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March 2013 Table Of Contentsarch 2013 Table Of Contents

Readers & Rides Pg. 18

Emily Rose Pg. 14

Concept Baja Pg. 15

Dr. Ortiz Pg. 5

ON THE COVER

Owner: Chadd SteimBike: 2011 Harley Iro883Mods: 2.5 inch tank custom coil mount, 1

apes, flat black painre routing under the flipped mirrors, bobbrear fender.All work and paint byChadd Steimel

Photo by:Stephanie Roncallo


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hotos and story by

Ricky J. Carrasco

The bike sat there with attitude.No paint other than a single black

instripe on the tank, brushed

teel with a simple layer of clear

oat over it. No front fender, just a

ttle crossbar, and the bike was

ropped on airbags. The rider satn a tiny seat wrapped in a ban-

ana that sat flush with the frame.

A bent steel rod served as the

issy bar connected to a strut on

he fender. The keys were still in

he ignition. This was a biker's

ike, I thought. I have to shoot

his for the magazine. And then, a

retty little girl came and took the

eys. "This is my dad's bike." Her

ad, Sergio, and I spoke about

ikes and riding. Deep into our

onversation, I talked about therejudices that befall bikers that

re seen as outlaws. "Well, what

o you think I do for a living?" I

hought he looked like a well-spo-

en mechanic. "I'm a doctor."

Dr. Sergio Ortiz has been a prac-

cing chiropractor in Horizon for

he last 3 years, with degrees from

Texas Tech University in his

ometown of Lubbock, and

arker College in Dallas. What

truck me most was not that he isbiker or a doctor, but rather the

mportance he places on family,

specially his daughter. Every-

hing we spoke about somehow

onnected back to either his dad

r his 9 year old Ilia-Mari, "She is

bigger biker than I am. We went

o church on Sunday, dressed

icely, and as soon as we got out

he asked if we were going to

de!"

We spoke about where a doctor

who rides gets his start. "My dad

taught me never to settle, about

anything, ever. That was huge on

me. He taught himself how to

weld, how to build cars, how to do

building construction, and even

how to run his own business. I

think my dad is Superman, just an

extremely hard worker. He had 3

jobs while my mother was preg-nant with me. He used to tell me

'El trabajo es cabron, pero el que

no lo cree es mas cabron'. He

taught me that working with your

hands is honorable, but it can be

brutal. 'If you don't like it, then hit

the books.' And that's just what I

did."

As a minority in Lubbock, people

did not expect Sergio to succeed.

He told me the story of when he

asked his high school counselorabout becoming a medical doctor,

she tried to divert him to go into

something easier, like being an as-

sistant. Years later, when his

brother received the graduation

announcement for Sergios doc-

toral degree, he immediately took

it back to the school to show that

same advisor. "My brother told

me when I arrived home from

high school angry about what the

counselor had said he knew I was

going to be successful."

Now Dr. Sergio Ortiz runs his

own clinic in Horizon. He focuses

on chiropractics, neurology, nutri-

tion and how everything is inter-

connected in his patients. His

patients will come in with com-

plaints about pain, numbness or

loss of function to body parts,

back and neck problems and

headaches. "I do a whole body ad-

justment and treat the condition

which helps alleviate the symp-toms. I like that when I'm able to

help, my patients will be healthier

and happier. I love coming to

work."

When he opened the clinic, his fa-

ther came down and helped design

and build his offices. He helped

build the office too, from pound-

ing the nails to painting the walls

to even the assembling the big

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The ABC-7 weather team iseeping very busy. We've is-ued five First Alerts so far thisear. It's an obvious sign that

we've seen quite a bit ofolatile weather. For those ofou that do a lot of riding, an

ABC-7 Stormtrack First Alertis a sign that it may be a goodtime to temporarily keep offthe bike.

What is an ABC-7 First Alertand why is it important to you?

Whenever our team of meteo-rologists feels that the El Pasoarea will experience a dramaticchange in our current weather

pattern, we want to let youknow about this change assoon as possible. It could be amajor wind event (like we ex-

perienced last month with gustsover 60 mph), a big drop inour temperatures or a bout withsnow or rain that could impactyour travel. An ABC-7 FirstAlert does not necessarilymean that the weather will besevere; it's just that the weatherchange likely to occur will be amajor change from what wehave been accustomed to.

