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Trev Deeley Motorcycles Annual Show n Shine in Vancouver

 by Editor on 06/05/19

Mark your calendars for the West coast premier bike event is happening in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, the Trev Deeley's Annual Show n Shine.

SAVE THE DATE - Trev Deeley's Annual Show N' Shine returns later this year to capitalize on even better Vancouver weather! 
Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM PDT
1875 Boundary Road, Vancouver, British Columbia.

This will mark our 23rd Annual Show N' Shine. We will have judging done strictly by peoples choice with a top prize trophy & 3 runners up.  All makes & models welcome! Think your bike's got what it takes to take home the gold? Be sure to come down between 10am and 12:00pm to register your bike by donation to AIM. For our registered entrants there will be over tons of  door prizes to be won.  General public can get in the voting by earning a ballot for every 50/50 ticket they purchase from our HOG Chapter!! 

This year's activities:
* Show n' Shine Competition
* Beer Garden by: Coal Harbour Brewing Company
* Gourmet Local BBQ by: Whiskey Six BBQ
* Cigar Lounge by: tba
* HOG Chapter 50/50
* Tattoo Pop-up by: tba
* Karen's Famous Sidewalk Sale
* Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition (by Donation)
* Live Music by: The Vicious Cycles MC!

Here's the direct link to this event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/2108657205918263/

trev deeley show n shine

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Vrod parts & swag from Fitzgerald Motorsports

 by Editor on 06/03/19

Patience pays off...
This box of AWESOMENESS arrived from Fitzgerald Motorsports, and a Big shout out to Scott Fitzgerald for shipping it all together to save me money on the international shipping.

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Carbon fiber Vrod cowl

 by Editor on 06/01/19

Test fitted the 7 inch round LED headlight into the carbon fiber nose fairing from MDI Carbon Fiber using the DX-TL-7 bracket by Wayne Motorsports. Now I'm waiting on the seal that goes between the cowl and headlight, once I have that I'll take it all apart, install the seal and do the final sanding and polishing the the bracket I made that holds this unit onto the triple tree.

click here for more on Project Vrod Carbon Fiber

Carbon fiber cowl


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Vrod Rally

 by Editor on 05/28/19

Attention all Harley - Davidson Vrod owners, the greatest Vrod rally is fast approaching...

 Midwest Thunder VRod Rally will be hosted by, Scott Fitzgerald on June-27-29 2019 at Fitzgerald Motorsports located at 1045 Stater St. Greenville Ohio, USA.
More on this family friendly event at VrodRally.com

Vrod Rally

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Motorcycle accident

 by Editor on 05/24/19

This was posted on May 21, 2019 through our social media networks but wasn't able to post it until today on our blog section:

This is one of the reasons why the "Motorcycle Awareness" campaign is so important to me... 13 surgeries & almost three years in a wheelchair...
I'm so very grateful to be alive...

Twenty one years ago today I was involved in a near fatal motorcycle accident when a tow truck turned left in front of me and changed my life forever....

I spent the next 2 1/2 months in the hospital while doctors worked on my legs at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster and then the Burns and Plastic ward at Vancouver General Hospital.

On Aug 6th I was released and sent home in a wheelchair to build up strength to prepare for the next round of surgeries. At my first doctors appointment my orthopedic surgeon gave me two options, the first being amputation of my left leg above the knee and get me fitted for a prosthetic leg, then rehab and be up and around in 4-6 months. The second many surgeries while they rebuild my legs meaning I would be non weight bearing and stuck in the wheelchair until the bone graphs were completed. The damage to my left leg was so severe that even after all the operations were completed a full recovery wasn't even a possibility. This was complicated further by contracting the MRSA Super bug while in the hospital, the infection is in the bone. Due to the amount of surgeries that needed to be preformed it would take approximately a year and a half to complete and because of the infection there were no guarantees the leg could be saved.

I thanked him for everything he had done for me thus far and for giving me the choice, and said without a doubt option two. He asked me if I was sure because most people wouldn't want to have to go through what you're about to to try and save a leg. I told him that I'd rather try everything possible, have all the operations to rebuild my leg and if some where down the line that I did have to have it amputated because of infection then I would know it was the only option and there would be no wondering "What if." Option number one would have always had the "What if " factor and I wan't wanting to have that...

He smiled and said, "I thought so."

read more here http://www.vridetv.com/accident.htmlbiker in hospital VRIDETVcom

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Vrod wheels

 by Editor on 05/17/19

I finally had a chance to go for a longer ride (630 kms) to test out the wheels that Ruthless Designz cut and chromed for our Vrod camera bike. Firstly they are beautiful, the machining is precise and the chroming is flawless! Secondly the bike handles so much better on the highway because the cross winds can flow through the wheel instead of catching the air like the stock solid wheels did.
Oh my goodness I should have done this a long time ago!


