Record Run A Success

Record run of 111.867 mph. APS-VG previous record 105 and change set in 1995 on an Indian. Waiting to get bike inspected and displacement checked.

Getting Ready To Race!

We are on the salt flats, our pit is set up and we are ready to go through registration, tech inspection, and fuel.


The pits are filling up and there are amazing machines of every make, model, and design present! We will post more as the action starts!


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Location:Wendover, Utah

Bonneville or Bust

We're still on the road after a twelve hour delay. Looks like the RV had a full batch of faulty tires leaving us with no choice but to camp out in the Big O parking lot all night. After tackling the manager before he could reach the front we lucked out and by 9 AM we hit the slab with our new rubbers. We just left Nebraska and were greeted with a beautiful Wyoming sunset, so we thought we'd share it with you. Cheers!

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Location:Cheyenne,United States

Now Arrived: Biltwell Kung Fu 1" Grips

The Biltwell Kung Fu grips have been available in 7/8" in both black and natural gum rubber for quite some time, and we have been getting asked regularly when they would be available for 1" handlebars. Well they are finally done and in stock! Get yours now, included in a pair is a 1" ID grip for your clutch side and an 1-1/8" ID grip to go over your throttle. Like all Biltwell products, the Kung Fu grips have custom styling but keep it classy at the same time.

On the Road.... And stopped

We made it around 50 miles on the way to Bonneville and BANG threw a tread! No major damage done and a tire crew is on the way. Hopefully this will be the only one this trip and Murphy will leave us be!


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Location:Ohio Turnpike,Elyria,United States

World class booze that will knock you out of your shoes...

Shawn Long at Imperial House 71 sure hooked it up when we asked him to gild and stripe some liquor bottles for us! These will be sent to various motorcycle events as trophies, so one of these could end up at your place with a little luck! If you need some paint work done, give Shawn a yell he always does us right.

Lowbrow Customers Donate More Than $750 to Charity In July

Lowbrow is about the best job I can imagine. I really, thoroughly enjoy what I do every day and I think everyone else here does as well. One thing that I thought was missing was our chance to use our customer base and reach to help people in the world who have much bigger problems than a motorcycle project to complete. We started earlier this year by donating the full sale price of our Winged Wheel Patch and the proceeds from the Moto Mouse T-Shirt to charity. We decided to take it a step further and the last month or so; when checking out on our site you may have noticed the 'Charity' section asking you to round your order total up to the nearest dollar figure, donating your spare change to a choice of two charities, Room to Read or Donor's Choose. You stepped up and we raised about $750 in the first month with this new program!

We are currently supporting two educational charities, and will switch it up occasionally to help support different causes. The idea behind education is it empowers young people to do something with their life and rise above their means, to take care of themselves and their families. Donor's Choose supports U.S. public schools, teachers can put up requests for donations for a variety of things their class room might need to help give the students a more enjoyable and educational experience. For the month of July funds were donated to high-poverty locations to help buy elementary school students exercise equipment in Grand Rapids, Michigan, help with a purchase of an iPad for literacy and math skills for students in Siler City, NC, and to buy more books for children in Kyle, South Dakota. What is so cool is the photos above aren't of random kids, these are the actual children in the classrooms that Lowbrow's customers helped support.

Room to Read builds schools, reading rooms (libraries) and helps girl's get schooling in developing countries. In countries such as Cambodia, Nepal, South Africa and Zambia (just to name a few) public school isn't a choice, and in many areas there are no resources to teach children. Our goal this year is to raise $12,000 which will fund the construction of three reading rooms, stocked with local language books and a trained local librarian. So far we are at $4,707.01 raised and donated, so we are more than a third of the way there.

I am not writing this to pat ourselves on the back but to bring awareness. Help us meet the goal and help so many other people, next time you order from Lowbrow choose one of these charities to donate your spare change to.

Big Batch of Gas Tanks Just Arrived

We just got in a large batch of gas tanks today including Narrow Alien in standard offset filler, center filler and dual filler varieties, as well as the Sporty tanks in standard and Frisco mount. They are all bare steel however, the paint above on the center fill Narrow Alien tank is by Josh at Old School Helmets, very nice! If you have been waiting on one of these gas tanks get yours now, based on how quick they are already selling I have a feeling we will be out again in the foreseeable future!

1955 Triumph Salt Flat Racer Dyno Run

Myself, Todd, and our friend Greg made it over to Northern Ohio Ducati and Triumph today to give my 1955 Triumph pre unit land speed motorcycle a go on the dyno. Stan was the man at the helm and due to his personal passion of vintage motorcycle GP racing and vintage bikes in general, he was likely the best suited dyno operator I was going to find to do some pulls on my bike. Check out the video above of a couple of pulls, your motorcycle sounds much louder in a small room when it isn't going anywhere, yikes!


I learned quite a bit from the few hours spent this morning, and have a follow up booked for this weekend to try and glean the last bit of horsepower I can from my Triumph before leaving for Bonneville Speed Week next Thursday!

2nd Annual Salt Flat Social - Salt Lake City, August 12th, 2011

Andy at Pangea Speed puts on the Salt Flat Social, and the 2nd annual one is coming up quick, this August 12th, 2011 in Salt Lake City. Check out the Salt Flat Social blog for details. The Lowbrow crew will be there, we are going to stop on our way to Bonneville Speed Week as we drive right through Salt Lake City, and will be spending the night and finishing the trek to the flats early the next morning. Make it out and have a good time!