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  Great news from JIMS®! The Compensating Sprocket Lock Kit is now ready and available for select Harley-Davidson® motorcycles with an MSRP that ranges from $160.00 – $185.00. This system positively secures the compensating sprocket so that it can’t come loose. Rubber mounted engines may insulate the rider and frame mounted components from vibration, but the entire power train which includes the compensating sprocket, is still at risk from fasteners coming loose due to shaking. Additionally, today’s larger and more powerful engines can cause a lesser fastening system to come loose from the large power pulses combined with the back and forth motion from getting on and off the throttle. An unsecured compensating sprocket can have dangerous and expensive consequences. Along with drive line security, the JIMS® Compensating Sprocket Lock Kit keeps the alternator rotor in place to prevent damage to the charging system. Note: This is not only a race engine item; street bikes will also benefit from this upgrade for increased reliability and safety. Hit the banner below for more information or call 805 482-6913. Click on the banner to go to JIMS

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Brian Klock explains what happens when you mount Klock Werks' original patented flare windshield to your motorcycle. This is the real deal, folks, accept no knock-off or imitations. Hit the banner after this video to support an American inventor and manufacturer. Advertisement

  When is a Dyna-Glide not a Dyna-Glide….? When it’s a Dyna-Glide Baggster of course! Baggster bolt on Dyna-Glide to Bagger (Baggster) kits are now available from Baggster Continue reading

Auction house Bonhams said it plans to sell a 1914 Indian Model F racing motorcycle, once owned by the late actor Steve McQueen, during its April 28 sale at the International Classic MotorCycle Show in Stafford, England. The Model F is one of 242 motorcycles set to cross the block during the Bonhams sales sale. While it is not the rarest and doesn’t have the highest estimate, its connection with McQueen could make it a wild card. A number of McQueen’s former cars and motorcycles have fetched many times their estimated value in auctions during the past decade. The Model F is an early board-track racer from an era when racing motorcycles on banked wooden tracks was extremely popular. This purpose-built bike and the machines it competed against generally had no clutch, throttle or brakes. They were push-started and ran “wide-open” at speeds up to 100 mph.   Continue reading

  Screaming Skull and Airbrush Flame design elements, set on one (1) of two (2) backgrounds (Black or Brushed Metal) features a Yellow or Orange outer pin as shown. The graphics look so good, you'd think they're factory applied! The Black background generally looks great on brighter color bikes while the Brushed Metal kit suits darker color backgrounds. While the graphics are shown here on a 2010 Harley-Davidson Street Glide, the precut graphic kit is uniquely designed to fit a range of Harley-Davidson's Touring line and, perhaps with slight trimming, will look great on just about any bike. http://www.autotrimdesign.net/Harley-Davidson_Street_Glide_Vicious_Graphic_Kit_4.asp

Each June amongst the cornfields in Eastern Iowa one of the largest two day motorcycle events in the Midwest takes place. The small town of Anamosa, Iowa with a population of approximately 5,500 is home to the J&P Cycles headquarters hosts the annual J&P Cycles Open House Rally. J&P’s two day Open House Rally ups the population of this already small town by tens of thousands each year. Last year more than 30,000 motorcyclists and spectators converged on J&P to attend this fun-filled family event. For 2013, more than 110 motorcycle vendors will be onsite displaying the latest and greatest motorcycle merchandise, including 20 semis! See two of the stars from the hit television show Sons of Anarchy, Ryan Hurst who plays Harry “Opie” Winston and Tommy Flanagan who plays Filip “Chibs” Telford. 1 Wheel Revolution will again perform a variety of stunts for those in attendance. On Saturday meet 1998 AMA 250GP National Champion Road Racer Roland Sands who now runs Roland Sands Designs. Visitors will save big throughout the weekend on J&P Cycles’ enormous inventory of parts, accessories and apparel. Most products in the showroom will be 10 percent off (15 percent for Gold Club members) and a tent will be devoted to drastically reduced clearance items (up to 50 percent off). Attendees can sign up to win thousands of dollars in door prizes. Plus, donate for a chance to win the National Motorcycle Museum’s 2013 Arlen Ness Victory Cross Country. There will also be a silent auction to benefit the National Motorcycle Museum. Grab a free burger or hotdog in the food tent – courtesy of Allstate Insurance Company. Volunteers from Camp Courageous of Iowa, a year-round respite care and recreation facility for individuals, will be manning beverage stations throughout the grounds for donations. More information can