Many times the weather com-puter models will indicate a big

weather change a week ormore in advance. We makenote of the possible changesand monitor the atmosphericconditions for several days be-fore we issue the alert. Attimes, the storm track will shift

a bit and in that case the majorweather changes may becomeless dramatic and we either donot issue the First Alert, or liftit if we have already issuedone.

There will be times that weissue an ABC-7 First Alertdays in advance, and, at othertimes, a First Alert will be is-sued just minutes in advance.We would do this on short no-tice if, for instance, a generalthunderstorm becomes severe.

Here are some of the weatherchanges that could warrant anABC-7 First Alert and wemonitor to help you stay safeon the bike:

-Flooding-Hail storms-Heavy rains-First snowfall of the year-Heavy snowfall-High winds/gusts-Freezing temps

-Excessive heat-Significant change in tempera-ture from what we have beenexperiencing

W e a t h e r 1 0 1 By: Doppler Dave Speelman

Weve had 3.1 inches of snoso far this year. How ma

inches of snow does El Ptypically receive on an ann

basis?

A. 1

B. 4

C. 6

D. 9

WeatheTrivia

Catch 'Doppler' Dave Spee

on KVIA Channel 7 or onliwww.kvia.com for your mo

curate weather reports

Answer: C 6 inches of snow.Sun City Biker


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8/24Sun City Biker

Bike Week 2013 Offers Demo

Rides, Custom Bike Show

nd More

Harley-Davidson will celebrateDaytona Bike Week 2013 as part

f its global 110th Anniversary

vents with a special display of

motorcycles and more at River-

ront Park on Beach Street and at

Daytona International Speedway.

Daytona Bike Week is an excit-

ng part of Harley-Davidson tradi-

on," said Steve Piehl,

Harley-Davidson Director of Cus-

omer Experience. "With our

10th Anniversary happening

round the world this year,

Harley-Davidson wanted to make

Daytona Bike Week an important

art of that celebration with our

ders and customers."

Harley-Davidson will present a

nique 110th Anniversary display

t Riverfront Park on Beach Street

n Daytona from Saturday, March

to Saturday, March 16, from 9

.m. to 6 p.m. daily, including mo-

orcycles, MotorClothes, H-D1

ustomization, Women's Area,

Muscular Dystrophy Association

(MDA) raffle, H-D Insurance,

H-D Visa, Willie G. merchan-

dise, beverages and more.

Harley-Davidson has part-

nered with American Iron

Magazine and Motorcycle

Bagger to host the Ride-In

Custom Bike Show on Beach

Street Wednesday, March 13.

Registration is 9 a.m. to noonwith a $10 MDA donation.

Trophies and cash prizes will

be awarded at 4 p.m. in 11

classes with five Editors' Pick

winners to be featured in

American Iron Magazine or

Motorcycle Bagger maga-

zines.

Harley Owner's Group

(H.O.G.) events in Daytona in-

clude pin stops at Beach Street

and the Speedway, an area cele-brating H.O.G's 30th Anniversary

on Beach Street, and a special

event for H.O.G. members Friday,

March 8 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at

Mikey Luv's Bar & Grill on Main

Street.

Harley-Davidson will give 2013

motorcycle demo rides, along with

motorcycle displays, Traxxas Ex-

perience, beverages and free park-

ing at Daytona International

Speedway near the Intersection ofMidway Avenue and Richard

Petty Boulevard from Saturday,

March 9, to Saturday, March 16, 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

The 7th Annual MDA Women's

Ride takes place Tuesday, March

12 with registration on Beach

Street starting at 8 a.m. and the

ride landing at Destination Day-

tona at 10:45 a.m.

Harley-Davidson will also be atBikers on the Boulevard on Mary

McLeod Bethune Boulevard in

Daytona Beach March 14-16 from

3 p.m. to 10 p.m.

For a complete listing of Harley-

Davidson events, please visit our

website at www.harley-

davidson.com/events and there

will be online coverage from Day-

tona at www.harley-

davidson.com/110daytona.

