http://www.hawgzone.com/ Hawg Zone en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:52:38 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Hawg Zone News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.hawgzone.com/images/logo.gif http://www.hawgzone.com/ http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1557.html Harley-Davidson executives, board members and thousands of Motor Company customers, will remotely ring the New York Stock Exchange closing bell live from Club H.O.G.® 25 at Harley-Davidson’s 105th Anniversary celebration in Milwaukee, Wis., at 4:00 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, August 28, 2008. New York - Club H.O.G. 25 celebrates the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) 25th Anniversary, which is the world’s largest factory-sponsored motorcycle owners group, boasting more than 1 million members in 1,400 chapters around the world. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:52:38 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1556.html The actor stepped out at Paramount Studios in Hollywood on Sunday night for the special premiere screening of his new TV show Sons Of Anarchy. US Nationwide - The show, which is set to air next week, explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club. Ron admitted he had his reservations about signing on to a big US show. He said: "It's a big commitment and I frankly wasn't looking for a television show. It just came off of Hellboy 2. My movie career was finally just starting to get how I wanted it to get and this thing just came out of the blue, but it was an offer I couldn't refuse." Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:52:24 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1555.html Ten million dollars' worth of American Ironhorse custom motorcycle parts are set to be sold in bankruptcy liquidation beginning Friday, September 12, in Fort Worth, TX. Texas - This huge liquidation of excess motorcycle parts for V-Twins and choppers will be held at American Ironhorse Motorcycle's factory, 4600 Blue Mound Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76106, to sell off excess parts not needed for new production. Liquid Asset Partners LLC in joint venture with Hilco Merchant Resources LLC is conducting the sale. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:55 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1554.html A quick-thinking war vet has been hailed as a hero for saving a motorcyclist’s life after his leg was torn off in a head-on crash with an allegedly drunken Boston probation officer’s car. Massachusetts - John Melson, 37, used crash victim Mark Cronin’s belt to make a tourniquet and stem the bleeding after Cronin’s left leg was severed in the crash on the Neponset River Bridge in Quincy on Saturday morning. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:44 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1553.html A Jackson man charged with crashing his motorcycle Saturday night and leaving his dying fiancee on the pavement has a history of criminal flight and violence. Michigan - Richard D. Pickett, 48, has served at least four prison sentences totaling about 20 years, according to Department of Corrections records. He was released May 2 after serving six years for third-degree fleeing police. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:34 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1552.html The roar of 1,000 motorcycles accompanied a steel beam from the World Trade Center on Saturday as it traveled to Pennsylvania, where it will be part of a memorial to those who died there in a Sept. 11 airliner crash. New York - Hundreds of current and retired FDNY firefighters left Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field at about 7 a.m. to escort the girder on the 311-mile ride to Shanksville, Pa. The group arrived in Shanksville Saturday evening. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:16 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1551.html Three years ago, the owner of Mid-West Choppers was building a custom tribute bike for the 9-11 Foundation. Now he could face 30 years in prison. Illinois - Chip Miyler is accused of swindling customers out of about $900,000. A federal indictment issued this week charges Miyler with five counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:05 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1550.html Some local tourism business owners say today's start of the fifth annual Cody Thunder Rally shows again how motorcyclists are an important part of the summer economy. But it also reminds them that the bikers' presence can't be taken for granted. Wyoming - As the town has become a popular stop on the way to and from the annual Sturgis Bike Week in South Dakota, it has also seen business owners adopt a savvy marketing approach to make Cody a friendlier place for bikers. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:50:54 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1549.html One of the more beneficial side effects of a slowing economy and rising gas prices is a decrease in traffic fatalities. Tennessee - Last year, traffic deaths fell to 41,059, the lowest since 1994, and the fatality rate - 1.37 deaths per 100 million miles - was the lowest ever, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. "Thanks to safer vehicles, aggressive law enforcement and our efforts, countless families were spared the devastating news that a loved one was not coming home," said Transportation Secretary Mary Peters. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:50:43 GMT http://www.hawgzone.com/News/article/sid=1548.html "Biker rally" sounds menacing. The 20,000 bikers who descended on Westmoreland County for the 31st annual National Bikers Roundup at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds were anything but. Pennsylvania - Most were middle-aged, mild-mannered and somewhat moneyed, considering a tricked-out Harley runs about $25,000. Click here to read the rest of the story. Harley News, Harley Forums, Harley Babes, Harley Chat, Everything Harley At HawgZone.com Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:26:13 GMT