LOOK FOR THE AUGUST ISSUE AT YOUR LOCAL NEWSSTAND TODAY Welcome to the American Cycle website, home of the Performance and Customizing Authority. The August issue is on newsstands now, so ask for us in your local shop or retailer. We feature the hottest new products, the most in-depth tech articles, the wildest customs and the shows and personalities that define the American V-Twin market. You can even send in photos of your bike to show off what you've got. Learn more by contacting us. Also watch for our sister publication, American Bagger, the original all-Bagger magazine. It's the source for custom paint, custom fabrication, lowering kits, wide-tire kits, heavy engine modification, new exhaust and air intake, and new wheels. After all, everything we've done to Softails over the past 20 years can and is being done to Baggers.  Distributed by Kable. AMERICAN CYCLE NEWS: FIRST ANNUAL STURGIS BAGGER COMPETITION TO BE HELD AT FULL THROTTLE SALOON American Bagger Magazine, Paul Yaffe’s Bagger Nation and the Full Throttle Saloon have joined forces to crown the World’s Coolest Bagger on Tuesday, Aug. 10 at the Full Throttle!  Over $10,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded, including the cover and centerfold feature in an upcoming issue of American Bagger Magazine. Celebrity picks such as Mike Ballard, Angieland, and Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl will host the winner backstage during the Jackyl concert at the Full Throttle Saloon. Also to be awarded is $5,000 in Bagger Nation accessories. There are no admission or entry fees and all participants will receive a World’s Coolest Bagger competition shirt. Prizes will be awarded in three classes: Stock Frame No Modifications, Altered Original Frame, and Ground-Up Aftermarket Frame. Awards will be presented to 1st/2nd/3rd in each class, plus three best-of-class awards. Suzy-Q will pick the BDB Award (Bitches Dig Baggers). There will be several celebrity pick awards and then the crowning of the World’s Coolest Bagger! All entries must fall into the Bagger classification which requires saddlebags. For more information, visit www.baggernation.com or www.fullthrottlesaloon.com.   :::LIKE THE COVER BIKES? GET THE DESKTOPS IN OUR GALLERY!:::