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Archive for March, 2007

Motorcycle logic puzzle

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Here is a motorcycle logic puzzle I found on the Harley Bikers of Texas forum. The puzzles was devised by one of the forum moderators, James R. Davis, who apparently likes to do this sort of thing every now and then,
For the uninitiated, a logic puzzle is a puzzle of deduction derived from the [...]

Help! There’s a crack in my windshield!

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Great pic supplied by Mike at Bikes in the Fast Lane.

Plumber Motorcyclist [via Bikes (Motorcycles) in the Fast Lane]

Technorati Tags: motorcycle

Keeping a clean shop

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Here’s a tip from the site Tricks of the Trade for cleaning up your gas and grease stains.
Don’t use kitty litter to get grease and gasoline stains off of cement–you will never get it all. Instead, use powdered dishwasher detergent. Let it sit for about 10 minutes, then scrub back and forth with a stiff [...]

Disposable windshields for your motorcycle

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

For those of you who ride a Harley-Davidson Road King, Heritage Classic or Electra Glide, you now have the option of a ‘disposable’ windshield in the form of Touring Tear-Offs from Hesperia, CA based Touring Enterprises, Inc. You can find their site here.
Touring Tear-Offs are a set of four layers of disposable windshields that [...]

Send us mangoes and we will send you Harleys

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Interesting report in The Times of India today reporting that a trade deal has been struck to allow a limited number of Harleys to be imported into India at a lower duty rate in return for the US allowing Indian mangoes to be imported to the US. See the entire story here.
Apparently, the reason [...]

Baby your chrome for a brilliant shine

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Have you ever been about to head out for a ride with the guys or to your favorite rally but realized that you need to clean your bike a little (or even a lot)? Or have you just wanted to brighten up your chrome a bit in an attempt to ‘blind them’ to the [...]

Biker Helmet Stickers

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

If you have been riding for any amount of time, chances are you have come across other riders that have a sticker or two, sometimes a multitude, on their helmet or bike. And if you are like me, you always wondered where you could get them.
Well, I now know that you can find them [...]

Motorcycle Meets Balloon Art

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

I am guessing that the ‘clown’ that produced this amazing balloon art rides to his gigs on a Harley!
Not sure how it was accomplished or how much time it took to complete. But this is pretty amazing.

Balloon Art [via Fresh Pics]

Technorati Tags: motorcycle

Beatnik Biker Milestone

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

At least a small one of sorts…
This is the 100th post to the blog! So I just thought I would do a little celebrating.
Although I would love to enjoy a celebratory ride later today, it looks like that may be out of the question as the forecast calls for rain. Or actually [...]

Get Pics of You and Your Bike on MSNBC

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Here’s your chance at your ‘15 minutes of fame’ on MSNBC. Seems they will being doing a piece about riders gearing up for the upcoming riding season by showing them performing a little Spring cleaning on their rides.
Here is MSNBC’s request:
Send us your motorcycle photos
Spring is in the air, and motorcycle enthusiasts across the [...]

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