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Benefit to Fight Cancer – 2014 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show Moves To Malibu

The 23rd annual LA Calendar Motorcycle Show sponsored by Russ Brown Attorneys is pleased to announce that the American Cancer Society will be the 2014 Show's designated charity recipient.This month the Society announced its first set of new 2014 grantees, awarding a total of $42,899,000 to 103 scientists and health professionals, both to find a cures for the many types of cancers, and to support and care for the facilities that treat and care for cancer patients. "Everyone knows of friends and loved family members, or possibly themselves who have been impacted by cancer", explained Jim Gianatsis, producer of the LA Calendar Motorcycle Show and the Show's themed FastDates.com Motorcycle PinUp Calendars. "I, myself, was cured of cancer 4 years ...
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Sturgis Motorcycle Museum – 1922 Ace Four

  This 1922 Ace Inline Four is owned by local Sturgis collector Junior Glover. By Christine Paige-Diers (Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame). William G. Henderson is widely recognized as a truly innovative designer of early motorcycles and is especially well-known for his design of four-cylinder engines. He was the original owner of the Henderson Motorcycle company ā€“ which was founded in 1911. In 1917, he sold his company to Ignatz Schwinn, the owner of the Schwinn company that made bicycles and Excelsior Motorcycles. CLICK HERE!   Advertisement  
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Job Opportunity At Corbin's

Corbin Pacific Inc. is seeking an experienced CNC programmer/ engineering technician to join their team. Challenge your skill set and experience and apply at the world renowned motorcycle seat and accessory manufacturer, Corbin in Hollister, CA. PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITY/DUTIES: -Program, setup and operate 3 and 5-axis CNC machinery and works with engineering to develop complete machining processes to produce complex parts. -Program, setup and operate CNC turning center with live tooling. -Develops tooling and fixturing needed to produce complex parts. -Ability to switch from prototype to production work throughout the shift. -Reverse engineer existing parts to be modified or new parts hand created in R&D for machining on the 3 and 5 axis machinery, or to make drawings in Auto CAD. ...
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Video Of the Day ā€” Digger

Here's a cool digger we stumbled on while surfing the net. We had to share it with you.
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Mount Your Narrow Glide Wheel To A Wide Glide

Custom Cycle Engineering offers wheel conversion kits to adapt any 19ā€ or 21ā€ Narrow-Glide wheel from 1977 to 2002* and spaces it out to fit a 41mm Wide-Glide front fork. With custom rotor spacers, axle spacers and an axle, any dual or single disc wheel can be adapted to any 41mm Wide-Glide fork. check them out. Advertisement
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Rockin' The Flare With Klock Werks

Brian Klock and Makel Juarez explain how to measure the height for 6.5" and 8.5" Flareā„¢ Windshield for use on your batwing fairings. They use the new 2014 Harley Davidson as an example, but these measurements apply to all FLH (Batwing) and FLTR (Road Glide) models. Advertisement
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Bikernet Daily Pic ā€” Bad Boy Tuesday

How cool is this cat, posing on his flathead bobber next to his folks' ā€™57 Lincoln? He's the original dude with a 'tude... Never miss another white-knuckle ride with Bikernet; click on the banner below and we'll keep you informed with a daily reminder of what's going down on the site. Advertisement
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The Endless Highway – Part Three

    This brings us to Joe Sparrow. Ā  Although on the road for 5 consecutive years now, Joeā€™s story began long agoā€¦ In 1979 a motorcycle accident laid Joe up in the hospital for two months. While there the profound realization came that life is fragile and could end at any moment. This revelation brought the realization that heā€™d better squeeze as much riding as humanly possible into whatever time there was left. But it wasnā€™t until1998 that things really began to change. CLICK here to read!    
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EPA Acknowledges That Ethanol Damages Engines

Courtesy of American Motorcyclists Association The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has publicly acknowledged that ethanol in gasoline can damage internal combustion engines by increasing exhaust temperatures and indirectly causing component failures, the American Motorcyclist Association reports. The EPA statements are found in a rule proposal issued by the Federal Trade Commission regarding a new label for pumps that supply fuel blends high in ethanol. According to the EPA, "[e]thanol impacts motor vehicles in two primary ways. First ... ethanol enleans the [air/fuel] ratio (increases the proportion of oxygen relative to hydrocarbons) which can lead to increased exhaust gas temperatures and potentially increase incremental deterioration of emission control hardware and performance over time, possibly causing catalyst failure. Second, ethanol can cause ...
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J&P Cycles Founder John Parham Doing Well Nearly Four Years After Lung Transplant

April is National Donate Life Month, and today happens to be Donate Life Blue and Green Day, a day set aside specifically to spread awareness about organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation. J&P CyclesĀ has a special connection to this effort as founder John Parham received a life-saving lung transplant almost four years ago. As you may recall, we sharedĀ Johnā€™s storyĀ from waiting for a lung to hisĀ recovery just a week after his lung transplantĀ andĀ his last update, a year post-surgery on the J&P blog. In the nearly three years since that last post, John has been busy promoting his love of antique motorcycles and the beautifulĀ National Motorcycle Museum, located just a mile down the road from J&P Cycles. Since Johnā€™s retirement ...
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