4 men, 8 cylinders, 3000 miles, no mercy!
If you thought that “Operation Panamericana” (Darién/Panama 1996) had already reached peak rpm you better shift into the next gear now. In January 2004, from the dark and oily basements of W&W, 4 enthusiast staff members on 2 Knuckleheads, 1 Panhead (Panamericana proven) and 1 Evo Sportster took off for a bone-shaking test ride.
The plan
Starting in Buenos Aires/Argentina and ending in Ushuaia the journey will lead them along the famous Ruta 40 to Patagonia and Fireland, where the penguins meet the whales...you mean this sounds like a nice weekend trip, eh? Ok, let´s take a closer look at it then: 3000 kilometers of asphalt (or what Argentinians consider as asphalt) plus 2000 kilometers of gravel roads of the type that makes your teeth want to fall out. Endless plains, bizarre mountain ranges and - wind. Wind that blows harder than the exhaust of a V-Rod on nitro.
True to the slogan ”We ride what we sell“ the four Patagonian riders sit astride the best what the W&W catalog has to offer so the 4x4 service truck can stay at home. After all, this ain´t no disco.
Sleeping?
Just lost my tent!
Eating?
Penguin meets Leatherman!
Drinking?
The world´s southernmost beer at the world´s southernmost bar!
Toast:
It‘s not the end of the world, but we can see it from here.

Harley riders so far haven’t been known to embrace lively colors other than black with their personal apparel. This may be about to change with our new collection of Hawaii shirts – or, as the experts have it, Aloha shirts, meaning something like "Hello shirt".
Don’t worry about your street cred, you’re in good company with the likes of Elvis, U.S. president Harry S. Truman, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster and last but certainly not least Magnum P.I., the mustachioed Ferrari-molester among many others. Guys like these gave the textile wall covering world wide recognition as a macho piece of apparel.
The beginnings of the Hawaii shirt are lost in the oily mists of history, but it is considered as fact that on the pacific island of Hawaii cultural influences from Polynesia, Japan and Samoa fused with the native lifestyle. And Bob was your uncle. Meaning, the vividly colored printed shirt, short sleeved and worn outside the pants, was born.
Anyway, in 1935 „The Honolulu Advertiser“ carried an advertisement peddling "Aloha Shirts, well tailored, beautiful designs and radiant colors" for only 95 cents and up.
For obvious reasons we can’t match prices like this. But our shirts are still well tailored, and they are available in many sizes, made from 100% cotton and fitted with coconut shell buttons - and they’re crafted in the U.S. of A."
By the way: surfboards and/or sunshine are not included in the offering.

High quality 5-panel caps which we have made in the USA. They sport an embroidered Wrecking Crew est. 1979 logo, a curved visor and come with velcro closure, so one size fits all heads.

"And then the run was on. Outlaw motorcyclists rolled in packs toward their annual July 4th outing, a time for sharing the wine jug, pummeling old friends, and generally terrorizing the populace".
Hunter S. Thompson spent one year preparing for this book in close quarters with the Hells Angels and their president Ralph "Sonny" Barger. Thompson was up front with the Angels about his role as a journalist, a dangerous move given their marked distrust of reporters from what the club considered to be bad press.
Far from being wary of this outsider the Angels were sincere in their participation, often talking at length into Thompson's tape recorder and reviewing early drafts of the article to ensure he had his facts straight. Thompson remained close with the Angels for a year, though ultimately the relationship deteriorated when several members of the gang gave him a savage beating or "stomping" over a trivial remark made by Thompson.
This book is - even more so today - a broad comment on the modern tendency to violence and sensationalism. It is also one of the first examples of the participatory "gonzo" journalism that Thompson perfected.

Four good reasons, why you should have a towel with you at all times while travelling the galaxy:
Firstly it always reminds you of the galactic motto: DON’T PANIC!“
In wet condition it is secondly a great weapon for close combat.
Third: In a pinch you can suck vital nutrients from a towel that has been in use for three weeks, thus saving you from starvation.
Four: Three reasons are more than enough.
Five: The HHGG book and this towel tell them on every beach and at every biker bash that you’re a person of galactic format.