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2008_OCC_Bagger_Corbin_Bags
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Holy Moly. I found this (I know it's a month late) today on MotorcycleUSA's  site. It's one of the newest production models from OCC ... that's Orange County Choppers for those of you who have been under a rock for the last few years. They unveiled their one and only bagger ... and oh how sweet it looks. Powered by S&S's X-Wedge ... with a twist ... it's rubber mounted.

It's a sweet looking ride. I love the exhaust coming out under the bags. Don't really know the purpose of that large hole in the seat ... drain hole for rain water? ... tailbone extension? ... human gas relief depository? ... come on ... you know it's happened to you!! You're riding after a lunch full of riblets ... bouncing down the road and a little gas need to come out ... the hole would allow you not to have to lean curiously over in the seat while keeping the bike upright. I'm sure that the hole was Mikey's design contribution ... he's always thinking.

This baby will probably retail for over 40 grand. But, you would have an OCC bagger. It would be way better than a Benz, Lexard, or any other crappy cage.

Article link.

The Teutel's RULE.

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prince harry : honda cb125

prince harry / honda cb 125
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How cool is this. The Brit's Prince Harry finding an old Honda CB 125, along with his army buddies, pushing this thing until it starts. It just goes to show you ... guys and motorcycles ... priceless.

It reminds me of my first Honda ... the CL 100.

HG

angelina jolie

angelina jolie
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In a recent British poll it seems that brits would rather have Angelina Jolie on their pillion (seat behind the main seat) than Playboy centerfolds. Maybe it's because she is cycle savvy since she owns and rides on her own. Of course who is to say that she would ride on the back of anyone else's bike accept Brads ... I think I have a photo of them riding together on one of my past posts ... probably more than a year ago.

Here she is on a the set of a Paramount picture ... where she is also sporting a 9mm or a .45 .... eeeeooww. What a woman. Motorcycles and gun play.

HG

honda moving from us

Well, I told you that I would start with the motorcycle 'only' stuff on this blog again ... and by george ... I did. The first rattle out of the back is this. Honda is taking their Goldwing and VTX production out of Ohio ... busting a lot of people out of work. That's really not what I wanted to hear ... since I just bought a wing ... not too many months ago.

The news just hit the wire yesterday. Not only will production workers lose their jobs ... but people in the Ohio area who produce specific products for the Goldwings and VTX will also take a huge hit.

Bad deal, Honda.

News here.

i did move

I did move to harleyghost.com ... but that has become more of all ... catch all for all that I am thinking deal ... I returned here to just do motorcycle stuff ... typepad never took my site down ... cool for me.

motorcycle news: victory vision

I knew that it would only be a matter of time before the guru's at victory tapped into the luxury motorcycle scene. And wow!! When they did ... they came in like a bang. Here's a portion of an article by Bryan Harley and a link to the rest of the story. >>

" The Victory Vision is definitely a vision to behold. People wouldn't have reacted to it the way they did if it wasn't aesthetically stimulating. Victory's Industrial Designer Michael Song and his team of engineers have worked hard to make the flow of the bike appeasing to the eye while being aerodynamically efficient at the same time. Song has seen the project grow from the initial sketches of the Visteon Vision in 2000 to the motorcycle that is in the full-production stages at Victory's Spirit Lake facility. When I questioned Song on the radical styling of the 2008 Vision Tour and Street models, he commented, "It's the Victory way. Being the flagship model we wanted it to really stand out." [full story with pics]

Can't wait to meet this thing on the road.

Thanks Bryan ...

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wisdom and fear?

Great idea! An American Indian tribe on the west side of the Grand Canyon rolled out their newest attraction ... a sky walk. It juts out about 70 feet, has a glass bottom, giving you a spectacular view to the canyon floor ... 4,000 feet below. You would think that everyone would be happy for the impoverished Indian tribe ... but noooo. There are alway opponents to anything new. Here's the story.

You guys are going to have to put up with me a couple of days of ranting and whining about recent changes in my life. My head is just in a funk. Trying to figure out why I would ever give my heart and energies to something that would eventually bite me hard and send me on my way. It is beyond me. Lori and I both have just kind of looked at each other and shook our heads in disbelief.

When I was a pastor and someone came to me for counseling ... my first question was ... how many other people have you told your dilemma to? My second question was ... how many people have you asked their advice or opinion? Sometimes the dilemma is not the situation ... but the fear of what might happen. With many opinions comes many avenues of fear. Add your fear to the opinion givers fear and whamo! You have a giant mess. Sometimes the dilemma is not even a problem ... but your fear and insecurities speculate that it could be ... so you create anxiety of something that may not happen. Some say this is wisdom. I say that it is a fear based approach to life in general.

I can't tell you how many people I have talked to that feel that God is leading them in a specific way ... only to talk themselves out of it because they got 14 different opinions ... and the popular vote was NOT to do it. So .. you are popular with some people and disobedient to God. Can you live with that? Sometimes God asks you to take a risk ... yes, on people. After all, God has taken risks with people since time began. Even though Lori and I took a risk with some people and it bit us ... and we are hurt because of it ... it doesn't mean it did not have value in our life and in the lives of others. It doesn't lessen the pain now ... but it will ... eventually. It's just sad that it's the church where all this plays out. Go figure.

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allen hog wild about safety

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Tim Allen is hooked on riding. But ... he wants more training in the event he has to lay down his bike. He's been trying to get the guys who taught him how to ride to teach him a little more. Tim's brother lost a leg in a motorcycle accident earlier in his life ... so his trepidation is warranted.
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