Monsieur Bandit Blogozine: * Kimura Custom Motorcycles

The Yard (1) This post needs a little introduction…   I found this video quite some time ago, but always refrained from posting it, figuring it didn’t belong here since it had nothing to do with illustration or graphic design. Every once in a while I would come across the bookmarked video, watch it again and decide not to post it, again.     So what changed? why did I obviously decide to post it this time? Nothing changed. I changed my mind. That’s it. Prerogative of the wise, someone once said. (Or did I just made that up?)     Instead of making a problem out of it, I decided to make it into something new. A new series, called “the Yard” in which this is the first post. Why the yard? two reasons. I found this video on a blog called “the Selvedge Yard”, a site dedicated to all kinds of stuff ranging from the suits of Miles Davis and a car chase of Steve McQueen to the cool of Bruce Lee, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits and bikini clad Hell’s Angels girls. So it’s a little nod to that site. Secondly, a yard is a place to play. to take a break from business as usual. to step out and have a smoke. So there you go. Welcome to the yard…     The video? Oh, right… almost forgot… It’s about a guy who builds bikes. Check it out…   shinya kimura @ chabott engineering from Henrik Hansen on Vimeo.       (Found via the Selvedge Yard)

Monsieur Bandit Blogozine: * Kimura Custom Motorcycles

Custom Chopper Motorcycles – Riding the Dream

There comes a time in everyone’s life when motorcycles become not only interesting but accessible, for me this was aged 15, and at 16 I had my first motorbike.The bike in question was a Suzuki ZR50 which was built like an old school chopper, with the seat, and handlebars to match, despite its blistering 28mph top speed! but unlike my friends who took an interest in the sports style motorcycles, I was hooked on the custom chopper and Harley Davidson scene.My ZR50 spent quite a lot of time in bits, I painted it up by myself, tricked up the engine to a new top speed if 48mph and I even painted a design of Eddy from Iron Maiden on one of the plastic farings.That was 1987 and since then the custom motorcycle bug is an itch that I still enjoy scratching.But the custom chopper & motorcycle scene is bigger today than it has ever been with the popularity of TV programmes such as American Chopper highlighting Orange County Choppers, and buying and selling custom built motorcycles is big business.Finding the right market value for a motorcycle with a specific specification is difficult enough, but determining the value of a custom built motorcycle is a bit of an art, and you need to know what you are doing, so you’re buying or selling a custom made motorcycle, then you need to see what other custom motorcycles are selling for, and get a heads up on the true market value.Purchasing a custom motorcycle at the right price is an excellent investment IF you know what you are looking for, and you will be the envy of your friends.If you are in the market for a custom chopper or Harley Davidson then you need to know your numbers and market value. use our unique software algorithm to search for the best deals on the internet including eBay.In these economic times people are selling their custom motorcycles at unheard of prices which means you can pick up a real quality custom motorcycle bargain.Our site allows you to research prices and purchase motorcycles straight from the seller with the protection of eBay. we have also included sections for custom parts, engines, accessories, and clothing.(Sorry, no Suzuki ZR50′s!) One large and useful resource for custom motorcycles all in one place.customchopperstoday.comAuthor: John McLauchlanArticle Source: EzineArticles.com Hybrid and Electric Cars

Custom Chopper Motorcycles – Riding the Dream

Essentials of a Custom Built Chopper

Inspiration, modification, and fabrication are the 3 steps that make up the heart of true custom built choppers and motorcycles. the biking world is ever emerging to match the ever changing sectors and the needs of the people around the globe. however geographically separated be the chopper builders, but their eventual motive will cross lines only at the result of the built. the built as ever is destined to suit the tastes of the very individual who build it. Let’s read on to reveal the excitement it spills on.Inspiration:Many of the passionate, not-practical-in-any-sense customs are built with the solitary purpose of rousing, infuriating thought, and sprouting novel ideas. only worrywarts suppose that the whole thing has previously been thought of-somebody had to be the 1st person to vision up the wheel. we showcase bikes that endeavor to revolutionize the professed impression of what a motorbike is and can be. we try to develop the recognized boundaries and demonstrate the community with the cutting edge. sometimes that frontier is extended by a name from remote to the motorcycle business, such as Gary Hetrick who functions out of his garage, or even the familiar Chip Foose. Modification:Modification is the cause why a periodical such as many familiar ones exists-it’s the groundwork of our content. Xtreme Texas Chopper’s technological articles spotlight on the complete spectrum of alteration, from undemanding bolt-on articles to pieces that cover deep within motor customization and universal fabrication, but all are intended to encourage all level of wrench slinger, from the guy who scarcely has maintenance hand tools to the garage. Ernie’s exhaust pipe design is a good picture of heavy modification: they buy some stock shovelhead pipes and flanges at a swap meet for economical prices and modify them to labor with his precise bike build. Ernie couldn’t order the pipe he required, but people like him will always figure out a way to vary an existing part. Parts producers think up innovative modifications all the time, and the chopper builder in you should try to showcase these novel parts as soon as soon as you produce them. Fabrication: At times a new-fangled part is crafted from either an old one or a custom part that’s been modified might not generate the desired look or purpose. or maybe the essential custom built motorcycle part to absolute a confident bike hasn’t been shaped yet, so it is must that custom choppers are to be built from scratch. many builders learned to fabricate their hunks and monsters this very way, beginning with additional skill than cash; they produce their own parts for the reason that they couldn’t manage to pay for to buy anything.More Custom Wheels Articles Tags: Built, Chopper, Custom, Essentials This entry was posted on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 at 3:04 am and is filed under Custom Wheels. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Newswire / Biker Bella Announces the First Online ‘Super-Boutique’ for Women Motorcyclists – BikerBella.com – Motorcycle/Bike/ATV – Biker Bella

