SuperSeven: Milan
The countryside surrounding Milan is ancient and beautiful…
One of the things I always loved about riding is that I never know how it’s going to go. I might have a great ride, or I might take a nice walk, pushing the bike along with me. Expect the unexpected.
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The invite from The Selvedge Yard said:
There will be beer by The Brooklyn Brewery and spirits generously provided by our friends at Art in the Age. A taco truck will mosey on over and park outside Fast Ashley’s for your convenience.
We’ll be giving away some goodies as well. Look forward to seeing you there! Continue Reading →
These mirrors are made from chrome-plated die-cast aluminum, which means they will always look great and last forever. The head-size of the mirrors measures 5” wide x 2 ½” high, which means they’ll function well but aren’t too big for your H-D®. These mirrors come with different size stems Continue Reading →
Last September, I went with a couple friends to the Oyster Run in Anacortes, WA. This is the biggest motorcycle event in the Pacific Northwest with attendance in the 30,000 bike range. Which is pretty amazing since this is technically a one day event. Although many people begin arriving on Friday and stay through the weekend. 
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Don Kates – Shooters Images, Inc.
Professional Motorcycle and Product Photography
don@shootersimages.com
www.shootersimages.com
The Italian Biker Fest is returning for the 26th year over the weekend of 10 – 13 May, 2012 at Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine.
The show will be hosting the Italian round of the World Championship of Custom Bike Building, with the builder of the Best in Show bike getting a prize of travel expenses to compete at the World Championship in Sturgis, and also acts as the final of the inaugural Italian Motorcycle Championship, a series of ten events in central and northern Italy.
BIKER FEST
www.bikerfest.it
Now here’s a contributor for you folks – Paul Holdsworth. Holdsworth is a longtime fixture in the VTwin industry and older bike scene. He grew up in a manger that had been Cosmoline’d. The guy leaks oil if he stands in a place for too long (well, not wholly true). I’ve road tripped with Holdsworth by bike and by car and I can say without a doubt, the man has stories, tons of stories…. 45dgree has been lucky enough to tap this great font of tall tales and here forth, he shall appear every now and then. – stephen berner
With all the biker build off promotion crossing our desks, not to mention new model news from the Motor Company, and the it seems like almost weekly a new ‘custom motorcycle manufacturer’ and also the amateur builder we here from who has built a bike ‘just like that BIG NAME BIKE BUILDER!! 
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Checkit – Asylum was shot by Drew Geraci in an abandoned 1920′s Asylum over 7 months, combining just under 35,000 individual frames.
45dgree love, loves, loves this subject matter and the Drew’s just rock it solid to the bone!
Shanghai, China, April 13 2012 – Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher used the Pirelli P Zero Yellow soft tire, which has been nominated together with the P Zero White medium tire, to set the fastest time of the day during the second free practice session on Friday in China. Continue Reading →
And so it begins.
A Star Wars Geek and his outlaw dad out for a road trip on their bikes. I guess stranger things have happened. Continue Reading →
Jeff Tiedeken is one half of Metal Morphosis Cycles, in the past, I have shot a number of bikes that have been built by Jeff and his older brother Jason, but this was to be the first solo construction by the young buck. 
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As you are gathering, 45dgree is about stories. In this lazy-ass day and age we all too often assign images the task of telling stories and well, they just don’t do the job as well as a few poignantly crafted words. So, in that vein, Meet “8 Ball Brian”, a new contributing writer to 45dgree. We hope you like his work and take the time to let us (and him) know. – stephen berner
I am a 51 year old, 2nd generation rider, who has been riding since the late 60’s. Proud to have been raised in the small town of Home, Washington. A quaint little suburb that was originally founded over 100 years ago as an Anarchist/Socialist Utopia on an arm of Puget Sound. Continue Reading →
I wrote this about a year ago for my blog at a time when some friends who I thought might be Brothers were starting to show me why you wait so long before knowing who your Brothers really are. I think this is one of the best articles I’ve ever written, it’s at least the one that comes from the heart more than any other. Give it a read and let me know what you think. KJ…. Continue Reading →
The newest seat in Mustang’s Tripper line is their Wide Tripper solo that features a detailed diamond stitch design. Continue Reading →
I just got these from our inscrutable friend Christian of XIAN Leather. For a change of pace, I don’t have words to do this work justice, although “excellent” might suffice in circumstances where the audience was well informed.
“Stay Tuned” for more of this project, although ya just never know if and when Mr. Marsh will poke his head up from the confines of his wooded compound – so I am not making any promises – aight?
