Wrecking Crew

Distinctive timer cover made from cast aluminum, sporting a raised Wrecking Crew logo.

Back in the days it was common to carry a set of spare spark plugs easily accessible on the motorcycle. Thus in case of a necessary change you didn’t have to dig them up deep from the bottom of your saddlebags. These block-off plates with two threaded sockets derive from the race track and are intended for magneto equipped bikes without generator. They simply install in lieu of your genny and bolt down with the stock hardware.

The shape of these handlebars is inspired by the legendary Tramp I, a Knucklehead drag bike built by S&S founder George Smith in the early Fifties. They feature distinctive, pulled-down tube ends. This feature helps so much when crouching down on the tanks during your quest for top speed. The selection includes handlebars for stock spiral grips thru 1948 and handlebers which feature straight 1” tubing on both ends so they will accept 1974-up grips and clamp type throttle controls.

Oil cooler and filter combination which ideally fills the empty space on custom generator/alternator engines. Of course it can also be installed in lieu of the generator on all HD motorcyles which were factory outfitted with such a device and don’t require a permanent charging system, e.g. magneto equipped motorcycles.

These black powder-coated steel chain guards feature lightening holes for a more sporting appearance and replace the respective OEM part.

These black powder-coated steel chain guards feature lightening holes for a more sporting appearance and replace the respective OEM part.

These black powder-coated steel chain guards feature lightening holes for a more sporting appearance and replace the respective OEM part.

Classic work shirts of outstanding, professional quality. The timeless cut and perfect fit make these shirts a distinctive statement that you can wear. With stiched Wrecking Crew logo. Extremely durable and easy to care fabric.

Wrecking Crew T-Shirt Artist Edition #3: Jeral Tidwell: "Grim Reaper" His artworks adorn skateboard decks, concert posters and canvases. He designs food labels, HotRod paintwork and children's books, among other things: Jeral "Artboy" Tidwell, California born in 1969, preferred drawing to talking when a child and obviously absorbed all the influences that came his way from the day he was born, from Art Nouveau artists like Alphonse Mucha to graphic legends like Ed "Rat Fink" Roth - we’re stoked that Jeral agreed to design the third "Artist T-Shirt" exclusively for the Wrecking Crew: "Grim Reaper", the personified scythe wielding Death on a chopper from hell. Where did that idea come from? According to Jeral: "... what you see here comes from my soul ... and a few other places I probably shouldn't mention ... ". We assume the rib cage tank on the front of the T-shirt also emerged from one of these dark places. Check out Jeral's art: The next motifs are already in the pipeline being sketched, sprayed, pinstriped, crocheted, welded, what have you ...

Wrecking Crew T-Shirt Artist Edition #2: Charlie Lecach: „Sparkin' hot“ Charlie Lecach is what you could call a multi motorista: He’s driving his hot rod up and down the Cote d’ Azur, and is wearing down his blue jeans and his tools with and around motorcycles. He’s been writing for the international bike press about bike history for the last 30 years, and has been translating every W&W text into immaculate French for almost the same time. If he doesn’t spend his evenings in his private museum filled with rare Harley & Indian themed photos, mementos and collectibles, he also swings a mean pen to come up with illustrations such as this one of a 1947 WLR prototype racer, as ridden by his personal friend and Harley racing legend Leo J. Anthony. In this instance, the rider is a #5 H-D racing spark plug though :) The "Wrecking Crew Artist Edition" T-shirt series is a campaign featuring artists from all over the world and their very personal interpretations of the "WRECKING CREW" brand and the mindset that goes with it. Of course, it's not a coincidence that this is all about Harley-Davidsons - and all other classic motorcycle brands. Ultimately, Wrecking Crew stands for the simple fun of riding motorcycles on the roads of this world, off-road, on flat tracks ... and the joy of fixing, building and designing bikes. Not forgetting the events and the friendships that grow from them. In short: it's all about what is now called custom culture. The motifs on these T-shirts are designed exclusively for the Wrecking Crew label. The artists come from all areas of fine art and "motorcycle culture": Illustration, tattoo art, pin-striping, painting, photography, AI, design, writing ... Only high-quality, classic T-shirts of the best cotton quality are used, which are elaborately printed using screen printing technology, with up to 6 colours on the front and back, each as a limited edition of only 100 (one hundred). Three editions are already available in the W&W store: Edition 1: "Never Stop Kicking" by Matt Wilkins, aka "Matt Sabbath", a Londoner living in Barcelona with an Instagram channel and 18,000 followers Edition 2, "Sparking Hot" by Charlie Lecach, Nice, France, long-time specialist author for motorcycle magazines and collector of historic Harley-Davidson objects Edition 3, ‘Grim Reaper’ by Jeral ‘Artboy’ Tidwell, Californian from Kentucky (or vice versa). As the middle name suggests: likes to play with art. The next motifs are already in the pipeline being sketched, sprayed, pinstriped, crocheted, welded, what have you ...