BikerBella.com features women?s motorcycle apparel, women?s motorcycle gear, parts, and accessories. The first website of its kind, BikerBella.com offers women powersports enthusiasts the ability browse, shop and select from millions of individual items in a beautifully designed setting. BikerBella.com has a selection that is currently greater than any existing online women?s motorcycle retailer. Fashion Forward BikerBella.com is foremost a women's motorcycle apparel destination that offers the hottest trends in leather jackets, hoodies, long & short sleeve shirts, V-Neck T-Shirts, tank tops, designer shirts, belts & belt buckles, head gear, footwear, bags & wallets, purses, patches and more. although the website caters to women, it posts hundreds of products for children and teens as well. All products are shipped directly to the rider?s door in 7-10 business days. Shopping for OEM and aftermarket parts, gear and accessories BikerBella.com has multiple ways women can shop for parts and accessories quickly and easily. The OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) parts Finder leads shoppers to genuine repair parts and accessories for Harley-Davidson, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Can-Am, Artic-Cat, Polaris, Sea-Doo, and Ski-Doo. Shoppers can also use embedded online catalogs and multiple links to find aftermarket items of interest. Women?s favorite motorcycle brands Most favorite women?s motorcycle brands are available, including: Acerbis, Alpinestars, Answer Racing, Arai Helmets, Arlen Ness, Bell Helmets, Biker?s choice, Baron, Castle X, Chatterbox, Custom Chrome, Firstgear, fly Racing, FMF, Helmet House, HJC Helmets, Iron Horse, Joe Rocket, Kuryakyn, Motion Pro, Nolan Helmets, Ogio, One Industries, Quad Boss, River Road, Scorpion EXO, Shift MX, Shoei Helmets, SixSixOne, Sullivans, Tour Master, Trail Tech, Troy Lee Designs, two Brothers Racing, Vega, Western Power Sports, Willie & Max Saddlebags, Yoshimura, Zan, and zero Gravity. many more brand names are currently being offered and BikerBella.com hopes to add new brands in the future. Future plans The website will promote an ever changing line up of featured products, special promotionss, newly added brands, contests and special events to keep the woman motorcyclist informed and enthused about the sport. Future charity events are planned, as Biker Bella will partner with various clubs and organizations to raise money in support of women?s issues and related causes. About BikerBella.com BikerBella.com is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information, please contact Timothy Newman - E: contact[.]bikerbella.com.

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Blog – Guilty Customs – Custom motorcycles in Orlando, FL, choppers, parts and accessories

Ok, so your looking for a good excuse to take a trip.  A long trip.  A somewhat dangerous trip.  Say to South America for a 5,000 motorcycle ride!  How about taking that ride from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,  to Lima, Peru, including a stretch on Bolivia’s North Yungas Road, one of the world’s most dangerous highways, fondly known as “El Camino de la Muerte“, or the “Road of Death“. it hangs atop a 2,000-foot cliff with no guardrail to protect riders from a deadly plunge. the North Yungas Road claims the lives of 200 to 300 people each year.  Now if your James R. Petersen, a longtime writer for the Playboy magazine, thats a opportunity of a lifetime.  So, when his editor pitched the idea to him of a “Ewan McGregor-esque” adventure ride, it didn’t take Petersen long to say yes. one thing to keep in mind, Petersen, while an avid rider, has a degenerative eye condition that makes it increasingly hard to see. the part of his eye responsible for focusing is leaking fluid, severely affecting his ability to see. while he still has enough sight to ride, it’s a challenge all the same.  Take a look at his video HERE as well as the article on Playboy.com Go ahead, share the news with friends & enjoy. Best thing you'll do all day!: If you're new here, you can subscribe to our RSS feed. thanks for visiting! Also you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook as well. this entry was posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 12:14 am and is filed under General Motorcycle Industry News, Guilty Updates, Misc General, Video Postings. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.Blog - Guilty Customs - Custom motorcycles in Orlando, FL, choppers, parts and accessories