The motorcycling life is a social life, where we mix it up with others on a regular basis…so.. when is the last time you went to a “social affair” or party outside your own sphere of friends and associates? Where did you go and with whom? How was it?
Finally, I’ve learned to not be greedy and over-stuff my fragile shells.
This results in a higher percentage of food in my mouth than in my lap or on my plate.
oh yea… Taco’s… good and good for you!
Another writing rock star: Frank Lloyd Wright
To accomplish his architectural feats, Frank Lloyd Wright needed something we all need: a blueprint. Or the writing equivalent, an outline.A brilliant architect with an endless imagination, Frank Lloyd Wright designed by his own rules, in harmony with the environment around him. He had the vision to see what was possible, and the perseverance to see it through. Continue Reading →
David Covington comes to the fore with this truly stunning modern high tech incarnation of a chopper. He has learned his metal craft well from father Jerry, at Covington’s Cycle City of Woodward Oklahoma. Continue Reading →
What is a superfood anyway? It seems to be a sexy word used by marketers to intrigue our imagination of faraway lands dripping with exotic fruits that…for a nominal fee….give us unbound energy and disease free health. I have to admit the sound of Himalayan Goji berries and Maca root’s “Power of the Inca warriors” has a draw to it. I think these foods are full of healthy antioxidants and vitamins, especially for the people who live near them. But for the distance they have to travel and the amount of energy it takes to get to our health food store….there are better options. Continue Reading →
Owner: Joey S
city/state; Mastic NY
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So back before the TPJ shop was in full swing, I rode motocross and supermoto as much as I could. Keep in mind, this was before Supermotos were seen on street so the Cops were constantly bothering us…. they were not used to these machines.
Riding to work, I took on a new course over whatever was in front of me and was possible. Well long story short a brand new CRF450 with Supermoto wheels has got to be the most fun you can have in a helmet.
Check this video out it has some cool stuff. I will be putting Supermoto videos on as much as possible with the tech stuff so hope you enjoy.
If you just happen to find yourself in Biarritz….. check it out the Wheels & Waves show for us, ok?
Owner: Joey S
city/state; Mastic NY
Year; 2011
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I read a book once by Tim O’Brien, a Viet Nam Veteran, called The Things They Carried. Part of the novel discussed what the guys in a platoon carried with them in their packs. The basic idea was that, since you had to carry the stuff with you all the time, whatever you carried had to be damn important to take the space and weight in your gear. Continue Reading →
Christian has been at it. The relentless force that pushes this fine artisan forward is as powerful as the hydraulic as a fluid in the arm of an excavator, … he crushes deadlines like pebbles at a gravel quarry. Continue Reading →
Steve Carr, Rick Bonin, Vicki and Mollie Griswold make up West Coast Florida’s Lightning Rod Motorcycles. Mollie is the cutie you see modelling with Retro Racer, but she is a whole lot more than just a curvaceous body and pretty face! Mollie is a certified bridge inspector and President of her own company, Bolt Underwater Services. Continue Reading →
The last few days have been beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I’ve been riding to work every day and the mornings, although somewhat cool, have been well worth the ride home.
Some dew and fog in the a.m. but again, I’m a big boy and it’s all a part of riding. While at work last week I noticed that as I’m hearing bikes go by I get a little jolt of something running through my body. Continue Reading →
We started when a one time employee (Joey S) came in and said he wanted a bike built, that he had a motor and wanted to build around it. Well said motor was literally in buckets. Apparently it was his fathers for most of its life and and was the heart of his 1965 panhead drag bike. Continue Reading →
I asked Pete to take some images as he worked in his shop… and it’s evident just how much work goes into one of this stunning instruments. To learn more about Pete, you can visit his website: Hilton Guitars… Continue Reading →
Don Kates – Shooters Images, Inc.
Professional Motorcycle and Product Photography
don@shootersimages.com
www.shootersimages.com
If you wanted to lower the weight of your touring bike without sacrificing performance or safety and enhance your braking capability by a wide margin, who would you go to for the solution?
