Bikes and Builder Department

"Innovation is a very basic concept. You either set the trends, or you follow them. Rarely is there room for interpretation of this most basic of concepts, especially when it comes to the motorcycle industry. You are either willing to take the risks associated in defining your own sense of style and design, setting yourself apart from the pack...or you become one of those guys you see hunting for his bike in a sea of thousands of other cookie-cutter bikes at ROT"

Harley-Davidson Department

"MILWAUKEE (February 24, 2006) - Harley-Davidson today unveiled designs for the Harley-Davidson Museum development on 20 acres at the corner of Sixth and Canal Streets near downtown Milwaukee. “The design plan for the Harley-Davidson Museum and its site incorporates striking urban design elements and engages the surrounding water and green spaces,” said Museum Director Stacey Watson. “It also unites the city center with the Menomonee Valley and reflects the industrial heritage of the area and of Harley-Davidson.”"

"That’s what I keep thinking as the four of us on the Ride Guide crew (see page 28) point our bikes up the interstate on-ramp, with more than 500 freeway miles ahead of us. See, I had thought this through. And when we divvied up the loaner bikes for our first travel day on the road from Pennsylvania to the North Carolina mountains, I made sure I claimed Harley-Davidson’s Street Glide first."

"When Tom Cruise and his buddies in the film "Top Gun" cried out "I feel the need for speed!" they had F-14's to fulfill the rush. ... The Destroyer is "the first out-of-the-box drag motorcycle by any manufacturer," Morgan said. "The only thing we do is put on the wheels and wheelie bar," a rolling structure attached to the back of the bike that keeps the front wheel down during hard acceleration."

Pickings Department

"A Rebellious Revolution historically manifested after the Depression in a resistance of early America, enhanced the way freedom is enjoyed today through the Kulture developed by the Bobber. Neither promises nor speeches, commanded by any elected official or representative could amend this revolution, opposing the expression of warfare and political conflict and setting the way for the future course of American defiance. "