Leave it to the guys at Bell to continue to come out with original and cool designs reinventing the look of 3/4 helmet. Checkout the three newest in the line-up by Roland Sands, Skratch and Bell today. The Roland Sans “Freedom Machines”, Skratch “Lace Green” and the “Hellfire.”
They’re three great new lids to add to your collection, snag yours now!
Roland Sands – [Click Here]
Skratch – [Click Here]
Hellfire – [Click Here]
Alright Cafe Racer fans and appreciators of vintage speed, it’s time to pull those air-cooled speed machines and modern Triumphs out of the garage for a weekend of fun and throttle twisting ton-up action at St. Pete Powersports “St Pete Thunder” event!
Unfortunately, The DCC Crew has a prior obligation in St. Augustine at Riding Into History forcing us to not be able to attend. So, we’re relying on you to represent Cafe and vintage bike culture at the event. It’s chocked full of more goodies that a weekend in Vegas with a get out jail free card, trust us!
The event is FREE all weekend long so there’s no excuse not to at least go and check it out. All the action starts at noon when the bike show registration opens on Saturday. Make us proud!
The Location: St. Pete Powersports • 555 34th Street South Saint Petersburg, FL 33711
Here’s just a couple of the things going on at the event:
- Music, Art & Motorcycles on Display
- PinUp Pageant & Show
- Ride In Bike Show w/ Trophies & Prizes
- A Dyno Challenge
- A Tattoo Contest
- $100/hr Cash Giveaways
- Indoor Lounge with DJ & VIP Area
- Live Music (10 Bands)
Here’s the full weekend band schedule for your review:
Saturday May 19, 2012
12-1 PM: The Hot Rod Hornets
1:30-2:30 PM: Betty Lou Fox
3-4 PM: Steve Arvey
4:30-5:30 PM: Soul Circus Cowboys
6-7 PM: Thomas Wynn and the Believers
7-8 PM: Hip Hop Artist LK OK
Sunday May 20, 2012
12-1 PM: Moonsnakes (Ricky Wilcox)
1:30 – 2:30 PM: Sweet Spot
3-4:15 PM: Jeremy Thomas Band
4:45-6 PM: Gerry Williams Band
In this fast-paced and steadily increasing world of information and imagery overload, sometimes, it’s nice to hear a voice instead of just look at pretty pictures on your favorite BLOGs or Facebook news feed. Wouldn’t you agree? You know, the days when people used to listen to talk radio (when actually had value and wasn’t chocked full of the latest scandal in Washington or news about the Kardashian’s.)
Well, for those of you looking for that kind of personal connection, there exists the world of Podcasts. Many of you (if not all) should already be familiar with iTunes and Apple’s cool narratives called “Podcasts” where individuals tell stories, give instruction or just ramble on about specific things that interest them all for the benefit of the listener, you. No longer do people sit in studios surrounded by high-priced equipment taking calls from guests and reading fan-mail via the post, they rather grab their iPhone and computer and simply record and edit their verbal atonement’s to be pushed out into the digital social sphere for others to share in with the push of a button. Pretty cool, eh?
Why on Earth are we plugging Apple, you say? Well, we’re not…and besides, though it would be nice to think Apple would benefit in a bump in business because Dime City Cycles recommends it, that’s not our purpose here. We’re rather trying to plug a specific piece of content that exists on iTunes, The Cafe Racer Pod Cast.
We first came across the show and it’s host, Christopher “Crash” Ashmore about 3 months ago. A cool little show recorded by a guy who loves Cafe Racers and motorcycles in general, Chris does a great job with content and news covering the gambit of motorcycling as well as the growing niche of Cafe Racers. Information on events, interviews with guys like Herm and Jason from Dime City Cycles combined with some cool music and Chris’s humor and delivery make for a fun little break for the monotony of the day. After-all, with a guy with the middle name “Crash” delivering the news it has to be someone comical, right? He even has a dedicated section to Cafe Racer TV where he discusses each current episode in depth. Pretty cool!
Swing by his website and subscribe, it’s worth the listen each month. The show has great potential and as the listener base grows so will it’s content!
If you’re looking for a new helmet to add to your collection you should take a look at these “Old School Helmets.” Dime City Cycles has partnered with Josh Scott (Old School Helmets) to create limited series helmet designs inspired by the speed chasing gritty lifestyle that so well describes Dime City Cycles and our customers. Currently, we have three designs available, of which, we will only produce 50 (and 15 in a DCC specific design) helmets of each.
The Triumph Ton-Up, Do The Ton & 59 Club in black and antique white and Do The Ton & 59 Club in white and black. [Click Here] to go right to the boutique section for more photos and details on each specific design.
Our idea with these limited edition and numbered lids was to take one of the best and safest helmets on the market, the Bell Custom 500 series, combine them with imagery conjured up by Herm and Jason and have a skilled young artisan stroke his brush of genius, creating a helmet that pays homage to brands, ideals and history that makes Cafe Racers and their culture so unique.
Each helmet is carefully crafted and inspected at Bell’s facility and then leaves for Old School Helmets HQ where Josh Scott then preps and hand-paints each one individually. Every helmet receives a number on the nape of the neck area along with a Mercury Dime that Herm or Jason personally find, pick and affix to the helmet prior to it’s leaving Dime City to it’s final appreciator.
Whether you’re looking for a collectors piece to put on your shelf or something to wear every day, a lid from the Dime City Limited Edition line of Old School Helmets is a good investment that’ll look great on a shelf or on your head while you blaze past your friends at 100+ MPH!
Remember, only 50 of each series will be made and the artwork will be locked in the DCC vault, don’t miss out on your opportunity to snag one of these gems!
If you’re not doing anything productive you should get on your speed machine and head up to say hi to our boys from Lowside magazine. They’re doing their issue #9 release party at Vanson Leathers. Check it out, here’s all the details!
Join the crew from Lowside Magazine this weekend at the Vanson Open House in their Fall River, MA factory and showroom. Vanson has invited us up to be a part of their Annual Spring Open House. Asides from great deals from Vanson all weekend, you also have the first opportunity to pick up the latest release from Lowside Magazine, issue #9. For more details on what Vanson has planned this weekend, check out their site.
Ride a cool bike? Then ride it to the open house. We’re always looking for content from our readers & Deb will be on hand to take photos. Maybe your bike will make it into a future issue of Lowside. If you’re not in the area and are still interested in submitting your bike, you may do so online here.
- The Lowside Crew
Uh oh, what’s that? Dime City now has their own “Bratstyle” universal seat pans? Yes, we do…and here’s a little teaser shot to get your carburetor pumped until we release them. Expect a full-on report and review, but in the mean-time, we made them universal and matched the radius of our large cc rear loop and the up-swept version fits our up-swept tail loop perfectly, which means a super clean low-profile install on just about any kind of vintage speed machine you’re building!
Be on the lookout for the product release soon, bub!
Check it out Speed Freaks! The boys at Bell Helmets hooked up the DCC Crew with some fully custom, one-off, hand-paint 500 Series 3/4 helmets that Skratch, the man, painted. That’s right, these are one-of-a-kind!
How do you win them? You ask? Easy…
Come hang out with us in The Cafe Racer Village at Road Atlanta next weekend. We’ll be raffling them off to a couple of lucky winners! Just be sure to head over to Bell Powersports on Facebook and LIKE their page and thank them for hooking us up!
Here’s the skinny on The Big Kahuna, be there or be square, Ace!
