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Handy Manny Fix-It Motorcycle [video]

If you know or have any little ones yourself and want to introduce them to the world of motorcycling and/or mechanics, this Fisher Price toy could be a great gift.  It comes with a blueprint that lists fifteen different projects that you can do with the motorcycle, for example you can turn your sportbike into a chopper or attach a sidecar. List price is $36.99 but on Amazon you can currently purchase it for $31.95, checkout the demo video and commercial after the jump. Get the Flash Player to see this player.

Lawn-Mowing Motorcycle

I can’t count how many sunny Saturdays in my adult life I have spent lamenting the fact that yard work took precedent over being able to spend the entire day out riding my motorcycle.  Well, instead of wasting time dreaming, a farmer and motorcycle enthusiast managed to find a way to fix this problem by converting an old worn out ride on lawnmower into a chopper that actually, chops. Powered by a 17.5 HP Briggs and Stratton motor, the bike was constructed with the help of an old bed frame, an aluminum running board and parts from two old bikes. Now instead of choosing between going riding or doing yard work, this ingenious inventor can do both!

Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame Announces 2013 Induction Class

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame announced it will induct five new members for 2013. The Hall also announced it will add one new member to its Freedom Fighters Hall of Fame. For 2013, the Hall will welcome to its ranks motorcycle attorney Russ Brown, custom chopper builder Rick Fairless (pictured above), Harley-Davidson dealer Bill Gikling, actor Marjoe Gortner of the television special “Sturgis: The Great Ride”, and antique motorcycle expert Lonnie Isam, Sr.