998 American Hotrod Motorcycles
Each year Easyriders staff chooses 10 bikes that they feel are the best of the best. As you can imagine this is a monumental task and with the 100’s of bikes they see each year it is difficult to narrow down the field. Easyriders was so impressed with our Raider they included Vengeance in this elite group of manufacturers.
When Michele Smith host of American Thunder visited our factory and saw our bikes she remarked “wow, I’d sure like one of those in my garage.” Well who can resist someone like Michelle? So Butch and the boys got to work on a one-off custom Vendetta just for Michelle.
The bike is a modified 2004 Vendetta with a 42° of rake and 6″ over front-end. Michelle liked the long fenders on our Raiders, so we used Raider sheet metal on the bike to give it that one-of-a-kind look. Pull back risers put the bars in easy reach and the sissy bar with a custom Danny Grey saddle finish the long-low chopper style she was looking for. The dramatic color is Cobalt Blue with chrome paint tribal beveled graphics applied by Rock-n-Roll paint. But the piece-de-la-resistance is the dramatic custom taillight treatment with LED’s by Radiantz illuminating the American Thunder logo on the rear fender. [Read more…]
The Rock-n-Country charity ride from Thousand Oaks to the Tim McGraw / Big & Rich show was a great success with riders from all over the Los Angeles, Riverside & Orange County areas convening in Thousand Oaks. The ride was lead by the Vengeance show rig Nemesis followed by Rick Allen in a new convertible Chevrolet SSR hotrod pick-up truck. Following the lead vehicles was a pack of Vengeance choppers ridden by celebrities including a member of Big & Rich’s band, TV personalities from American Thunder and Vengeance factory staff. The lead-pack was followed by bikes of all makes and models as the ride was open to all riders.
Rolling Bones is old school chopper built in the classic California kustom kruiser hot-rod style. This bike features a soft-tail Daytec frame with a 2″ backbone stretch, 2″ down-tube stretch and 37 degree rake with a 4″ over retro springer front-end.
The bike includes chubby 18″ ape-hanger handlebars, a Maltese-cross drop mirror, a a classic sporty tank, chrome oil bag, Sampson pipes and a hard-tail style drag fender. The bike is finished in retro flat-black with red & white beatnik style pinstripes. The tank features a custom airbrushed pin-up girl on with a pair of rolling dice on the rear fender.
Check out our Vendetta featured in V-Twin magazine. “This model combines the sleek styling of a custom chopper with the muscular looks of a pro-street machine.”—Ken Ross V-Twin Magazine.
Check out the article in this issue of American Iron magazine. Chris Maida took one of our Warrior choppers and put it through the paces in Sturgis last summer. The two page spread on pages 112-113 gives you an overview of our flagship chopper.
Vengeance Motorcycles is proud to announce that Vengeance has teamed up with Speed Channel to Present the 2004 Season of their hit show “American Thunder”.
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.
The Easyriders V-twin Expo in Cincinatti, OH is always a star-studded event and this year was no different. Pictured here is Willie G. Davidson who stopped by the Vengeance booth to meet Vengeance Motorcycles staff. Willie took some time to check out the bikes and wished Vengeance success in the future.
Vengeance Motorcycles is proud to announce that we have teamed up with DC Cruisers our dealer in Gaithersburg Maryland and their local rock radio station DC101 to fabricate a custom Vengeance Vindicator to be raffled-off for charity.
The motorcycle is a brand new Vengeance Vindicator that has been custom painted featuring a patriotic theme and the gas tank has been hand signed by bad-boy biker and rock impresario Kid Rock.
This issue of Easyriders magazine featured and article with a specification sheet on the Vengeance Raider. The bike featured was outfitted with optional 2 into 2 Sampson Uppercut exhaust, but was otherwise stock. Pick up a copy at your news stand or if you’d like to read the article you can download .pdf files of the pages here: