LwRdr

why does everything harley make this year look like a fucking switchback The switchback is the ugliest loser cruiser they've made to date or so I thought. Now the whole line-up looks like this. WTF

Everything, that is, except THIS!!!

The new Dyna Low Rider. Which is bad as fuck! Reminds me of the old school Stugis models they used to run.

I would so totally ride this. I will be looking for these this summer. Nice bike.

expecting the unexpected

1913

Mr. White Lightning himself sends this little beauty to us. My passions for old bikes usually extends only as far back as the '30's, but in this case I will make an exception. Check out this old beauty of a bird. Gas lit lanterns, leather choke valve, lever clutch and it sounds...like a harley. Don't know how they've managed to make a bike sound the same for that long. beautiful. So neat. Good commentary. Thanks Pete.

Factory experimentation, DAH!

By 1929 Harley and Davidson were not exactly collecting #1's on the hills or on the tracks like they were in the earlier part of the century. That was possibly the reasoning behind them putting out an OHV 45" race motor called the DAH. This motor was first featured in a factory built hillclimber which there were several versions of
between 1929 and 1932. Some notable features of the bike include dual exhaust heads, trailing-link forks, a single gear transmission, and a Schebler racing carb to feed the alcohol burning engine. Ultimately the experimentation worked and in 1932 Joe Petrali won the National Hillclimb Championship with a double down-tube frame design.



Although I haven't found much info about this motor being used in street or flat track models, I have found a few pics that suggest these were produced at one point or another.


Note: some historians (drunk old bike dudes) credit this successful hillclimbing OHV bike with the popularity the Knucklheads recieved in '36. Although the two engines share nearly zero design traits, some believe that HD had proven it's ability to build OHV engines by first racing one up a 45 degree grade.

Harley's done it again...

So you're an upper middle class douche with pointy shoes and simulated creases in your diesel jeans. Last year at the local bike show you saw some really sweet custom bikes and said to your gucci, fake baked girlfriend, I wanna build one of those and be cool, but mine's gonna be a Harley. But grease, blood and fire isn't really your thing. You're really more of a golf shirt and mineral water kinda guy. The idea of sparks flying in your garage next to your body kit'd Chevy Cavalier makes you nervous that you might wreck the candy paint job on the oversized spoiler. Sooo no custom bike for you...but wait....Harley executives to the rescue!!!! Hurray. With the H-D1, now you can customize your own HD from your macbook air and never have to step foot in the garage. You can tell all your leather doo rag wearing boyfriends that YOUR harley is custom build by YOU. Build yours today!!! Then go buy some eagle clad leathers and wait for it to arrive.

Go to Harley Davidson has really lost it's cool .com to build your own douche-mobile.

So I opened the mail today...

The pricks are just trying to torture me, aren't they. Hopefully I can pick the bike up next week.

I hate...

The modern day Harley. I hate the company. I hate the bikes. I hate the marketing. I hate the attitude. I hate this fucking ad...

RedLine Harley Davidson Party

Every year Redline Harley Davidson in Saskatoon throws a huge party for all the folks who bought a bike. Beers, bikes, bands and roast pigs, Nik and Kathy put on a killer spread of good times. Not only do they pay for a killer party, but they give away a $30,000 Harley every year too. This year it was a tricked out Screamin' Eagle everything, Rocker. For four years running now DuKeeps and Ninja's band have been playin' tunes for the show and last night we did it again.