Highway 3 motorcycle ride VRIDETV


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Allison Lake Provincial Park

 by Editor on 05/13/19

It was pretty awesome rolling into Allison Lake Provincial Park and be the only ones there!
That picnic table was a perfect spot for a saddlebag lunch.

Allison Lake British Columbia Canada

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Mother's Day

 by Editor on 05/12/19

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms around the world and especially to ours : )

Mothers day flowers

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Motorcycle ride recommendation

by Editor on 05/11/19

Here's a motorcycle ride that will take you through mountains, alongside rivers, lakes, rolling hills, desert like conditions, canyons and seven tunnels! 
The elevation changes will have your ears popping, the temperature changes yesterday went from better do the vents up to OMG it's 37c 

Langley - Hope - Princeton - Merritt - Spences Bridge - Hope - Langley

click here for the interactive map

Motorcycle ride princeton to merritt by VRIDETVcom

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Tracker Ap / Stocker Ap / Safety Ap

 by Editor on 05/10/19

We take that Explorer with us on each and every ride, it's a two way satellite communicator with GPS. You can track where we are riding here

Remember to click on the map filters for current tracking.

Roadpost explorer at medicine lake VRIDETVcom

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Camera bike ready for Hollywood North

 by Editor on 05/09/19

Our Harley Davidson V-Rod camera bike is dialled in and ready to shoot!
We are based out of Langley British Columbia Canada and would like to offer our services to the TV & movie industry affectionally know as Hollywood North.
We use four Sony HXR-MC1 Professional video cameras and can configure them to the shot you need.


Hollywood North camera bike for hire VRIDETVcom

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Vrod mirrors

 by Editor on 05/08/19

Carbon fiber build update: I've decided to take off the 2003 stock V-Rod mirrors & signal lights (left) and go with the 2015 Harley-Davidson V-Rod Muscle mirrors with built in LED turn signals for a cleaner look.

Vrod mirrors VRIDETV

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Social media marketing

by Editor on 05/03/19

A message for our colleagues in the motorcycle & travel industry. We all know the importance of social media & we also know that Facebook is "Encouraging" us to pay to have our content seen with "Boost Post"
This is something I've never done for VRIDETV and I never will.... 
I recently discovered another platform to add our content to.
I encourage you to give Tik Tok a try and here's why, I uploaded a video at approximately 1pm today and it already has 5,800 views in 5 hours. Now imagine how much you would have had to pay Facebook for that exposure.... 
If you are already there, awesome. If not, what are you waiting for.... 


social media advertising

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May is motorcycle awareness month

 by Editor on 05/01/19

May is motorcycle awareness month and this campaign really hits home with me. On May 21st it will be 21 years since my near fatal motorcycle accident with a towtruck. To help bring attention to Motorcycle awareness month, I've designed this logo using my own x-ray.

if you would like to read more about my accident, click here

Motorcycle awareness

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Ruthless Designz

 by Editor on 04/29/19

I'm still in "awe" with the job Bill Gorby of Ruthless Designz did cutting and chroming my stock solid wheels, my only regret is that I didn't do this sooner...

more images, prices and patterns available here

Vrod front wheel

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Harley Davidson Vrod bike build update

 by Editor on 04/27/19

It's taken years to get our 2003 Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary VRSCA V-Rod to this stage, we've sourced out the best parts from the leaders in the industry to bring it to this point. I am beyond happy with the transformation of this bike, all of the upgrades we've done turned a stock motorcycle into my vision of a high performance touring bike that we can shoot our videos from.
The build is not complete yet, and most likely never be, that's the fun of customizing a motorcycle....


VROD




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Project Carbon Fiber Vrod update

 by Editor on 04/22/19

We're getting close now...
Front and rear camera mounts on and ready to go, all the carbon fiber body parts have been fitted and the over all stealthy look we're going for is coming together. I still need to decide on which headlight manufacture I'm going to go with and a few other details but the transformation is nearly complete.


Carbon fiber Vrod

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Motorcycle camera mount

by Editor on 04/19/19

On the carbon fiber Vrod we want to have a more stealthy camera mount setup for the front and back in contrast to our main camera bike that has the big waterproof cases.
You've already seen the posts of the rear mount from earlier this week, well here's the front mount that I just finished. That started out as a 8 1/2 inch piece of 2x2 aluminium angle that slowly but surely was cut, drilled filed, sanded and polished into what you see here.

front camera mount for motorcycles

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VRIDETV is now on Tik Tok

 by Editor on 04/18/19

We have recently joined the social media platform Tik Tok, If you're on it follow us here.
If you're not on Tik Tok you can still watch our videos here

tik tok motorcycle

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Rear camera mount update

 by Editor on 04/16/19

The rear camera mount has been completed for the carbon fiber Vrod and is ready for testing.

motorbike tailcam mount

motorbike rear camera mount

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