Black Mangoes 4th Anniversary

"Black Mangoes" is a club Kawasaki Z200 motorcycle enthusiasts who formed four years ago in Indramayu. Many activities already undertaken by this club. Like the greening programs and other social activities.

On the fourth anniversary, "Black Mangoes" calls for motorcycle users to comply with driving regulations and care for the safety of driving on the highway.

 

"Black Mangoes" was also invited some other motorcycle clubs to get together to express the attitude of denying the existence of a motorcycle gang is considered disturbing the public.

The event was also attended by Chief of Police and Chairman of the Parliament Indramayu Indramayu This lively entertainment with musical performances from members of motorcycle clubs.

Cafe Racer The Returning Style

Motorcycle styles and trends do not differ with fashion and fashion. Always changing and sometimes return to the previous period. such as Cafe Racer (Café Racer) style that was once popular in the 1960s is now back into the trend among bike lovers modification.

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Cafe Racer that was popularized by the community of Rock N 'Roll in Britain during the 1960s favored because the style is simple and not too many accessories. Surely by removing some of the motorcycle accessories that are not too important to reduce the maximum load and simplify maintenance.

If you are interested in the Cafe Racer style, should be modified motorcycle-style Cafe Racer is a motorcycle that uses a medium-capacity engine. Because according to the purpose of the Cafe Racer is speed and agility.

Here I show some examples of modifications to the motorcycle with the Cafe Racer style that I got from the internet.

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Making A Custom Motorcycle Seat

Author: Chris Yarbrough

Photo by Cyril Huze

After owning and restoring motorcycles for several years, I ran into the dilemma of finding a great resource for custom motorcycle seats. So I spoke to the kind folks at a local custom upholstery shop. The guys at Grateful Threads here in Austin were great and they showed me how I could create my own seats with the right tools and some practice. Luckily, I knew how to use a sewing machine (somewhat) and was able to invest in some tools to do the rest. It took some serious practice but I learned how to do it. I would like to share the process for any of you who are interested in restoring your bikes and need to do your own seats.

First, a big thanks to Grateful Threads Upholstery in Austin Texas for taking the time to show me the ropes. They are Austin's foremost in custom motorcycle seat repair and fabrication.

They custom tailor every motorcycle seat to meet the needs and exact specifications of their clients. I can attest to their focus on the overall aesthetics and comfort of your bike to match your style and create a truly unique statement while staying true to the superb artisanship of the craft. They also serve anyone in the US. Non-Austinites can ship their seat to Grateful Threads and they will do the work to your satisfaction and send it back. So for those of you who do not want to learn upholstery but still want to get a great seat and a great price, give them a call or visit their website to view some of their work. They will not disappoint you.

Now For the Process For every custom motorcycle seat, first evaluate your specific needs to determine the proper finished look and preferred materials. Consider things like comfort and support as well as the appearance. Then dismantle the existing seat to find exact dimensions of the cover to ensure perfect fit and finish. Start by removing the seat cover or whatever is left of it. Remove the old stitching and keep the pieces as a template for the new cover. Keep in mind that you may need to add material in some places if the size of the cushion needs to change. Set this aside and break out the old sewing machine.

If necessary, then repair, reshape or replace the foam making sure to preserve perfect shape and support. You can get new foam at any local material shops. New pieces will need to be glued in place using proper adhesives and cut and smoothed to the original shape. Depending on the type of seat, your body shape, and your riding style you will add foam in some places and remove it in others if necessary. To lower the seat, use a grinder or electric knife to remove foam from the middle or to narrow the front of the seat. If you want more comfort, use a spray adhesive to add foam in some areas where the current seat does not have the necessary support. Then again, shape the foam with a grinder or electric knife. Make sure there are no rough areas. Once the foam has been restored to the new shape, ensure that all pieces are joined firmly and smoothed to create perfection in shape and function before new covers are replaced or fitted.

