handlebars, 19’’ front wheel, dual-purpose Metzler Tourance tires and new brakes. The Street Scrambler uses Triumph’s acclaimed Street Twin 900cc Bonneville High Torque engine. The twin engine uses ride-by-wire techonology, switchable ABS, switchable traction control and a torque assist clutch. A new high level twin Scrambler exhaust in beautiful brushed stainless steel For styling, distinctive new Scrambler features, include an interchangeable pillion seat and aluminum rear rack, removable pillion pegs, ‘Bear Trap’ adventure-style front pegs and bash plate. The bike’s low seat height gives riders a dynamic upright riding position for improved handling and enhanced rider confidence. The all-new Street Scrambler is available in three paint schemes: Jet Black, Matt Khaki Green, Korosi Red and Frozen Silver with jet black hand painted coach lining and unique tank decals.

Rever just announced a direct integration of its popular motorcycle planning, tracking, and sharing app into Bosch’s new mySPIN Platform. Bosch will demonstrate the mySPIN Platform with Rever functionality this week in its booth at the EICMA global motorcycle tradeshow. Bosch’s mySPIN creates a smartphone/motorcycle link, presenting riders with relevant information that can be controlled directly via buttons on the motorcycle. Rever provides a host of features and motorcycle-specific content to the Bosch mySPIN-connected platform aimed at enhancing the overall riding experience:   Route Discovery: Riders are able to find popular motorcycling roads all over the world and filter by recommended rides nearby. Navigation: Riders can navigate using routes they have pre-planned on the Rever website. Friend Finder: View the location of your riding friends on the Rever map in real time, while you ride. Tracking: Rever can be configured to automatically begin recording rides when you turn on a mySPIN-connected motorcycle. Social-Media integration: Dynamic maps of tracked rides can be shared directly to popular social-media platforms. Challenges: Riders can receive notification of achievements during a ride associated with Rever’s popular ride challenges, which incentivize riders to log miles and visit interesting points of interest (POIs).

To commemorate the commissioning of the USS Milwaukee, our nation’s fifth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has collaborated with Harley-Davidson on a one-of-a-kind motorcycle to honor the U.S. Navy and the city of Milwaukee. “We wanted to do something special for the occasion and support the families of our military men and women who sacrifice so much to protect our freedoms,” said Stephanie C. Hill, Lockheed Martin vice president of Ship & Aviation Systems. “We’re excited to collaborate with Milwaukee’s own Harley-Davidson, a company that has been fulfilling dreams of personal freedom for over 100 years.” Read the rest of the article here.

Kids, today might be a great day to go for a ride. This could help you get your mind off of politics, with one more day before election day. J&P Cycles is running a cool promo today on warm gear for cold rides. Check it out here!