On The Field

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is an example of an athlete throwing discretion out the window when riding on a motorcycle with a temporary permit and no helmet.  “Big Ben’s” motorcycle accident and subsequent facial lacerations were severe enough that authorities initially could not identify him.
That was 2006 and this is not a post to bash [...]

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Money Management For Dummies

Today is Data Privacy Day — because building trust and raising awareness about financial, personal data and security is critical.  
Then you have the Wall Street guys who like to talk money “trash”.  They like to make people think they’re the smartest guys in the room and that money management is a very risky business of [...]

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Selling The Experience Or The Sizzle

I won’t attempt to make sweeping comments about another outlaw motorcycle “club” undercover “tell-all” novel.  There are so many styles and flavors these days and when a reader interacts with a book they are not only served a story, but often feel connected to the writer.
The Under and Alone novel is different because of movie [...]

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Metisse Desert Racer

Stop.  You had me at McQueen!  You didn’t need to remind me of the Triumph 6T engine and desert racing heritage to make me think it’s cool.
I’m talking about the Metisse Desert Racer.   The original Desert Racer was built by actor Steve McQueen and his friend, stuntman Bud Ekins for off-road competition.  The  photo (above) [...]

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The Lost Motorcycle Club

Johnny is a veteran member of the LMC…aka… The Lost, a notorious biker “club”. Johnny has been rather busy these days creating “business opportunities” for the LMC in Liberty City.  His loyalty is to the club’s patch and to Billy Grey, the club’s President.  Billy just returned from rehab and is hell-bent on jacking up the [...]

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Different Strokes Same Goal

Somewhere in a windowless, cinder block room in the basement of an institutional building in Olympia, Washington police officers are passing on secrets.  Meanwhile the folks on the 2nd floor might look at introducing strict anti-biker legislation which would allow organizations to be banned and people prevented from associating.  And in the Capital parking lot the [...]

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Leisure Seekers

The upcoming riding season has me contemplating a “Route 66” road trip…and this version of the famous song which spotlights steel guitarist Herby Wallace will have any country/swing fan smiling at the classy display of talent.  Or if you’re a Jazz aficionado then you’ll really appreciate this piano version from Japan.
But my story starts with [...]

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A Lighter Shade Of Black

Adding fuel to the “burned out” leisure vehicle market was today’s earnings report from Harley-Davidson.
The company announced the cut of 1100 jobs and that Q4 profits fell 58% to $77.8M.  Revenue fell 6.8% to $1.29B from $1.39B in the year ago quarter.  Worldwide sales fell 13.1% in Q4 with sales in the U.S. market (it’s biggest) [...]

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Behind The Scenes Of The Sturgis Shooting

As you may recall the situation happened at the Roadhouse bar with four off duty, out-of-state law enforcement officers and a firefighter, all members of the Iron Pigs – a police motorcycle club – who get into a heated confrontation with some Hells Angels members on the last day of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.  The [...]

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Readership Stats

Today is somewhat memorable as the Northwest Harley Blog hit 200,235 total views.  This is in large part thanks to all of you around the world for your daily support, participation and classy comments.  I appreciate your readership and I thank you.  I want to acknowledge the positive contributions and high degree of intelligence shown [...]

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