Check out the latest bike gallery: “Broken Knuckle” and all of our other bikes.  Click here: http://creativecycles.com/bikes/broken-knuckle.htm

Check out “See-Vee-Oh”, one of our latest Hot Rod Harleys.

http://www.creativecycles.com/bikes/see-vee-oh.htm

We are pleased to announce the completion of the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. / RIDES-XXL Magazine ‘celebrity bike’ for ‘Funk Master Flex’. It is one really trick Street Glide. We are going to be shooting it next week, so look for it in an upcoming issue of RIDES and XXL Magazines as well as on the Creative Cycles web site in the near future. Special thanks goes out to Harley-Davidson, Creative Cycles, RIDES-XXL Magazines, Aggressive Paint Works, LUX Motorwerks, Avon Tyres, RC Components, Russ Wernimont Designs, Vance & Hines, Hell’s Foundry, SONY, Chris Eldredge and Accel Motorcycle.

Harley-Davidson has opted to make a few tweaks to its sportbike-flavored Sportster, the XR1200 for the 2011 model year, and thus the XR1200X is born.

Introduced now for foreign markets, the re-suspended and re-stoppered XR1200X will be available next year for those of us in the good ol’ USA. The upgrades include fully-adjustable Showa front and rear suspension and improved front brakes.

Read More Here

We just took delivery of the newest Harley-Davidson Motor Co. / RIDES-XXL Magazine bikes. This bike is being built for ‘Funk Master Flex’. Yep, we said ‘Funk Master Flex’, the same guy you hear on the radio, and the same guy you see on all those TV shows… including the new ‘Funk Flex Full Throttle’ TV show. The bike will start life as a brand new Harley-Davidson Street Glide. It is going to be getting a ton of trick parts and accessories. So be sure to check back for updates.

Our next Harley-Davidson Motor Co. / RIDES-XXL Magazine bikes is nearly done. This bike, being built for Pharrell Williams of music fame, also started life as a brand new Harley-Davidson ‘CrossBones’. Wait until you see this one. It is coming out really nice, and it isn’t what we think you’ll be expecting either.

Quoted from (ADM) American Motorcycle Dealer Magazine:

Harley-Davidson has reported that first-quarter 2010 revenue from Motorcycles and Related Products was $1.04 billion in the first quarter, and a return to profitability for the Company’s Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS) subsidiary.

Worldwide retail sales of new Harley-Davidson motorcycles declined 18.2 percent in the quarter compared to the first quarter of 2009, which the company is citing as an improvement in the rate of decline from the prior three quarters.

In the U.S., retail Harley-Davidson motorcycle sales were down 24.3 percent and in international markets, retail sales declined 2.8 percent, compared to last year’s first quarter.

“We are encouraged by our progress in the first quarter,” said Keith Wandell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc. “We are seeing directional improvement in our dealers’ retail motorcycle sales as we enter the key selling season. At the same time, given the global economic uncertainty that still exists, we believe conditions will remain challenging throughout this year, and we will continue to factor that into how we manage the business.

“Our entire team is moving with great purpose and speed as we implement our go-forward business strategy, with its focus on global growth through market and demographic outreach, commitment to core customers, and developing motorcycles that inspire and fulfill dreams. We also continue to be intensely focused on continuous improvement, looking at all opportunities to drive cost-competitiveness and efficiency throughout our operations,” Wandell said.

Revenue from Harley-Davidson motorcycles during the first quarter of 2010 of $808.8 million was down 20.0 percent compared to the year-ago period. In line with guidance, the Company shipped 53,674 Harley-Davidson motorcycles to dealers and distributors worldwide during the quarter, compared to shipments of 74,670 motorcycles in the first quarter of 2009.

Revenue from Parts and Accessories totaled $149.1 million during the quarter, down 12.1 percent, and revenue from General Merchandise, which includes MotorClothes apparel, was $66.3 million, down 11.9 percent compared to the year-ago period.

During the first quarter of 2010, worldwide dealer retail sales of new Harley-Davidson motorcycles decreased 18.2 percent compared to the prior-year quarter. In the U.S., retail sales of new Harley-Davidson motorcycles declined 24.3 percent for the quarter and industry-wide heavyweight motorcycle (651cc-plus) retail unit sales declined 21.4 percent.

International retail sales of new Harley-Davidson motorcycles decreased 2.8 percent during the quarter, compared to the year-ago period, after double-digit declines in each of the prior four quarters. In the first quarter of 2010, the Europe region was up 1.2 percent, Canada was up 1.5 percent, the Asia Pacific region was down 9.8 percent and the Latin America region was down 7.8 percent, compared to the year-ago period.

 Harley-Davidson stock prices soar as talks of leveraged buyout continues.  See full story here… http://www.marketwatch.com/story/harley-davidson-shares-up-on-takeover-talk-2010-03-16

Creative Cycles is very proud to announce that we will be building several celebrity bikes in conjunction with Harley-Davidson and RIDES & XXL Magazines. The first of these celebrity bikes is being built for Pharrell Williams of the NEPTUNES and the NERDS fame, as well as for his part in Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream clothing brands. Look for it on our site in the near future and at a show near you.