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Dancing the light hydraulic

Andy H 27th April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Wells Lamont 1132 Gloves

Andy H 23rd April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Somebody, somewhere must really hate motorcycles

Andy H 22nd April 2020American-V, Long Term Chief Vintage 3 Comments

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 …

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Essential Journeys: April 2020

Andy H 21st April 2020American-V, Indian, Long Term Chief Vintage 2 Comments

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 …

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Performance Flattie

Andy H 20th April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Softail Oil Tanks

Andy H 17th April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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AutoProud Whitewall cleaner

Andy H 15th April 2020Reviews Leave a Comment

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 …

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VG Big Twin swing-arm frames for 4-speeds

Andy H 14th April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Lockdown Britain on an Indian Chief Vintage

Andy H 14th April 2020Harley-Davidson 2 Comments

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 …

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S&S Milwaukee Eight Power Packages

Andy H 11th April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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GNX 4½-inch slip-ons for Harley Tourers

Andy H 8th April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Fred Kodlin Racing Exhaust

Andy H 5th April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Digital Back Issues

Andy H 3rd April 2020American-V Leave a Comment

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 …

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Dillinger Grips

Andy H 2nd April 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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101: April May 2020 is here!

Andy H 2nd April 2020• ON-LINE STORE •, American-V Leave a Comment

  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 …

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Alcosense Elite 3

Andy H 2nd April 2020Reviews Leave a Comment

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 …

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Self-isolating, American-V style

Andy H 2nd April 2020Indian, Long Term Chief Vintage 2 Comments

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 …

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Going Viral …

Andy H 31st March 2020American-V 4 Comments

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 …

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Metzeler Orange Walls

Andy H 30th March 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Rekluse Auto Clutch

Andy H 27th March 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Dillinger Luggage Rack for Sportster

Andy H 24th March 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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TCX versatile weatherproof Boots

Andy H 21st March 2020Clothing, New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Replica 3½ Gallon Hand Shift Tank

Andy H 18th March 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Highway Bars with Footrest Rubbers

Andy H 15th March 2020Harley-Davidson Leave a Comment

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, …

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Fat Skeleton T-shirts

Andy H 15th March 2020Clothing, Reviews Leave a Comment

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 …

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Universal Stainless Muffler

Andy H 12th March 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Parts Europe offer a bit of light reading for 2020

Andy H 9th March 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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, …

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Nano Turn signals for handlebar controls

Andy H 6th March 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Indian releases Blacked-Out Baby Budget Bobber

Andy H 5th March 2020Indian, New Models 1 Comment

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 …

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OEM-style spoked wheels

Andy H 3rd March 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Custom Chrome Duster Coat

Andy H 2nd March 2020Clothing, Reviews Leave a Comment

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 …

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Blowing up a storm!

Andy H 1st March 2020Indian, New Models Leave a Comment

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, …

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Thundermax Oil Cooler Fan For Milwaukee Eight Tourers

Andy H 28th February 2020Harley-Davidson Leave a Comment

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 …

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Corbin’s Fastback Seat for Indian Challenger

Andy H 25th February 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Harley-Davidson’s new Softail Standard turns the clock back more than a decade!

Andy H 25th February 2020Harley-Davidson Leave a Comment

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 …

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Sealey’s Son et Lumière show

Andy H 22nd February 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Vity Design Road Glide Turn Signals

Andy H 19th February 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Cannonball Stealth Starter Motors for Kicker Models

Andy H 16th February 2020New Products 3 Comments

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 …

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Haughton CBD Honey

Andy H 15th February 2020Reviews Leave a Comment

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 …

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Yost Pro Power Tube

Andy H 13th February 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Back Issues Blow-Out!!

Andy H 12th February 2020American-V Leave a Comment

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 …

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Highsider Proton LEDs

Andy H 10th February 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Scout Bobber 20 Seat

Andy H 7th February 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Ancient and modern

Andy H 6th February 2020Indian Leave a Comment

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 …

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American-V Issue 100 has landed / is landing / will land imminently!!

Andy H 4th February 2020American-V Leave a Comment

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 …

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EVENTS CALENDAR MOVES ON-LINE

Andy H 4th February 2020American-V Leave a Comment

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 …

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Anarchy Rising

Andy H 4th February 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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Thirty years of the Fat Boy marked with an anniversary model

Andy H 3rd February 2020Harley-Davidson, New Models Leave a Comment

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 …

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Harley-Davidson announce new CVO Road Glide

Andy H 3rd February 2020Harley-Davidson, New Models Leave a Comment

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 …

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Arlen Ness LED Indicators

Andy H 1st February 2020New Products Leave a Comment

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 …

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