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The Daily Reflector

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — Garvie White has lost some hearing. a bad hip keeps him from dancing the faster country songs, but he still likes to slow dance.And for lack of a better word, the 89-year-old White tinkers."I dont have nothing but time anyway," he says.White recently took three years to build a custom-made, three-wheeled motorcycle. The back half is a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle; the front half, mostly a Yamaha 750.Last summer, White sometimes drove the "trike" through his Salisbury neighborhood at The Crescent. He also steered it into town on occasion, but the last time he operated the motorcycle it started missing and blew out oil.So White, a retired pipe-fitter, built a trailer for the motorcycle so he can haul it up to a Volkswagen repair shop in Arcadia. He anticipates that the shop will have to rebuild the VW motor.Next on Whites agenda is to shorten the bed of a 1986 Nissan truck and make it a convertible. Once he moves the motorcycle and trailer out of the garage, hell have room to ease the Nissan truck in.But overall White needs more space. The home he shares at The Crescent with Jo Barth, whom he met dancing about five years ago, comes with a lot of neighborhood restrictions. He would like to move into the country, where his number of vehicles would not be limited and he could have more room for a shop than one corner of a garage."He likes to be doing something all the time," Barth says.Whites daddy was a bootlegger in the N.C. foothills, so his family had to keep moving a lot, finally ending up in Maryland. White joined the National Guard in 1939, was shipped to England in 1942 during World War II and stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day.After the war, he worked for more than 30 years as a pipe-fitter in Delaware. When he retired, White moved back to his native North Carolina and settled in Davidson County.About five years ago, he met Barth at some country dancing spots, and a romance and friendship blossomed. "She loved to dance, still does," White says.Sometimes Barth rides with him on the VW motorcycle."Ive rode one all my life," White says.As he aged, White lost some of the balance he needed to ride two-wheelers, so a trike made sense. "This one here is no problem," he says, walking around his creation in the garage. "And this was the cheapest way to go, to build one."White figures he has $3,000 to $4,000 invested in the vehicle. He first considered building a sidecar for Barth but changed his plans after spotting a similar trike to what he eventually created."There are a lot of these on the road," he says.The trike has a four-speed stick shift in the middle, as you find in the old VW Beetles. He depends on a truck lever for his turn signals. it lies underneath the front saddle seat.The clutch is a foot pedal on the floor to the left. He accelerates from the left handlebar. The right handlebar has a front brake, in addition to a rear brake down on the right floorboard.A console in front of the driver includes an oil pressure gauge and a switch for the headlight.White bought the two car tires in back from Walmart, and they are a bit wider than a Beetle would have had. The 36-horsepower motor gets about 35 miles per gallon. Its a comfortable ride and not too noisy, White reports.The motor "was running good" when he extracted it from the old 1973 Beetle."Theyre a tough little car," White says. "I owned two or three."White has affixed a Confederate flag license plate on the back of his trike that says, "Dern tooten Im a Rebel." it also carries the name "Texas Hold Em."White relied on "no patterns, no nothing" in putting his three-wheeled motorcycle together. "I wanted to build one to ride, and I put it together as I went," he says.He had a cutting wheel to help in the fashioning of all the sheet metal, and some welding was involved. in his younger days, White says, he did a lot of custom work on cars.After his trike was built, White obtained the necessary paperwork and arranged for a highway patrolman to come to his house and inspect it, so he would be able to obtain his license tags and registration.It is considered a 2008 model. Once the trike is repaired and running again, White and Barth plan to haul it on the new trailer to a Florida vacation, where they will have fun taking it to different places."Were not going to ride it on the interstate," Barth says.

