Jack Daniel Whiskey is one of those iconic American brands that have aligned itself with the Harley community, and whose logo is licensed to a wide variety of motorcycle products.

Thrill Ride Sport offers some simply bolt-on Jack Daniel logoed parts for your Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Lots of air cleaner covers, fender tips, handle bar grips, and so on, all with the "Ol No. 7" logo.

You can find their whole parts catalog here...
http://www.thrillridesport.com

Rick Miller, owner of Thrill Ride Sport, used to work for Harley-Davidson back inthe late 1970s and early 1980s, leading their accessory department. He launched the Eagle Iron and Screaming Eagle line of accessories for the Motor Company.

Labels: Harley Davidson Parts, Jack Daniel's

Now you can hang your quick-release Harley Davidson Tour Pak on the wall.

On those days when you ride your Harley touring bike without the Tour Pak, now you can hang it up on the wall where it stays out of the way, and doesn't run the risk of getting scratched up.

This new storage rack mounts to the wall of your garage, allowing you to hang any kind of Harley Davidson Tour Pak, as well as Back Rests.

The rack can be used with the Tour Pak, Classic Tour Pak, Chopped Tour Pak and Leather Tour Pak. They're selling on eBay right now for a current bid price of $25.00 each.

Click here to see auction.

Labels: Harley Davidson Parts, New Products

Get rid of the plain factory backrest plate on your Harley and replace it with one of these new plates from Ironspirit...


These custom polished and chrome plated mounting plates, seen at the 2007 V-Twin Expo, are an easy direct bolt-on replacement for the stock triangle plate the factory provides with their pads for the detachable sissy bar upright.

Made in the USA, the Skull, Spade, and Iron Cross designs will soon be joined by more designs currently in the works. Ironspirit owner Jim Van Landingham says more women riding baggers are also requesting designs and that he'll have some geared for their tastes.

Each plate costs $147.00.

Buy it online directly from Ironspirit at...
http://www.ironspirit.com

Labels: Harley Davidson Parts

A company called Terapeak, who describes themselves as an "eBay Certified Solution Provider", published some statistics on Harley-Davidson parts and accessories sold on eBay...

Harley-Davidson enthusiasts, considered to be traditionalist in the motorcycle world, have proven that they are not afraid to shed traditional sales channels, in favor of doing business online. In the past year, sales for Harley-Davidson merchandise on eBay have topped $30,000,000 for parts and accessories alone, according to research by Terapeak.

Over the past century Harley-Davidson has established itself as the most well-known motorcycle brand on the planet, with one of the most loyal customer bases of any brand. Their customers are strongly rooted in tradition as evident from statements in their motto, "We believe that cowboys had it right, we believe in rumbling engines and fuel tanks designed in 1936..." While Harley enthusiasts may believe that fuel tanks from the thirties are ideal for their bikes, they opt for much newer technology when it comes to buying and selling their merchandise. Over the past year there have been over 2 million bids on Harley-Davidson parts and accessories on eBay.

Harley-Davidson has also consistently been the top ranked search term on eBay's Pulse, which lists the top 10 search terms for every category on eBay. Additional research using Terapeak's eBay Motors Parts and Accessories Research Tool shows that February had the most sales for Harley-Davidson parts and accessories with over $2.9 million in total sales. Successful listings were also at a yearly high in February with 54% of listings ending in a sale. With sales numbers like these it is clear that Harley-Davidson loyalists will not slow down, especially when it comes to buying and selling on eBay.

Labels: eBay Motorcycles, Harley Davidson Parts

I received the following e-mail today from a reader...

HARLEY DAVIDSON INSTALLED SCREAMING EAGLE SLIP ON. THE TONE IS TOO MILD. TOO QUITE. I CAN'T EVEN WAKE MY NEIGHBORS...

MY QUESTION. CAN I REMOVE THE BAFFLES THEN USE THE SCREAMING EAGLE "EFI
RACE TUNER KIT" TO RECONFIGURE MY COMPUTER INJECTION SYSTEM... WILL I RISK HURTING THE BIKE?

Labels: Harley Davidson Parts, Loud Pipes

Tracy posted a comment on an older article, where she talks about Harley parts being made overseas...

One comment I will add here, is that for Harley lovers (Which I am one of them) to state put down a so-called metric bike and their argument is that you should own an American Bike, is rather contradictory, when most parts for HD are being outsourced and manuctured in Japan, Chile, Germany, China, Mexico and etcetera...while being shipped into the USA and assembled! Where as several of the Japanese made bikes are actually being manufactured and assembled both in the USA! So for HD owners to put down a so-called metric crusier and make the claim it's "just a rice grinder" and not a truly American made bike, is an oximoronic statement to say the least!

Labels: Harley Davidson Parts, Made in China

I hate the stock mirrors on the Harley!

The stems on the mirrors are so damn short, they don't extend far enough past your arms and shoulders, that you can't see the road behind you. You have to move your head over to the side to see anything.

I know Harley sells mirrors with extended stems, and yes, I'm going to buy them. But man, what a con job! You'd think that Harley would put safety at the top of their priority, and give you mirrors that you can actually use.

I never realized how much I liked the mirrors on my Yamaha Road Star, until I started riding the Ultra.

I realize that you can't really compare the Road Star with the Ultra. One is for riding, while the other is for touring. One is for enjoying the road, while the other is for enjoying the long haul.

Still, what's the point of having mirrors if you can't see out of them?

Labels: Harley Davidson Electra Glide, Harley Davidson Parts