The first update that we touch upon is the new picnic area that Phil and Laura set up.  They welcome customers to stop by to hang out, get the bike worked on, and on Saturday afternoons visit as the bar-b-q grill gets fired up for free hamburgers and hotdogs.  The landscaping looks great so stop by to have a look!

An added feature for the web site has been to tap into Phil and Garon’s motorcycle knowledge to produce the Tech Tips page.  On a regular basis, updated insights will be posted with cool and exciting tips for ways to impact performance, style, rideability or any other interesting topics. Whenever possible photos of services will accompany the text so that you can see all the action.

So, check out the page here .. and it might give you some ideas for ways you can enhance your ride!

The products page portion of the web site is a link to all of the various vendors that we deal with, and if there is something in the catalog that you like let us know, we’ll try to special order it for you.

There is information about a number of rides in the area, including a special ride called Feed the Hungry Charity Ride (listen to podcast). The Events page on the site lists other items on the full motorcycle schedule. If you want to post something on the site contact Laura at her email address.

You can also link to the Georgia Motorcycle Riders web site to find out other happenings in your area.

For the King Kustom Cycle’s rides, every other Thursday Phil will be leading a Bike Night at Big Daddy’s Oyster Bar ride through the scenic highways of South Fulton and Fayette counties.  Ending up at Big Daddy’s for a fun night of games, raffles, and food & drink specials!

Let’s build a great community and stay in touch … contact us via email with questions, or leave a comment on this podcast.

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How does the number 38,603 meals served since July ‘07 grab you?  That is the number of meals distributed to the homeless and destitute in the City of Atlanta by the folks at Innermission, an organization led by one of our guests on the King Kustom Cycles Podcast, Roy Whitney.

Roy spends every Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday in one of the two trucks that he has rebuilt from scratch, taking food, clothing and medical supplies to the streets. This organization is always on the lookout for anyone willing to contribute canned food, cash contributions or volunteer time to take care of those in need. They also have the good fortune of partnering with a Christian based Motorcycle Club we have had the honor of highlighting on the podcast in the past, we welcome again John McGinn from the Moo Cow Bikers.

King Kustom Cycles in conjunction with the Moo Cow Bikers are sponsoring a charity ride called Feed The Hungry on Saturday June 20, 2009, with proceeds going to help Innermission achieve their calling of providing good deeds.

To get a sense of the type of organization Innermission is, just read the blog posts that you find at http://dudesharethefood.org/blog/.  It can really make you feel good inside to know that there are giving people in the world no matter what the conditions might be.  Both Roy and Erik Humphries are simply incredible human beings … and of course there are many others involved with this group that weren’t named.

Laura recently had the first hand experience of riding along with Roy while he and his wife were distributed food in the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta, and was able to witness the outpouring of gratitude and affection on display.

Representing the Moo Cow Bikers is John McGinn, Vice-Cow of the Moo Cow Bikers who shares with us that they annually affiliate with two charities for fundraising purposes. John also shares with us that he and his wife attended one of Roy’s annual Super Bowl parties, where Atlanta homeless can get a hot meal and watch some of the game.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Moo Cow Bikers you can check their web site at www.moocowbikers.org …. or you can attend a monthly meeting on the second Monday of every month at the Dwarf House in Fayetteville at 6:00 pm.

Here is a quick video that will give you some insights into what it all means, and explains why “Dude, share some food”.

This is a video of Laura and her new friend Cory discussing the situation that led to him helping out at Innermission;

For more videos from Laura’s visit to Little Five Points in Atlanta with Roy and his team, visit the King Kustom Cycles YouTube Channel.

For more information about Innermission, Roy can be reached at (404) 502-1976.  Check the Events page for the ride details on the June 20th Feed The Hungry charity ride with the Moo Cow Bikers.

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It’s time to start thinking about doing some Holiday Shopping for the rider in the family!  On today’s King Kustom Cycles Podcast, Phil gives us a glimpse into the current special deals that are available including:

20% off all IN Stock and SPECIAL ORDER Drag Specialties & Parts Unlimited items Until Dec.31st. http://www.dragspecialties.com/fatbook

And the new Biltwell “Old School Metal Flake” Open Face Helmets…choose from Eleven Awesome Colors. http://www.biltwellinc.com/Oiltanks.html

Check with Phil at the Shop to get all of the details about these great products. There is also a Gift Certificate Option available in case you just can’t decide what should appear under the tree .. and you just want to leave the shopping decisions to the recipient.

Laura let’s us know about an upcoming ride this weekend benefiting the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.  For complete details check out the Events Page.

For the long range planning keep the date available for December 31st when the Chick Fil-A Peach Bowl takes place in Atlanta.  And in case you haven’t heard Georgia Tech has just accepted the invitation to participate in this year’s game, so it should attract a great crowd.

