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What’s A Custom Painted Bike Worth?

what's a bike worth when it's painted by a not yet famous icon?

If the bike has been painted by Jack Armstrong, then apparently the answer is a cool $1 million dollars.  Of course that’s all speculative but it makes for good headlines and news copy. In a press release,  Bartels Harley Davidson (Harley Davidson dealer to the stars) in Marina Del Rey, California, says it will unveil Jack Armstrong’s “Cosmic [...]

September 8th, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Headlines | Read More »

Season Three Premier of SOA Gets Mixed Bag

sons 1

You know it’s a slow day when a motorcycle news magazine has to write a review of a television show about a  fictional 1% outlaw biker club just to fill its daily quota of articles, but when it’s a paying gig, you’ve got to perform,  so we’re blogging about SAMCRO. For those of you who [...]

September 8th, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Headlines | Read More »

Ma’s Roadhouse heading to TruTV

rick-fairless

We broke the story a couple months ago about a new TV show in production starring bike builder Rick Fairless, and it’s official.  Ma’s Roadhouse is set to premier on TruTV Sept 15, at 9pm.  Here’s the trailer.  Check your local cable/sat tv provider for times.

September 7th, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Headlines,Videos | Read More »

Keira Knightley on a Vintage Ducati

Photo from styleite.com

Say what you want to about fashion, but when it comes to motorcycles, the iron sometimes hogs all the attention from the stars and models in movies and photo shoots.  Such is the case in this photo shoot with Keira Knightley for Chanel.  On the website Styleite, a suede covered Knightley is perched on a [...]

September 7th, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Ducati,Headlines | Read More »

Deep Fried Beer? Yes, it’s been invented!

beer & pretzels medium

click to hear the story from National Public Radio fried_beer In the South, the joke is that everything taste better fried.  Amateur chef, Mark Zable took that to heart when he decided a couple years ago to see if there was a way to fry that special combination of barley and hops commonly referred to as [...]

September 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Headlines,Miscellaneous | Read More »

America’s Longest Running Weekly Motorcycle News Magazine To Close

cyclenews-cover

The former editor of Cycle News, Paul Carruthers posted on his Twitter account that the venerated magazine is shutting down.  The final issue date has not been announced, nor has any “official” word from the owners of Cycle News been forthcoming. Carruthers wrote in his blog that he was notified by a former co-worker that [...]

September 1st, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Headlines | Read More »

California Wants Quieter Motorcycles

California Wants All Exhaust to Be EPA Approved

It’s a trend that is quietly building momentum across the country.  States and Cities are enacting legislation to force motorcyclists to comply with federal noise emission standards as a way to quiet loud pipes. On Monday August 30, California joined the growing number of states who passed legislation making it a crime to operate a [...]

August 31st, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Headlines | Read More »

Suzuki Introduces $933 Bike for Indian Market

Rajesh Kumar, national sales head of Suzuki Motorcycle India, poses on a Suzuki SlingShot 125cc motorcycle during its launch in Calcutta, India, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010.   The motorcycle has 4-stroke engine which can run up to 70 kilometers per liter of gas — depending on driving conditions.

For the story from the Indian Press, click here

August 27th, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Headlines,Suzuki | Read More »

Rumor Mill Busted; Tom Cruise Not In Wreck

Tom Cruise rides Cameron Diaz on set of Knight and Day

Ben Franklin said, “Believe only half of what you see and none of what you hear.” Advice that’s well worth heeding when it comes to celebrities and rumors of their motorcycle accidents. Yesterday, August 26th, the blogsphere was all abuzz about Tom Cruise wrecking some teenage kid’s sport bike while showing off his “stunt” skills [...]

August 27th, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Gossip,Headlines | Read More »

Hells Angels and Vagos In Shootout Near Prescott Arizona

photo from venicebeach.org

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies and SWAT members who responded to reports about gunfire on Saturday August 21st, around 12:15pm discovered the Hell’s Angels and Vagos Motorcycle clubs were involved in a altercation that resulted in over 50 shots being exchanged between members of the two clubs. Police are not saying what prompted the shooting, [...]

August 24th, 2010 | Posted in Blog View,Headlines,Organizations & Laws | Read More »

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