Now you can begin to redesign and create the perfectly fitted cover with the finish material and style of your choosing. If you built up the cushion in some areas, you will need to adjust your material templates to accommodate the changes. Recovering the seat takes some skill. Using the original seat cover as a pattern, trace it out on your new cover material. Add a small margin on all edges to give yourself a little room to work and for error. Sew the new cover together with piping if necessary and check for fit. If you are like me, this may take you a few tries. For those of you who can sew, you may have an easier time.

Fit the new cover in place. Start with the front of the seat, pull the cover tight and staple it in place with a pneumatic stapler. Once the nose covering is placed properly, stretch the cover over the rest of the new seat and staple it in place as you go. Avoid wrinkling the material. Work your way back and forth across the seat from side to side and front to back. If there is any excess material after the cover is placed, trim it off leaving a small margin on the outside of the staples to keep from getting tears later. If it needs to be adjusted later after use, simply pop the staples out and stretch and reshape as before then replace the staples.

Good luck and remember that this takes some practice and a little investment of money and time. I planned to do this a lot so for me it was worth it to learn. For those of you who just want it done once, it may make better financial sense to give the nice people at Grateful Threads a call and let them deal with the hassle for you.

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Motorcycle Tips for the Beginner Riding Enthusiast

Author: Jafrum

There are many options available to the burgeoning motorcycle riding enthusiast. There is help though. The following tips will help to point a beginner in the right direction. Hopefully you will come to enjoy motorcycle riding like so many other people in this world.

The smell of lightweight oil, the rumble of the seat, the slight hint of octane perfume lingers in the air as you slip on your motorcycle helmet. You have your motorcycle boots on, and a rain suit packed on your motorcycle luggage rack. You ease the clutch out slowly and rev the throttle slightly, gliding forward, like a large self propelled ice skate.



The moment is yours. You have all of your motorcycle gear and apparel and have taken off into the wild blue yonder on a journey for your soul. The road and you become one, with your motorcycle as the medium, for your transitive state of mind. Your blood begins to race through your veins, your heart racing in tune with the engine. The vibration of the engine massages every muscle in your body at once. There is really no other feeling that comes close to riding a motorcycle.



If you are a beginner rider there are some attributes about motorcycle riding that you should consider. The first is motorcycle gear, and motorcycle apparel. You should always wear a motorcycle helmet. Motorcycle boots are a nice addition as well. But why stop there? Buy a second set of motorcycle apparel as safe keeping in your motorcycle luggage rack. There may be times that you will need to change clothes on a long trek through the countryside.



You probably won't need to buy multiple motorcycle helmets, unless you have a partner with you for the trip. In which case, there is a definite reason to make sure that you have enough motorcycle luggage storage space. All of your motorcycle apparel can be stored neatly in a motorcycle luggage trailer. Other options available for motorcycle luggage are motorcycle sissy bar bags, motorcycle saddle bags, leather tool bags, and leather windshield bags.



Motorcycle boots have evolved over the century or so of motorcycling's history. There are many different styles and colors to choose from today. A popular style of motorcycle boot used to be WWII combat boots. They were durable, had high sides to help protect from muffler burns, and were water resistant to help protect against the occasional puddle.



Many types of motorcycle gear have been made for todays motorcycle riding enthusiast. From mechanical additions to the motorcycle itself, to additional motorcycle gear for the rider. There are leather and textile jackets, rain suits, leather sissy bar bags, leather tool bags, eye goggles, leather and textile gloves, leather and textile pants, chaps and boots. In sizes ranging from young to old, short to tall, a multitude of choices await you when you purchase your next set of motorcycle apparel.



When purchasing your motorcycle gear, motorcycle apparel and motorcycle boots, remember to get some leather cleaning products for all of your new motorcycle gear. This will help to ensure that the gear you have now, you will have for years even decades to come. There may be many types of leather cleaning products available, but talk to the owner of the shop from where you purchased the motorcycle apparel, and they should be able to point you towards a proven product. After all, they have to keep all of that leather clean while it waits to be boughten from a consumer.
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Defend Your Head With A Traditional Motorcycle Helmet

Author: DennisRios

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Do you have a vintage street motorcycle? To achieve the looks, you must have a vintage motorbike helmet. Old style, timeless, ancient or whatever you decide and call it, it needs to satisfy the current standards for safety. They will also be of various helmet types for example open face, total face or half helmets and even quite a few also is available with the motorcycle goggles to compliment and finish the old-fashioned look.


