Not everyone is “lucky” enough to turn their passion or hobby into a full-time career like Jim Purdy of Lucky Cycles, Performance Machine’s May Dealer of the Month. Before opening Lucky Cycles, Jim was a D.C. narcotics officer, scrambling to keep drugs and guns off the streets at nighttime in the nation’s capital, and building [...]
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Today we want to talk to you about a motorcycle wheel. But not just any wheel! No doubt about it. Take just one look at the new Turbo wheel and you know the billet masterpiece was given life by none other than our VP of Design, Roland Sands. If you’ve picked up our most recent [...]
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Riding season has arrived and here at Performance Machine, we realize that many of you who live outside of sunny California don’t have the privilege of climbing on your bikes year round. For many of our customers, each year you have to winterize your beloved motorcycles prior to stowing them away for the winter. And [...]
Friday, April 9, 2010
You might remember back in March when we featured a blog post outlining the design process of a Performance Machine rear braking system for Harley-Davidson Trike models. We reported how the stock rear brakes performed when subjected to Performance Machine’s standardized stopping-distance test, and we showed you how this led to the creation of the [...]
Friday, March 26, 2010
Here at Performance Machine, we believe that comfort and style are equally important for motorcycle passengers as they are for drivers. We are pretty confident that anyone who has ever ridden with an uncomfortable passenger would agree that comfort and style matter. As luck would have it, while doing some spring-cleaning around the office, we [...]
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
When you’re blessed with a loyal dealer network like ours, choosing one as the Dealer of the Month is a difficult task. This month, however, the decision was unanimous, and if you live in the Pacific Northwest or have ever ridden your bike anywhere near Bellevue, Washington, you already know why Eastside Harley-Davidson is the [...]
Friday, March 5, 2010
Just like our industry-leading disc-brakes and wheels, reaction to our 2010 advertising campaign has been swift and forceful. However, unlike our highly admired and sought-after products, people either love or hate our latest ad campaign. Honestly, we don’t know what all the fuss is about. On the one hand, 99 percent of the feedback we’ve [...]
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Performance Machine wouldn’t be the motorcycle industry leader it is today if it weren’t for our devoted network of dealers. For the record, the PM dealer family consists of over 2,000 authorized motorcycle dealerships and suppliers worldwide. In return for our dealers commitment to providing quality aftermarket products, we developed an online dealer locator to [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
Seventy-five pages of enjoyment… that’s how someone at a motorcycle industry trade show recently described the 2010 Performance Machine Catalog. Packed with more than 100 products (10 or so of which are new for 2010), this year’s PM Catalog is by far the nicest one we’ve ever produced: In addition to the many new Performance [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
While most people reading today’s post won’t be going anywhere near their motorcycle (not with much of the US and Canada experiencing a full dose of winter), those of us who work in the motorcycle industry have been surrounded by bikes and aftermarket parts and accessories for two solid weeks now. As you may have [...]
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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