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What “they” are?!

Guilty Dude — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:21:38 +0000

It’s hard to explain some times (even to ourselves much less others) what exactly is going on in the motorcycle scene these days. We have so many different aspects of the motorcycling world that are changing. We ask the question “What is this new scene that is comprised of a somewhat younger breed of rider on modified cruisers rippin’ up our streets?” Whether it’s due to economics, restlessness, or simply the ebb-and-flow of a generation that takes on and reflects the state-of-affairs with us as a culture, one thing is for sure….there is “a change a happen’n”.

One guy that we are familiar with and respect for his insights into the industry is Scout Underwood, (who when we met him was working for Baker Transmissions) and then went onto H-D and other companies afterwards. His hands on experience in the industry teamed up with insightful writings have caught our attention and we’d like to repost one article (in it’s entirety) that clearly attempts to answer the question posed above. It’s here for you to read and comment on. You can check out his site The Bikereader.org here. So here is the article: (...)
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Sharp Metal On My Flesh!

Guilty Dude — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:00:46 +0000

There’s something archaic, yet satisfying, about the presence of a barber pole. Maybe a welcome glimpse of a past perceived as simpler and even slower, one could say? Barbers and their poles (did you know that barbers in the middle ages were actually surgeons? Practicing “bloodletting” to cure ills. And the modern barbers pole had it’s start during that time) are anachronisms in an age of pretentious, gleaming, massive, high-tech salons where the stylists look better than their clients, (before and/or after services). Even the word, barber, which stems from the Latin “barba” – for beard – is less sexy than the term, “stylist”. So, who goes to barbers nowadays?(...)
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Do you ride loaded?

Guilty Dude — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:04:30 +0000

A frequent question posed by motorcyclist is whether or not they should carry a firearm with them for personal protection. This is a question that has a lot of answers and yet not one fits every situation. Just too many variables to consider on this issue as “one shoes doesn’t fit everyone“. So remember that as we proceed thought this issue. First, let me state that I am trained and carry a 9mm with me almost everywhere i go and am proficient in it’s use as well as a number of one-on-one confrontation scenarios (i.e. martial arts). Granted i’m not a competitive fighter, but i can hold-my-own when it was needed. And have had to “hold my own” over the years (although i was a lot younger and foolish too) when the need arose.(...)
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What This World Needs is More Americans!

Guilty Dude — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:02:15 +0000

“What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it. For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness which most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want. We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. For it is the only nation founded solely on a moral dream. A part of our own future is tied up in it and the greatest of all the gifts the Americans have given us is hope.” President Reagan quoting column by Ferdinand Mount. Pretty much says it all in a nut shell.

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Remembering our Veterans

Guilty Dude — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:00:35 +0000

Note: Growing up in the military (and having a brother and other family members deployed and currently serving) i am a strong supporter of our soldiers and empathetic with their families as well as understand our need as a nation to support them whenever and however we can! This was contributed by James Schenck, an Army veteran and the president of the PenFed Foundation, a military support organization.

This Fourth of July, can you to join me in saluting the sacrifices of all veterans who served to defend our nation and remembering their contributions. While the nation reflects on sacrifices of veterans this Independence Day who did not return back from war, I also would like to salute members of the military who sacrificed in other ways. From the Marine whose family is struggling financially due to multiple deployments, to the sailor who couldn’t buy her first house because she was overseas, to the soldier who is now relearning how to walk with his wife by his side and needs daycare for his young children: members of our military make sacrifices everyday that go unseen. (...)
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Gotta Love America!

Guilty Dude — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:36:21 +0000

You’ve got to love AMERICA! We get a day to say “Thanks” to our veterans but also party to show our support of them! The best of both worlds wouldn’t you say!? So, while you’re enjoying the weekend and hoisting a brews (or twelve) in honor of the men and women in uniform, don’t fret about all the absurd politics and maneuvering we’re seeing, but rather just know that our protectors (soldiers) serve this great country of ours and they do it with distinction.(...)
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Hoka Hey!?

Guilty Dude — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:13:53 +0000

Early on Monday June 28th at 4:20am local time, two riders (Frank Kelly from South Carolina and Will Barclay from Highland Beach, Florida) crossed the finish line (together) for the Hoka Hey Challenge in Homer Alaska. It’s reported that these guys didn’t know each other until meeting at the last checkpoint on Sunday. So as not to be disqualified (speeding tickets) or have an accident, they opted to ride together across the finish line at the same time. Hmmm, now is that even possible? The next batch of riders scheduled to cross the finish line are at least one day behind these two finalist. Both riders will need to still pass a drug test, a motorcycle inspection, polygraph and verification of gas receipts and road logs to be declared the winners of the $500k bounty.(...)
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Hot Rod Art of Nick Sinclair

Guilty Dude — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:44:53 +0000

When traveling across the country as we have, we come across a lot of hot rod and motorcycle art and artist, which i make a point of collecting the business cards, visiting their website or Facebook pages and then proceed to thrash myself for not continuing my artist adventures as a young man! When I saw the artwork of Nick Sinclair from Sinclair Hot Rods I got motivated to pound my skull even twice as hard for not continuing my artistic studies. My passion had always been in the field of tire smoking cars (67 Chevy’s) and long strung out choppers (remember Easy Riders was just out during that time) so our pics were of big muscled bikers on cool bikes…every young adolescent’s dream! Fortunately Nick stuck to his earlier passions of drawing as they show in every drawing we’ve seen appear from his sketch pad. My fav is Super Nugget, a street scraping Rat Rod with plenty of bad attitude and cool flames. The print is a limited edition fine art print and measures 19 inches by 13 inches. Only 50 produced. Each one is signed and numbered by Nick. Yeah, ok, i want one! Nick apparently digs the deeds of Ed Roth, Coop,Williams, Hess, and Kozik, and his work spans the typical Lowbrow, High Octane hot rod portfolio of gassers, street rods, rat rods, pin-ups, and of course, monsters. If you want to find out more about Nick go to his website HERE. You’ll find some cool limited edition prints, t-shirts and much much more.

Door Art Only for the Cool?

Guilty Dude — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:24:22 +0000

Similar in purpose as “Pin-ups” in our prior post, “Door Art” in it’s own right has a purpose, image and degree of sophistication that can only come with a certain amount of “tougue-in-cheek” bravado. Or is that just “cool-ness”? Or are people just trying to promote their business? Either way, whether your sporting “Door Art” on a hearse, a semi, a rat-rod, tractor or even a show car, you’ve got a reason for showing off the name and whether it’s meaning has some deep seated and purposeful meaning to you (or the cars’ owner), guess we’ll never know. So, where is your “Door Art”?