You will find a lot of companies today that creates an old-fashioned look headwear just like Bell which generally looks like a classic motorcycle helmet however internally, has an approved by the Department of transportation, plastic liner.

Below are some guidelines on finding the great as well as reliable classic motorcycle headgear:

Good fitting - your helmet must fit you and need to be comfortable to wear all through extended trips. It has to fit snugly and shouldn't keep moving around whenever you move the head on all directions. If you are checking out pertaining to fit, attempt gripping the helmet with your hands and move it on different directions. Your head must follow and there will be no slipping between your skin/head and also the inside lining on the headgear.

Protection - Just about all vintage motorcycle helmets must be licensed by the Dot, CNS, ECE, and AS. For DOT or DOT, their accreditation necessitates to the motorcycle helmet to absorb a great amount of force and prevent punctures or penetrations coming from usual materials. It also rates the fasteners used by the helmet and being sure that it will handle a substantial degree of force and won't break up when subjected to a rapid pull pressure.

Face Protection - Many retro headgear are lacking on this in case you can get the one which covers up much of your top of your head, the better. The full face head protection has got the greatest protection. A good idea is to have 3/4 coverage on the head. You may also make use of your judgment when you drive and choose the kind of helmet you need to use. As an example, i am likely to make use of a full face helmet during long higher speed highway drives and also on rides around town, then, I use my retro helmet which often are half helmets or an open face one.

Appearance - Now this is an easy one. For this reason you are getting a retro motorbike helmet in the first place. Attempt not to exaggerate it though and even select safety and comfort first of all if there are lots of selections. Overall, the majority of people will look at the antique motorcycle in the first place and your old style helmet is simply completing your thing.

Cost/Price - This should not be a consideration however in my opinion, purchase a brand-new helmet than buying a second hand one. Furthermore take into account safety than anything else. A 20 dollar main difference because of enhanced safety measures justifies purchase as compared to a twenty dollar additional cost because the natural leather and chromed out and other additional add-on alternative. Don't think of buying very inexpensive and lose safety.

All of the tips earlier mentioned must be considered when selecting a vintage motorcycle helmet or even any helmet for your motorcycle. A helmet completes the looks and feel of your vintage motorcycle and isn't only for aesthetics but moreover for safety.

To get the very best value for these kind of vintage headgear, browse on the internet to Amazon . com for brand new for sale classic helmets or if you'd like the aged genuine one, go to EBay online auction on their automobile sections and you'll manage to find a classic beat up black leather helmet which will match your motorcycle. And then while you're now there, it is possible to complete the looks by looking for coordinating outfits like leather motorcycle overcoats as well as classic motorcycle footwear/shoes. Also check on consumer testimonials to get the best model for your classic motorcycle helmet.

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Motorcycle Group Riding Signals - Let your fellow riders know what's going on

It is still Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month so I am still bent on making you aware of safety and motorcycles.


Hand signals play a large part in motorcycle riding if you are riding in a group (unless you have those handy helmet radios).  As the “leader of the pack”, they are a great way of letting everyone behind you know what is going on and what to watch out for.



The signals are somewhat universal but I’ve thrown in some illustrated guides in this post to help you out.  When riding in a group, your members can decide on which ones work best for you.
See the full post for the illustrations or to read more articles on safety, head over to Motorcycle.com’s Rider Training and Safety section.



As I said, the hand signals seem pretty universal from what I’ve seen.  Click on the image to enlarge them to better see what’s going on.  Print them out or bookmark this post for reference!

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Some Really Classic Motorcycles Made by Harley

Harley Davidson has had over one hundred years of developing motorcycles to help them in continuing to please consumer.
The 1957 Harley-Davidson XL Sportster is among more than one hundred fifty classic motorcycles from around the world that has become a collectible by many avid motorcycle enthusiasts. The 1966 Harley-Davidson Sprint motorcycle was an Italian-American hybrid that filled a gap in Harley's line. Introduced in 1961 as a result of a cooperative venture between Harley-Davidson and Aermacchi of Italy, the Sprint was powered by a 250-cc horizontal four-stroke single.

