How much do you really know about that helmet you’re putting on your head each, and every time you go for a ride?

Edward Banks said, “Those who fail to learn history are condemned to repeat it.”  While he may have been creating a pun about his high school Social Studies class at the time, his words accurately describe the current new motorcycle market in the United States.
In the late 1970’s and early ‘80’s, motorcycle manufacturers noticed an [...]

The snowbanks have melted here in the northeast, Daylight Savings Time has begun, and the black leather crowd is dragging their Harley-Davidson motorcycles from their winter storage.  I have yet to see a robin, but it is mid-March and it looks like a typical spring in upstate New York.

 
Although all appears normal for Harley-Davidson riders, [...]

Bill Miko
02/27/2010
 
 
   As a co-host on the Motorcycle Radio Network I’m often approached by listeners of the show to answer a multitude of motorcycle related questions. Most of the time these questions deal with the V-Twin industry and more specifically Harley-Davidson; our savvy listeners know I’m an ex-Harley dealer with a unique if not sometimes [...]

 
Stepping off the plane in Ohio, I was greeted by a cold and snowy Cincinnati when I arrived to attend the 10th Anniversary Easyriders Magazine V-Twin Expo.  What?  You’ve never heard of it?  Well… that’s because you weren’t invited – it is only for dealership and industry personnel. Hundreds of manufactures display their products at [...]

 By Bill Miko,
It’s official; the last episode of Orange County Choppers will air Feb 7th 2010. I feel a special connection with the crew at OCC and not for the reasons you might think. As the co-host of the Motorcycle Radio Network and a former Harley-Davidson dealer from 1975-2006 I worked in a similar environment as [...]

This week on the Motorcycle Radio Network, Todd B puts his traveling boots on and heads down to the Big Apple for a visit to the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show.  Bill is still laughing because Todd B drove two hours, spent two more hours on a train, then walked over a mile from the [...]

Bill Miko
01/17/2010

It’s not often that an event lives up to the hype; you know the constant radio and TV ads that you hear and see a month before an event is scheduled to start. Well, the second round of the 2010 AMA Monster Energy Supercross at Chase Field in Phoenix not only lived-up to the [...]

Source: Harley-Davidson]

PRESS RELEASE:
Erik Buell establishes Erik Buell Racing
New Venture Will Build Buell 1125R-based Racing Motorcycles and Supply Parts

MILWAUKEE (November 20, 2009) – Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE:HOG) announced today that following the company’s recent decision to discontinue the Buell motorcycle product line, Erik Buell, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Buell Motorcycle Company, will leave the company [...]

Todd Wilson
10/16/2009
 
Much has been written already about Harley-Davidson Motor Company’s stunning press release earlier this week announcing that they are ceasing production of Buell-brand motorcycles. Some in the industry have gone as far as stating that this action was long-rumored or even expected for quite some time. I guess I missed the invitation to drink [...]