Author Archives: William Connor

Harley Davidson 3rd Quarter Results

harley-american-flag-620x180

Harley-Davidson’s third-quarter profit fell almostĀ 8 percent. This is due to a planned reduction of shipments during the quarter. The good news for HD is the earnings topped Wall Street expectations. For those that hold shares they climbed more than 6 percent in afternoon trading. That means more money in your portfolio. Net income was $150.1 […]

Tuesday Stunts: Those Crazy Texans

hd wheelie final

Featuring Eric Rocks and Zach Shockey today’s Tuesday Stunts video is the guys getting ready for the next show. We always like the practice videos when they are working on new tricks and figuring out the sequence. Sometimes you see better riding than in the show where they have to be more careful.

Custom Bike: La Salle

image_11

LA SALLE is a 90s Harley Davidson EVO that has been transformed into a bike with classic antique style. For this bike nothing was out of reach. Using contacts from overseas they located a pristine frame. Matching engine and more original parts were sourced. Full restoration was completed to refresh every single part of the […]

Monday Morning Riding Tip

tennis-ball

  A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to work with the local dealer running a demo ride day for Indian. Two straight days of riding well over 500 miles on backroads went almost perfectly. This is the second time I have helped this dealer with demo rides but the first time I had […]

Can You Hear Me Now?

Jump

Not Harley related but it’s Friday and this is frankly straight up American Ninja level skills. Not only does this spectator leap over a sliding motorcycle about to crash into him, he doesn’t even drop his cell phone or stop talking. This happened near Wheeling, W. Va, during a recent race at Powerline Park, located […]

Friday Funnies!

friday-funnies-lead

This weeks Friday Funnies is for the husbands out there! A drunk biker is riding through the city and his bike is weaving violently all over the road. An Irish cop pulls him over. The cop says to the biker, “Where have you been?” “I’ve been to the pub,” slurs the biker. “Well,” says the […]

Throwback Thursday: 68 MPH Harley

mcycling-dec12-1912-600

In 1912 a stock Harley Davidson managed 68 MPH in a race while making just 8 HP. I found this in an old press release from an old advertisement in “Motorcycling” magazine. In the text of that release was another Harley that won the single class and finished over an hour ahead of the next […]