If you are struggling with the hydraulic clutch on your Twin Cam or Milwaukee Eight, Müller might just make your day. They have come up with a …
Wells Lamont 1132 Gloves
There’s something about tan leather that just works, particularly for gloves. Okay, so you’ll get slapped down in France for them not being CE compliant and …
Somebody, somewhere must really hate motorcycles
Endless blue sky spring days, quiet roads and petrol at … how much?!!! Can’t help but wonder how long before it drops below £1/litre. And …
Essential Journeys: April 2020
Who knew that this lockdown would increase the potential to test the functionality of our long term Indian Chief Vintage? This classic-bagged tourer has visited …
Performance Flattie
Okay, so it’s a niche product, but there will be some ULs kicking around – the 45’s big brother – and while the brakes would …
Softail Oil Tanks
We need a new generic term for 1984 to 2018 Softails, to quickly identify them from the new ones, but that’s not important here because this …
AutoProud Whitewall cleaner
We’ve known about this for a long time now but have never had the opportunity to test it properly, but of course that has changed this …
VG Big Twin swing-arm frames for 4-speeds
No need to take a hacksaw to an original frame for that chopper project you’ve always wanted to build, and indeed you can turn that bodged piece …
Lockdown Britain on an Indian Chief Vintage
What’s happening out there in the big wide world? If the post run last Wednesday was anything to go by, it’s a bigger, wider and …
S&S Milwaukee Eight Power Packages
We’ve seen so much of Boz’s 124-inch Sport Glide round here that I’m getting a sense of déjà vu! This is almost everything you need …
GNX 4½-inch slip-ons for Harley Tourers
If your FL is too muted – the low idle combined with a plugged up exhaust just isn’t letting enough of the Milwaukee Eight’s raw roar get …
Fred Kodlin Racing Exhaust
This stunning race exhaust is Euro 4 approved, thanks in part to its catalytic converter, and it was made exclusively for F.Kodlin by Remus. The aggressively …
Digital Back Issues
It is often said that you have to say the same thing three times for people to hear it, and chasing down the current issue …
Dillinger Grips
What! No billet? Apparently not. These new grips combine a narrow profile with EPDM rubber that has been ribbed for someone’s pleasure … and an excellent …
101: April May 2020 is here!
ISSUE 101 has hit the streets: all you’ve got to do is find it!! In these strange times, you’re better off looking in grocery …
Alcosense Elite 3
We’ve all done it – or know someone who has: pushed the boat out on an evening session and then wondered whether we are in a fit …
Self-isolating, American-V style
Yes, okay, so we’re not supposed to go out, but this was an essential journey. I needed to ride a motorbike! I needed to ride …
Going Viral …
The roads were empty-ish as I rode the Indian Chief Vintage back to my home and office from my mum’s conservatory – where I have …
Metzeler Orange Walls
Somebody, at some point, appears to have whispered into a German tyre developer’s ear that Harley-Davidsons have tyres with orange side-walls, because apparently these have been designed …
Rekluse Auto Clutch
Yes, you did read that right. An automatic clutch. Not so much a clever accompaniment to a jockey shift, more the perfect tool to make light …
Dillinger Luggage Rack for Sportster
If you’re looking for a more modern take on accessories for your Harley-Davidson, Kuryakyn’s Dillinger might take you there. This new luggage rack for most Sportster models …
TCX versatile weatherproof Boots
Looking for a bike boot that doesn’t look like it came from an army surplus store or has an ankle shaped for rearsets? TCX Boots has …
Replica 3½ Gallon Hand Shift Tank
These V-Twin Mfg. reproductions of a long-unavailable pair of tanks will be warmly welcomed by many. Doubly so, once fitted with an original-style rod-type fuel …
Highway Bars with Footrest Rubbers
These heavy gauge highway bars are 1.25-inch / 32mm in diameter, feature mandrel bends and come in a show chrome or black finish for Sportster, …
Fat Skeleton T-shirts
You will recognise Paul Burdass from stands at innumerable rallies and shows, and know that Fat Skeleton already holds the sort of t-shirts that you won’t …
Universal Stainless Muffler
Feeling adventurous in the exhaust department? Fancy slipping on a slip-on with a difference? Then these universal stainless steel mufflers might be just up your …
Parts Europe offer a bit of light reading for 2020
Hot off the press, and covering all bases for Harley owners – whether you’re running a modern Milwaukee Eight or Sportster, or a classic Shovel, Pan, …
Nano Turn signals for handlebar controls
Every set of stock Harley-Davidson controls has got provision for a bolt to pass through, with the mirror on the top and a dome nut or a …
Indian releases Blacked-Out Baby Budget Bobber
It wasn’t so long ago that Indian’s announcement that they were reducing the power output of the regular Scout to make it meet A2 licence …
OEM-style spoked wheels
These stock-size replacement 40-spoke wheels – complete with pre-installed bearings – are available in chrome or black powdercoat for most OEM replacement applications. Do you need telling that …
Custom Chrome Duster Coat
This is a weird one because it’s almost a revisited review … except that we didn’t review these when they were new. And they are …
Blowing up a storm!
