motorcycles
The Rumble Heard ‘Round The World
By admin at 15 February, 2012, 8:20 am
I don’t know about you, but I’ve yet to finalize all my ride plans for this summer. However, I do know where I’ll be riding in August 2013. Huh? That’s right it’s more than a year away, but I’ve started making plans to attend the 110th Harley-Davidson Anniversary celebration in Milwaukee which kicks off on August 29, [...]
Read More >>Heeding The Call
By admin at 14 February, 2012, 5:40 pm
Did you join the fight? I’m talking about the ‘super-hero’ fight in the latest Avengers movie sponsored by Harley-Davidson. Last month I wrote a post about how the motor company was looking to cement their mainstream outreach and joined up with Marvel on the 2012 The Avengers movie promotion. They have now released more promotion information about an “Assemble [...]
Read More >>Harley-Davidson Accelerates During Tough Economic Times
By admin at 25 January, 2012, 10:40 am
Northwest Riding Season's As I sit down and write this post, it is 45 degrees with rain and wind. I spent the last week at NAMM in Anaheim, CA where it was sunny. Today is one of those gray winter days that make me wonder what I’m doing here. Then I remember driving in L.A. traffic during [...]
Read More >>SOPA’s Slippery Slope
By admin at 18 January, 2012, 6:20 pm
Two bills (House Bill 3261 and Senate Bill 968), supported mainly by the entertainment industry, aimed at stopping illegal downloading and streaming of movies and TV shows. On the surface sounds reasonable. Protects U.S. jobs. However, the legislation is called the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), and could put motorcycle bloggers in legal jeopardy if we [...]
Read More >>The 99%
By admin at 7 January, 2012, 5:20 am
Did you notice that over the holiday’s it was everything Joanne Stefani Germanotta (i.e. Lady GaGa)? Lady GaGa cemented her mainstream outreach which began with “A GaGa Thanksgiving,” then proceeded with “A Very GaGa Holiday” album and concluded with the “GaGa Workshop”, the singers interpretation of “Santa’s Shop” at Barney’s in NYC. And don’t forget all [...]
Read More >>Harley-Davidson CEO Looses Friendly Wager
By admin at 6 January, 2012, 5:20 am
It’s unlikely that you are aware of this, but prior to the New Years holiday I sent a friendly email to Harley-Davidson’s CEO, Keith Wandell and challenged him to a little competition. We know that Mr. Wandell likes to golf, but it wasn’t like that “caddy” and “wager” from the scene in Caddyshack… “Five bucks says the [...]
Read More >>Military At War And A Public At Peace
By admin at 5 January, 2012, 3:40 pm
Jesse Mead, son of U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Korey Mead Few of us can relate and what we don’t realize is that they are right here among us! I’m talking about families who carry a burden deep inside of lost loved ones and service members who have made a lot of sacrifices while a [...]
Read More >>Harley-Davidson Cozying Up To The Stars
By admin at 4 January, 2012, 1:40 pm
Harley-Davidson has always held a certain fascination for the monied elite, from Wall Street bankers to Middle Eastern oil sheiks. They all ride on the essence of the freedom brand. Since the motor company jettisoned more employees over the holidays it’s now dabbling in a bit of capital resource-allocation and looking for Hollywood’s crucial role [...]
Read More >>Resolutions For 2012
By admin at 2 January, 2012, 1:22 pm
Happy New Years! Now that the champagne toasts are made and the ball dropped, it’s time to start thinking ahead: What’s your riding resolution for this year? Will you ride your motorcycle more often to work? Take that epic journey or stay close to home? Will you buy a new ride or enhance the existing one? Before going forward [...]
Read More >>I Hear Sleigh Bells Ringing
By admin at 22 December, 2011, 1:21 pm
It’s been a pretty busy year at Northwest Harley Blog covering the various motorcycle rides that the posse went on, events and industry news along the way and the occasional rant about the Occupy protests, Wisconsin sit-ins as well as highlighting Harley-Davidson’s trouble spots around the world. As you know, I write about this stuff from the comfort [...]
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