The Bump | 45dgree

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Real Friends by Jefff “Maddog” Maddox

Last Sunday morning in White City, I was sitting at the gas station waiting for some co-workers to show up for a ride. It’s not something we usually do together, but it seem like the thing to do. I always like being on main street on a Sunday as there is absolutely no one around. Every so often another local will drive by and a wave is exchanged. The sun was coming up and in a world of perfect alignment, it shines right down the middle of the street shining off the bricks and as I sit there I reflect on a life in this small town. Continue Reading →

What’s for lunch? Hot Dogs!

We spare no expense at 45dgree.

We feed our staff only the best foodstuffs available… as long as they cost less than $2 and can fit in one hand. Continue Reading →

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Hilton Guitars: built by hand_13

To learn more about Pete Hilton and his instruments, you can visit his website: Hilton Guitars…

49 Year Ride – Generations On The Road – Starring S&J Motorcycles

This is the kind of work that just get us riled up and loving life - amazing!
Tagalong as this skilled film maker and his subject tell a story you can’t help but want more of.. both Marc and Steve are rulers – one for having lived the story, the other for teling it so damn well.

Thanks to JP and TSY for turning me onto these characters - you rule! Continue Reading →

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Happy Mothers Day

Today’s the Day … If you still have your Mom’s present and accounted for – hug her and tell her you love her!

Shtuff People Say to Photographers

Believe me, it’s true, really.

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SuperSeven: Car Shows

Slices of life at a Northeast show…

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Here’s A Little Tip by 8 Ball Brian

A lesson I learned a long time ago is that not everyone enjoys camping. Personally, I love it, and staying overnight in a motel just seems strange to me. But I found a website a couple of years ago, that covers the gambit of overnight lodging. Continue Reading →

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Hilton Guitars: built by hand_11

To learn more about Pete Hilton and his instruments, you can visit his website: Hilton Guitars…

smiley, the hateful newsstand proprietor

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Help Wanted – Newsstand Reviewer

Do you like to write (sure you do!)?
Do you like to share your opinions (really, be honest – who doesn’t)?
Do you enjoy a good spleen venting every now and then (you’re lying if you don’t)?
Do you read all the VTwin related magazines on the newsstand (yeah, we agree…)?

If you are up to date, read this stuff and want to craft an insightful, scintillating monthly rant/review/critique of these fine periodicals, we can insure future fame and maybe even riches…

If you feel up to it, contact: steveb(at)steveb.biz and we can hash out the gory details

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A WALK WITH MY CAMERA – street photography by orlando uy

Through one of the sites/feedsI subscribe to, Orlando Uy came on my radar and I was captivated by his excellent work. His wonderful POV of the Philippines is truly worth the investment in a few moments of your time.

See Orlando’s blog here: A walk with my camera

I learned about him here: Digital Photography School

Support the Arts!

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PYTHON® 4” SLIP-ON MUFFLERS

Add some style and performance to your Harley-Davidson® with a set of mufflers from Python. These 4” slip-on mufflers have billet tips and use an innovative baffle technology that features 2” baffles which provides free-flowing exhaust. Continue Reading →

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SuperSeven: Shooters Images/ Sturgis/3

This is what happens when people like steveb get in the way of “real” photographers like Shooters Images!

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SuperSeven: Shooters Images/ Sturgis/2

Shooters Images captures Sturgis…

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Spot Weld Kit from Eastwood

The Eastwood Company has engineered a revolutionary, new Spot Weld Kit that produces professional spot welds using just a MIG welder. This first-of-its-kind kit combines Spot Weld Pliers and a unique Spot Weld Nozzle to help do-it-yourselfers produce full-penetration, OE-look, spot welds from one side of the repair panel. Continue Reading →

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SuperSeven: Murdercycles Rats & Rods

Some summer 4-wheelers to get your grit filled nasal passages charged up.

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Shooters Images/ Sturgis/1

Shooters Images captures Sturgis…

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A Road Story by 8 Ball Brian

I have told people many times about how my old 73 Beezer 650 Thunderbolt was about the best handling bike I ever had. That’s her in the pics, while she isn’t the sweetest looking bike I have ever had, she was by far the best handling, in an almost psychic way. I have rubbed pipes and pegs on other bikes before and since. Continue Reading →

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DRAG SPECIALTIES® PRIMARY CHAIN

Drag Specialties® has what you’re looking for in a high-quality primary chain for your Harley-Davidson. This chain has improved fatigued resistance, which means it’ll last longer and perform better.

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SuperSeven: Shooters Images/ diverse work

Shooters Images has a wide variety of machines cross its path… or backdrop as the case may be…

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POTD@45dgree_Red Rod

One lovely red rod.. seen during the 2011 season…

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SuperSeven: reservoir ride & thoughts on helmets

I took a blast around my favorite reservoir in squirrel country just the other day on my favorite machine, the FXR. It’s nice to have a Spring with no sand in the roads, and wouldn’t ya know it, the new Avon black banana peels seem to be working wonderfully… keeping me glued to the slippery slope. I will be doing a brief write up on these nice black donuts soon.

