We reached out to Darcy and Jim Betlach for reports on the Cincy show. You'll read the full rundown in the Thursday News this week, but here's a teaser from Drag Specialties:   The Drag Specialties team recently returned from the 2013 V-­‐Twin Expo feeling optimistic about the upcoming selling season. Saturday our booth was full of dealers asking for new product information and looking for assistance in growing their business. We had many existing dealers, potential new dealers, current and future vendors with new products, stopping at the booth.   Drag Specialties has in the past and will in the future support the V-­‐Twin Expo. This show has always been the benchmark for the upcoming selling season for ...

  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 ...

  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, ...

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 ...

    It's never dull with the girls, the stinkin' jokes, the new stuff, the hot bikes, the Bikernet content teasers, the legislative updates, and the bad cops, prostitutes, and tech info. There are Bonneville notions, new custom bikes from Deus Ex Machina, and the Flash Gordon custom.   I shit you not.   http://www.bikernet.com/pages/BIG_ENGINE_SUNDAY_POST_FOR_FEBRUARY_24_2013.aspx

  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 ...

  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 ...

    A Key member of the RC Engineering Primary Race Team for many years, including The years of the RC Doubles, and of course, The Triple Engine Honda T/F Monster, the “A, T, & SF." Slim was one of the “Good Guys”,Long & Lean, and always a smile....The Sheriff could even say '”F You”, and you’d smile.    RIP Tevis, You’re in the Company of many old Friends.........PIX---L=Dave Brewer....R=Sheriff Slim Moffet....C= A, T, & SF...........Ontario CA