Street Chopper 40th Party
What a great event!!!! We had six guys ride down from Lake Elsinore to Garden Grove. We lost them on the 91 and they all swear they were going 40, bullshit I say! The Henry’s crew did a awesome job keeping everyone thirst quenched and bellies full. Jeff Holt pulled out a very cool surprise [...]
Shot of the Week
Mr. Speed King himself. Jeff is a proud member of the Limpnickie Lot. Check out his and rest of the crews’ bios.
ROADRUNNER DRINK HOLDER IS STILL MADE IN AMERICA
Good news for thirsty motorcycle riders who want a quality drink holder that also supports job here in America!Unlike other drink holders on the market, the RoadRunner’s chrome parts are still made in the United States.That means superior quality — every time.The Roadrunner drink holder is available for round bars from 7/8″ up to 1-1/4″ [...]
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Confirmed for 2009 Legends Ride
Registration available for charity event that kicks off 2009 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally An all-star roster of celebrities, world-class bike builders, cigar aficionados and artists have signed on to participate in the second annual Legends Ride to benefit Black Hills charities. Special Guests in the 2009 Legends Ride, which will be held Monday, August 3rd to [...]
New Product From Biltwell
The Biltwell boys have a truckload of new products coming out this summer. Here is one I am particularly excited about. The Biltwell Party Time Points Cover. The main plate is machined from billet 6061 T-6 aluminum, then sandblasted and anodized for weather resistance and beauty. The ventilated center plate is laser-cut stainless steel and [...]
Little Beauty
“She is wet sanded and ready to be shipped off to Darren at LiquidIllusions for pin stripping! What do you think? My little Honda is starting to look like a bad-ass bike!”Colleen Can’t wait to see her done!
Big Mountain Run Web Site Up And Running
Limpnickie Lot And Cycle Source Prepare For Mayhem In The Mountains June 17th is fast approaching and so is The Big Mountain Run 2009. Just in time for last minute plans, the BMR web site is up and finished. BMR is a rider’s dream wrapped around a killer event. Starting off with a two day [...]
D&D Mounted Chris Carr Takes 3rd @ Springfield
D&D Performance Enterprises’ Open Pipe Team was on the gas at the opening round of the 2009 AMA Pro Grand National Twins Championship at the Illinois Motorcycle Dealers Association’s Springfield Mile. The Captain, Chris Carr of Chris Carr Racing, piloted his XR750 equipped with a dyno-tuned D&D custom pipe to a podium and a thrilling [...]
Falcon Motorcycle
It is awesome when business endeavors pan out and you get to work with a great company. Falcon Motorcycles is one of those companies! Falcon Motorcycles was formed by Ian Barry and Amaryllis Knight to fulfill a mutual dream: To build motorcycles without compromise and to grow a company with unshakable integrity that will have [...]
Ride In
Are you going and are from the Inland Empire? Duane and friends will be pulling out of Lake Elsinore about one. Give us a shout if you want in.
Let Us Know!!!!
If we are not here in your favorite book store let us know. All we need is the address and we will do our best to get you hooked up!
Beauties
Thanks to Joe Hill for the photo. To see more of Joe’s work, check out the June Issue “Steel Beauty” article.
BAKER DRIVETRAIN ANNOUNCES “BAKER DRIVETRAIN 2009 BURNOUT DRAGS!”
Heading to Sturgis and looking for something to do? Well Bert Baker has you covered. BAKER, a name known for unapologetically innovating, top-end premium drivetrain components in the American Big Twin industry, wants to bring riotous FIRE and rubber-burning FURY to the 2009 Sturgis Rally with its 2nd Annual Baker Burnout Drags Competition. Everyone knows [...]
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We will be set up with Primos Helmet Design stop by and sign up to get Cycle Source at your door!
Free info for the taking!
Lowbrow Customs have been working hard on a new Do It Yourself – Tech Tips from Lowbrow Customs section on our website. It includes in-depth tutorials on such projects as How To Install a Solo Seat and How To Shorten Triumph / British Forks to Custom-Built Exhaust Pipes How-To. We will continue to regularly add [...]
SPS Interview With Chris Callen Part 2
Sucker Punch Interview With Chris Callen At Daytona Beach Bike Week Part 2
SPS Interview With Chris Callen
Sucker Punch Video Interview With Chris Callen During Daytona Beach Bike Week 2009
THRUXTON TT PERFORMANCE PIPES
2009 TT PIPES D&D’s competition exhaust system is available for the traditional Triumph TT-style pipe. It is designed with a reverse megaphone open pipe and comes with a competition muffler pack. It is manufactured with a midnight black ceramic coated stepped header and comes complete with air pump eliminators and jet kit.
Spectro Named the Official Oil
Darwin Motorcycles, manufacturer of Brass Balls Bobbers & Choppers, today announced a partnership with Spectro Performance Oils. The race-inspired Bobber and Chopper manufacturer has named Spectro their brand of choice for all of their motorcycle lubricant needs. Every Brass Balls Bobbers’ motorcycle will roll off the assembly floor with synthetic Spectro HD 20w50 Engine Lubricant [...]
Texas Hardtail Scooter Show
When you receive a email from one of the God Fathers of the motorcycle industry you sit up straight and start replying with words like Sir and Please. Well yesterday, Mr. Rick Fairless ask me to take a moment and listen to his Texas Hardtail Scooter Show. Rick, Joe T and Jesse James had a [...]
PINION GEAR LOCKING TOOL
If you’ve ever had to remove or install the pinion gear holding nut on 1954 through 1998 HD™ Big Twin machines or single cam aftermarket HD style clone engines, you know what a hassle it is to secure the gear while tightening or loosening the nut. Once again Georges Garage has come to the rescue [...]
Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse Rocks New Orleans Bike Week
Photo Credit: ‘Tiki’ Tom Seaton The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse and its rolling fleet of customs was proud to participate in New Orleans’ first annual Bike Week, held May 6-10, 2009, as a featured attraction at the Easyriders V-Twin Bike Show.
Have you heard?
Thanks to MJ Reynolds for the photos! Have you heard that Sylvester Stallone came to Cycle Source’s first ever hard-core ride-in Chopper Show at Bike Week New Orleans and bought one of the bikes? Sly purchased the motorcycle from a local New Orleans builder and he is filming a movie in New Orleans.We are looking [...]
NYC Free To Wander Release Party
You are all invited to attend the New York City Release party for the Free To Wander DVD. It will be held at Bar Matchless 537 Manhattan Ave. Brookly Ny 11222. The party starts at 7:00 and the movie starts at 9:00. If you are anywhere near this thing when it happens I strongly encourage [...]
Garage-Girls Ultimate Biker Makeover finalists announced
After going through the numerous submissions we received we have narrowed it down to 4 finalists. Please take a minute and stop by www.garage-girls.com and place your vote for who you feel most deserves the Garage-Girls Ultimate Biker Makeover. Winners need to be present at Carlisle Summer Bike Fest Saturday July 18th to claim their [...]
Crime Scene Choppers Speedlines Air Cleaner
Crime Scene Choppers, infamous for their evocative designs, presents the Speedlines Air Cleaner. Reminiscent of the deco design from the 1930’s, this air cleaner just shouts out ol’ skool. Featuring Crime Scene’s signature fins that taper into the teardrop shape of the air cleaner’s body creating this impressive work of art. Shown here in the [...]
Shot of The Week
Photo is by MJ Reynolds, Bikeweek.com Look in Sly’s hand……..What would that be? Why it’s a Cycle Source magazine!
Cycle Source Joins Forces with Choppertown Nation
Zach and Scott are the Producers/Directors of the award-winning classic biker documentaries Choppertown: the Sinners, Choppertown: From the Vault, and the recently released Brittown. “We always envisioned a website where folks could gather away from the mainstream and share stories and pictures, and maybe make a new friend or two along the way.” This vision [...]
69 MM OPEN DRIVE FOR LATE SOFTAILS
We would like to welcome Belt Drives LTD to the blog.They have just released, this new, model specific, OPEN BELT DRIVE system is designed for use exclusively on 2007- 2009 Softail® machines.
Sucker Punch Sally’s Partners with Premier Cigar Manufacturer for Custom Build
The signature old-school styling of custom motorcycle manufacturer Sucker Punch Sally’s (SPS) has once again caught the eye of motorcycle industry outsiders. SPS today announced it will team up with premium cigar manufacturer CAO to produce a one-off bike that will make its way into one lucky winner’s garage.SPS’s CAO-inspired custom will feature the quality [...]
GEORGES’ EXHAUST STUD REPAIR TOOL
Georges latest, the EXHAUST STUD DRILL JIG, is going to save a lot of home mechanics and shops a ton of grief and hours or tedious labor. Designed for 1984 to present Big Twins, 986 through 2008 XL Sportsters and 1987 to present Buell machines the jig allows users to drill out broken exhaust studs. [...]
In Our Prayers
On May 12th a fellow rider lost her life on the rode. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Lorrianne Barisic, 40, of Goodyear, Ariz., died after losing control of her 2003 Screaming Eagle motorcycle as an 18-wheeler passed her on the freeway. She was riding side by side with her partner Brian, aka F-Bomb. My heart [...]
LATE SPORTSTER® XL CAM COVER SEAL KIT
Running a late Sporty and need to pop the cam cover? One way to make certain it goes back together with a positive, no-leak seal is by using this model specific CAM GEAR COVER SEAL AND GASKET KIT from James Gaskets. Each of the Sporty gear cover kits include all of the gaskets and o-rings [...]
Stripper Juice Motorcycle Cleaner and Polish Welcomes Three New Distributors
Stripper Juice, the flirtatious and now flourishing manufacturer of an all in one motorcycle cleaner polish, is celebrating the addition of three new distributors – Hot Leathers, Marshall Distributing and Speed Cycle of Australia.
Motorcycle Round-up II
On June 13th, Kundratic Kustom Motorcycles is hosting the Motorcycle Round-Up II here at the shop. It’s a boatload of bikes, bands, babes, beer - the usual drunken debauchery. During the event there is an auction and the proceeds benefit the Polycistic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKD), for which right now there is no cure. Each [...]
New and Improved LA County Choprods Internal Throttle
Made in the U.S.A. Gard Hollinger of LA County Choprods has redesigned his internal throttle assembly and now it is better then ever! This new unit now uses a “slide plunger” with two (2) thread-in double ball bearing pin and bearing assemblies.
Ray Wheeler to Display Brass Ball Bobber Military Bike Along the Horse Long Road
Military Bike to be Raffled off to Raise Money for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund Wheeler, a Vietnam Vet and president of Wheeler Industries, will represent the custom Brass Balls Military Bobber on the over 2,000 mile “Long Road” event hosted by the Horse magazine. The Brass Balls Bobbers “Win the Military Bobber for the [...]
Another Beauty from Primos
Rene Chavez, of Primos Helmet Design, created this beauty a few days ago. Excellent craftsmanship! Check out more of his work. Tired looking helmet? Let him help you out
Wire Plus Introduces their New "Shield" Wiring System
Wire Plus Powersports Electronics is proud to introduce their newly designed “Shield” wiring system that mounts the power control module and ignition switch together. The power control module features Solid State breakers that never need replacing, is waterproof and has separate circuits for the ignition, accessories, head light, running lights and an isolated compression release [...]