Federal agencywants separateE10 fuel pumps atcertain gas sta-tions that sell E15ethanol-gasolineblendIn response to concerns ex-

pressed by the American Motorcy-

clist Association and power

equipment makers, the U.S. Envi-

ronmental Protection Agency has

issued new guidelines to help en-

sure that motorcyclists and others

don't inadvertently

use E15 fuel.

E15 is a new fuel

blend of 15 per-

cent ethanol and

85 percent gaso-

line that the EPA

has approved for

use in 2001-and-

newer passenger

vehicles. The

blend isn't approved for use in

motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles,

boats, lawn mowers and other en-

gines, and may even damage themand void warranties.

E10, which is commonly found at

gas stations, contains 10 percent

ethanol. E0 fuel has no ethanol.

Ethanol is grain alcohol produced

from crops such as corn that is

mixed with gasoline to produce an

ethanol-gasoline blend motor fuel.

Last year, Wayne Allard, AMA

vice president for government re-

lations, told the EPA that with E15now coming into the market,

AMA members who make a con-

certed effort to fuel their motorcy-

cles or ATVs with E10-or-less fuel

may unknowingly refuel with

residual E15 left in a blender-

pump hose. A blender pump dis-

penses different fuel blends

through the same hose, such as

E10 and E15. When a customer

buys E15, as much as a third of a

gallon of residual E15 is left in the

hose, which can inadverten

into the next customer's veh

while fueling with E10.

"In an effort to address this

tial misfueling issue, EPA a

proved an industry-submitt

[approach] that requires a m

mum purchase of four gallo

from blender pumps that di

both E10 and E15 from thehose and nozzle," the EPA s

"Such an approach would p

misfueling by diluting any r

ual E15 left in the hose from

previous sale of E15.

"However, groups represen

motorcycle owners and law

mower manufacturers objec

this [approach] because the

ucts have gas ta

that are normal

gallons or smalthe EPA said.

So, on Feb. 7, th

posted a new op

for retailers on

website's "E15:

eling Mitigation

Plans" page to t

avoid misfuelin

consumers.

Under the new option, retai

who use a blender pump to E15 and E10 fuel through th

same hose must also have a

rate E10/E0 fuel pump. Tho

tailers would be required to

label on the blender pump t

reads: "Passenger Vehicles

Use in Other Vehicles, Eng

and Equipment May Violat

eral Law." Retailers would

required to have signs indic

the location of the dedicated

or-lower fuel pump. There w

be no minimum-fuel-purchquirement at that pump.

Retailers who want to sell E

also have the option of havi

dedicated E15 pump or hos

pump that dispenses E15 an

higher ethanol blends throu

single hose. If a blender pum

penses multiple fuels that in

E15 and higher ethanol blen

EPA may require a minimum

chase requirement.


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Make - Model - Model Year

RIUMPH DAYTONA 675 2011-

012

RIUMPH STREET TRIPLE

011-2012

RIUMPH THUNDER BIRD

012

RIUMPH THUNDERBIRD

TORM 2012

UMMARY:

riumph Motorcycles (Triumph) is

ecalling certain model year 2011-

012 Daytona 675 and Street

riple motorcycles and 2012

hunderbird and Thunderbird

Storm motorcycles. The wheels

were assembled with bearings of

an unknown quality.

CONSEQUENCE:

Wheel bearings of poor qualitycould fail unexpectedly, increasing

the risk of a motorcycle crash.

REMEDY:

Triumph will notify owners, and

dealers will replace the affected

bearings free of charge. Owners

may contact Triumph at 1-678-

854-2010 for more information.

NOTES:

Owners may also contact the Na-

tional Highway Traffic Safety Ad-ministration Vehicle Safety

Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY

1-800-424-9153), or go to

www.safercar.gov.

First Look at Sena'sBluetooth Headset/Intercom for Motor-cycle Half HelmetsSena Technologies, Inc., a Blue-

tooth innovator in the motorcycle

and outdoor activities market,

today announced the release of its

brand new SPH10H model, theSPH10H-FM. The all new model

offers a built-in FM stereo tuner

allowing riders to stay tuned into

their favorite FM radio stations.