1957 Harley-Davidson XL Sportster
Despite being decidedly unlike Harley's traditional products of the time, the Sprint was quite popular with buyers. Little had changed by 1966, although styling had become somewhat more modern. Both street and on and off-road Scrambler models were offered by that time, and modified versions enjoyed a fair degree of competition success. Displacement increased to 350 cc for 1969 on the street-going Sprint, which is now called the SS, while the Scrambler version did not get the larger engine until 1972. Both models disappeared after 1974 to be replaced by two-stroke machines, also built by Aermacchi.
The 1948 Harley-Davidson FL is among the many classic motorcycles from America's iconic motorcycle marque, because it was big and brawny, loud and proud, and made Harley-Davidson is America on two wheels. It is no coincidence that the history of Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson, founded in 1903, parallels that of the 20th Century, the American Century. Racers, cops, soldiers, stars, lawyers, and loners all seem to have found themselves on a Harley by experiencing the magic in these profiles and pictures of very special Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Harley Davidson began building motorcycles with the 1905 Harley-Davidson, then they followed up with the 1909 Harley-Davidson V-Twin. During the 1910s, Harley Davidson designed four motorcycles, which were the 1912 X8A, 1915 11F, 1916 J, and the 1918 18-J. Then in the 1920s, Harley Davidson only manufactured three motorcycles, which were the 1920 20-J, 1925 JD, and the 1927 BA.

1905 Harley-Davidson
During the 1930s and the 1940s, Harley Davidson continued with their great motorcycles with the introduction of ten fantastic motorcycles. These motorcycles were the 1931 Model D, 1934 VLD, 1936 EL, 1938 UL, 1942 WLA and XA, 1947 Servi-Car, 1948 FL, 1948 S-125, 1948 WL, and the 1949 FL Hydra-Glide. Harley designed nine motorcycles during the 1950s. These motorcycles were the 1951 Police Special, 1952 FL Hydra-Glide, 1954 FL Hydra-Glide, 1955 FL Hydra-Glide, 1956 KHK, 1957 XL Sportster, 1958 FL Duo-Glide, 1959 Police Special, and the 1959 XLCH Sportster.

 
1977 Harley-Davidson XLCR
During the 1960s, Harley Davidson came out with the 1963 Topper and FL Duo-Glide, 1964 XLCH Sportster, 1965 FL Electra-Glide, 1966 FLH Electra-Glide and Sprint, and the 1967 XLH Sportster. During the 1970s, Harley Davidson developed the the 1971 XLH Sportster and FX Super Glide, 1973 FL Electra-Glide, 1975 XL-1000, XR-750, and the SS-250, 1977 XLCR, 1978 FXS, FLHS Electra-Glide and the XL-1000 Sportster. Since the 1970s, Harley Davidson has developed closed to forty other wonderful additions to the Harley Davidson collection.

Bali Chopper Modification

As a city full of art and culture, it's the biker, builder and enthusiast in Bali are really concerned modification of existing local wealth. This two-wheel artists do not want to just follow the world trend, but local elements must be able to give donations.

For example, Kawasaki KZ200 of this Custom. According Bagoes, the owner of the motorcycle world the virus combines seed in HD overseas magazines with elements of Balinese culture, which certainly also worldwide.

"That we can see in the motifs painted on the tank" said the artist paints based on Jl. Daffodils, No. 30, Denpasar.





Artha Wiguna the owner of the motor wants to have Balinese sarong motif is very popular on the bike. "It's actually a simple motif, is not only just boxes. But of course there must be other effects derived from choosing this form," said Bagoes again.

If a Balinese sarong usually patterned black and white box, then the motor is shown with a black rigid red. "Also on each box is also a kind of gradation so that there are effects that lead to three-dimensional shape," he said again. In addition, modern element that is currently also applied.

