With more carrying capacity than ANY motorcycle on the market — even some automobiles —- Can-Am sent touring guru and friend-of-MO, Fred Rau, on a tour of Canada and the United States to promote the new 5-speed luxury touring roadster. For those of you not following Fred’s blog @ SpyderFred.com, here’s a little taste of the scenes and opinions he encountered on his great many miles.

In the last year, more than 100,000 test rides have been given at events like these across the country. Many of the interested buyers are current touring bike owners  — Ultra Glides and Gold Wings — and Can-Am has “reinvented riding” so as to get you on board. You might be next!

There’s a difference between what you believe and what you know. Nowhere in the construct of the word motorcycle does it suggest a limit on the number of wheels. Are you riding motor-bicycles? Are you riding at all? KPaul? The very ‘first’ motorcycle had 4 wheels by the way. Damn you facts!

What would be your opinion on the Enicycle? Or a trike? Don’t answer that….

How about we just call the Spyder a motor-tricycle? Better yet, let’s call it a Reitwagen (riding car) from now on. And, yes, I got that from Wikipedia.

Although motorcycles are most commonly two-wheeled motor vehicles, they can be so much more. The world isn’t flat anymore!  And if you don’t like choppers, sport bikes, dualies or whizzers, don’t ride ‘em. That just leaves more for me to ride!

In my search through the Motorcycle.com community forums (see the links at the very bottom of this page) to find some handy, insightful and practical tips or projects for readers to check out, I’ve stumbled across a few bizarre things.

I felt I had to post this one.  It is awesome and scary all at the same time.

Blackdog 15 of the harley-davidsonforums.com has posted his method on mounting a sidearm (or two) on his motorcycle.  He admits that he and a buddy had a few drinks to inspire them on how they would attach such instruments of death to their rides.

I guess it’s kind of obvious (and hilarious) that they had a few drinks.

See the rest of the post for some more pics.  Go sign up on harley-davidsonforums.com to give a friendly hello and a pat on the back for a job well done.

How to Mount Guns on ur Harley

Harley-Davidson revealed their new CVO line-up over the weekend and Motorcycle.com’s own Alfonse Palaima was there to cover it … and video tape it!

The 2010 Harley-Davidson Street Glide, Fat Bob, Ultra Classic Electra Glide and all-new Softail Convertible were there and Fonzie was able to take a close look at each one.

Here’s a quick run-down of the new 2010 models:

For the full details of these amazing motorcycles, head to Motorcycle.com’s 2010 Harley-Davidson CVO Model Line-Up Preview.

Fonz also managed to do a nice preview of the bikes on camera with one of Harley-Davidson’s own CVO Team Manager, Jeff Smith, to explain the new features on the 2010 Softail and Street Glide.

See the rest of the post for two CVO videos and check out the new 2010 Harley-Davidson CVO Motorcycles on Motorcycle.com’s preview of the new line-up!  And for your convenience, here’s a link to the photo gallery of the new bikes.

2010 Harley-Davidson CVO Model Line-Up Preview

If you’re interested, visit these following sites:
The Official B.A.C.A Radio Website
More B.A.C.A Videos on Vimeo

Julien’s Auction in Beverly Hills estimates a price range of $6,000 – $8,000.

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Grab the wallpaper and click over to SPECs where you’ll find honest user reviews for this bike. Don Hutchinson reviewed the Electra Glide in December, calling it a “Great Machine” and gave it a perfect Rating! Phil Nuccio also gave it a 5/5 rating all ’round and uploaded a picture of his HD for all of us to enjoy. “After many years on Yamaha Ventures this is my first HD and it is truly a pleasure to ride. Much lower center of gravity much easier to handle. The riding position, comfort, reliability, and value retention make this the best bike I have ever owned.” says Phil. Don’t forget to grab the wallpaper after the jump. Peace.

2009 Luxury Touring Shootout

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Lieutenant Scott Fear, Commander of the U.S. Park Police Motor Unit, led a dozen side car-equipped Electra Glides in a formation riding the heavily modified Trike, which was sourced by Harley-Davidson of Frederick.

The modified Electra Glides allegedly underwent 40 hours of labor in order to be ready for inauguration duty. They will be utilized by Washington DC Metro Police now that the presidential proceedings have ended.

The dealership has supplied bikes for the past five inauguration parades, and owner Mike Vantucci says “The police officers who will get these are really excited.”

As one could easily imagine, it has become quite the collection over the last century. This unparalleled collection not only contains at least one bike from each model year since 1903, it also contains a number of bikes that never even saw production.

Housing one-off creations, prototypes and many models that haven’t seen the light of day since before the Great War, this vast collection could easily be considered the holy land of Hogs. While few fortunate eyes have ever been fortunate enough to gaze upon the collection, Randy Leffingwell and Darwin Holmstrom were granted access in order to photograph and document this vast assortment of historical Harleys.

The result of this enviable project is The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection, a fascinating book that is as interesting to look at, as it is to read. The Archive Collection is a book so considerable in size and scope my own coffee table could hardly support its vast proportions.

Read about Serial Number One, the first known Harley-Davidson model in existence, which now sits majestically encased in glass at the Harley Museum, or the 1942 Model XA, a bike ordered by the US Army to assist in the war effort, which also happened to boast the company’s first foot-shift transmission. From the first known Harley to the latest Rocker, this comprehensive book will not disappoint any Harley enthusiast. Large, glossy photographs accompany endless fascinating facts and stories about carefully chosen examples from the most famous motorcycle brand in the world.

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