If you look back to the beginning of Elvis’ career, you can follow his rise to stardom through the motorcycle he was riding at the time. At 20 years old, Elvis signed his first recording contract with Sun Records. Although he wasn’t given much of an advance, he made enough money to purchase a […]
It doesn't get much more American than this: Hollywood, Captain America and Harley-Davidson. On March 13, S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) agents rolled up to the red carpet of the "Tinseltown" premiere of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" on the backs of H-D bikes.
When the Batman TV series premiered in 1966, Batman and Robin were fighting crime from a 1965 Electra-Glide with attached sidecar. It was basically a stock machine with customized windscreens added to give it the “right look”. 1965 was the last year of the Panhead engine and the first year that electric starters came stock […]
At first glance, I took this to be something built by the Russian military, but it turns out that this Harley-Davidson was exported to Chile as pictured. It’s also not even for the military but instead for their motorized police brigade. Must have been rough down in Chile during the 1940′s… The motorcycle was built […]
In the 1920′s and 30′s, the motorcycle was still considered a tool and not a customizable extension of one’s personality. You often see old photos of motorcycle engines doing all manner of things that they were not designed to do because all you needed was a belt and a pulley to harness the power of […]
Most of the time when stories about happenings in Florida go national, it's because the news is just plain crazy or totally creepy. But aside from the prevalence lunatics, the Sunshine State is a great place to have a bike. Perfect weather means you can ride year round, there's no helmet law, and every year, tons of Harley riders converge on Daytona Beach for Bike Week.
Most of the time when stories about happenings in Florida go national, it's because the news is just plain crazy or totally creepy. But aside from the prevalence lunatics, the Sunshine State is a great place to have a bike. Perfect weather means you can ride year round, there's no helmet law, and every year, tons of Harley riders converge on Daytona Beach for Bike Week.