The SPH10H-FM features the lat-

est Bluetooth 3.0 technology al-

lowing riders to stay connected

wirelessly. With the SPH10H-FM

riders can call hands free on a mo-

bile phone, listen to stereo music

or audio instruction of GPS navi-

gation. Riders can also effortlessly

hold conversations with other mo-

torcyclists or passengers via the

SPH10H-FM's four-way Bluetooth

intercom system. The unique ear

flap design of the SPH10H-FM al-

lows for quick and easy installa-

tion on half helmets and is w

resistant for use in inclement

weather. The SPH10H-FM is

available at Sena Technologi

website

(www.SenaBluetooth.com) o

through its many retailers acr

North America for the price o

$239.

"With the recent release of thSMH5-FM for full faced helm

we thought it was important

offer the same new Bluetooth

features to our customers usi

half helmets," said Tae Kim

ident and CEO of Sena Techn

gies, Inc. "We are very please

with the functionality and po

ity of the original Sena SPH1

with half helmet users and th

SPH10H-FM will enhance th

original unit with more featu

and affordable pricing. We ar

confident our customers will

being able to listen to their fa

vorite FM stations while ridin

The SPH10H-FM uses the B

tooth 3.0 to provide Bluetoot

conference intercom up to 76

yards (700 meters), voice pro

Bluetooth stereo headset with

music playback control, and

built-in FM radio tuner with

nel scan/store function. The

SPH10H-FM also allows for

hands free calling for mobile

phones, Bluetooth or stereo h

set for GPS navigation, free

firmware upgrades, and a com

mentary two-year warranty.


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By RICK MINTER / Universal UclickBy RICK MINTER / Universal Uclick

The Sprint Unlimited and its 19 participantsffered the first clues to how the new Generationrace car will perform during this weeks Day-

ona 500, and the early indications are that theace will play out much like those of seven oright years ago, before the introduction of the

Car of Tomorrow.

Its going to be a pack [of cars], absolutely,aid Unlimited winner Kevin Harvick, who beat

Greg Biffle and Joey Logano to the finish line ashe two challengers both recorded career-best

Unlimited finishes. I dont think theres goingo be too many chances. Youll see some carsreak away. I think if you turn on a 2000 race,

ne of those races, its going to be very similar [and] youre going to have a lot more advanc-ng of positions when you get so many cars outhere. Unlimited runner-up Greg Biffle pre-icted that drivers will be able to move up in the

middle groove, a tactic the late Dale Earnhardtsed with great success back in the day. Theresoing to be a middle, he said. I went up the

middle a few times. Some guys tried it and madework. The middle actually worked OK for

me.

The Gen-6 car has a shorter rear spoiler thanhe CoT, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he noticedhe difference in the Unlimited.

With this little spoiler on the back, its reallyasy to lose the draft because the air gets to yourose pretty quick, he said. The distance of theraft isnt as far back as it used to be off the carn front of you, so you can lose it pretty easily.

You have to be real careful. Me and the No. 99

[Carl Edwards] both lost it right there at the endof the second segment [of the Unlimited].

Handling was a non-issue in the Unlimited aschilly, nighttime temperatures made for goodgrip for race cars, but Denny Hamlin predictsthat wont be the case on Sunday in the Daytona500. I think if we get any kind of sunny 70 de-gree day or so at the [Daytona] 500, handlingwill be an issue just halfway through a fuel run,

he said.

With complete race cars and key componentsof them being in short supply due to the switchto a new car, there was relatively little risk-tak-ing during the practices leading up to the Unlim-ited, as teams didnt want to overburden

fabricators already swamped trying to get fof cars prepared for the upcoming season.Youre just so short on cars, you didnt watake any chances, Harvick said. But once green flag dropped for the Unlimited, it wato try some moves with the new car. You kif you tore that car up, you didnt need it anmore, he said.

One team that was in a fix for race cars wthe No. 78 team of driver Kurt Busch. Hewrecked one in practice and another in the limited.

Richard Childress, whose shops build ca

the No. 78 team, said late Saturday that hiswould work overtime to get Busch the equiment he needs for the Daytona 500. Weregoing to help them in any way we can, heWell probably have one of those cars bac[Sunday], repaired.

Changes to the interiors of the Gen-6 carwere a factor in a couple of incidents early Speedweeks. Matt Kenseth said that was a in a crash he caused during practice for thelimited.