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FARO celebrates 30 years with a custom chopper from Paul Jr. Designs : Make Parts Fast

FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO) celebrates 30 years in 2011. With three decades of innovation and customer service, FARO celebrated this milestone by having one of its valued customers, Paul Jr. Designs, build a custom FARO-themed chopper.  Like with most custom choppers created by Paul Jr. Designs, the FaroArm was used during the fabrication of this 30th anniversary bike. creating one-of-a-kind masterpieces quickly and efficiently is important for PJD. Some elements like the gas tank, seat pan and primary cover display the true craftsmanship that goes into every design. all of these have intricate shapes and contours that are difficult to capture or re-create by hand. With the FaroArm they are able to digitize the exact shape and placement of components, virtually eliminating the need to trace and create cardboard templates. The data collected with the arm can be immediately imported to the CNC machine or water-jet cutter to produce accurate pieces that will fit perfectly from the start, thus reducing scrap, saving time and boosting overall efficiency.FAROfaro.comMPF 

FARO celebrates 30 years with a custom chopper from Paul Jr. Designs : Make Parts Fast

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Blog – Guilty Customs – Custom motorcycles in Orlando, FL, choppers, parts and accessories

Ok, so your looking for a good excuse to take a trip.  A long trip.  A somewhat dangerous trip.  Say to South America for a 5,000 motorcycle ride!  How about taking that ride from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,  to Lima, Peru, including a stretch on Bolivia’s North Yungas Road, one of the world’s most dangerous highways, fondly known as “El Camino de la Muerte“, or the “Road of Death“. It hangs atop a 2,000-foot cliff with no guardrail to protect riders from a deadly plunge. The North Yungas Road claims the lives of 200 to 300 people each year.  Now if your James R. Petersen, a longtime writer for the Playboy magazine, thats a opportunity of a lifetime.  So, when his editor pitched the idea to him of a “Ewan McGregor-esque” adventure ride, it didn’t take Petersen long to say yes. one thing to keep in mind, Petersen, while an avid rider, has a degenerative eye condition that makes it increasingly hard to see. The part of his eye responsible for focusing is leaking fluid, severely affecting his ability to see. while he still has enough sight to ride, it’s a challenge all the same.  Take a look at his video HERE as well as the article on Playboy.com Go ahead, share the news with friends & enjoy. Best thing you'll do all day!: If you're new here, you can subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Also you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook as well. this entry was posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 12:14 am and is filed under General Motorcycle Industry News, Guilty Updates, Misc General, Video Postings. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Sturgis trademark lawsuit nearly cancels motorcycle rally for Kentucky town

STURGIS -- For a while, it looked like the Sturgis rally wouldbe canceled for 2011. No, not the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota, but theLittle Sturgis Rally and Races in Kentucky. The Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce filed a trademarkinfringement lawsuit against organizers of the Little Sturgis Rallyand Races for Charity in 2008. in 2010, the Sturgis MotorcycleRally, Inc. group bought the trademark rights -- and inheritedresponsibility for the lawsuit -- from the chamber. Attorney Keith Rounder, representing the Little Sturgis Rallyand Races for Charity, Inc., said that both sides in the lawsuitare waiting for a decision on summary judgment but did not knowwhen that decision would be made by the court. Rounder said it isunknown whether the Little Sturgis Rally and Races for Charity,Inc., would hold a rally in the future. According to a greeting on the Sturgis, Ky., Chamber ofCommerce’s answering machine, numerous economic factors contributedto the cancellation of the rally that began in 1993. this year’sLittle Sturgis event was scheduled for July 14-17. Attendance had grown to almost 20,000 but fell last year to9,000, according to reports from the Sturgis, Ky., Chamber ofCommerce. The Evansville Courier & Press reported the cancellation ofthe Little Sturgis event on Feb. 10. But some people in the Kentucky town don’t want to see theirrally disappear, and they’re taking steps to have an event,anyway. Carlene Thomas, owner of Custom Bike Wear in Sturgis, Ky., isspearheading efforts to hold an event that steers clear of thetrademark issue. Thomas said that the Union County fair Board andothers will keep a biker event in their town. “We’re not affiliated with the Little Sturgis board. this willnot be called ‘Little Sturgis,’” Thomas said. The name will change, but Thomas said for 2011, the dates willbe the same. “So many people were planning to come and wouldn’t know not tocome,” Thomas said. Bob Ballard, who operates the smaller Sturgis Kentucky Rally,also tried to secure the Union County Fairgrounds to hold hismotorcycle rally that weekend at the fairgrounds. While he is happy a rally is still going on, he is disappointedthat he wasn’t chosen to host the new event. “I requested the dates first,” Ballard said. He said the fairboard held a closed meeting during which Thomas’s group was awardedthe open dates on the fairgrounds schedule. “It looks like the Union County fair Board isn’t in the eventscheduling business anymore and is now in the motorcycle eventpromotion business,” Ballard said. Future dates might be adjusted, Thomas said. The important thingis to keep it alive. “We feel that our community benefits a lot from this and we’dhate to see it go,” Thomas said. For Ballard, he’ll do the best he can with his event. “It looks like we’ll have the battle of the rallies here inSturgis,” Ballard said.

Sturgis trademark lawsuit nearly cancels motorcycle rally for Kentucky town

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