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Drag Specialties has in the past and will in the future support the V-­‐Twin Expo.

  EagleRider, the leading motorcycle rental and tour company, is partnering with Women Riders Now (WRN), the leading online magazine for female motorcyclists, to offer a series of all-women motorcycle tours in 2013. Three separate tours will focus on providing women motorcycle riders an opportunity to experience a two-wheeled vacation in the company of people who share the same passion. Come join us! Tour #1: Palm Springs Escape The five-day Palm Springs Escape tour experience, called the “All-Women R, R and R Tour” (for "ride, relax and rejuvenate"), will take place May 2–6, 2013, using beautiful, balmy Palm Springs as its home base. The R, R and R experience will include three leisurely day rides through the mountains and deserts of Southern California on EagleRider rental motorcycles.  Continue reading

  Welcome to Deus Ex Machina’s latest addition to its global ground fleet of marvel outlets located in Venice, CA. The gas station turned flower shop turned Deus Ex Machina is an awesome place to get a coffee and peruse the goods.  Continue reading

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney is known mostly for his footballing talents on the pitch for the current English Premier League leading Reds Devils. However, it appears that the skilled English international forward also has a few other hidden talents stored away from a rainy day. Earlier this week the player unveiled a custom designed motorcycle that was built and manufactured by a Danish motorcycle company in partnership with designer and artist Lauge Jenson. The two came together to create a motorcycle design that captured the spirit of Rooney’s famous bicycle kick goal against Manchester United in 2011 that continues to be one of the most replayed highlights of the past few years. Speaking in an interview with Auto Week, Rooney discussed the collaborative efforts of the two: Lauge Jenson, who I collaborated with in the design of the bike, I feel truly captured what the moment was about. I am further delighted that through Bonhams we have been able to raise a fantastic amount of money to benefit the KidsAid charity. Continue reading

This last weekend the guys at 45 MOB made a visit to the Bay Area putting their Progressive Suspension equipped (970 Series Shocks and Progressive Rate Fork Springs) bikes through rigorous testing. With more requests for video, the crew is currently editing footage from their visit. Stay tuned for more…

Spain becomes the latest territory for Norton to re-enter after some 30+ years away.  Norton are pleased to announce their partnership with Spanish distributor Corver S.A. who have a long standing history with the Norton brand. They will be pleased to take your enquiries about the Norton 961 Commando range and can be contacted at corver@corver.es and have full contact details on our website. Canada and USA are anticipated to be the next new export territories for Norton after recent homologation approvals. Paperwork has now been completed and factory production is expected to start for these territories in a matter of days/weeks.. We are also very pleased to announce the successful completion of our Japanese homologation. We are working with our distribution partner to finalise paperwork prior to production. With the recent success of our global approval process we can now turn our attention to new territories, Australia and New Zealand will be the next territories for Norton to begin the homologation process. The roll out of new territories clearly means growing motorcycle production. The territory roll out has been planned for some time now and after recently consolidating the supply chain, Norton is once again growing volumes to supply these new markets. After successfully completing new funding for growth via shareholder investment last year, Norton is well placed to deliver growing volume and further territory openings. Further to the increased investment, we can also announce today the acquisition of the shares that Norton did not already own in Spondon Engineering Ltd. This gives Norton 100% control and ownership of the renowned 40 year old motorcycle engineering business, we wish retiring founder and partner Stuart Tiller a great retirement and hope he can find some decent fishing to get his rod bent into while he enjoys some relaxed time… The

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  Küryakyn Holdings LLC, a leader in the aftermarket parts industry announced the release of their 2013 accessories catalogs for Harley-Davidson, Goldwing, and Metric motorcycles.   The new catalogs which will begin shipping February 22nd. If you can’t wait, the new versions are available for download now at www.Kuryakyn.com or through the Kuryakyn app. Separate, but equal: Küryakyn will be offering three complete catalogs for 2013 – Accessories For Harley-Davidson, Accessories For Goldwing, and Accessories For Metric Bikes (Victory, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Can-Am and Sportbikes). The addition of a specific Goldwing catalog is new for 2013.  In addition to featuring all of the products available in that category, each catalog is segmented for easier use.  The Harley catalog is broken into families (Touring, Softail, Dyna, Sportster), while the Goldwing is classified by generations and the Metric version showcasing all of the parts available for those particular bikes. “We wanted to create a unique format that would allow our customers to easily find the information they were looking for without having to search through parts that are not applicable to their model,” says Küryakyn’s SVP of Sales & Marketing, Marc Wolfram.  “The look and feel of our 2013 catalogs is a great example of how Küryakyn continues to innovate in order to build a better customer experience.” The 2013 Küryakyn catalogs are available to view online at www.Kuryakyn.com or via the Küryakyn app.  Print copies are currently shipping to dealers and retail customers.  To request a free catalog, customers can contact Küryakyn’s customer service department at 866-277-9598 Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm CST.

  Wheels to trike conversion kits, and a full line of accessories to rolling chassis designer and manufacturer DNA Speciality is to exhibit at the upcoming Big Bike Europe expo at Essen in Germany in May. Headquartered in Compton, near Los Angeles in California, DNA has enjoyed strong sales in Europe and Vice President Alex Marquez commented that "we like the Big Bike Europe concept, and we have always been interested in finding a way to be a part of the AMD World Championship program, so this represents a great opportunity to meet established and new European customers in an environment that is a perfect fit for our product lines." This year sees the tenth anniversary of the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, and DNA product designs have been among the most popular brand choices made by European and World Championship competitors ever since the program started in 2004. BIG BIKE EUROPE is the all-new custom and performance industry expo concept for catering exclusively to the international parts, accessories, custom, performance, service, workshop and tuning vendor community. 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 will is a three day expo offering exhibitors an innovative and unique new Invitational/Open-admittance attendance strategy. The first day (Friday May 10th, 2013) is an "Invitation Only" day set aside for motorcycle dealers, custom shops, custom motorcycle builders and customizers who receive invitations from AMD magazine and the expo exhibitors themselves. In turn invited dealers are able to register and invite up to 25 of their best customers and high mileage large displacement motorcycle riders, as their

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