November, 2006 Archive
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Congratulations to Paul Sedley from Sarnia Ontario Canada. He takes the November win! His tatto is shown above.
Checkout the Novemebr Contestants - Click here to see all of the November contestants from the Thunder Saddle Contest sponsored by Saddlemen. Continued »
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Congratulations to Paul Sedley from Sarnia Ontario Canada. He takes home the first saddle from the Thunder Saddle Contest sponsored by Saddlemen. His tattoo will be embroidered in the seat of his saddle. Continued »
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Thunder Bob hooked up with Tom Monroe at the final AMA Supermoto Championship race of the season at Long Beach, CA. Continued »
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
The Yamaha Star Stratoliner heart is a powerful 1854cc air-cooled, pushrod v-twin engine. It’s the signature model for the new Star brand image. Continued »
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
You have the bike, tattoo, magazines, posters, die casts, shirts, and leather jackets, but do you have the faucet? Keep the motorcycle theme alive indoors with the MFX Classic Motorcycle-inspired faucet. Continued »
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Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
1) Honda Rebel 250
In the cruiser market, in case you haven’t heard, the oft-repeated mantra is that size matters. The Honda Rebel is an ideal first bike because of its good looks, good brakes (disc in front), great mileage and of course Honda reliability. So in this instance, Continued »
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Our Thunder Saddle contest for November is hot and just about done for the month! November’s winner will be selected next Thursday on November 30, 2006. The ink is flowing so send us a pic of your tat and show us what you got. Continued »
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Saturday, November 18th, 2006
Stan rides with Metric Thunder
Gotta love that flame paint job! Stan has carried the flame theme to his mirrors and ape hangers. Very unique and nice looking bike. Continued »
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Nick rides with Metric Thunder
Every biker should have a tool set up like the one behind this sharp looking V-Star!
Nick just added a set of Hard Krome American Classic Straights to his bike and they look like they were made for the bike. Continued »
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
Richard Davis rides with Metric Thunder
Richard recently bought a set of Baron’s Pullback Risers for his Midnight Star and they seem to have been just what the doctor ordered… Continued »
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Sunday, November 12th, 2006
For 2007, Honda has radically revamped the popular Spirit 750.
Changes to the Spirit 750 start with a 21-inch front wheel (instead of the previous bike’s 19-incher). Continued »
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Sunday, November 12th, 2006
Marty rides with Metric Thunder.
With those new Hard Krome Sideburners and Kuryakyn Pro-R Hypercharger, this VTX1800C is ready to roll! Continued »
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Ron Prevost rides with Metric Thunder
The VS800 and VS1400 Intruders from Suzuki were two of the first import cruisers to hit the market over twenty years ago. Ron’s VS1400 in this photo is as clean as they come! Continued »
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
From modified cruiser to custom bagger
Phase 2 of T Bike 1 was a quantum leap from its origin as a 2003 Suzuki Intruder 1500LC stock cruiser. In addition to adding Hard Krome 2 into 1 Sideburners other major modifications included… Continued »
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Team Red Bull KTM HMC’s Ben Carlson was crowned 2006 AMA Supermoto Unlimited champion following an unpredictable and hard-fought title fight on Sunday evening at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. Continued »
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
The first weekend of November Thunder Bob stopped in at the World Headquarters of Bikernet.com in Wilmington, CA to visit with Bandit and SinWu. For those of you that don’t know, Bikernet is the authoritative voice for the online biker community.
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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
This VTX won in it’s class during American Heat in Palm Springs
Bill has done just about everything you can do to his 2006 1800cc machine. Here’s the short list: Continued »
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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Joe Watter rides with Metric Thunder!
Kawasaki only made a small number of the 2006 Mean Streak 1600 Limited Edition. Joe pick one up and quickly installed a set of the Bub Jug Huggers exhaust. Continued »
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Monday, November 6th, 2006
Tom Monroe and his Aprilia Tuomo 1000R
What does a guy who works all week at one of the largest motorcycle seat makers world do on the weekend? He rides…duh!
Tom owns a couple of bikes, the one in this photo is probable the fastest of the bunch, an Aprilia Tuomo 1000R. Continued »
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Sunday, November 5th, 2006
Down here at Tattoo Central we are seeing a lot of good tats coming in. Here is a sample that was recently passed along to our judge Bandit from Bikernet.com.
It is one of many we have seen that we really like. Continued »
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Sunday, November 5th, 2006
Thunder Bob is riding over to the Duel at the Docks with Ducati mounted Tom Monroe of Saddleman. They will be hooking up with Bandit of Bikernet.com and hanging out at the Factory KTM Transporter with Team Red Bull KTM HMC.
Continued »
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Friday, November 3rd, 2006
Jim Nadau rides wtih Metric Thunder
This is one bike that has to been seen in person to truly appreciate the yellow/gold flames against the rootbeer pearl basecoat paint. Continued »
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Friday, November 3rd, 2006
Russ Downie rides with Metric Thunder
Check out this classic Road Star Silverado. This bagger is reall decked out with all the essentials: Continued »
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
The All New V-Star 1300 From Yamaha
With the Road Star and Roadliner, Yamaha has an enviable position in the big-cube metric cruiser category, but its smaller displacement V-Stars have been neglected for several years. Continued »
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Brian Burton rides with Metric Thunder!
Some of the best motorcycle riding in the country can be found in the state of Utah. If you have the chance to travel the interstates and backroads there, be on the look out for this great looking V-Star. Continued »
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Metric Thunder’s 2006 Supermoto Championship Contest is won by Tom Weld
Tom won 2 tickets to the Duel at the Docks, Continued »
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Bob Oden Rides with Metric Thunder!
Cobra Speedster Slashdowns were tough to find, but the wait was worth it. Check out Bob’s
silver Boulevard cruiser. Continued »
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
At the introduction of its new Vulcan 900 Classic during Daytona’s 2006 Bike Week, Kawasaki made it abundantly clear that value drove the bike’s development. Now, value is not a concept that’s particularly difficult to crack. In short, value is all about getting more for your biker bucks. Continued »
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
If you like torque, this is the bike for you.
You can claim 2053cc’s or 125 cubic inches, both are accurate in describing Kawasaki’s Vulcan 2000. Introduced in 2004, this muscle cruiser earned Bike of the Year honors in short order. Continued »
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