[ October 24, 2009; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] 13 Rebels MC proudly presents the 2nd Annual Iron and Ink Bike Show, Swap Meet & Tattoo Contest at

Pigtrail Harley-Davidson
2409 W Hudson
Rogers, AR 727556

Gates open at 10:OO
Admission $5
Under 12 FREE
Bike Show is ride-in only
Tattoo Contest an additional $5
Vendor spaces available 10X10 – $25 (includes 2 gate passes)
Used parts vendor – 15$ (includes 1 gate pass)
50/50 [...]

Fayetteville police say Thursday night was a little busier, with six arrests for public intoxication, two for criminal mischief and one for disorderly conduct. Police also issued two citations for careless driving and two citations for engine revving. Two stolen cars were also recovered on Dickson Street, according to police. The vehicles, a Chevrolet Avalanche [...]

ROGERS — When Chuck Snider is in his garage, he might sometimes be in the doghouse. But, he admits, “it’s a pretty nice doghouse.”

The Route 66 Vintage Iron Motorcycle Museum in Miami, Okla. is right on “The Mother Road.”

For assistance booking a hotel room call the Fayetteville Visitors Bureau at 1-800-766-4626, or visit www.experiencefayetteville.com/lodging.php to make reservations from a complete list of hotels and lodging options in the Northwest Arkansas area.
The Clarion Hotel in Fayetteville is the official hotel of Bikes, Blues & BBQ.The official campground of Bikes, Blues & BBQ is the [...]

By The Associated Press
STURGIS, S.D. — Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler suffered head, neck and shoulder injuries in a tumble from the stage at a South Dakota show, a concert spokesman said Thursday, and the audience thought it was part of his hipshaking act until he didn’t get up.
Tyler, 61, fell while entertaining the crowd by dancing [...]

FAYETTEVILLE — Call it “The House that Harley Built,” or maybe “Jimmie Carter Meets a V-Twin.”
Bikes, Blues & BBQ is teaming up with Habitat for Humanity to send bikers golfing on Thursday, Sept. 24. Proceeds from the golf tournament will go toward building materials for a Habitat home, which will be built during the 2010 [...]

FAYETTEVILLE — Two new members have been added to the board of directors for the Bikes, Blues & BBQ motorcycle rally.
Allyson Twiggs Dyer, director of the Fayetteville Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Steve Clark, president of the city’s Chamber of Commerce, become the eighth and ninth members of the rally’s board.
They join Kenneth Mourton, Jeff [...]

In the midst of a recession and with loads of empty hotel rooms, South Carolina’s vacation hot spot is hanging a “No Vacancy” sign for hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riders who have come here each May.

By JENNIFER LARINO
Orlando Sentinel
MAITLAND, Fla. (AP) — Dwain DeVille is a firm believer in what he calls “The Business Biker’s Creed.”
“I’d rather be riding my motorcycle thinking about business,” it goes, “than sitting in my office thinking about riding my motorcycle.” That saying is also the foundation for his latest business venture, Biker’s Guide to [...]

BIKER PARKTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Give a bunch of bikers a playground to help build, and the next thing you know they’re looking for a new park to develop.

Legislation that would require motorcycle riders to wear helmets failed to clear the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday.

By Rob Moritz
Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK — For the second time, a state Senate panel rejected a proposal that would require motorcyclists in Arkansas to wear a helmet or carry $10,000 in health insurance.
The Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs did endorse a bill that would designate a section of U.S. 67 in [...]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A proposal requiring motorcyclists to make a choice between wearing a helmet or carrying thousands of dollars in health insurance stalled before a Senate panel on Monday.

Sen. Kim Hendren’s Senate Bill 29, which would require motorcycle riders to wear a helmet or carry lots of health insurance, is listed as a special order of business today Feb. 23 in the Senate Transportation Committee.

The Circuit Rider, a custom Harley Davidson motorcycle, honors Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Ill., where it was unveiled Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009.

