2014 California Motorcycle & Hot Rod Show

 2014 California Motorcycle & Hot Rod Show

The engine blowup contest . . . The oil is drained from a car engine and than it is run until it explodes or stops.

Whoever came the closest to the actual run time wins half the total amount paid into the contest.


This is just one the events that go on during the show. This popular Pacific Beach show is one of the best of it’s kind in San Diego. The show has about 300 hot rods and a small but growing number of custom motorcycles. For my motorcycle readers, (more…)

Daytona Bike Week 2014

 Daytona Bike Week 2014

All the HOT stuff you want to see for 2014. Hot Bodies, cool bikes and crazy fun. Capture the feeling of the Bike Week Experience. Main St,, Dirty Harry’s,, Main St Station, and The Living Deads Band. Choppers, Baggers and Sport Bikes cruising all day long.

Thunder alley Bikinis and coleslaw wrestling.. Music: The William Tell Overture revs things up.. ENJOY! (more…)

Harley-Davidson Electric Motorcycle

Project LiveWire New Harley-Davidson Electric Motorcycle

Harley-Davidson has taken the wraps off a top-secret electric motorcycle prototype — a rocket ship they call the LiveWire.


I’ll borrow  Willies own words to this electric bike project. (summarized from the V-4 project back in 1979) If it don’t sound like a HD, we will not build/sell it.
.DO NOT expect it to come to market.

53 Miles per charge? Some Harley riders have said the target market for this concept was probably the new age limp wrist metro-sexual male because this is nothing more but a castrated Harley… That’s a glorified Vespa. Who would’ve thought that the Harley of the future would sound like my girlfriends blow dryer? (more…)

Bagger Motorcycle Wheelie!

Badass Bagger Motorcycle Wheelie

The baddest wheelie I’ve ever seen on a Harley Davidson custom bagger:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

In vehicle acrobatics, a wheelie, or wheelstand,is a vehicle maneuver in which the front wheel or wheels come off the ground due to sufficient torque being applied to the rear wheel or wheels,or rider motion relative to the vehicle. Wheelies are usually associated with bicycles and motorcycles, but can be done with other vehicles such as cars, especially in drag racing.  (more…)

Motorcycle Accidents

Motorcycle Accidents

 Motorcycle Crashes Compilation of 2013

 Conclusions from a U.S. Government study of motorcycle accidents:

The findings from the analysis described in this report identify a variety of trends from FARS data, available exposure data and calculated rates. Analyses from all data sources support FARS data about greater involvement of riders in the over 40 age group and 1,001-1,500 cc engine motorcycles in fatal crashes.
Findings from FARS, MIC, FHWA and US Census Bureau data provide insight into
possible reasons for the increase in motorcyclist fatalities in recent years and could aid in the design of crash prevention programs:

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