Wrecking Crew T-Shirt Artist Edition #1: Matt Wilkins: „Never Stop Kicking“ Matt Wilkins’ (nom de plume Matt Sabbath, probably a big fan of Ozzy?) is a native of the green and pleasant island, but for some reasons prefers the warmer shores of Barcelona. Our guess: it’s the food, and of course the weather :) Our guys in Spain didn’t have much pushing to do to make this happy coincidence a reality. The words probably have crossed the mind of many Sportster owners – closely followed by the thought, namely, that an electric starter might have its … but another kick or three couldn’t surely hurt … and Matt suddenly was the guy to bring them stylishly to life. The "Wrecking Crew Artist Edition" T-shirt series is a campaign featuring artists from all over the world and their very personal interpretations of the "WRECKING CREW" brand and the mindset that goes with it. Of course, it's not a coincidence that this is all about Harley-Davidsons - and all other classic motorcycle brands. Ultimately, Wrecking Crew stands for the simple fun of riding motorcycles on the roads of this world, off-road, on flat tracks ... and the joy of fixing, building and designing bikes. Not forgetting the events and the friendships that grow from them. In short: it's all about what is now called custom culture. The motifs on these T-shirts are designed exclusively for the Wrecking Crew label. The artists come from all areas of fine art and "motorcycle culture": Illustration, tattoo art, pin-striping, painting, photography, AI, design, writing ... Only high-quality, classic T-shirts of the best cotton quality are used, which are elaborately printed using screen printing technology, with up to 6 colours on the front and back, each as a limited edition of only 100 (one hundred). Three editions are already available in the W&W store: Edition 1: "Never Stop Kicking" by Matt Wilkins, aka "Matt Sabbath", a Londoner living in Barcelona with an Instagram channel and 18,000 followers Edition 2, "Sparking Hot" by Charlie Lecach, Nice, France, long-time specialist author for motorcycle magazines and collector of historic Harley-Davidson objects Edition 3, ‘Grim Reaper’ by Jeral ‘Artboy’ Tidwell, Californian from Kentucky (or vice versa). As the middle name suggests: likes to play with art. The next motifs are already in the pipeline being sketched, sprayed, pinstriped, crocheted, welded, what have you ...

Back in the days when Knuckleheads, Flatheads und Panheads were new machines a club sweater was indispensable biker outfit. Our Wrecking Crew sweaters are hand crafted from start to finish. They are made from extra heavy 100% worsted wool knit and feature a Talon turtle zip. The distinctive wide knit cuffs and waistband keep out wind and cold and prevent riding up of the sweater. The elbows are reinforced with interior patches

High quality white cotton T-shirts with black Wrecking Crew est. 1979 logo on chest and back. Made from 100% best, most comfortable, heavy duty cotton.

High quality white cotton T-shirts with Wrecking Crew est. 1979 logo on chest and back. This is the AMF version with the highly official red and blue of the American flag on white shirt. Made from 100% best, most comfortable, heavy duty cotton.

Preshrunk T-shirts with Wrecking Crew logo on back and chest are made from cotton.

These quality preshrunk T-shirts with Wrecking Crew Flat Track design on the chest are made from pure, combed cotton.

High quality black cotton T-shirts with white Wrecking Crew est. 1979 logo on chest and back. Made from 100% best, most comfortable, heavy duty cotton.

You simply can't live without it anymore once you added this watch cap to your personal gear. Our Wrecking Crew watch caps are made in Oregon, USA. 100% wool knit in excellent manufacture that will last, guaranteed. It features a Wrecking Crew logo sewn on the turn-up. One size fits all.

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.

What on earth can persuade four grown men to ride their V-twins to a place where for decades gazillions of mosquitos, free range guerilleros, sinister paramilitary, paranoid drug runners and desperate indigenous people have been doing their level best to prevent Panamericana’s last missing miles being built. Some call this white area on the map the ‘Darien Gap‘, to the Four who went there it is the mother of all roads, the Mud of no Return. What they did was to try and to close this last gap in the road connecting the two Americas. They were using Milwaukee machinery, mildly modified using stuff from the W&W Cycles shelves. The ride included police encounters, homicidal truckdrivers, lousy hotel beds, stampeding cockroaches, DIY river crossings, tropical downpours, Panama beer and forcibly removed distributors, and ended – in the mud. Mud beyond all imagination. Mud, so bottomless that only a four wheel driven Big Foot truck could rescue the intrepid riders. A specimen of this mud of muds is still sitting in a climatized W&W safe, a warning to the world that no road is so pitiless as the Mother of all Roads, the Panamericana.

