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Harley Davidson Custom Seat Program

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Harley Davidson has a new custom seat program where you design the seat online with different patterns, stitching, inlay materials and colors then take the print out to your dealer and order the seat. There's 800 possible combinations so there's a pretty good chance yours will be a little different or a lot different than the seat on your buddy's bike. It's a nice idea but … [Read more...]

Randakk’s Supercharger for Honda GL1000 / GL1100

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Randall Washington of Randakk's Cycle Shakk has been working on a supercharger kit for the Honda GL1000 and GL1100. He has it on the road now so it should be available before long. The kits will all be custom fabricated when you order. The blower is a positive displacement, twin rotor "Roots type" supercharger that will output 6.0 psi max at redline. The target is a 25% … [Read more...]

Piaggio MP3 Roof and Trailer

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The popular Piaggio MP3 tilting 3 wheel scooter is getting a couple of new accessories, a roof and a trailer called the MP3 Wagon. From the looks of the photo, the roof appears to work with the winter windshield and gives you full top coverage. The trailer, shown at EICMA, completes the scooter SUV combination. Isn't this getting to be a little excessive for a scooter? If … [Read more...]

Honda Gold Wing Quad from Hannigan Motorsports

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How about a Honda Gold Wing quad? Dave Hannigan just introduced a 2 wheel front end to replace the standard Gold Wing's single front wheel, which, when added to the usual trike setup gives you one large and luxurious quad. I talked to Dave Hannigan of Hannigan Motorsports recently about what he calls his HRT Roadster. Dave sells quite a few Gold Wing trikes of the usual … [Read more...]

Randakk’s Honda GL1000 Endurance Special

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After my previous posts on a modified Honda GL1000 and GL1200, Randall Washington thought I might be interested in his bike. Randall runs a business by the name of Randakk's Cycle Shakk, where he offers various parts and services for the Honda GL1000. His primary test mule for developing nifty new stuff is what he calls his Honda GL1000 Endurance Special and it looks very well … [Read more...]

Scooter and Motorcycle Lamps

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Here's another artist / craftsman making things from junk unused parts. Maurizio Lamponi Leopardi studied mechanical engineering in Milan but after a few years decided to go off in another direction. After working around the family's artistic foundry and then trying his hand at photography he finally came up with the idea of creating art pieces, sometimes semi functional, as in … [Read more...]