The Cycle Source Magazine World Report

We’ve been hearing rumors about the proposed nationwide truck driver strike that is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1st. Although many credible news agencies aren’t carrying any headlines about this story it could be a real sign of trouble for our economy.

Who could blame them with rising fuel prices that find diesel fuel that has reached or exceeded four dollars a gallon in at least seventeen states, something has to change. For an average driver (owner / operator) that pays six to eight hundred dollars in insurance on his truck each month, these fuel prices mean a very tight profit margin for each load carried. Consider the fact that many of the truck drivers who haul motorcycles all week long, also ride them all through the weekend and this translates down to everyone in the industry.

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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – March xx, 2008 – The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse was the place to party in Daytona this year. Located at the Doghouse Bar & Grill on Daytona Beach, the rock n’ roll was always playing, the Hog Wild Girls and Hard Rock Models were always rocking and the beer was continuously flowing, once again making the Doghouse the hottest spot on Main Street every night of the week.

The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse wouldn’t be complete without top name custom bike builders and their bikes. This year, the Roadhouse featured bikes and merchandise from Billy Lane, Choppers Inc., Russell Mitchell, Exile Cycles, Paul Cox, Paul Cox Industries, and Ami James and Marlowe B. of Love Hate Choppers. Each builder had one bike featured and made several appearances throughout the week to meet fans and sign autographs.

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Rod Woodruff, owner of the Buffalo Chip Campground, has teamed up with Charlie Brechtel of “Bikers Inner Circle” Underground Internet Radio to launch a new Motorcycle Variety show. The show, based on the type of late night tv shows featuring Jay Leno and David Letterman, is available to view at www.sturgisriderlive.com and is shot live in the Big 7 Studios at Angels Camp, CA once a month.

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You may know Colleen Swartz as a freelance motorcycle photographer who regularly contributes to Cycle Source, The Horse, American Iron and many other motorcycle publications.  Now Colleen has started a new business called “Master Link International” for the purposes of exporting custom motorcycle parts overseas.

It wasn’t hard to come up with the idea behind Master Link International. It happened the same way many ideas come about, over a beer at the end of a long hot day.  Colleen talked with a group of small business owners who made some pretty cool custom parts.  Colleen found that the builder she was most familiar with was getting many orders from overseas and she also knew how difficult it was to export a part to another country.  In talking to these other small builders, she realized a lot of them were passing up on some real important income opportunities because they were not willing to ship overseas, and who could blame them?  Shipping is expensive and difficult, taxes, tariffs, regulations, insurance, customs; the language barrier was sometimes the first and biggest problem.

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Myrtle Beach, SC- When it comes to aftermarket intakes, Wimmer Custom Cycle continually outperforms its competition. “We proudly stand at the top of our industry as the King of Intakes,” exclaimed Lee Wimmer, founder and president of Wimmer Custom Cycle. For the past 10 years, Wimmer has stayed on the cutting edge of technology, producing some of the best intakes on the market. Top custom bike builders and award winning bikes from around the globe use Wimmer intakes.

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The Cycle Source Magazine teamed up with Nash Motorcycle Company, Led Sled Customs, Lucky Charm Choppers, Keino Cycles, Rich Phillips Cycles, French Kiss Kustoms, Blings Cycles, Street Smart Cycles, and Bare Knuckle Choppers to launch the Next Generation Revolution during Bike Week.

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This shot was taken by our brother Ray Ray from Paramount Customs and is part of his new column in the April ‘08 issue titled "Ray Ray’s Top Three Roads Rides & Runs. Check it out today!

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Well, it’s March already and the in like a lion shit is out…. let’s see where this one ends. As for the world at large, it seems as if the entire planet still has a pretty good handle on the new “Self Administered Skull Suppository” and while you look that that up, let’s look at some of the headlines. DATELINE…..           

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A while back, a good friend of mine, Ray Ray, turned me on to this cat. He’s performed all over the country at some of the biggest events of the motorcycling industry and is probably the best rider I have ever seen. He does the same level of stunts that the other guys are doing on the much lighter street bikes, but he does them on Dynas and Sportsters. If you get the chance to see this dude throw down live, don’t miss it! For more info search him out on You Tube, there’s like a hundred videos, or go to his site http://www.jasonpullenstunts.com/

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Oxnard, CA- Forge-Tec Motorcycle, an industry-leading manufacturer of high-end aluminum forged one-piece wheels and blanks supplier to many of the industry’s leading wheel manufacturers is proud to introduce their new Midnight Series of wheels. All 13 styles are available in this new and exciting color combination except for the Legacy and the Nomad. All four FHO wheels (For Harleys Only) will also be available in this new finish.

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