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The Sturgis Buffalo Chip is giving the public a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win a limited edition Epiphone Coronet™ guitar signed by 2013 Buffalo Chip performing bands, Alien Ant Farm, Fuel and Filter. The one-of-a-kind guitar is the prize the Buffalo Chip will award to one lucky individual who enters its Rock the Holidays Guitar Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes is free to enter. Registration is now open at BuffaloChip.com and participating partners’ sites. In addition to autographs from Alien Ant Farm, Fuel and Filter, the commemorative Epiphone® guitar includes custom graphics and the signature of Buffalo Chip owner, Rod Woodruff. The instrument features a double cutaway design, compensated wrap-around bridge, single volume control, high output 700T humbucker pickup, mahogany body, bolt-on mahogany neck and a rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. “I can’t think of a better gift for someone to unwrap than a collectable guitar signed by these three amazing bands,” says Rod Woodruff, president of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip. “It doesn’t matter whether you play guitar or not. This beautiful instrument is one of the most sought after collectibles of the Music Festival, and we’re eager to hand it over to the winner.” The three bands that signed the custom guitar performed the grand finale to the Buffalo Chip’s nine-day music festival during the Sturgis Rally in Aug. 2013. It is the only guitar of its kind autographed by the bands, making it a collector’s dream. Enter the Rock the Holidays Sweepstakes at www.BuffaloChip.com or participating partners’ sites for your chance to win this exclusive Buffalo Chip music lover’s memento. Registration closes Dec. 17, 2013 at 5 p.m. MST. The winner will be announced Dec 19. The participating partners who made the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Rock the Holidays possible include Epiphone, Alien Ant Farm, Fuel, Filter, Rock 106.5 in Salt Lake

Motorcycles are built to go fast. Increasingly, motorcycle manufacturing is built to go even faster. Scott Wine, the CEO of Polaris Industries Inc., has a video interview with Bloomberg about what it took to get the company’s new Indian motorcycles to market in 27 months. Click below to view the interview. From Minneapolis Business Journal Advertisement

While at the Harley Davidson 110th in Milwaukee this year, I shot a really clean Iacona Custom Cycle of which I rolled out of the AMD SHOW tent for a few shots in the garden. Visit their website, see their motorcycle that Harley had on display in the Harley Davidson Museum. Enjoy the images! Images: Jack McIntyre See more of this bike here. Advertisement

    Progress, New Models, New Opportunities, Obstacles, New Motorcycles, New Laws, Old Laws, Bad Cops, Good Cops, Bad Jokes, and how to handle all of them. MADNESS, OR ARE THE STARS OUT OF ALIGNMENT—As you know life is strange. You can get up one morning and the dog is cool, and yapping, the ol’ lady wants to hold hands, and the guy down the street found an old Indian motorcycle patch and gave it to you. Maybe the neighbor who borrowed a lift two years ago returned it (when you thought you might never see it again), and brought a fifth of Jack. So, a week goes by. You help a couple of brothers get on the road, wash the ol’ lady’s car, and loan out the lift again. You roll over the next morning and the dog bites your hand and knocks over your favorite planter. Your woman runs off with the mailman. Some guys in the industry try to steal another guy’s business, someone starts a competing web site after you helped him with his clients for five years, and someone close tries to put you in a trick bag over a motorcycle. Just makes you want to go back to bed and hope for a new morning. CLICK TO READ THE REST OF THE NEWS!  

Harley-Davidson’s new  Street 750 is featured in a trailer for Marvel action movie “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,”  due to be release next spring. The trailer includes a harrowing chase scene where Captain America helps defend freedom aboard the new  motorcycle. The Harley-Davidson Street 750 is the newest Dark Custom motorcycle designed for young urban riders around the world. “Captain America – since his first introduction in 1941 – has always been associated with riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle,” said Dino Bernacchi, Harley-Davidson Marketing Communication Director. “Now, in Marvel’s ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, he’ll ride a Harley motorcycle built for the urban environment.” Earlier this summer, fans at San Diego Comic-Con were shown Steve Rogers’ choice of bike in this movie– the Harley-Davidson Breakout motorcycle. So fans will not only see the Street 750 motorcycle in the film, but the Breakout® will also make an appearance as the daily-rider bike of Rogers, aka Captain America. “Captain America truly embodies the iconic, heroic, and American aspects of the Harley-Davidson brand. Both Captain America and our motorcycles are great symbols of freedom,” added Bernacchi. “We can’t wait for fans to see this movie and what Harley-Davidson has planned with Marvel moving forward. There are exciting things to come with our partnership.”

