Hot-Rod Custom

Harley-Davidson has expanded its youth-focused Dark Custom line with a daring new addition--the Sportster Forty-Eight. Utilizing the Sportsters' fuel-injected 1200cc Evolution powerplant, the Forty-Eight rides low with slammed suspension and a classic peanut tank that holds a scant two-gallons.

Rebirth of the Cool

The Helvetic Air Fokker 100 touched down at BHX. Edges of morning sunlight over Birmingham dispelled the myth of gloomy English weather. Twelve hours overnight from Montreal via Zurich, I felt no fatigue-only excitement at plunging into the cauldron of iconography that is the legend of Triumph Motorcycles.

H-D Dark Customs

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 offbeat insight into the American motorcycle manufacturer.

Screamin' Eagle Motorcycles

Each year, the shop-shirted covert agents at Harley-Davidson's exclusive Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) pluck four models from the Harley-Davidson lineup and, utilizing an arsenal of Screamin' Eagle performance parts, exclusive paint schemes, and enough chrome to induce pangs of inadequacy in a '57 Bel Air, recasts them into rarified road-ravaging, lust-inducing examples of what a customer might create with a little imagination and a sizable slush fund.

Thunderbird... 'Live'

The British are coming! The British are coming! It's British Invasion week on the Motorcycle Radio Network, and we are celebrating with a test of the awesome 2010 Triumph Thunderbird.

2010 Vulcan Special Edition

One can easily dismiss mid-size cruisers such as the 2010 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom Special Edition. They point to the liquid-cooled 903cc V-twin motor and scoff at its "diminutive" size, as if 96 cubic inches is the minimum required for a "real" cruiser.

Rocket III Wheelie

Triumph's new 2010 Rocket III Roadster is the latest iteration of the offbeat motorcycle that created a rouse when it was first introduced in 2004. At 2.3 liters, the Rocket III Roadster is the world's largest production capacity motorcycle. The new power generated by Rocket III Roadster moves it out of the lackluster cruiser category and into the ultimate muscle cruiser world.

Fat Boy Lo... 'Live'

In 1990 Harley-Davidson launched the original Fat Boy, which became an overnight success for America's oldest and largest motorcycle manufacturer. Twenty years later, we test the new 2010 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Lo.