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GaleRosowski N/AC. Lockman N/AT.M. Ruthven Swanson N/A N/A N/AB. Hensen N/AG. Kozikowski N/A TWO-WHEELER Benny Suggs, General Manager, H.O.G.®/Rider Services, makes a monster truck-sized Contents entrance at the inaugural Michigan State H.O.G. Rally in Lansing, Michigan, August 27-29. “That’s the most fun I’ve ever had as a passenger,” Suggs later said. “But next time, I drive.” 26 Features Departments 26 Custom Vehicle Observations 10 Editor Four stunning new factory customs for 2010. 12 Intake 32 Super Natural Magical, mystical Sedona, Arizona. 14 The Word 40 Something to Talk About 18 Spotlight Can two days on two wheels close a lifelong gap? 48 20 Next Ride 48 Rock ’n’ Road Hanging out with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl. 22 Get Going 24 Between the Lines 38 Custom Shop 54 Enthusiasts 62 Gear 64 Archives 66 Exhaust 40 Photography: Matthew Dae Smith/MessageMakers Matthew Photography: Backstage High Calibre Pinstripes AT CALIBRE, paint supplier for Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations™ (CVO™), Terri Miller expertly applies pinstripes to a 2010 CVO™ Ultra Classic® Electra Glide® front fender. This hand painting is the final step in a process that results in the spectacular signature paint schemes that help define the CVO family of motorcycles. At the company’s plant near Milwaukee, artisans like Miller use an array of proprietary techniques and processes – starting with bare sheet metal and fiberglass – to transform tanks, fenders, fairings, and saddlebags into individually crafted works of art. 6 HOG HOG 7 Backstory Backing It In (To The Hall of Fame) FROM 1988 TO 1998, nobody was better on the flat tracks of America than Harley-Davidson’s own Scott Parker. It can easily be argued than no one has ever dominated the sport the way Parker did. If not for a freak accident late in the 1992 season (which affected his performance in 1993, as well), Parker may well have won 11 straight AMA Grand National Championships. As it is, he won a record nine, including five consecutive (also a record) from 1994-98. During that stretch he won a mind-boggling 39 national races. Parker’s dominance was most keenly felt on the mile tracks, where he took 55 of his 94 AMA national race wins (again … a record). During his unforgettable 22-year career, he won the AMA Professional Athlete of the Year award three times. Such numbers cannot be ignored, even outside motorcycle racing circles. And so it’s fitting that on August 12, 2009, Parker was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. There he joins such two- and four-wheeled racing luminaries as Rick Mears, A.J. Foyt, Richard Petty, Kenny Roberts, “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, and many others, including his former teammate and rival Jay Springsteen. Congratulations, Scotty, on a great honor and a great career. ® Photograph courtesy of the the of courtesy Photograph Harley-Davidson Motor Company Company Motor Harley-Davidson H-D. Copyright Archives. 8 HOG HOG 9 Editor Pulp Non-Fiction A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I had a chance copyright 2009 H-D ON THE COVER: On the road with the 2010 CVO™ Street to ride a brand-new 2010 CVOTM Street Glide.® ® General Manager, Harley Owners Group® Glide straight north about 200 Benny Suggs miles from Milwaukee to Quinnesec, Executive Editor Paul James Michigan to tour the plant that makes Editor the paper HOG® magazine is printed Matt King Design and Production on. It was a great late-summer ride, GS Design made all the better by my choice of Visit Harley-Davidson Motor Co. on the Internet at www.harley-davidson.com. bike. The only time I briefly regretted We care about you. Ride safely, respectfully, and within the limits of the law and your abilities. Always wear taking the CVO was during the last an approved helmet, proper eyewear, and protective clothing and insist your passenger does too. Never ride nine miles of gravel road. while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 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