2008 Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary V-rod

Harley Motorcycles for 2008

Update July 10, 2007

See our summary of the Harley-Davidson 2008 models taken from Harley-Davidson's official announcements.

Update July 9, 2007

2008 Harley-Davidson models announced on the H-D website (see Offsite Links section below).

Update June 15, 2007 - links to 2008 Harley-Davidson model CARB certification documents - and our summary report

Visit our new summary of 2008 Harley-Davidson models certified for sale in California extracted from California Air Resources Board (CARB) online documents.

Or, you can search the CARB database (links at end of article) - these contain the 2008 model certifications. You can see the models that will be certified for sale in the state of California - so, you can read the .PDF files and find out for yourself...

2008 Sportster Tank Close-up: Copper color scheme is just beautiful on the 2008 Sportster

Rumors and Gossip...

According to various sources, Harley Davidson is dropping some models from its line-up in 2008. Click here to continue...

• FLHRS - Road King Custom
• FLSTSC - Softail Springer Classic
• FXDWG - Dyna Wide Glide
• FXST - Softail Standard
• FXSTD - Softail Deuce
• VRSCR - Street Rod
• VRSCX - Screamin Eagle V-Rod
• XL50 - 50th Anniversary Sportster
• XL883R - Sportster 883R

According to the Dallas Morning News, members of the local police and fire departments will have to live by the same rules as the rest of us.

Meaning: They will be fined if caught on camera running red lights and they are not on an emergency call.

It's about time this became a nationwide phenomenon, if we have to live with these surveillance systems. Click here to continue...

Travis Pastrana completed an awesome double back flip to win the Gold in the Moto X Best Trick competition. The other riders wowed the crowd with some incredible tricks but you just can't beat a prefectly executed double back flip.

Here's a 'cool' vest if you wanna go riding in the crazy heat:

CHP officer fires on motorcyclist on I-80 [SFGate.com]

A California Highway Patrol officer fired at a speeding motorcyclist who refused to pull over Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

It was unclear whether the shot struck the motorcyclist, who got away and was still being sought Sunday night, authorities said.

The incident began at 12:07 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 in American Canyon, where a CHP officer clocked two motorcycles speeding at 85 mph, according to CHP spokesman Marvin Williford. The CHP officer began pursuing the riders and attempted to pull over both of them. One, however, exited I-80 at Red Top Road and then re-entered I-80 westbound while the second motorcyclist continued east on I-80.

A second CHP officer was west on I-80 and had been monitoring the pursuit. At the Columbus Parkway exit in Vallejo, the officer pulled over a motorcyclist who matched the description of the first fleeing biker. The officer, however, realized he had the wrong biker when he spotted the fleeing motorcyclist coming off Columbus Parkway in his direction, Williford said.

The officer stepped off his bike and waved for the fleeing motorcyclist to stop, but the rider instead accelerated toward the officer and the officer opened fire, Williford said.

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Accelerating your motorcycle towards a police officer can be considered a "threatening move", apparently. Never mind that it's a hell of a lot easier to get out of the way of an oncoming motorcycle. Any way you slice it, this was a bad scene. I can appreciate the position a police officer might find himself in - but the action seems a bit extreme. Click here to continue...