As an aside, after taking the FXR out for a brief local, “go get dinner makin’s run” Continue Reading →

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JIMS Forceflow Cylinder Head Cooler

Introducing the new patent pending JIMS ForceFlow Cylinder Head Cooler. Whether you are running a big inch performance engine or rolling stock in traffic on a hot summer day, your air cooled engine will heat up. Excessive heat and operating temperature can be an engines worst enemy. Continue Reading →

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That Damn Pine Tree by Kevin Moore

An abandoned coal mine stood within riding distance of my house as a kid. It was a huge trench thirty feet deep, fifty feet wide, and about two hundred feet long. The sides were steep with trails that ran between adolescent maple and oak trees, re-growth from clear cutting done decades before. Continue Reading →

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Shooters Images: slice of Sturgis

Some fine shooting from our friends at Shooters Images…

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Anticipation ~ Sorez The Scribe

Have we known each other forever
Traveled the same roads together
Or does it just seem that way …
Your voice comforts my being
Your laughter touches my soul
Peace and harmony walk hand in hand
Every time that we talk.
You are on my mind every waking moment
And when I sleep I dream of you
You have reached a place I’ve kept hidden
Deep within my heart
I want to, long to, be by your side
Treat you like no man ever has
With love, respect, compassion and kindness
Hold you close and never let you go
Take you with me upon that journey
Together on down the road

http://www.roadscribesofamerica.com/

S&S talks to Skeeter Todd about his Turbo X-Wedge FXR project @ Daytona Bike Week 2012

These guys are rulers – and they are friends. Want to learn something? Pay attention to Skeeter & Scott.

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My Annual Run By 8 Ball Brian

The time has come to start organizing the run I lead every year. I do it for personal reasons, as I was suppose to be at Mt St Helens with my Dad when it blew. But by fate, the weekend I was scheduled to take Dad down to relieve another Ham radio operator at an observation post was Armed Forces Weekend.

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HOTOP DESIGNS RADIUS LICENSE PLATE MOUNTS

Dress up the back of your Harley-Davidson® with a chrome radius license plate mount. Drag Specialties partnered with Don Hotop, master bike builder, to create license plate mounts like no other. Continue Reading →

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SuperSeven: Murdercycles Motorcycles

Hanging around by the bike parking at a Murdercycles shindig… ya see some stuff.. Continue Reading →

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Hilton Guitars: built by hand_7

To learn more about Pete Hilton and his instruments, you can visit his website: Hilton Guitars…

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Shooters Images: slice of Sturgis

Some fine shooting from our friends at Shooters Images…

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Hey you! Do something good… it’ll take 5 seconds

Eddie Kieger needs some help. I am not going to go into the story here, our how I am connected to Eddie, but suffice it to say, that Eddie was “one of us”, he was a bikerider who got into a pretty horrible accident that left him handicapped in a dramatic way.

Eddie needs help, his van, his lifeline to the outside world needs to be replaced.

Vote for him on this site and he stands a chance of getting one…at no cost to him.

help Eddie, please!

-stephen berner

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Shooters Images: Sweet Sporty

One sweet looking machine found its way in front of Shooter Images lenses… Continue Reading →

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TIRE STRATEGY THE KEY TO AN ACTION-PACKED CHINESE GRAND PRIX

Shanghai, China, April 15, 2012 – Nico Rosberg completed a perfect weekend for Mercedes, during which both the German driver and his ‘Silver Arrows’ team managed their allocation of the P Zero White medium tire and P Zero Yellow soft tire perfectly. Continue Reading →

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Motorcycle Conflagration by Kevin Moore

Motorcycles are a polarizing form of transportation. Broach the subject and you will find people fall into two groups. On one side are the folks who think they are loud and dangerous, ridden by dirt-bag miscreants who eyeball women. On the other are those who lecture how the vehicle offers ultimate freedom, complete with the self-bolstering undercurrent of a social outsider.

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Luge? Yep, the luge!

Good friend Jason from Iron Thread’s son is a Olympic hopeful for the Luge team.

You know, the Luge, where your hurtling down the course at sick speeds (70MPH+!), a few inches from the hard ice…. check out this vid that he made…siiick!

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A Loner.. No Longer… ~Sorez The Scribe

Bikers are passionate about their lives. We live, love, and laugh.. work hard and play hard.. And we ride. We ride
in the rain, ride in the cold, just ride around when there is no place to go. Living life in the wind and loving every
minute of it. I still remember the first time I ever hopped in the saddle and went for a ride. I was just a kid and
owned my first motorcycle before I even had a first girlfriend. Continue Reading →

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SuperSeven: Milan

The countryside surrounding Milan is ancient and beautiful…

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SuperSeven: hanging with TSY & the hipsters

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 →

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DRAG SPECIALTIES® DIAMOND-HEAD MIRRORS

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 →

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30th Annual Oyster Run By 8 Ball Brian

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. Continue Reading →

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Italian Bikerfest – in it’s 26th year!

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

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Jimmy Johnson’s Hot Rod Whizzer by Paul Holdsworth

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!! Continue Reading →

Asylum: it’s freak-a-torious!

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!

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SCHUMACHER ON TOP IN CHINA WITH PIRELLI P ZERO YELLOW SOFT

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 →

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Keeping Up With Jones by Rob Campbell

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 →

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Meet “8 Ball Brian” a new 45dgree Contributor

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, 2^nd 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 →

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Brotherhood by Kustom Jeff Dailey

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 →

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Mustang’s Wide Tripper Seat

The newest seat in Mustang’s Tripper line is their Wide Tripper solo that features a detailed diamond stitch design. Continue Reading →

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XIAN Leather: hot diggity dog – confounding & astounding

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?

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Shooters Images: super black bagger

Some slices from a recent Shooter Images shoot…

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SuperSeven: looking like Taco’s

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!

Writing for the Rest of Us by Mark Bellusci

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 →

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Shooters Images: Green Machine

One striking machine from Shooter Images!

Supermoto, it’s out of control @TPJ

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.

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Fat Turkey by Kevin Moore

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 →

Photograph & Light a Lamborghini Aventador

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!

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Dream Ride – Let’s Go Trippin’! by Kustom Jeff Dailey

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 →

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EDUCATION… BAKER DRIVETRAIN STYLE!

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 →

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