Even on snowy winter Sundays, worshippers have been arriving by motorcycle – revved up for religion – at the service at Chariot House Biker Church.

Robbie Maddison , the 27 years old Australian Motocross rider sets a new World record on New Years Eve by jumping on top of the 96 ft (30 m) high replica of the Arc de Triomph in Las Vegas, Dec. 31, 2008.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The World Health Organization said Monday that Vietnam’s mandatory helmet law helped save more than 1,000 lives since it was introduced a year ago but that more loopholes need to be fixed.
Monday marked exactly one year since the government required all motorcyclists to wear helmets.
There were 1,400 fewer road traffic fatalities [...]

A Beijing traffic police officer rides a motorcycle donated by Harley-Davidson Motor Company near the Tiananmen Tower in Beijing, China, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Chinese media reported Tuesday that Harley-Davidson Motor Company donated three Harley police bikes to Beijing’s Dongcheng District traffic police branch for traffic police patrols near the Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Color China [...]

By GUS BURNS
The Saginaw News
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) _ The riding season is ending for five Realtors in  Saginaw Michagan who made the switch from four wheels to two this summer.
Employees at Weichert Realtors, Town & Country, say real estate work requires a lot of driving, and they wanted to cut fuel costs.
They worried riding a [...]

STURTEVANT, Wis. (AP) _ Although Jeff Vlieger agonizes over each of his projects, the Caledonia man had a bigger incentive to get this one right.
Sandy Berken-Ottery of Muskego heard from another of his customers that he paints designs on motorcycles, and she asked him to do one on her 1990 Harley-Davidson Softail. Oh, and could [...]

Doug Stephenson of Davenport owns Highway to Heaven, a motorcycle hearse service that primarily caters to people who were motorcycle riders or those with
By KAY LUNA
Quad-City Times
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) _ When an avid area hunter died, Quad-City funeral home owner Steve Pressly received an unusual request.
He remembers the man’s family asking to bring in [...]

By LACEY STORER
St. Joseph News-Press
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) _ When you pull into the parking lot of the Harley-Davidson Vehicle and Powertrain Operations plant just off Interstate 29 past Kansas City International Airport, one of the first things you notice is the line of bikes parked in front of the building.
It looks like a bit [...]

The motorcycle business — traditionally driven by enthusiasts who ride for fun — is experiencing a foundational shift, as big and expensive cruisers give way to cheaper, commuter-oriented models, and as more women hit the road on two wheels, a new survey shows.
While fun is still the No. 1 reason motorcyclists cite for riding, according [...]

By DOROTHY J. GAITER
The Wall Street Journal
Every year around this time, we recommend one special, break-the-bank bottle that would be a perfect present for the budding wine lover or confirmed wine geek in your life. We write this column early to give you plenty of time to find the wine, because what we suggest can [...]

By Dave Waldon
CTW FEATURES
Long before Ewan McGregor found the power of the Force, he knew of the need for speed. The Scottish actor who played the younger Obi-wan Kenobi in the “Star Wars” prequels discovered his love of motorcycles at a very young age, thanks in large part to the kindness of his father toward [...]

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ An undercover investigation that put federal agents inside the notorious Mongols motorcycle gang ended Tuesday October 21 with arrests of dozens of members in six states, including Washington, on warrants ranging from drug sales to murder and a move by the government to seize the group’s name.

A Harley Davidson with a sidecar is a way for Madelene Knutson and George Ulseth to travel around the Fargo, N.D.,-Moorhead, Minn., area on Oct. 13, 2008. Dave Wallis / The Forum
FARGO, N.D. (AP) _ George Ulseth and Madelene Knutson are friends who admit to being in their late 80s, and who admit to loving [...]

Bonnie and Roy Walden of Port Tobacco hold the map used to illustrate their motorcycle ride around the perimeter of the U.S., in Port Tabacco, Md. on Aug 17, 2008. The Waldens left in the spring on a 2003 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic. The 60-year-olds from Port Tobacco started and ended in Ocean City; Roy drove [...]