Zipper’s has taken the hassle of converting your late model belt driven Sportster to chain drive, whether for greater durability, altered final drive ratio, clearance for a wider tire, cool old school looks, or all of the above! Front sprockets are steel, rear are made from extremely tough hardened 7075-T6 aircraft quality aluminum. Choose between high-wearing RK Pro O-Ring chain or RK’s brutally strong, non-o-ring DR (Drag Race) chain. Zipper’s Chain Conversion Kits for Sportster® Models Advertisement

J&P Cycles will now be selling Butty Buddy seats. “We are very fortunate to have a great dealer base and a growing wholesale distributor network. However, adding J&P Cycles to our portfolio of stocking dealers is an excellent step to taking our business worldwide.” said, Butty Buddy President, Bob Goin. Company V.P. Amy Goin adds, “We look forward to a long term business relationship with J&P Cycles as we consider this a partnership for the future of our company. In fact, we have already arranged a very cool marketing program with our buyer and the J&P Marketing department. So, please go to jpcycles.com and see our home page promotion…it is very cool. For details on how to become a Butty Buddy distributor or dealer, please contact Joe Distefano at proridersmarketing@sbcglobal.net or call 319-389-0798. Feel free to contact Butty Buddy Head Quarters direct at info@buttybuddy.com or call (865) 806-2975 between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm eastern time. www.buttybuddy.com Advertisement

Shinko Tire USA is excited to announce the launch of an all-new, redesigned and dynamic Shinkotireusa.com website. Shinko’s exciting website redesign will not only showcase its high quality and economically priced Sportbike, Cruiser, American V-twin, Scooter, Off-road, and Dual sport tires, the new version allows users access to tire fitment information and compare tire models side-by-side. “The Shinko line of tires continues to grow in the U.S. market and the timing was right to roll out a new and improved version of the website” states Sam Tanzer, U.S. Brand Manager for Shinko Tire. “Our goal with this site is to provide easily accessible and accurate information about Shinko tires to our customers. We are really excited to be able to better showcase the Shinko Tire brand through this redesign.” The Shinko brand has quickly gained momentum in the U.S. tire market due to its reputation of quality at a great price. See what the buzz is about by visiting www.shinkotireusa.com.

If you want your website address to be www.choppers.motorcycles, you’ll have to go through Dominion Powersports Solutions, the company that now owns the new extension, which can replace .com, .net, .biz,.org and others for those who successfully register their websites with the new extension. The new domain is the result of a huge expansion of domains that unleashes new generic top level domains (gTLDs) like .shop, .free or even .smile. The expansion is touted to make the Internet more consumer- and search-friendly. Until now, most internet addresses have largely ended with the familiar “top level domains.” A Dominion affiliate will operate .motorcycles exclusively, which will be by an of Powersports Solutions. To acquire the new domain extension names, companies underwent a rigorous application process and were required to pay significant application and annual fees. Dominion will have exclusive rights over .motorcycles. Domain registrars like GoDaddy.com will need to contract with Dominion and observe Dominion’s rules and regulations to offer URLs with the .motorcycles domain.  Further, Dominion says there were no other powersports-related trade-specific or generic names submitted during the process, and it is unlikely there will be another round of applications for several years. “Dominion Powersports has taken a critical leap ahead on behalf of our customers. As Google continues to personalize the search experience for consumers, top-level domains like .motorcycles will elevate our dealer customers in the search results,” said Jeff Littlejohn, president of Dominion Powersports Solutions. “While some have downplayed this worldwide initiative, the proactive response of technology leaders demonstrates the impact the new top-level domains will have on the visibility of businesses on the Internet.” Source: Dealer News