All this Knucklehead needed was a little TLC, a little gas and two kicks.
Speaking of “character” in a motorcycle, the thing I like best about this video is listening to the lovely throb from that knucklehead engine, either at idle or at speed. I wonder what levels of vibration the rider felt, especially at freeway speeds? Makes me wish HD still manufactured a comfortable, durable, good-cruising 61ci knucklehead. (more…)
LM847 LAZARETH is a pendulum bike with 4 wheels, powered by a V8 Maserati of 470 horses.
She tilts through design and a specific kinematics of independent suspension.
Braking is provided by two brackets 8 pistons on perimeter records of 420 mm in diameter. A detail, the brake levers are reversed to improve ergonomics and accuracy in braking. The mechanism is inside the handlebar. (more…)
This motorcycle website, https://sandiegocustommotorcycles.info/ had almost 24,901 unique visitors last month. For the past six months, our motorcycle website had an average of 25,995 monthly unique visitors!
Once again, I’d like to thank all my subscribers and readers for making this site one of the most visited custom motorcycle sites in San Diego County. I encourage any custom motorcycle rider to contact us by email and attach a picture of their bike if they’re interested in possibly having their motorcycle appear on the site. (more…)
This was a crash of a Harley rider doing motorcycle stunts at a Harley Davison bike night event in San Diego California. although the crash looks bad the motorcycle rider escaped with just a few bruises. It also looked like the Harley just ended up with a couple of minor scrapes.
These Harley motorcycle riders were doing wheelies and other motorcycle stunts right on Marina Boulevard in front of the San Diego Harley-Davidson dealership. personally, I think you’re really stretching the envelope when you do any type of motorcycle riding stunts. But, this is especially true when you do them on a heavy Harley-Davidson motorcycle! (more…)
Gala charity event hosted at San Diego Harley Davison.
This was the first time I ever went to a motorcycle event at Harley Davison with the cars in the parking lot outnumbered the motorcycles!
I think it was great that Harley-Davidson posted this event which was a fun for a local autism charity. I think it’s nice that the influential people in the San Diego know that the motorcycle community is an integral member and supporter of local causes. (more…)
Riding my 2006 American Ironhorse Texas Chopper on a really hot day in San Diego California.
The camera I am using to film this video is a GoPro Hero 4 Black and I’m shooting at 1080, 60 frames per second super wide angle mode. The camera, is mounted on the right side of my helmet.
If you’re using your GoPro camera to film your motorcycle rides, as long as it’s mounted on your body or your helmet you really don’t need a stabilizer to get good footage. But if you decide to mount the camera directly on the bike, the handlebars or the frame, it really pays to use a three axis gimbal to get your best shots. (more…)
San Diego motorcycle run – Blessing of Bikes – Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial
This was filmed with a Yuneec Typhoon G Quadcopter which is specifically designed to carry a GoPro camera. In this case, the GoPro camera was a Hero four black and the video was shot in 4K resolution. The Typhoon G Imaging Solution allows you to get the most out of your GoPro Camera, by providing you with a tool to make smooth and stable aerial footage, while delivering direct digital video on the ST10+ Ground Station screen. (more…)
MONGOLS MC CALIFORNIA NATIONAL RUN 2016. CNN’s Lisa Ling covers this California motorcycle run to Palm Springs. She says “my heart is in mine stomach, it was intense and I never experienced anything like this!”
The Mongols Motorcycle Club, sometimes called the Mongol Nation or Mongol Brotherhood, is a “one-percenter” outlaw motorcycle club and alleged organized crime syndicate. The club is headquartered in southern California and was originally formed in Montebello, California, in 1969. Law enforcement officials estimate there are approximately 1000 to 1500 full-patched members (with the expansion in Australia in 2013). The Mongols main presence is in southern California, but also all over the United States with chapters in 14 states, as well as international chapters in 18 countries. (more…)
My observation, is that Harley is returning to the single cam, concept, as they used to use on the pre-Twin Cam Era, i.e. EVO, Shovelhead, Panhead, engines. They have eliminated the inboard roller chain drive (inside the cam support plate), and have an easy to access, outboard roller chain drive. That is a positive development.
However, the con on this is that they have retained the pesky, PLASTIC cam chain tensioner, which is a wear item, and has to be periodically inspected and replaced or risk cratering the engine. With the increase in power and displacement, it is going to be putting a lot more power demand on the single roller chain drive, which has a propensity to stretch over time and can negatively affect cam/valve timing. I wonder if this added power demand, will wear out the cam chain tensioner, sooner, rather, than later. It remains to be seen. I wonder if they have retained a pressed-together crankshaft which can twist out of true, as they have been known to do, on the Twin Cam engines, on a hit or miss, basis, and can crater the engine, or if they have a bolted together, stronger crankshaft, as on the pre-Twin Cam Era, engines, which is a superior design. (more…)
