V-Twin Thunder News

THE LIGHT WENT OFF: Matt Thompson, Harley-Davidson MotorClothes manager, went to 2007 Daytona Bike Week to conduct seminars on how to properly fit a helmet. In between seminars, he helped women try on new helmets and made a discovery.

The Hair Issue
Many women, especially those with a lot of hair, were having trouble fitting into Harley’s traditional line of helmets.

Matt Thompson went home to Wisconsin and convinced Harley to develop a helmet for women. The result is the Skyline Helmet.

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Move over, Buzz Lightyear! Switzerland’s Yves Rossy flew across the English Channel with a jet-propelled single wing crossed the English Channel in 13 minutes, averaging 125 miles per hour.

Rossy jumped from the plane about 8,200 feet over Calais, France, blasting across the narrow body of water and deploying his parachute over the South Foreland lighthouse, delighting onlookers who dotted Dover’s famous white cliffs, cheering and waving as Rossy came into view.

Backed by a gentle breeze, Rossy crossed the Channel and did a figure eight as he came over England, although the wind blew him away from his planned landing spot next to the lighthouse.

Dar Holdsworth, Motorcycle Chief of Brass Balls Bobbers, contracted with D&D Performance Enterprises to build 3 new styles of exhaust systems for the company’s Bobbers and Choppers.

D&D created a standardized set of headers. One of 3 slip-on mufflers is fitted to the header pipe. Each muffler is designed for performance and a unique sound signature.

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Dave Rash, The Pope of Pipe, congratulates Chris Carr and Chief Mechanic Kenny Tolbert on their win at last weekend’s INDY MILE. On the last turn of the last lap and in front of 20,000 screaming fans, Carr motored by Kenny Coolbeth on his D&D sponsored Harley to take the checkered flag.

D&D custom builds a series of performance Flat Track exhaust pipes, which allows Kenny Tolbert the ability to tune the engine to the racetrack.

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The F.B.I. (Fat Baggers Inc.) is big in all things Baggers and they run D&D Performance Enterprises’ Fat Cat & Boarzilla pipes on many of their sleds.

Why, because D&D pipes increase performance, improves economy and enhances the look.

The Pros at D&D put every pipe and every model of Harley on the dyno to determine how to get the most performance out. That’s why they work and sound so good. And D&D tunes the pipe for where you ride the bike. That means power is just a twist of the wrist away.

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