No, not Storm Jorge, which was heading my way and determined to punish me for having had the audacity to leave my waterproofs at home, …
Thundermax Oil Cooler Fan For Milwaukee Eight Tourers
If your oil-cooled Milwaukee-Eight bagger is running a little warm – and it’s not because the oil is playing musical-sumps, which will be cured now – this ThunderMax oil …
Corbin’s Fastback Seat for Indian Challenger
Before the paint was dry on Indian’s new PowerPlus-powered Challenger, Corbin released aversion of their ‘The Wall’ fastback seat ready for it. Already available for …
Harley-Davidson’s new Softail Standard turns the clock back more than a decade!
Yes, the last time a Softail was this affordable, it was the last £10,795 88-inch Twin Cam, five-speed Softail Standard in 2006: the year before …
Sealey’s Son et Lumière show
How many times have you been sat in your shed fettling, tidying, cleaning or doing a range of otherwise minimum attention tasks that would benefit from …
Vity Design Road Glide Turn Signals
LED indicators are for Tour Glides, too, and these sleek, high brightness LED turn signals bolt straight onto the shark-nose fairing, and with the full approval …
Cannonball Stealth Starter Motors for Kicker Models
Have we all got over our inherent objections to electric starters now? I do hope so, because Cannonball are making inroads into sacred territory, making kits …
Haughton CBD Honey
Here’s something I didn’t anticipate ever running in American-V, but then while CBD has been known about for a long time – in terms of …
Yost Pro Power Tube
Still running a carburettor? The Yost Pro Power Tube is one of those must-have things from the days of lean-running CVs and the so-called ‘Harley …
Back Issues Blow-Out!!
To celebrate the 100th issue of American-V, we’re offering all issues up to and including AmV97 for just £2 each plus postage in the UK …
Highsider Proton LEDs
Remember the days when we had to find clever ways of hiding indicators on custom bikes – which usually involved taking the bloody things off completely because …
Scout Bobber 20 Seat
Corbin has created a seat for Indian’s new Bobber 20, which takes the factory ‘1920’ seat on its base adaptor to a new level – and indeed …
Ancient and modern
Thought I’d reunite our long-term Indian Chief Vintage with a forgotten part of the marque’s history. I did so purely out of mischief – no …
American-V Issue 100 has landed / is landing / will land imminently!!
Part navel-gazing, part celebrating the last fifteen years of American motorcycles, we look back at a hundred editions of American-V and spin it from a …
EVENTS CALENDAR MOVES ON-LINE
Anyone who has ever produced a magazine (hopefully, but it might just be me) will tell you that putting together the calendar is perhaps the …
Anarchy Rising
Risers seem to be the new Apehangers, apparently, or at least when you’re getting to 10-inches you’ve got to hope they are! And like Apes, they need …
Thirty years of the Fat Boy marked with an anniversary model
Lovers of Harley-Davidson’s Fat Boy will hopefully be as pleased to see this limited edition of the most radical bike yet to bear the name …
Harley-Davidson announce new CVO Road Glide
Good to see Milwaukee is keeping tabs on what we’re doing here, and the lightning response to us nipping out on Indian’s Challenger last Friday …
Arlen Ness LED Indicators
We’re seeing a lot of so-small-they’re-invisible indicators these days but what if you want to make a statement? Few companies have made as many statements over the years …