"For the community in Bali when the motor is the use of paint with glitter effect again many requester. It is happening again in Bali," added the modifier is indeed a place hang out HD and fans of this great motorcycle. Local culture can be side by side with a virus or world trends.

DATA MODIFICATION

Front tire: 120/80-18 Swallow
Drum: Cham
Rear tire: 120/80-18 Swallow
Sissy Bar: Custom
Tank: Custom
Head lamp: Waste moge Japan
Seat: Leather Chacha
Handlebar: Sportster
Sepatbor: Custom
Custom Bagoes: 0817-4720-523

Bike Art Soul | Music for Merzy Riders

Kawasaki KZ200 A group of bikers who love music and try to express through an album titled BAS (Bike Art Soul) contains 12 tracks which contained material that hilarious song when I listened to and may be very familiar by music lovers that are not difficult to understand each of the songs .
Elements of Rock n roll they offer a very fresh and we all here like to sing are invited to dance off with fun, playing in the genre of rock n roll which is becoming a basic music with them where they explore a variety of music and thus BAS (Bike Art Soul) introduce their music with the name of The Funky Blues Motorcycle yeahhh ....

And after a long time I get a demo of my relatives and finally congratulations guys ... exactly December 24, 2008 ago, which took place in the MU Cafe Jakarta, they (BAS) recently held a launching her first album and I think wow ... it's amazing a new breakthrough at the end of 2008 and maybe this is a sign that the music Rock n Roll will soon rise in 2009 (a good move to sustain this kind of music). let us return to the album, the 12 songs dialbum can be said about the daily life of a true biker who struggled with their motorcycles.

Check out some of his songs such as my girlfriend is not my bike, Oil Bottles, Together, Rock n Roll, there are some singles that are very familiar dialbum dikehidupan kebingaran behind us apart from the hearts of the bikers they were certainly must be pointed thumb.

Hopefully, BAS can compete with the musicians in Indonesia and hope BAS can always exist in bringing music Rock n Roll.

Please visit their website : http://bikeartsoul.webs.com/
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Tips For Staying Warm On Your Motorcycle

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Riding your motorcycle can be fun in almost any kind of weather or season, providing you are properly prepared. However, inclement weather combined with wind chill can make riding miserable and even dangerous is you don't have the right equipment. Here are some suggestions to help you stay warm while riding in even the coldest conditions.

First, you need to protect your hands as they are a part that is very exposed and very vulnerable to the cold. During the winter months, winter gloves with Gore-Tex or a similar material are a must. Do not skimp when it comes to getting adequate protection from the cold - paying an extra $10 to $20 to make sure your hands are protect is well worth the price! However, if you have a special pair of riding gloves that you just can't bear to ride without, layering gloves is another option. You may want to consider even putting a pair of latex gloves on under your favorite riding gloves. They can provide extra insulation and help trap your natural body heat, provided you are not allergic to latex of course.


Wrists are an often neglected body part, and you need to take measure to make sure they are protected as well. If your gloves already offer wrist coverage you do not need to worry, but if they don't you should consider purchasing a pair of winterized wristbands.

In cold weather, you will also obviously want to wear warm shirts and pants. A thermal layer is usually a must under a warm shirt and your jacket. Try to choose materials that will help wick moisture away from you body if at all possible.

You will want to take a good look at your jacket to see if there are areas that allow the wind in. If so, consider sewing or even duct taping those portions to keep the wind out. You should also carry rain gear with you whenever there is an even slight chance of showers.

Consider if you need additional layering under your helmet as well. A ski mask may be suitable for the coldest weather, while a beanie may work in other situations. You will also want to take measures to keep your helmet from becoming fogged up when you ride. Some riders suggest breath mints help, while certain helmets already come with a breath deflector that will help solve this problem.

Feet also need to be well protected, and getting state of the art ski socks well help as well as insulated boots. Finally, for those riding in the worst conditions, you should seriously consider purchasing heated riding gear and warming packs for your hands and feet. These will make a huge difference in terms of your enjoyment level when riding in the coldest weather conditions.