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  2006 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic/Road Glide Conversion. By Jack McIntyre of Bikerpics. Click to read….      

  Coming to the end of a very strange week. Hey, What a strange day and closing on a very strange week. I felt pressure at the first of the week to finish several features, and I just thought of another one. I wrote the Tom Seymour, of Saddlemen story for Hot Bike, and will meet with him to confirm all my mistakes and fill out the tech chart tomorrow. I wrote a Cantina episode, and a small speech for the public comment period for the Wilmington Board of Commissioners tonight. We are fighting for a waterfront area. This fight has waxed and waned for over 20 years. Good god get ‘er done, will ya. CLICK to read…..  

  Transforming the J&P Roller with an S&S X-Wedge motor into a street pounding machine. Editors note: The following is an introduction to a 5 part tech series which will document the processes used at Bare Knuckle Choppers to transform the J&P Roller with an S&S X-Wedge motor into a street pounding machine to be given away at the 2015 J&P Cycles Open House Rally. Clocks dictate so much of our lives. My wake up call is at 6am. Checkout is 9am. I’ve been on the road for 30 of the last 48 hours to get to the roller for J&P Cycles’ Giveaway bike. At least before Paul Wideman of Bare Knuckle Choppers (BKC) rips into it. Kate, who’s been with me since Atlanta, is from my hometown near Chicago. She knows me better than myself. She’s also the Sicilian version of Jessica Rabbit, if Jessica could belch like a sawed-off shotgun. CLICK to read….  

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S&S Cycle is pleased to announce they have added Paul Devine to their management team as Vice President of Sales. Steve Iggens, President of S&S Cycles says, “Paul brings a wealth of experience and the skill-set required to keep S&S Cycle moving forward and to maintain our leadership position in the v-twin high performance market.” Paul started riding motorcycles at age eight and is a self-proclaimed fanatic having logged over a hundred thousand miles. Over the years, Paul has held leadership positions in numerous well-known companies including Harley-Davidson Motor Company®, Buell, and SuckerPunch Sally’s. “I couldn’t be more excited to join the S&S team. As a rider and powersports professional, it’s a dream come true. I am blown away by the company’s 56 year history of innovation, its talented and dedicated team, and the unsurpassed quality of its products. Over the coming months, I look forward to meeting our customers, dealers, and distributors. With their help, we will work to expand the S&S brand and spread the message of Proven Performance industry wide.” Without pause, Paul adds “I especially love that S&S Cycle is located in Viola, WI. This area has some of the best riding roads and scenery in the world!“ In partnering with the S&S dealer network, distributors, and those with their hands on the throttle, Paul is excited by future growth opportunities. “We want to re-energize our markets and advance awareness for the excellent value proposition that is S&S Cycle. There is a reason we are at the forefront. Every day we set out to exceed our reputation and to earn your trust. You’ll never go wrong when you insist on the best!” Advertisement

  Some of the quickest and fastest drag bikes on the planet. The WMDRA’s AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals brought some of the quickest and fastest drag bikes on the planet to a vintage 1/8 mile strip just out of Sturgis, South Dakota for the 74th Annual Sturgis Race and Rally, along with–oh–400,000 friends. The WMDRA came to be a part of the 74th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and to bring drag racing to Sturgis Dragway. Sandra Alberti’s collaboration with Sturgis Nationals Title sponsor AMSOIL was busy even before their races began. CLICK to read more….      

The latest from the House of JIMS will be the Power House behind the 5-Ball Belly Tank.  By Bandit, Paul Plattes, with photos from the JIMS crew and a George Fleming illo. Editor’s Note: We’ve worked with JIMS staff for maybe 30 years, maybe longer. Jim Thiessen has one of the most solid companies in the industry. When the custom world is on fire JIMS keeps rolling along. So, when we decided to create something completely nuts for Bonneville in a Belly Tank configuration I discussed it with Jim and he immediately wanted to be involved. JIMS is our first, and so far our largest 5-Ball Racing sponsor behind this endeavor. Second to JIMS is Kent Weeks of Lucky Devil Metal Works, then Paughco. When I discussed this endeavor with Jim he had just announced his new 135-inch twin cam, a similar engine to the JIMS engine used by Hiro on the salt this year for more records. READ more….  

  Start of the 3,938 mile ride to Tacoma, WA. By Rogue – Esteemed Bikernet Photographer. The 2014 Cannonball Run is an endurance test of motorcycles built prior to 1937 that started at the Daytona Beach Resort in Daytona Beach Florida on September 5th. The riders started to assemble on the beach at 8:30 AM for a group photo. They started the 3,938 mile ride to Tacoma Washington at 10:00AM and are scheduled to arrive there on September 21st. Click to read….  

Danny Eslick (Ruthless Racing/Trev Deeley Motorcycles) won his second AMA Pro Racing Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson series championship Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey, while Kyle Wyman (KWR/Millennium Technologies) grabbed the victory in the final race of the 2014 season. Eslick, who earned his first Harley-Davidson series championship in the class’s 2010 debut season, entered the final round with a 16-point lead over Benny Carlson (Suburban Motors H-D/Suburban Speed), the only other competitor with a mathematical chance to take the title. But a shoulder injury sustained during Sunday morning qualifying put Eslick’s championship hopes in doubt. Still nursing the injury during the race’s opening ceremonies, Eslick chose to forego the sighting lap, but when Carlson was hit with a 10-second jump start penalty, the final championship outcome became all but a formality, allowing him to ride a conservative race to a sixth place finish. “I ran off the track and wadded it up in the wet grass this morning and pretty much destroyed that motorcycle,” Eslick said. “The Trev Deeley/Ruthless Racing team busted their butts from the time I crashed the motorcycle until the moments before the race. We were pretty close to not making it. Hats off to everybody out there.” Meanwhile, Wyman battled at the front amidst a five-rider pack that included Carlson, Steve Rapp (Suburban Motors H-D/Aerostar Global), Tyler O’Hara (Josh Chisum Racing/Bartels’ H-D), and polesitter Shane Narbonne (Six-Four Motorsports). On the last of the race’s twelve laps, Wyman was able to use lapped traffic to create the small gap he needed to break free from Rapp for the victory and take his second win of the season. “I tried to put my head down from the beginning,” Wyman said. “I got the holeshot from the second row and did my best to