sportster Articles
Why you want a Triumph Bonneville, even if you don’t know it yet
Since 2001, the Triumph Bonneville has always just sort of been there as a good-looking, if unexciting retro bike. Reliable, shiny and affordable, but not the kind of thing you’d lay awake at night dreaming about. For 2010 and 2011, that’s just changed, totally. Triumph won’t tell you that the humble Bonnie is suddenly one of the most most desirable motorcycles on the market. But, don’t wo...
Dec 09, 2011
Wrenchmonkees #7: Husqvarna x Harley
Little separates this custom Sportster from every other hardtail out there, but what little does make it different somehow makes it very different. The Husqvarna CR tank's european shape and blocky graphics have nothing to do with peanuts, metal flake, strips of hide, affected rust, airbrushed wizards fighting grizzly bears, sweet boobage, crying eagles, stars 'n stripes or chrome plate. That juxt...
Sep 21, 2009
Dailies
Blammo! British commandos show motorcycle-mounted terrorists what happens when you mess with the Empire
According to British comic book, The Sun, this is a totally accurate depiction of two Apache helicopters eliminating YZ250 and Sportster-mounted terrorists with extreme prejudice.Thanks for the tip, David...
Jun 03, 2009
Shepard Fairey paints Harley's Art of Rebellion
Photos: ElemantalC and Colin Young-WolffTo mark the launch of the Harley Iron 883, the company commissioned Shepard Fairey and several other artists it describes as "low brow" to create original art based on the bike and to decorate its fuel tank. The show is running at Santa Monica's Robert Berman Gallery until February 21st. >Shepard, who created the iconic Obama "Hope" image, created both the p...
Feb 17, 2009
Dailies
Harley launches 'Screw It' campaign, blows it instead
Harley-Davidson's new campaign "Screw It, Let's Ride" relies on Middle America's growing concern with worldwide economic strife triggered by the sub-prime mortgage crisis, continued war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and astronomical fuel prices. Carmichael Lynch, Harley-Davidson's Agency of Record, plays on the working class's need for respite with the line, "and the rumble of an engine drowns out all ...
May 07, 2008
Dailies
Whitney Biennial shows bike film that doesn't suck
Loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's character Werther, T.S.O.Y.W. is an experimental film by artists Amy Granat and Drew Heitzler. The film depicts a modern disillusioned Werther who steals his friend's Harley Sportster to enact the great American road trip through the desert. Shown on dual screen projections, the film simultaneously features each artist's vision of the journey shot on 1...
Apr 22, 2008