Also available are kits for front brakes only 1036-0902 & 1036-0904 (2 MMX rotors and two sets of Patriot Pads) and rear brakes only 1036-0903 & 1036-0905 (1 MMX rotor and 1 set Patriot Pads). Continue Reading →
I’d like to introduce you to a new Contributor to 45dgree, Kevin Moore, writer/story teller extraordinaire’. You can check out Kevin’s blog, if you do, tell him you saw his work here..at 45dgree. – stephen berner
Wildlife changes from one side of North America to the other. Not just the type of animals, but each species itself. Squirrels, for instance, are mostly grey on the east coast, but brown in the west. In places with large amounts of snowfall, they can even be white. Continue Reading →
Because of the many unique and powerful benefits of Pine Pitch, Montana Pitch-Blend has been the professional’s choice in premium leather care for nearly 30 years now…. so says the Montana Pitch-Blend Company Continue Reading →
The advice I was given is counter to this, that working in gradually larger circles around home until the bugs are gone is a good thing to do. Continue Reading →
Through my friend Roger Chouinard, owner of Sinners & Saints Tattoo in Wareham, Massachusetts – I came to meet Jamie Dykman, proprietor of Black Frame Cycle Projects, on the “Cape”. Roger owns two of Jamie’s machines and arranged us to meet, being that he held his skills in high regard.
I came to learn you’ll not meet a nicer, more unassuming guy than Jamie, and in his small workspace; he puts together machines that have a distinctive handcrafted style. Spending the day with Jamie on a rainy Fall afternoon, shooting his bikes, I came to have a greater appreciation of the effort it takes to build reliable stylish machines on the cheap. Machines that a workingman can afford are what Jamie shoots for and by all measures –he delivers successfully. – stephen berner Continue Reading →
Second class citizens
Rights revoked
Stopped and searched
Out there on the road
Checkpoints set up
At major events
Trying to discourage
Those who’d attend
Profiling Bikers
Patched or not
Americans rights
Are being set up
To be taken away
By the powers that be
In this home of the Brave
And once land of the Free
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Even wonder what was involved in lighting an exotic car? well here ya go – Blair Bunting, photo hotshot extraordinaire goes into great detail cluing us in to how he does it and just what it does (and doesnt) take!
Adventure is baked into our DNA as Bikeriders.
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Here are a few images taken at this years big 4-wheel event in NYC.
Do you have a trip that you’ve always wanted to take and are always looking for info about? Is there that one road you want to ride from one end to the other? Some people are fortunate enough to be able to arrange things to make these rides happen, and some of us keep on dreaming. If things go right, it happens, but we have to handle the things that we’ve accepted responsibility for first. Until then we keep on dreaming and planning, and the dream I keep having is to ride Route 66 from Chicago to California. Continue Reading →
One of two times a year when I veer from one purpose to another in this comic. When I was a kid my dad used to call these “C and E”, or Christmas and Easter, though he used it to refer to folks who when to church at those times. Next week we’re back on story central with the father-son saga of Jones and Porkins.
checkit: http://www.cartoonthunder.net/2012/04/mini-chopper-for-sale/
Easter is almost here and chocolate is dripping from the shelves of big chain stores around the country. You know the stuff, shaped into cute critters, stuffed with unknown fillings and wrapped in plastic.
Sorry to break it to you but that is not the real spirit of chocolate. I was on a mission to fill my little bunnies baskets with chocolate I could feel good about and was free of stuff we avoid in our diet. I found a delicious, and inexpensive way to make it from simple and natural ingredients. Continue Reading →
Another Arthur bike. He picked up a set of 1950 pan cases with papers for cheap and we were planning to build a bike around a small motor and run the bike in the 1200cc class at the salt flats. The original cases turned out to be cracked everywhere, so Arthur opted for a small engine build by the guru Andrew Rosa. Continue Reading →
Join Baker Drivetrain at the Power Sports Institute main campus in Cleveland Ohio in Saturday April 21, 2012 for a full day Drivetrain Seminar with Bert and the BAKER Crew. This will be a very comprehensive hands-on seminar covering every aspect of V-Twin Drivetrain technology. Continue Reading →
Check out what our friends from Thunderbike have been up to!
(Lake Forest, CA March 28, 2012) Headlined by an all-new helmet model and several new graphics, the Scorpion Spring 2012 helmet collection is available and shipping now. “Adding a new helmet model, a variety of new graphics and an expanded offering of ExoWear® apparel will give our dealer base and loyal consumers exciting new choices for spring 2012,” says President, Rick Miller. “The new EXO-250 reflects Scorpion quality in an entry level open-face helmet… a perfect fit in our quest to maintain a high-quality to value ratio.” Continue Reading →
The Villa Malpensa
Pretty damn fine place to stay, with lots of local history.
Like I said Monday, I’ve never actually made it to one of these things. The fact is, I really like riding alone or with a few friends. I’ve had fun a time or two on larger rides with lots of people, but generally I’m not out for a social call, I’m out to get some wind on me. Continue Reading →
