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MTI Power Sports Students Assist with Helping With Horsepowerā„¢ ā€œSTARā€ Motorcycle

Mitchell Technical Institute (MTI), Helping With Horsepowerā„¢ and Abbott House share a common belief that project based, and hands-on learning is a great way to teach not only technical skills, but also life skills such as teamwork and problem solving. A motorcycle, named STAR by girls at the Abbott House, gave them all a chance to work together. Forty young women, ages 9-17, all residents of the Abbott House in Mitchell, South Dakota, worked alongside volunteer facilitators - Klock Werks' Laura Klock, Karlee Cobb, and Jennifer Bainbridge - to completely transform a Harley Davidson Road King from something bare and neglected to a beautiful custom motorcycle. The girls work hands-on throughout the Helping With Horsepowerā„¢ Bike Rebuild Program, from creating ...
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Valerie Thompson Racing to compete with NPmotowear Products in 2015

  Seven-time motorcycle land speed record holder signs new sponsor for 2015 racing season. (Scottsdale, AZ) ā€“November 11, 2014 ā€“ Scottsdale motorcycle racer, 7-time land speed record holder and team owner, Valerie Thompson, recently signed NPmotowear Products as a new sponsor for the 2015 racing season. NPmoto products was founded in 2005 by Nick Plenzick to provide motorcyclists and racers with a variety of apparel and accessories that provide maximum comfort and convenience to riders worldwide. READ more.... Click for website  
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Stealing Time On A Dry Lake Bed

This past weekend, stealthily but quickly, Indian motorcycle made history. A new production 2015 Indian Scout and the fabled Chief named ā€œElnoraā€ tore across the El Mirage dry lake bed in the final Southern California Timing Association event of the season. It was the last chance for the factory to earn an SCTA certified run, and both machines proved their lineage and durability with strong debuts by the rookie land speed riders. Continue reading
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Bike Show Season Thursday News For November 13, 2014

  Fierce Competition in Top Bike Shows. Hey, Is life strange or what? We have motorhome dwellers living on the streets of our little third world country called Wilmington, between San Pedro and Long Beach, California. The courts told the cops they canā€™t tow the dwellers, because they consider them homeless and we must help them not hinder them. Many of them run prostitutes or drugs out of their units, harass neighbors, pour their shit in the gutters, you name it. We had one across the street. Once the courts sided with them, we were stuck. The guy parked his major motorhome and two other vehicles on the street. His dogs destroyed local landscaping and he snitched off my neighbors ...
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A Century Of Speed – Part One

  The Speed Centurions By Louise Ann Noeth, from Society of Automotive Historians Journal. Theyā€™ve been at it for 100 yearsā€”testing the limits of their imagination, skill and raw nerve. The road to a land speed record is a salty one. The 2014 season will see the Bonneville Salt Flats celebrate their century mark of record setting. Attempting to set a land speed record will wear you out and thin your wallet like nothing else while simultaneously injecting you with a euphoric sense of youthful exuberance. How did such a forlorn, barren, inhospitable place come to be the Speed Mecca of hot rodders worldwide? Read more....  
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Travel Book: Piers of California – Travelled on Two Wheels

Piers of the West Coast - Part 1 visits 35 piers from San Diego to Santa Cruz on a motorcycle and each pier has its own story. Full of tips on restaurants, entertainment and local lore itā€™s a perfect day ride. Did you know you can rent a cottage and actually sleep ā€œoverā€ the ocean at Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach? Did you know you can ride onto 5 historic wooden piers and there is an abandoned concrete battleship at piers end? LINK TO BOOK
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Storz / Ceriani Steering Damper Kits for V-Rod

Intended for H-D V-Rod models with Inverted style forks (2009-2015), this complete bolt-on kit features a Ceriani 16 position adjustable, rebuildable, racing quality steering damper. Billet aluminum CNC machined mounting brackets, all necessary hardware, and instructions are included. The steering damper bodies feature a polished back anodized finish with gold adjustment knob and end caps. Fork tube clamps are available in silver or back anodized finish to match the forks. The purpose of a steering damper is to dampen oscillations in the front fork assembly (aka ?headshake?) which can occur when the front wheel is deflected from its normal track by bumps, frame flex, tire reaction, etc. Images are attached to this message. If additional information is required, please contact ...
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Industry News: Polaris Acquires Pro Armor

Polaris Industries Inc. has justĀ acquired certain assets of LSI Products Inc. and Armor Holdings, LLC, privately-held Riverside, Calif.-based companies that design, develop, manufacture, source, sell and distribute accessories for performance side-by-side vehicles and ATV markets under the Pro Armor brand. This acquisition adds Pro Armor to Polarisā€™ growing parts, garments and accessories (PG&A) business. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ā€œThe acquisition of Pro Armor adds another industry-leading brand to our growing stable of PG&A aftermarket brands, a key contributor to Polarisā€™ growth and profitability,ā€ said Steve Eastman, Polarisā€™ vice president of PG&A. ā€œPro Armor is a leading brand in performance side-by-side accessories with a relentless commitment to innovation, style, performance and quality. The addition of Pro Armor ...
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1200 Miles South Of The Mexican Border

  Michelle and I had been in Baja for better than a month, but that was over now. Photos and story by Scooter Tramp Scotty. Morning brought warm weather and a cup of lukewarm coffee from a thermos. Our camp was hidden some distance into the desert and it was time to pull the dayā€™s plan together, so I spread the map out. Like the U.S., Mexico is sectioned into states and we were now in Sinaloaā€”drug lord capital, as everybody knows. In the big city some 200 miles south lay our destination of the Mazatlan Motorcycle Rally, which was scheduled to begin in a few days. READ more....  
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The RSD CafƩ Sportster Package

Another way to radically restyle a Sportster while keeping it user-friendlyā€”could this be the perfect urban commuter bike? Read more
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