As another wickedly warm summer evening descended upon Southern California on August 20th, the Costa Mesa Speedway roared to life once again, deeper and more guttural than usual. While the motorcycles that normally tear around the flat dirt track are 500cc, that night was the second
Monday, August 8, 2011
It’s been tough getting to sleep at night with thoughts of Sturgis banging around in our heads. Memories of loud and shiny machines, the smell of campfires below mountains covered in ponderosa pine, thousands of bikers arriving in a steady stream, with girlfriends and wives proudly perched on the back of some of the finest [...]
Friday, August 5, 2011
Are you in possession of a really hot automobile or motorcycle? Just as important, do you know any beautiful women who could truly enhance that car or bike just by posing next to it? Voila! You’ve got the perfect combo plate for the KLOS Heels and Wheels Contest, which is being sponsored by us lucky [...]
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Harley-Davidson recently held its Summer 2011 Dealer Meeting right here in our backyard at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California. And since these H-D folks were already in town, we figured we ought to invite them out for a tour of our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities — complete with testing lab — in La Palma, [...]
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
We’re back at work this week after a festive Fourth that saw us kick-start the three-day holiday with a company barbecue last Friday afternoon. The one thing we do a lot of out here in Southern California is light up the coals and eat outdoors. So even though we hosted a barbecue for our 140 [...]
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Members of the Victor McLaglen Motor Corps have been taking up residence in our parking lot in La Palma, Calif., most Sundays, practicing motorcycle stunt and drill team routines and drawing some attention from nearby businesses. This group, mostly made up of veteran riders on older Harley’s, motor up and down our parking lot in [...]
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Four times a year, Performance Machine employees concentrate on a community service project that will benefit those in need or those who deserve a helping hand. Our first such venture was a blood drive during our first quarter, and you can see the results of that successful endeavor by reading PM Crew Rolls up Its [...]
Thursday, April 28, 2011
It’s been hard for us to sleep at night ever since we signed on to sponsor the Costa Mesa Speedway Series for the 2011 season. Sure, Performance Machine has been active in many aspects of motorcycle racing over the years, but now we’re wrapping ourselves up in a tradition that takes place right here in [...]
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Here’s your first peek at the spruced-up tractor-trailer we’re just now taking out on the road to motorcycle events and rallies. Images on this 53-foot trailer include the Vargas-like model shown here, as well as PM’s decked-out “H-D 48.” Both sparkling images represent our marketing campaign and catalog display for 2011. This year we worked [...]
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Laughlin River Run is definitely one of our favorite events of the year.In fact this year a bunch of us here at PM plan on riding out on our bikes to enjoy the festivities Saturday 4/30. The Laughlin River Run, which begins Wednesday, April 27 and runs through Sunday, May 1, is the largest [...]
Friday, September 2, 2011
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