Kevin Harvick said the locations of the mrors is one of the issues.

The first five or six times I looked for thmirror, it was in a different spot, and I didnit because it wasnt there, he said. I heard[Kenseth] talking about it. Both wrecks havhappened because of that left-side mirror, thbeing different compared to what they werethe past.

After Car of Tomorrow, Gen-6 heads back to the future

Dale Earnhardt Jr. drives of the No. 88 Chevrolet onSaturday during practice for this Sundays Daytona 500at Daytona International Speedway. (NASCAR photo)


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NOTEBOOK

f it walks like a duck, it can win

In recent years, being a lame duck in NASCAR hasnt been the performance killer many assume it might be.Several soon-to-be-splitting drivers and race teams have had strong runs of late. In 2011, after being dismissed from his job as Tony Stewarts crew chief,

an Grubb led Stewart to five Chase wins and the championship.Last year, in his final year at Roush Fenway Racing before moving to Joe Gibbs Racing, Matt Kenseth won two Chase races.This past Saturday night, Kevin Harvick, starting his final year at Richard Childress Racing before moving to Stewart-Haas Racing, won the Sprint Unlimwas his third win in the past five of the non-points Sprint Cup season openers.I dont think its been that big of a deal, Harvick said of his lame-duck status during his winners interview. Kenseth did a great job with his situation [la

ear].Harvick said that he still wants to win even though hes leaving, and the people on his team that are staying put feel the same way.

The atmosphere is great, honestly, he said. Everybody is just working toward the same goal thats winning the races. We have to be professional anywwhether its lame duck or not. You can call it whatever you want, were going to have a [whole] lot of fun racing, having a good time, doing our jobs ...

Were all here to do a job, and we have a responsibility to the people that are spending millions of dollars on the side of that car to do it as best we can.Harvicks crew chief Gil Martin said he feels the same way.This [sport] is too hard to be miserable, he said. Its too hard of work not to come out and try to win. Thats not in [Harvicks] nature. Thats not in our

eams nature to try not to win.Anybody that thinks just because of what the situation is that anybodys going to lay down, theyre sadly mistaken, because were going to try to win this

hampionship Were going to do whatever it takes to win it. Thats pretty well the bottom line.And Harvick, who has spent his entire Cup career in Childress No. 29 Chevrolet, said there are other reasons for wanting to succeed this year.Pride also comes in there pretty good, too, he said. Its fun to prove people wrong.

Townley: Truck win priceless

Camping World Truck Series driver John Wes Townley, who was criticized earlier in his career for wrecking too many race cars, made all the right movesaturdays Lucas Oil 200 ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway.Townley, driving a Toyota for Venturini Motorsports, started from the pole, then held off all challengers to get his first major racing victory and Venturinis first at D

ona.His previous best finish was a third place at Daytona in 2010.Personally, this is priceless, Townley said. I almost wouldnt trade it for anything in the world except my family. Its a real honor to win at Daytona.Kyle Larson, who plans a full Nationwide Series campaign this year, finished second. Martinsville Speedway track president Clay Campbell was 14th, and former

print Cup driver James Hylton, now 78, finished 26th in his final run at Daytona. Hes set to retire at the end of the season after 50 years of racing in NASCAR andARCA.


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Automotive, CyclesRacing, lifestyle

Have a LaughBy: David Bear Wren


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Continued from page 5.

esk where we were sitting. One of the things I noticed when we met

was that he doesn't really have "doctors hands", smooth, soft, almost

elicate. No, he has callouses that he is very proud of.

The bike was built by his little brother, Humberto Ortiz, known to his

aughter as "Tio Bike". Humberto owns and runs Vulcan Specialties in

Lubbock that got the 2003 1200 sporty and chopped it up for him.

Humberto too learned much of what he does from their father, and

hey both intend to pass it on to Ilia-Mari. She and her Tio Bike have

special bond. When I go visit my brother and we work on cars, Ilia-

Mari is right there, working with us, getting us tools, picking things up

nd getting her hands dirty with us. Sergio says with some pride that

lia-Mari knows all the cars in the movie Gone in 60 Seconds and al-

eady has her car picked out, along with the required modifications.