Performance Machine Vision Series Headlight Bezels lead the way with five meticulously crafted designs to choose from; the Grill, Crossbar, Merc, Apex, and Clean will have you shedding the stock piece for one of these custom halos in a quick minute. The 7” billet bezels are desinged to mate with FLHX, FLHR, and FHTCU models and are available in Chrome, Contrast Cut and Black Ops finishes. Retail Price: $179.95. Click on the banner below to visit the Performance Machine website. Advertisement

Corbin's Smuggler was designed to radically change the look of your bike.  It's artfully designed and color matched to your paint to give a totally integrated look while adding convenient storage. In fact, the Smuggler trunk provides enough space that most of your daily essentials will be right at hand without using the side bags. Smuggler provides a very clean look and gives excellent rider comfort up front. Pop open the door and you have access to over 15 liters of locking storage. Use Smuggler for just about anything you want secure and easy access to and items like iPads and Netbooks for work. You'll find the Smuggler so convenient that it will quickly become your primary storage. Slick details like the center vee pick up the specific details of the bike and lend a bit more flair. Corbin’s patented molding process and exclusive materials create a part with very minimal variation from piece to piece. This allows the “wizards” the ability to design a very close fit to the bodywork. Smuggler is then hand-finished and custom painted with quality materials from companies like PPG and House of Kolor (varies by color selected).  Up front, the enhanced ergonomics create a perch that provides long range comfort. Corbin's Wizards are masters at combining form and function into a saddle that makes you as happy to look at as it does to ride on. For those chilly morning rides, the Corbin seat has optional electric heat that operates with a conveniently located switch on the left side. Installation is simple and it wires directly to the stock Victory wiring.  The bucket is dished to emulate the shape of your body and along with the Smuggler bump pad, provides eight inches of vertical back support. This gives excellent comfort for longer range. Neutralized

The Sturgis Buffalo Chip® announces hardcore heavy metal rockers Machine Head, to join a night of Hard Rock at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip on Wednesday, August 7, leaving only one band to be announced next week to complete this fantastic night at the Chip. Machine Head will take the Buffalo Chip’s stage following Mastodon during the 2013 Sturgis motorcycle rally. Visit www.BuffaloChip.Com for summer music festival information and campground admission passes.  Machine Head has been putting the heavy in heavy metal for decades. Known for ballad type songs lasting more than five minutes and at times playing songs so fast they have to improve their skills to keep up with their own expectations, Machine Head has become a staple in the heavy metal community. They continue to drive forward and impress fans and fellow musicians alike. Metal Hammer magazine boldly called Machine Head’s album “The Blackening” the “Album of the Decade”. Their latest powerhouse album, “Unto the Locust,” voted album of the year by Liquid Metal and Metal Hammer magazine, recently charted 22 on the Billboard charts and received a Grammy award nomination for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance.  “Machine Head is nothing short of exhilarating,” said Rod Woodruff of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip. “Unparalleled in performance, originality and energy, Machine Head is clearly at the top of their game and will be perfect for hard rock lovers at the Chip.”  Expected to perform complex songs with emotional lyrics and insane solos from their latest albums, Machine Head, having opened for bands like Metallica and Black Sabbath, will bring an unprecedented hard edge to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s 2013 summer music festival.  The 32nd annual Sturgis Buffalo Chip® motorcycle and music festival takes place August 2-11, 2013 during the annual Sturgis motorcycle rally. The summer music festival lineup already includes Mastodon,