Harley-Davidson LEGO

Yesterday LEGO turned 50 years old.  That’s 50 years of happy kids worldwide building anything their curiosity will allow from the famous stud-and-tube coupling system. 
In celebration of a couple members of the Posse turning “golden” this year I thought a LEGO tribute to Harley was in order. 
It started in 1947, when LEGO bought a plastic [...]

Read Full Post »

Easyrider Show – Photo Summary

I recently attended the Easyrider show at the Clark County (Vancouver, WA) Fair Ground and “convention center”.  I’m just now getting around to posting the pictures.  I’m doing a bit of an experiment with this post by leveraging Alexander Ginda’s picasa2html web tool to export a number of photos from my Picasa web album and compactly [...]

Read Full Post »

A “Legend Bell” Full of Mystery

In the summer of 1998 I received my first “Gremlin Bell” from a good friend (Santiago).  Some call it a Guardian Bell, Ride Bell, Lucky Bell or a Legend Bell.  
It all started when I bought a new Harley Fatboy motorcycle in March of that same year and was putting on major miles during a summer [...]

Read Full Post »

Girls In Their Summer Clothes

No, I’m not talking about a cold beer in your hand or your wish on the Oregon coast, but about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.  This song is “off the charts”.
And, Harley announced Springsteen will be a main attraction at the Milwaukee 105th Anniversary celebration in August.  This will be an additional concert that [...]

Read Full Post »

Harley Cross Bones Introduction

It’s about as “old skool” and chopped as Harley can be out of the factory.  The wizards introduced the new Softail “CROSS BONES”.  It’s part of the Dark Custom series of bikes and designed to bring back bad boy roots or your memories of living the dream. 
Very cool mini “ape-hanger” bars, solo spring-seat, fat-bob tires [...]

Read Full Post »

Riding Home

Unless you live under a rock you already know it’s the 105th Anniversary at Harley Davidson.  If you’re unfamiliar with Harley then you’ll be stoked to learn that they throw a great party at the “factory”.  This year will be especially grand because Harley opens a new museum and the Harley Owners Group (Club H.O.G.) [...]

Read Full Post »

Goin’ Coastal

It’s a bit early for planning the 2008 riding season, but sometimes you have to make a hotel reservation early otherwise you’ll be tent camping in the rain!  Such is the case for the Seaside Bikefest. 
For years Seaside OR has hosted a number of marquee events ranging from Volleyball tournaments to Biker events.  This year the [...]

Read Full Post »

Easyrider Bike Show – Clark County Fair Ground

The Easy Rider Bike Show is happening Saturday, January 12th at the Clark County Fair Ground (Vancouver, WA.).  Although it varies, most Harley events remain constant with lots of custom and restored motorcycles.  The event flyer states we’re likely to see a custom builder, a few vendor booths and if we get lucky booth babes hawking wares or providing [...]

Read Full Post »

The Buzz on Harley Hummer’s

A bit of nostalgia on this rain/snow mixed day.  
After WWII the allies engaged in a scramble to pinch Nazi Germany’s technology and this included motorcycles.  The Harley “Hummer” (Model 125) design was an adaptation of the German DKW motorcycles whose engineering designs were forfeited to the Allies as a part of War Reparations.  The simple [...]

Read Full Post »

BHSU Rally Newsletter

BHSU (Black Hills State University – 605.642.6464) is located in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota in a town called Spearfish.   I just received their Sturgis Rally Newsletter which outlines the upcoming dates and room rates for anyone thinking about Sturgis ‘08 and wanting to stay at BHSU.  Say what?  Stay at the university?   
Absolutely!  [...]

Read Full Post »