As with everything, the bike too serves its purpose. He owns the chop-

er and a Honda CRF 250R dirtbike that he rides when things become

oo stressful. You just let the wind hit you and you forget about every-

hing. Sometimes I bring it to work so that I can leave right after work.

ve taught Ilia-Mari to respect the bike and know the bike. I love to

eel her arms around me when we ride and know we love each other.


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tory and photos by

Ricky Jimenez Carrasco

Little Emily looked a little tired,ut that was understandable with

ll the attention, all the sun, all

he noise and all the bikers

round her that Sunday afternoon.

Most of the adults were tired by

he end of the day too, but excited

o be part of this new benefit run.

year old Emily has B-cell

eukemia, a cancer that attacks

white blood cells. Emily and her

arents went to the events andmiled when people asked her to

ake a picture and never com-

lained. "It's amazing the strength

hat God gives families to endure

his kind of struggle," says Naomi

Ramirez, Avon district sales man-

ger and spokesperson for the

vent. "Rosa is Emily's mother,

nd an Avon rep, and she cut her

air to look more like her daugh-

ter, who is undergoing

chemotherapy. In fact, Emily just

had a treatment just a few days

ago, but she felt strong enough to

come participate. The little girl

has the will to keep going. She's

got a spirit to continue."

Naomi explained why Avon de-

cided to partner up to help The El

Paso Children's Hospital at Uni-

versity Medical. "Avon is thelargest corporate contributor to

the research of a cure for cancer.

We're now looking to help the

cause at the local level, and what

better place than the Childrens

Hospital? The money will be used

for any immediate need for the

hospital within the Oncology De-

partment." Emily's father, Julio,

explained that they've had several

fundraisers specifically for Emily,

but this benefit was for the hospi-

tal that has treated them so well.

Sunday the 17th was a bright,

sunny day with no wind. Perfect

for those bikers that needed to

come out and play. The run in-

cluded a bike show at Handlebars

on Lee Trevino and a car show

featuring the Mustang Express

car club at La Terrazas on Mont-

wood. Naomi wanted to thank

Terrazas for providing so much

good Mexican food in the middle

of the run to the more than 100

registered riders.

"Once we got approval for the

run from the EP Motorcycle

Coalition, we only had a month toplan. We wanted to keep it in

February as it is Cancer Aware-

ness month. We even had it on the

same day as the Walk for a Cure!

Everybody involved, from the 32

volunteers to Sherman Barnett, to

all the bikers, were just so great.

We had people who came and do-

nated on the spot, donated money

and gifts, bikers and non bikers

alike. It was just exciting to

all these people with no barr

unite for a common cause."

Next year, they hope to begi

planning much earlier to inc

rate all that the coordinators

learned this year. They hopemore involved within the bik

community and maybe partn

with clubs to learn from thei

periences.

If you would like to help, do

or learn more about this run

please contact Naomi Ramir

with Avon at 667-3811and k

we love each other.


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TheHusqvarnaConceptBAJA

Off-road fascination in seventies

American style.

xactly one year ago, Husqvarna

resented the Husqvarna Concept

MOAB at the EICMA in Milan - atudy designed as a modern inter-

retation of the scrambler theme. It

s a motorcycle which embodies

oth the identity and the history of

he Husqvarna Motorcycles brand.

Husqvarna Concept BAJA eventies style and passion com-

ined with the technology of

oday.

Husqvarna Motorcycles is now tak-

ing idea this one step further with

the Concept BAJA. The motorcycle

combines tradition and modern de-

sign and, in conjunction with cut-

ting-edge technology, reflects the

essence of what Husqvarna Motor-

cycles stood for in the sixties and

seventies.

In over 100 years of company his-

tory, Husqvarna Motorcycles has

been able to achieve outstandingsuccess in international off-road rac-

ing, with 82 World Championship

titles to its name to date. Ongoing

success in racing in particular made

Husqvarna Motorcycles a highly

sought-after brand which became

increasingly popular not just in Eu-

rope but also in the USA.

The widespread acclaim of Husq-

varna Motorcycles was reinforced

by famous riders of the times, but

above all by one particular celebrity

motorcycling fan: American actor

Steve McQueen. McQueen was notjust an enthusiastic motorcyclist and

motor racing fan, he also achieved

success himself on the race track on

both two and four wheels. Among

other things he entered the Six Days

in 1964.

