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  Road 2 Smoke Out captures the experience of the original garage-built chopper rally and the culture of infamous biker magazine The Horse Backstreet Choppers. The story of real men and women who burn the midnight oil with wrenches in their hands and grease under their fingernails. From Zack Coffman, producer of the award-winning biker movies Choppertown, Brittown, and the Harbortown Bobber and Greg “Edge” Scheuer, promoter of the Smoke Out Rally comes a new biker creation from One World Studios and the Horse Back Street Choppers. Featuring: Amateur Chop Off, Drive-in Bike Show, Old School Drags, The Stampede, The Long Road, Minis, Bean’re, George-the-Painter, Jeff “Speed King” Cochran, Hammer, Englishman, Brew Bikes, Wet T-shirt Contest, Painted Ladies, and a host of chopper crazies! Amazing original soundtrack by Cutthroat Shamrock, also featuring Rebel Son, Big House Pete, and Tony Noce. Q&A with the filmmakers: CLICK to read…..    

  Presenting the Jack Daniels Indian Motorcycle. I have been lucky enough to ride to Sturgis for their Black Hills Classic Motorcycle Event for many years. I have ridden by myself, with others, on interstate highways and country roads trying to make each ride just enough different to stay interesting But one thing I have been doing and not changing is stopping in Mitchell South Dakota. Read more…   Advertisement  

  Deus Ex Machina celebrate Motorcycles Made in the USA. It’s never too late to party especially on the coat-tails of America’s Independence Day celebration, so when Deus ex Machina, L.A.’s popular gathering spot for bikes, surfboards and a great cup of java, threw a day-after-July 4th celebration of Motorcycles Made in the U.S.A., all flavors of red, white and blue bikes showed up. Plus plenty of burgers and hot dogs, cold brew and hot tunes served up by the San Diego band LowVolts. READ more….  

Hi everyone, A quick quip from Sturgis. I had loads of fun riding the new Indian Scout yesterday. 558 pounds dripping wet, straight torque curve, 100 hp, nimble and quick for under $11.000. Aside from the heritage of a revered name, Indian has clearly left the nostalgia behind to focus on the present with this bike. There’s gonna be haters of course, but riding is believing. I will tell you more when I return, with a complete report on my first impressions. Hit this banner to find out more about the Scout. Advertisement

The Indian Scout is out of the crate! Saturday night, Mike Wolfe of American Pickers served as Emcee to the introduction of the all-new Indian Scout. joining him on stage before the press reveal, actor Mark Wahlberg shared the long-time passion he’s had for the Indian Motorcycle brand, before handing over the microphone to Polaris’ Scott Wine. We’ll be giving you more details in the next day or so. Tomorrow, we get to ride the Scout, a 100-horsepower water-cooled V-twin that starts at $10,999. Advertisement

  Part Two – Gasohol…Good or Bad? I wasn’t sure how much would happen in the 30 days since I wrote the last article ‘Gasohol…Good or Bad?’. I originally thought I might wait another month, but after all I have seen in the last 30 days, I knew I had to inform you as soon as possible. On the trip down to Daytona Bikeweek I tested the fuel at every gas station I filled up at. I stopped 3 times for fuel and all the pumps had stickers claiming up to 10% Ethanol. Two of the stations had fuel that was at the 10% Ethanol line and one had only 5% ethanol. READ more….  

The Buffalo Chip PowerSports Complex will open today to give motorsports fans more horsepower than they bargained for. Outlaw Truck and Tractor Pulls kick off the jam-packed week of events with 7,000 horsepower engines exploding in a show of power as they drag weighted sleds down the track during the “Thunder at the Chip.” These are not your grandpa’s farm implements. These chrome encrusted tractors and trucks have been modified from the ground up to produce insane amounts of horsepower and torque for maximum pulling power. PowerSports Complex Events Schedule: Sunday, Aug. 3 – Outlaw Truck & Tractor Pulls Monday, Aug. 4 – Outlaw Truck & Tractor Pulls Tuesday, Aug. 5 – TORC: The Off Road Championship Wednesday, Aug. 6 – TORC: The Off Road Championship Thursday, Aug. 7 – Nitro National Pro Hill Climb Friday, Aug. 8 – Nitro National Pro Hill Climb/Extreme Dirt Track ATV Races Saturday, Aug. 9 – Extreme Dirt Track ATV Races All events at the Buffalo Chip PowerSports Complex are open to the public and separately ticketed. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.BuffaloChip.com.        

Patrick Garvin Director of Sales & Marketing for Rivera Primo Inc. and its RP Tronix division. Formerly of J & P Cycles, Patrick started his passion for biking with a red 1974 XLCH sporting XR pipes and a huge S & S ‘B” Super Carb. Patrick owned & rode a number of Harleys, but also gained an interest in sport bikes owning a ZX12, ZX14 and a Hyabusa. Patrick owned his own aftermarket motorcycle shop from 2005-2008 doing a lot of performance work with nitrous and turbos plus complete custom bike builds. In 2006 Patrick also was sub-contracting to J & P Cycles doing all their install work at major rallies. He impressed the folks at J & P, who hired him full time in April 2008 as a product merchant. From there he worked his way up the  ladder to the eCommerce dept, then to the Events Supervisor and then finally being put in charge of the bike shop and was the on camera personality for all the J & P video marketing. Patrick will initially be working from his home in Iowa, where his wife Emma and his very cool son Race, help Patrick to keep his sanity in a world of craziness! Advertisement

Weeks before the announcement of its complete 2015 model line-up, Harley-Davidson is previewing the Road Glide and Road Glide Special, two of its new 2015 motorcycles. Infused with DNA of the customer-led product development effort Project RUSHMORE, the two sleek, shark-nose Touring models are being revealed today during special events at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, S.D., and at the National Bikers Roundup (NBR) in Tulsa, Okla. Read more.

Verizon Wireless has boosted its data network capacity eight times for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.  Because of the influx of more than 750,000 people expected for the event, Verizon has boosted its network by increasing its deployment of mobile cell sites from two in 2013 to five and adding more 4G LTE data capacity with the addition of its newest XLTE network technology. XLTE utilizes Verizon’s AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) spectrum, which allows Verizon to deliver significantly increased capacity over its high-speed 4G LTE network.  This means more customers in high-traffic locations can access the company’s most advanced technology at the same time to send photos, download videos, surf the Internet and use other popular applications on their smartphones, tablets and other devices during times of peak usage. Joining the “hogs” in the area, are Verizon’s COWS and COLTS – temporary cell sites, known as Cell on Wheels (COWS) or Cell on Light Truck (COLT).  For 2014 Verizon has added three COWS near Jim’s Salvage Yard, north of downtown Sturgis and near the Buffalo Chip Campground and a COLT near the Glencoe Campground.  In addition, a small cell was added to the Sturgis Community Center Building.  In addition to these temporary sites, Verizon added additional capacity to existing cell sites in the Sturgis area. For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com/lte .