Tag: V-Twin Bike
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Rocket Bobs “Pressure Drop” voted ‘World’s Best V-Twin 2018’!
The ancient city of Prauge, in the heart of Europe was the backdrop for the H-D 115th Anniversary European Celebration, where more than 100,000 bikers from over 77 countries revved into Prague, making it the biggest anniversary festival for the motorcycles outside of H-D’s U.S. home of Milwaukee, where a similar party takes place in August.…
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QUESTIONED: Andrew Huerta
Place: Covina CA Handle: @one_wheel_drew URL: diamondlanelife.com What do you do for money? I have been blessed with a opportunity to work at Espinoza’s Leather and a couple other side hustles. How did you get into motorcycles? My earliest memories of a motorcycle was my uncles (Danny Molina) 49 H-D Panhead I drooled over that…
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QUESTIONED: Anthony Sollima
Place: Chatsworth, CA Handle: @tony_27cycles URL: www.ShredMotoCo.com What do you do for money? I work on Harley’s at 27 Cycles, but now I mostly take part in designing parts and doing the warehouse duties around the shop like packaging, shipping, and everything else that has to do with manufacturing Harley parts (or trying to at least!) We…
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The V-Twin motorcycle diet.
Exclusive to V-Twin Visionary; Sandy Roca shares some old time weight reduction secrets. No, we got nothing against your (and ours) Coors-generated love handles. We’ll let your doc (or Ol lady) bust your chops about that. This tiny tech tome is about how to reduce the weight of your V-Twin motorcycle, whether it be chopper,…
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RIDER: Pete McGill’s `79 H-D Shovelhead
Words and Photos: Pete McGill I bought this bike as a fairly ragged bobber. The idea was to get it mechanically sound, make it look cooler and ride it on The El Diablo Run in 2015. The mechanical side was pretty standard. I took off the less than reliable stock electronic ignition and replaced it…
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RIDER: Alex Garcia’s 2015 H-D FXDB Dyna
Words and Photos: Alex Garcia I bought my first Harley in 2014. It was a sportster 48. It was fun for a while but one day I came to the local dealership in Morgan Hill, California known as House of Thunder for a battery warranty. Sitting in the front window on the showroom floor was this…
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Three 54’s
BY: RYAN LOUGHRIDGE Tony Nguyen of LandSpeed Motorcycle shop had the idea of getting a few of the other 1954 Panheads he knew of together for a shoot. That idea seemed to fade into a pipe dream until that dream became more of an awakening once Tony was selling his ‘54. Slated to have the…
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The Engines of Arlen
We all Know that Arlen Ness has built a myriad of machines with many custom touches, but we here at VTV always thought that the engines of Arlen’s creations were the real standouts. Check out these photos and after you have seen them all we defy you to think different.
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EVENT: Art Of Speed Malaysia
We cant tell you enough just how cool the Art of Speed show in Malaysia really is. The food is great, the people are kind, and the quality of construction of the custom cars and bikes is insane! Inside the halls were all sorts of vendors, thousands of people from all over the world, and…
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Atomic Custom’s Frost Lord
One of our favorite choppers of all time is the Atomic Custom’s built Frost Lord. It just takes one glance atthis machine to know that it took a ton of forethought and craftsmanship to complete a custom motorcycle build at this level. Then when you really start to focus on the Frost Lord, you…
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The H-D Softails of Born Free
H-D and San Diego Customs teamed up with six custom bike builders to each individually build a new 2018 Softail to their liking. FXR Division, Pop’s Garage Fab, Satya Kraus, Mikey Virus, Chip Kastelnik, and Horsepower Inc all were given a new bike to customize into a two-wheeled business card so to speak. When all…
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Killerspeed Mug
A mug is a mug is a mug right? A drinking vessel designed for hot liquids. but c’mon we know its more than that. A coffee mug shows fellow employees, strangers and family alike the message you want to convey to them. And this one from Killerspeed has a great design on it that anyone…
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Shop Crawl: Valley Kustoms
We have been watching Silent G and the crew at Valley Kustoms slowly and surely slay the paint game. Their style ranges from superbly subtle to Nth-level technically wild schemes using techniques shown to him by some of the best painters of the past. Valley Kustoms specializes in Custom paint, metal and fiberglass repair, pinstriping,…