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From The Wind Tunnel To Bonneville, Schuberth Helmets Slip In The Wind

Landspeed racing team 5-Ball Racingā€™s ā€œJETobeyā€ Harden is the latest Bonneville racer to hit the salt in a Schuberth helmet at the 2014 Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trails. 5-Ball joins other landspeed racing competitors Valerie Thompson, Erin Hunter, Andy Sills, MOTUS Motorcycles and Robert Pandya in the Schuberth line-up. 5-Ball Racing is the brainchild of Keith ā€œBanditā€ Ball, the editor of bikernet.com and a custom bike legend. The latest 5-Ball Bonneville entry was a heavily modified 1940 Harley-Davidson flathead with a K-model top end, piloted by accomplished former road racer Harden. In spite of much of the week being rained out, Harden laid down some runs in the 750-APG class, taking on other vintage bikes and current models alike. Harden sports ...
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Meet Rusty Coones At Farming It Forward On Sunday

Rusty is a big dude with an even bigger heart. So are the other 10 celebs that are confirmed to attend! This Sunday, Sept. 14th we will be helping Rusty & other celebs raise money for two favorite local charities, American Soldier Network and Kitty Katchers. Come break bread (and a giant T-bone) with our favorite Sons of Anarchy biker along with other SOA cast members, as well as film and TV stars and legendary athletes. This unique, star-studded event will start on the red carpet and end up with a gourmet dinner prepared tableside by award winning master chef, Pascal Olhats and private chef, John Ledbetter. They will be joined at the grill by guest chef, Foster Harmon (former ...
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Go Out And Ride

It's going to be a scorcher of a day, here in So-Cal, so we're off for a morning ride to enjoy riding while it's cool. What are your plans today?   Advertisement
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ARCH Motorcycles Showcase

ARCH Motorcycle Company begins production of the highly anticipated KRGT-1 and is now accepting reservations. Read more.
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EMD Spices Up Sportsters

Esteves Motorcycle Design (EMD) now offers a new way to add spice toĀ a mundane Evo Sportster. The WTF-Series rockers covers are a direct bolt-on replacement to the stock rocker box covers and mount in minutes. They are available in three styles: Shovel, Iron and XRĀ and in three finishes: Raw, Black, Black Cut Each is sold separate so you can mix them up or just get a pair! More info here.
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Valerie Thompson Enters 200 MPH Club

Motorcycle racer and team owner, Valerie Thompson, set her 7th land speed record on her CTEK sponsored BMW S 1000 RR during the Utah Salt Flats Racing Associationā€™s 28th Annual World of Speed event September 6 -9 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover Utah. Thompson has been in Utah for a month to compete in the three most prestigious land speed racing events held at the famed Salt Flats, including Speed Week, the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials and World of Speed. Speed Week was canceled due to heavy rains. Weather and track conditions during the Motorcycle Speed Trials prevented Thompson from setting a new record despite making a strong 203.77 mph pass. Thompsonā€™s patience paid off during the World ...
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Memphis Shades DropTop Windshields

Replace your OEM windshield and upgrade to the latest in wind management technology, thanks to the Droptop windshields from Memphis Shades. Engineered using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software, the revolutionary design of the Memphis Shades Droptop windshield gives the rider a clear line of sight, but the air goes right over your head. There is no buffeting. The contoured, concave Venturi WingTM boosts the airflow up to an additional 3ā€, through the full range of adjustment. The Droptop windshield installs easily and is a perfect fit using OEM mounting brackets and hardware. Fits 94-14 FLHR with OEM windshield. Available in gradient black or ghost tint and adjusts in height from 13ā€-16ā€, 15ā€-18ā€ or 17ā€-20ā€. Advertisement
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THE 9-11 TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM NEWS FOR 9-11-14

  Let's give thanks for whatā€™s left of our Freedom. Hey, Itā€™s 9-11 and this is going to be an interesting news. We lost lives on 9-11 and went to War. But we continue to lose freedoms, and we should quit torturing all of our citizens daily as they board airplanes. What the hell? Recently in the Week Magazine an editor, Theunis Bates said that more guns donā€™t mean less violence, that gun training doesnā€™t help. So what is he saying, donā€™t teach your kids self-defense or how to swim, it wonā€™t help? What a jackass. I just donā€™t get how editorā€™s can spout, in the free press, how freedom and education doesnā€™t work. First, they are wrong and second, ...
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Bonneville 2014 Race Report

  A Year of the Strange and Wonderful, By Bandit with photos by Wrench. I woke up this morning, five days after the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials ended, with a start. How the hell was I going to write this article? I couldnā€™t figure it out. I didnā€™t know where to start or how to couch all the action and obstacles. I knew how it was going to end! I knew the learning process. I knew about the fun on the salt, the wicked weather, and the abject camaraderie we experienced. Racing on the salt is tantamount to shipping a motorcycle to the moon for a speed test, but I need to back up. CLICK to read.....    
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Indian Motorcycle Show Their Metal At European Bike Week

Austria's Faaker See region becomes an annual biker's mecca in the first week of September, for European Bike Week Read the whole story here.
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