The cover photo of the US maga-

zine Sports Illustrated dated Au-

gust 23rd 1971 showing a

bare-chested Steve McQueen doing

a jump on a Husqvarna Cross 400

remains legendary to this day. The

McQueen-Husqvarna combination

eventually became the idol of a

whole generation of off-road fans -and the Husqvarna Cross 400 has

been taken as the historical design

role model for the Husqvarna Con-

cept BAJA.

Using modern-day technologies, the

Husqvarna Concept BAJA recalls

this unique era in American motor-

cycle racing, featuring the purist,

sporty and dynamic styling which is

typical of Husqvarna.

The multi-section architecture of the

body displays a very clear, purist

style. The slim shape of the saddle

instantly recalls the Husqvarna

models of the 1970s. Meanwhile theconcave surfaces of the front and

rear mudguard feature certain stylis-

tic elements which are to be found

in the latest generation of the H

varna models.

The Husqvarna Concept BAJA

powered by a liquid-cooled sin

cylinder engine. Power transm

is by means of a five-speed ge

via roller chain to the rear whe

In terms of suspension, the Hu

varna Concept Baja features an

agile chassis based on a steel t

frame. Front wheel suspension

taken care of by a torsionally s

upside-down fork, while the re

wheel is controlled by a torsio

sistant dual swinging arm in c

junction with a central spring

hinged on a lever system. Than

the bike's generous spring trav

agile handling properties of th

Husqvarna Concept BAJA go

in hand with excellent qualitie

light off-road riding. The Husq

study meets its aspiration to ta

light terrain by means of 19-in

and 17-inch wire spoke wheel

front and rear respectively, andstopping power is provided at

front and rear by a Brembo hy

draulic disc brake system.


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Get your motor running, head out on the highway!" Does Step-enwolf's Born to Be Wild lyrics blare through your speakers when

ou ride your motorcycle down the highway? If you love the open

oad and the wind blowing through your hair, then get ready to beurrounded by tons of other motorcycle enthusiasts at the 2013

Daytona Bike Week, an annual event in Daytona Beach, Florida.

This event is the mecca for all things bike-related. The event calen-

ar is chalked full of "don't miss" events, including those sponsored

y the likes of Harley Davidson, Budweiser and more. Whether

ou stay in a local hotel or relax and meet new or visit with old

riends at the campground sites, there will be a place for you, your

ike and your motorcycle trailer.

peaking of motorcycle trailers, if you're traveling the long dis-ance from Canada to Florida, you are going to need a reliable

railer to help you get there. Whether you like to pull your belong-

ngs behind you or load them all up on an open or enclosed trailer,

ow is the time to start thinking about what you will need to get

ou there. There are many motorcycle trailers out in today's market,

o how do you pick the right one?

When choosing a trailer, make sure to visit an established motorcy-

le trailer dealer that can help you discover what the best fit is for

you and your motorcycle. Manufacturers like Aluma offer sma

trailers that can be pulled effortlessly behind your bike. There

other small trailers that fold up for easy storage when not in us

Ask your sales representative to help you explore these option

fully before you make a small trailer purchase.

If you'd rather haul your favorite machine(s), then consider anflatbed trailer or enclosed trailer that can transport more than o

bike at a time. Open flatbed trailers come with ramps for easy

ing and unloading and have optional sideboards for extra prote

tion. Make sure to ask about tie-down kits, bike chocks, helme

cabinets, tool kits and brake packages to get the most out of yo

flatbed trailer purchase.

Today's enclosed trailers come with a variety of options for the

terior and exterior that can allow them to be used for more tha

a trailer to pull your motorcycle. Carmate offers a new pop ten

can be added to your trailer that offers ventilation to the unit. Mover, depending on the size of your motorcycle trailer, you cou

add additional cabinets for storage, racks to hang accessories a

even add bunks to use your trailer as a make-shift camper for

overnight accommodations (which would come in most handy

ing Daytona Bike Week).

Enclosed trailers also have the option for a custom design to p

mote your company, organization or event. Bike week is a gre

venue for spreading the word about your motorcycle business

trailer makes the perfect billboard!


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