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Check out the article in this issue of Bikers Ink magazine. Featuring our dealer Derby City Customs in Louisville, KY, this article details how Derby City grew from a backyard enterprise to a full featured dealership. The pictorial features a Vengeance Teacher in gloss black with flat black flames and red & white pinstripe. Check out the flip-flops on the guys, you’d think they were from California!
Vengeance Motorcycles has moved into a new facility in Riverside California. “It’s an exciting time for all of us at Vengeance” said President & CEO Stephen C. Sharpe. “We have been looking forward to this additional space. The move will help us expand our production and increase the efficiency of our production flow.” The brand new building located at 1425 Palmyrita is part of a new 7 building complex in Riverside, CA. We are located off the 215 freeway between the 60 and the 10 freeways. This location is one hour outside Los Angeles and is served by the Ontario, CA airport which is only 15 minutes away.
“This building more than doubles our current production space and adds almost four times the amount of space for inventory and parts storage.” said Mr. Sharpe. If you would like to stop by and visit Vengeance the plant is open for visitors Monday-Thursday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Vengeance Motorcycles has teamed up with Kerri Kasem, Iron Thong clothing, Horsepower Promotions and Hot Bike magazine to publish this Kerry Kasem poster. To get your free poster and to have it signed in person by Kerri stop by the Vengeance show rig “Nemisis” at the Hot Bike Super Show show June 4th & 5th in Irvine, CA.
This year at Bike Week in Daytona we had the privilege of spending some time with Eddie and Troy from Montgomery Gentry. That evening Troy invited us to ride with them on the ACM Charity Ride in Las Vegas that was held Sunday, May 15th.
This ride was the Academy of Country Music’s second annual Celebrity Motorcycle Ride. It was held in Las Vegas, NV two days before the annual ACM awards show. This half day trek through the Nevada desert raised funds for the ACM Charitable Foundation, an organization designed to raise support for programs dedicated to the awareness, growth, and education of music. [Read more…]
Ride, Roll & Rock with Vengeance & Fender Guitars. All riders are invited to meet at the Vengeance factory in Mira Loma, CA at 9:00-10:00 am for an “open house” tour. The ride will leave at 10:30 from the factory and conclude at the “Rolling for Kids” celebration in Corona, CA starting at 12 noon.
The “Rolling for Kids” event is a family-friendly street fair with a custom motorcycle and car show downtown Corona. The event will include a full day of live entertainment and even a few surprise “friends of Fender” musicians. The proceeds from this event benefit the Fender Museum’s ‘Kids Rock Free’ music programs.
The Second Rock-N-Country ride was held in Thousand Oaks Saturday, March 26th. hosted by Rick Allen of Def Leppard and Maxim model Kerri Kasem, this event was held under sunny skies with well over 150 riders participated in the ride from Classic American Motorcycles in Thousand Oaks to Neptune’s Net on the beach in Malibu, CA. Of particular note this year was the fact that Vengeance owners were out in force. When people see 20 custom choppers roar by its quite a spectacle!
Check out the Vengeance Vertebreaker feature in American Iron magazine. Chris Maida took one of our Vertebreakers out for a week and put it through the paces in Sturgis last summer. The two page spread on pages 108-109 gives you an overview of our hardtail chopper.
How do you top off a great week in Daytona? How about taking a Saturday night off and hanging out on the Jim Beam party bus with country music superstars Montgomery Gentry. For those of you who are familiar with the Buffalo Chip campground in Sturgis, you’ll be pleased to hear that they have set up a Buffalo Chip at the Daytona Speedway during bike week. This year the Saturday night headliners at the “Chip” were Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry and as usual, they rocked the house!
Featured on the cover of Hot Bike magazine in January was a custom Vengeance Vindicator that was offered in a “no purchase necessary” raffle for Hot Bike readers. This White with Yellow & Orange graphics cruiser was show stopper everywhere it went.
The lucky winner of this bike was Stephen Fraser out of West Melbourne, FL. Steve brought his family up to Daytona Bike week to pick up his new bike and he rode it home Friday night! Michele Smith of American Thunder was on hand to give Steve his keys and Steve took some time out of his busy schedule to take a ride with our staff and the crew from American Thunder.
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Vengeance Motorcycles is proud to be the national sponsor of the 2005 season of “American Thunder” airing weekly on the Speed Channel. This year Vengeance will team with American Thunder to bring you the best of the motorcycle industry, events and lifestyle. |
American Thunder focuses on classic v-twin machines and takes viewers to bike shows, special events such as Daytona Bike Week and the Sturgis Rally, and on rides down America’s most scenic and thrilling roads.
Segments on technical information, safety tips, and instruction about customizing and improving performance will enhance the motorcycle enthusiasts’ appreciation of the truly American vehicle the v-twin powered motorcycle.