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  Pulstar® Pulse Plugs from Enerpulse, Inc. have been named the Official Plug of the Hot Bike Power Tour. Designed to provide quicker throttle response and pure power, Pulstar Pulse Plugs are ideal for American V-Twin motorcycles. The first annual Hot Bike Power Tour is a five-day event that starts on August 24 in Little Rock, Ark., and ends in Racine, Wis., on August 29. The last stop is 30 miles from Milwaukee, where Harley-Davidson’s 110th anniversary extravaganza weekend will be held.  Enerpulse, Inc. has developed and commercialized the first real breakthrough in spark plug technology in over 120 years. Its Pulstar Pulse Plugs are not like conventional spark plugs. Utilizing a patented capacitor, Pulstar's unique pulse technology benefits motorcycle owners with smoother operation, easier starting and up to 10 percent improvement in fuel economy in independent certified testing. Pulstar Pulse Plugs are guaranteed for performance and available for most American V-Twin motorcycle applications. For more information, phone 888-800-6700 or visit www.pulstar.com.         Advertisement

Rivera Primo's Top Gun kit is made for ultimate performance and drivability on larger motors where gobs of torque and horsepower are the goal! Mikuni’s® legendary track record for producing fuel systems that are unparalleled in delivering economic fuel consumption while providing top performance in a streetable carb, even work great on smaller performance motors. Each Rivera Primo® 45mm or 48mm single Mikuni® kit includes a show polished carburetor & manifold, all bracketry & hardware including the breather kit. Fits 1984 – present Evo Big Twin & Twin Cam motors. 48mm kit part # 1041-0020 retails for $995.52  45mm kit part # 1041-0025 retails for $893.16. Advertisement  

In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Monster, we’re making a pilgrimage to the annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering which will have a dedicated Ducati Monster showcase this year. Our journey will start atDucati Newport Beach in Costa Mesa, CA and wind up the epic California coastline with our final destination being Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, CA. http://www.meetup.com/Ducati-Monster-West-Coast-Meetup/events/113559972/

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  Moviegoers and movie critics have come away from "Oblivion" raving about the vavoom vehicles in the box-office hit starring Tom Cruise — especially lead character Jack's futuristic folding motocross bike. Known on the set as "Jack's moto bike," the wispy ghost-white bike wheelies its way across a landscape of desert salt flats — actually, volcanic sand in Iceland — and transports the hero into and out of trouble throughout director Joseph Kosinski's dystopian film. The "moto bike," though, was a Honda CRF450X before local motorcycle-fabricator-to-the-stars Justin Kell started transforming it. Kell, whose Glory Motor Works has built or restored bikes for "The Master," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "G.I. Joe 2," among many others, said his company built three futuristic motorcycles for Cruise and Kosinski's stunt crews to ride in "Oblivion." To do that, Kell removed and replaced the Honda's exhaust system, cooling system, fuel tanks and body work, added all-new lighting and electrics — all in his Glendale facility, where he also does classic motorcycle restoration work — and slapped on custom carbon fiber wheels. Continue reading

  Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines riders Ed Krawiec and Andrew Hines continued advancement of the team’s new Harley-Davidson® V-Rod® motorcycles, as both riders qualified for the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries at Royal Purple Raceway, the third Pro Stock Motorcycle event in the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Hines, a winner for three consecutive years at the Houston event, qualified third with an Elapsed Time (ET) of 6.904 seconds. Krawiec had a best ET of 6.947 seconds to qualify in the 14th position. Lucas Oil Buell rider Hector Arana Jr. led all qualifiers at 6.876 seconds. For the second week in a row, rain washed out one of the four qualifying sessions, robbing the Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines team of valuable track time. “We were really using this race as a test session,” said Hines. “We tried some things with both bikes, going one way with my bike and the other with Ed’s V-Rod. Obviously my tune-up was working better, but then we lost that last session on Saturday, or I’m sure Ed would have qualified further up in the field.” The qualifying results also placed the Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines teammates in the same pairing for the first round of eliminations on Sunday. Hines prevailed over Krawiec, 6.913 seconds to 6.983 seconds. In the second round, Hines fouled at the starting line to hand the win to Sovereign-Star Racing Buell rider Michael Ray. “That red light was all on me, a mental issue in my routine at the line that will be easy to correct,” said Hines. With four weeks off before the next NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle event, the Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines team will engage in a ramped-up test program of the new V-Rod drag bikes, which

Harley-Davidson Inc. has realized several hundred million dollars in cost savings since it implemented a massive restructuring less than four years ago, executives said Saturday at the annual shareholders meeting. This year the company expects savings of about $305 million, from changes it initiated since 2009, and rising to annual ongoing savings of about $320 million beginning in 2014. The changes, including a new manufacturing system at Harley's factory in York, Pa., are boosting the company's profits and making it more agile as it builds motorcycles closer to market demand. They've also come at a price to the workforce, including hundreds of York employees who lost their jobs when Harley outsourced work such as metal plating and stampings. "I would like nothing more than to have every single employee who lost their job come back to work. None of us get up in the morning with the intention of ruining anybody's life," said Chief Executive Officer Keith Wandell. But the point of the restructuring has been to strengthen the company and make it more efficient. Also, Wandell said, the outsourced work has created jobs at other American companies. Continue reading