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Car and motorcycle buffs who love metal have an opportunity June 8-9 on Detroit's Belle Isle to show what they got two months before the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise. Metallica's Orion Music + More Festival, to be held those dates, seeks applications from vehicle owners for a show that will be held on the island during the event. Details on how to apply for the show are expected to be announced "soon," according to the event's website. The show's organizers appear to be willing to accept all sorts of vehicles from hot rods and muscle cars to custom cycles. Tickets for the Orion Music + More Festival started going on sale last month on the event's website. This year's lineup includes not only Metallica, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Deftones, Dropkick Murphys and several other acts.

It was a long journey home for 21-year-old Cpl. Matthew Hanes. While serving in Afghanistan over the summer, he was shot in the shoulder, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. His sacrifice earned him miles and miles of gratitude. abc27 was at the Pennsylvania state line where an expansive motorcade of over 100 motorcycles from the Patriot Guard Riders, Warrior Brotherhood Veterans, and the Guardian Knights joined to escort their "brother" home safely. The 2010 Northeastern High School graduate was welcomed all the way to his home in East Manchester Township by friends and neighbors. Once there, Hanes was greeted by an emotional crowd and introduced to a large new addition to his family's home. The construction will soon provide for a wheelchair lift and space for physical therapy. Continue reading

Having opened his US based parts and accessories operation four years ago, Rikki Battistini is 'bringing it home' by choosing the upcoming BIG BIKE EUROPE expo as the platform to increase exposure for his popular parts and accessories designs in Europe. Noted for his 'C-Thru' accessory programme, the Battistinis range offers contemporary designs of accessories for all areas of the bike from air filter kits, covers and forward controls through to floorboards, handlebar controls and bagger detailing touches. A 'non-selling ProGrade' expo, BIG BIKE EUROPE is also the new, permanent host event for the acclaimed AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building (2013 will see the World Championship mark its 10th anniversary and first ever appearance in Europe). BIG BIKE EUROPE is the all-new custom and performance industry expo concept catering exclusively to the international parts, accessories, custom, performance, service, workshop and tuning vendor community. BIG BIKE EUROPE is a three day expo offering exhibitors an innovative and unique new Invitational/Open-admittance attendance strategy.

The defending national champion Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racing team will open a season celebrating the Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary at the 44th annual Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville, Fla., March 14-17. The event is the first for Pro Stock Motorcycles on the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.   Both of the team’s Harley-Davidson® V-Rod® motorcycles will wear special livery inspired by the Limited Edition 110th Anniversary Harley-Davidson motorcycles through the end of the anniversary in September. The #1 V-Rod of defending Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Ed Krawiec will have the Vintage Bronze and Vintage Black anniversary paint scheme and medallions available on many standard production Harley-Davidson models. Andrew Hines will race the #2 V-Rod in the Diamond Dust and Obsidian anniversary colors offered on 2013 Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations models.   “Racing has always been part of the Harley-Davidson DNA,” said Harley-Davidson Racing Manager Kris Schoonover. “The Harley-Davidson racing department was established in 1914, and the company founders were engaged in competition even earlier than that. We’re still racing hard, and this year to celebrate the 110th milestone the Screamin’ Eagle drag bikes will be wearing the same anniversary paint as our production motorcycles.”   New Rules, New Engines The Harley-Davidson V-Rod drag bikes that roll off the Vance & Hines trailer in Gainesville will be significantly different from the bikes that dominated the Pro Stock Motorcycle class in 2012, winning 15 of 16 events and taking Krawiec to a second consecutive title, with Hines placing second in the points. An NHRA rule change for V-Twin engines mandating two-valve cylinder heads and minimum pushrod length of eight inches was announced in November 2012, immediately after the final race of the season. To comply with the new rules, the

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  (From Asphalt & Rubber) When we last caught up with Pierre Terblanche, the he had left a frustrating position with the Piaggio Group, that saw the South-African creating several intriguing concepts for the Moto Guzzi brand that never saw the light of day, and he was thus headed to work for Norton. With work there being a non-starter, rumors pegged Terblanche coming stateside to work for Confederate Motorcycless, but with those rumors over a year old now, we assumed the thought to collaborate with the Southern marques had passed. However, our inbox today tells us that seems not to be the case, as Confederate Motorcycles has announced that Pierre Terblanche is the company’s new head of product development. Noted for his work with some of Ducati’s most iconic v-twin motorcycles, many may remember Terblanche as the man responsible for the first-generation Ducati Multistrada & Ducati Hypermotard motorcycles, along with the iconic Supermono, MH900e, and Sport Classic. However, it goes without saying Terblanche is best remembered (for better or worse) for the Ducati Superbike 999, a highly polarizing street bike model that followed Massimo Tamburini’s superbike classic, the Ducati Superbike 916, and its progeny. Continue reading

A week after the Oregon House approved a bill that would forbid anyone under 18 years old from using a tanning booth — citing health concerns — the Senate on Tuesday voted 22-7 to allow children under the age of 7 to ride off-road motorcycles on public land.   Motorcycles and dirt bikes are considered among the more dangerous pastimes, with deaths and injuries reported every year. But supporters of the change said it's up to parents, not the state to decide what's safe for their kids. "Government can't protect children, but a parent can," said Sen. Bruce Starr, R-Hillsboro. "Who cares more about a child than a parent?" Continue reading

  The reigning champion of the 2012 Baker Smokedown Showdown in Sturgis is J&P Cycles’ own Gorilla suit wearing Patrick Garvin. This Wednesday, he’ll face 12 other participants in Daytona during the Bike Week Baker Smokedown Showdown. The Smokedown Showdown begins at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, at the Iron Horse Saloon on North US Highway 1, Ormond Beach. Take part in the chaos as the Baker’s Dozen of industry builders, TV personalities and celebrities go head-to-head in a drag style burnout competition. This year’s Smokedown Showdown is courtesy of Baker and J&P Cycles.   Advertisement

BAGGERSHIELD™ Adjustable Windshields is a line of 2 in 1 windshields that allow riders to adjust their windshield height from a short sport shield to a tall touring shield in a matter of seconds without the use of tools.  Their patented design makes adjustment possible anywhere, anytime. The upper section of the shield simply detaches and reattaches from the lower shield and either stows behind the lower when in sport mode or extends up when in touring mode to give the rider and passenger the ultimate touring protection.READ FULL STORY