CUBIC INCHES AND CLARITY IN THE ARCTIC. The world all of a sudden gets clear, translucent and clean at 40 below. Only your own eyes are foggy with the exhaust of two Harley-Davidsons on the ice road, that on milder days as the Mackenzie River flows peacefully into Beaufort Bay. Up there, at Tuktoyaktuk, North West Territories, Canada. This book is a shot at trying to bring home some of the feelingS of riding two Harley-Davidsons in 2008 over ice roads to one of the most northern points on the American continent that can be reached with ROADGOING vehicles. Without getting into a well known situation round here: "Don’t get stuck in Tuk!“ Doing it can be a lot of things, but it isn’t half as dangerous as some people would like you to believe, given a certain amount of planning and preparation. And it wasn’t the first time, that W&W Cycles went out of everyones way to ride roads no one usually cares to call roads. In 1995 it was the MUD OF NO RETURN. The Panamericana Highway between Panama and Colombia. The Problem: a gap in the road. Not any ole pothole, but the infamous Darien Gap. The attempt to cross 70 miles of trackless jungle on two specially prepared rigid framed Pans and Shovels ended in bottomless mud. In 2005 we went to EAT DUST. We took four vintage Harleys down the gravel Ruta 40 to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, to the southernmost beer in the world. And just there, sipping a well earned Beagle beer, the question popped up, how the other end of the road might look like. No one around knew, so we decided to have a look. Said, done, ridden, frozen, printed. So, get your fireplace going, grab a drink and turn the page. And don’t forget: A BIKER’S WORK IS NEVER DONE. ’Cos the next road is waiting around the corner.

For hot summer days. Mesh style cap in the AMF version with the highly official red and blue of the American flag. Featuring slightly curved foam bill which sports the Wrecking Crew est. 1979 logo. The rear section is made from plastic mesh for optimal breathability. An adjustable snap closure ensures that one size fits most.

For hot summer days. Typical mesh style cap with slightly curved foam bill in front which sports the Wrecking Crew logo. The rear section is made from plastic mesh for optimal breathability. An adjustable snap closure ensures that one size fits most.

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.

¡QUE CUBA VIBRE! This latest idea of ours vibrated like a healthy mix of rum, Coca-Cola and lime juice. Let's go meet Paul's old Harlista friends. In Havana. Let’s go for a ride together, do some wrenching, if absolutely necessary. Let’s burn the days. We bring two W&W Harleys: The dual carb ’47 Knucklehead and the rigid ’48 Panhead. The plan is to do some easy miles to meet Cuba's Harlistas first. Our Milwaukee tractors carry us deep into the tobacco growing country until the road just stops on a picture postcard caribbean beach. We cruise the setting sun on Malecon and greet the falling dusk in the Floridita bar, one of Ernest Hemingways favourite watering places. The street in front of Sergio's becomes our home. We drink coffee, we chat, we do some wrenching, and there’s beer. What’s the point of bikes running like clockwork? Were not those days with Sergio the better life? Let's drink another Cuba libre to that. Oh, and go easy on the Coke. A squirt of lime juice is all it takes. ¡Vamonos!

If you look for a top quality hoody, you just found it. We have these Wrecking Crew hoodies made from rugged 60% cotton and 40% polyester fabric. They feature a full front zip, Kangaroo pocket and are waffle lined for improved comfort and warmth. With embroidered Wrecking Crew logo on the back and left chest.

How about some mud, dust, ice and sugar cane? Here’s some ready-made adventures for your coffee-table or fireside armchair: 4 photo books, which cover W&W’s epic rides on classic Harleys to the jungles of Panama, on Ruta 40 from Buenos Aires to Fireland, on Mackenzie Ice Road in Northern Canada and from Havana to the Caribbean beaches of Cuba. Severe side-effects like wanderlust, wrench attacks and wet Harley dreams cannot be excluded.

Shirt by Wrecking Crew; cotton / polyester, black; size: XXL; men; short sleeve; gross weight: 380 g

Shirt by Wrecking Crew; cotton / polyester, khaki; size: S; men; short sleeve; gross weight: 260 g

Shirt by Wrecking Crew; cotton / polyester, khaki; size: M; men; short sleeve; gross weight: 320 g

Shirt by Wrecking Crew; cotton / polyester, khaki; size: XL; men; short sleeve; gross weight: 380 g