After the ride, Laura and Phil will have a cookout back at King Kustom Cycles to kick off your New Year’s celebrations!

And .. if you come by the Shop you can check out Phil’s new 1962 vintage Chevy Truck!

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In this episode of the King Kustom Cycles Podcast we meet Holly Henderson Chambers, a wife, mother and long time Fayette County 911 Dispatcher.  After a 12-year fight with Lupus, Holly’s kidney’s are failing and she needs a transplant.

She is very gracious in talking to us about how long she has struggled with Lupus and the financial burdens of dealing with an auto-immune disease.  Holly is at the stage where she is waiting on the kidney transplant process which means expensive medications, the cost of the transplant process itself, and she would also like to be able to offer compensation to the kidney donor for the time away from work while they recover from the operation.

Janaya Daily speaks to us about the ride on Saturday November 1st.  After Holly’s most recent biopsy results came back, it was determined that it was time for a kidney transplant and those in the riding community and her circle of friends decided to put on a fund raising ride.

Registration for the ride starts at 9:00 am at Big Daddy Cycles in Fayetteville, departing at 11:00 am and is escorted through Fayette, Coweta and Pike Counties, ending at Hotlanta Wings back in Fayetteville.  Prizes and a raffle, plus food and music for $20 per bike.

Anyone interested in offering a donation as part of the ride should please contact Peggy Glaze via email

To download the informational flyer click here - rideforholly

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Today’s episode is another special Roadcast edition of the podcast, or as Laura would like to call it … a Moo Cast!  Laura and Phil had the privilege of riding in the Chick-fil-A / Victory Junction Charity Ride from Newnan Georgia to The Rock Ranch, in Rock Georgia, sponsored by the Moo Cow Bikers.

On the Moo Cast we are joined by John McGinn, Vice-Cow of the Moo Cow Bikers and Gary Eller the head of charity ride coordination.

For a little background on the Moo Cow Bikers, John details how Dan Cathy, the Head Cow and son of Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, gathered together a group of motorcycle enthusiasts back in the year 2000.  The group hadn’t yet formalized when they attended the group’s first event in New Smyrna Beach Florida for Biketoberfest.  On the ride home they determined to maintain the “cow” theme and the name Moo Cow Bikers stuck.

Today’s ride is a spinoff from Kyle Petty’s Charity Ride in which Dan Cathy became involved about four or five years ago, all of which benefit Kyle’s charitable organization the Victory Junction Gang Camp.

On Saturday, the Moo Cow RIders all ended up at The Rock Ranch in Rock Georgia.  This weekend at TheRock Ranch was the hot air balloon rally and a lucky raffle winner got to ride in the Harley Davidson hot air balloon. The rest of the afternoon was filled with fun for the entire family partaking in the pony and hay rides, riding the cow train .. and waiting to see the lighting of the balloons!

If you are interested in finding out more about the Moo Cow Bikers you can check their web site at www.moocowbikers.org …. or you can attend a monthly meeting on the second Monday of every month at the Dwarf House in Fayetteville at 6:00 pm.

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Saturday afternoons in the Fall brings out riders, football on the bigscreen, and hotdogs and hamburgers on the grill at King Kustom Cycles in Fairburn.  It’s been great riding weather and the enticement of some hot food has made for some nice gatherings in a casual atmosphere at the shop.  Until the end of this month just stop on by the shop and talk motorcycles and partake in the hospitality!

This Saturday, October 18th is the Chick-fil-A/ Victory Junction Charity Ride - Hot Air Balloon Rally.  Laura and Phil will be heading down to Great South Harley Davidson in Newnan around 2:00 pm, and are inviting anyone interested in joining them to meet up at King Kustom Cycles for the ride.  The weather is supposed to be great ….

All of the information about the Moo Cow Ride is available on the web site .. or at the front of the shop if you are in the neighborhood.

We are introducing some Podcast / Web Site Specials

Gear Drive Cams - Installed with parts and labor for $1499.99

Eighty Eight cubic inch Harley Davidson models can increase horsepower via The Big Bore Kit -  a Podcast promotion for $899.99

AND all Dunlop and Metzeler Tires are 20% off!

All you have to do to get these specials are just to mention that you got this information from the web site.

Make sure to send this promotion on to your friends as well!

If there are other groups in the area that need to distribute information about their rides or events please send us an email or call us (770)756-9803 & we will help you to promote it.

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In this third installment of The King Kustom Cycles podcast, we are introduced to Garon Watson the Lead Technician at the shop. As a rider of multiple makes and models of motorcycles he is well versed in the various aspects of parts and service for all bikes.

We are introducing a segment of the podcast called Tech Tips

Garon introduces us to Gear Drive Cams.

All twin cam motors are designed with a chain drive cam with plastic spring loaded tensioners which can wear out at 25,000 - 30,000 miles. The recommended service is to remove the cam cover to look for any degredation which could potentially damage the motorcycle.

A Gear Drive Cam is an alternative to replacing the tensioners and chain.  The three biggest reasons for installing a gear drive cam are:

• By replacing the tensioners with the gear drive cam you are eliminating the need for the chain drive and future replacement due to degredation in the future.
• Taking the tensioners and chain out will provide less drag or negative horsepower on the motor
• Upgrade to the gear drive cam will also provide more torque and horsepower for the motorcycle

This service element would be applicable to any twin cam models on the road since 1999 .. essentially any touring models on the road.

Contact the shop for assistance in choosing which cam is best, based upon each individual’s riding style.

Upcoming Events

Lisa’s Ride …. For Information lisa_flyer_2008

Chik Fil A Mow Cow Riders …. For Information Moo Cow Flyer

And again .. Feel free to include some suggestions for naming of The Podcast in the comments section of this post.

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We are joined on this special edition podcast by Nick Markovic, Laura King’s brother.  The occasion is a charity ride that Laura and Nick participated in called the Ace Hardware Tour de Kids .. to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network.

Nick was on his 2007 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic

While Laura picked up a 2008 Street Glide

And just for fun … Laura preceeded the 730 mile round trip from Chicago to St. Louis by running a half marathon in Chicago through the remnants of Hurricane Ike!

St. John’s Childrens Hospital in Springfield Illinois was the first stop on the trip .. and then it was on to St. Louis to visit the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

This was the first year that motorcyclists joined the bicyclists who traditionally have participated in the Tour in years past. The bicyclists raised an incredible $500,000 on their ride, and for the first ever attempt at the event the twenty motorcyclists raised $50,000!

Information is still available to help Laura raise additional funds for the program via the attached Motorcycle Miracle Mission flyer.

For more great images of the event, visit our photo gallery Ace Children’s Miracle Network Ride for Kids.

Laura would like to recognized the leaders of the ACE CMN event including Joe Furlane, Jody Phillips and Jimmy Alexander who help coordinate and plan the event.

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To listen to the recorded podcast, click on the play arrow or you can save an MP3 version by right clicking on the Download link above. NOTE: We’ve been hearing about the “chipmunking” of the podcast for a few .. so a quick Internet Search finds the phenomenon corrected at Andy White’s blog .. so it’s been fixed!

In the inaugural episode of this podcast, shop owners Phil & Laura King detail the opening of the motorcycle repair shop called King Kustom Cycles in Fairburn Georgia. …. Highway 74, one mile north of exit 61off I-85.  A super location that even has some of the nicest riding in the area, with scenic highway 70 right down the road for a place to take the bike out and let loose.

Phil and his technician Garon Watson have over 25 years combined experience in motorcycle service. The shop focuses on parts and service for Harley Davidson, Victory, and even custom brands such as Big Dog, Redneck Engineering, American Iron Horse, Big Bear Choppers, and many others….

Gas price hikes have spurred on an increase in the number of people using their motorcycles as commuting vehicles each and every day.  A bike can witness up to 20 miles per gallon more than a typical car, but it’s critically important to make sure that it is kept in top shape for the best experience and safety.

Phil and Laura are intent upon making sure that their customers are treated to superior service not typically found in the big dealerships. The intention is to make the shop a welcoming, laid back atmosphere where you can hang out with a coke or a coffee, and that warm, family environment will spill over into the entire King Kustom community built around events, charity rides, the formation of a riding club, and participation in other sponsored activities.

The website will serve as an information source about everything happening at the hub of the King Kustom community.  Information will also be posted about other rides of interest, such as the one posted on the site now called Lisa’s Ride.

This podcast will be produced on a weekly basis and will present discussions about the latest and greatest trends for motorcycle enthusiasts, information about service specials, and additional added value opportunities for podcast subscribers.

You can download this podcast from the web site or subscribe to the RSS feed … and don’t forget to sign up for the mailing list so that we can keep you informed via email and regular mailings.

Also ….. We Need Your Help.  This podcast can’t have just some generic name, it needs to have some sort of cool sounding brand that will entice listeners to tune in every week!  So we’re looking to the community to come up with something that will set the tone of each week’s conversation.

Have an idea?  Click the comments link on this or any other post to let us know what you think and to start communicating with us at KingKustomCycles.com.

Thanks for checking in, and tune in often.

Keep an eye out on this space for ongoing updates from The Shop and from The Road as we post articles and podcasts detailing our exciting adventures.

Call us at (770) 756-9803 or drop us a note in the comments section of the site to let us know what you think.