Unveiling Of Electric Drag Bike at Sturgis Bike Week … A SUCCESS!
Orange County Choppers, Lawless Industries, Aaron Equipment and AEK Packaging Equipment recently unveiled the Lawless Electric Drag Bike on Thursday, August 12 at 10:30am at the Sturgis Drag way in South Dakota. The Lawless, AEK Packaging Equipment & Aaron Equipment Electric Drag bike was built with the intention to break the ¼ mile speed record by an electric powered motorcycle, attempting to reach a speed of 200mph.
The Lawless Industries, Aaron Equipment and AEK Packaging , two part “American Chopper” Episode, “Debut of the Lawless Electric Drag Bike” will be airing on September 23rd and 30th on TLC.
*The bike is co-sponsored by Aaron Equipment Company, Inc. and
AEK Packaging Equipment, both of Bensenville, IL.
The Sturgis Rally Week is held annually, usually in the first full week of August and generally gathers over 400,000 attendees to bike week. Sturgis Rally Week's 70th Anniversary ended in a successful manner with record breaking crowds of visitors, entertainment, vendors, food and amenities. The Legendary Buffalo Chip is already counting Sturgis Rally Week 2010 as one of its most successful rally gatherings ever.
Skateboarder and Sculptor
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
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Vaughn Shafer is set up at the Buffalo Chip working on his 2010 sculpture.
Shafer has brought a piece of his work to the rally for the last seven years and has included Sturgis motorcycle rally goers in the work.
Two months ago Schafer had a vision to create a large, bronze, statue honoring those that have been killed in action. What he has brought to the rally this year is a large battlefield cross, a makeshift cross using soldier’s boots, rifle and helmet.
Shafer said he wanted to create a tribute to those that have served in the Armed Forces.
“All this goes to those that gave their lives,” he said softly while crying. “There is a lot of heart going into it.”
While at the Buffalo Chip Shafer is giving everyone the opportunity to allow him to engrave their initials into the bronze base of the piece.
“Anyone wanting to show their respect can have their initials engraved and a patch for their jacket,” he said.
After the rally, Shafer said it will be displayed in Washington, D.C. and he hopes to find a good home for it after that.
A kid at heart, Shafer will also attempt to break the world record motorized skateboard record on Thursday, a record he previously held in the 90’s by going 70.55 mph.
Shafer is a former Hollywood stuntman.
In other battery powered vehicle news:
Ohio State University Students Break the Battery Powered Land Speed Record
If you think of electric cars as kind of pumped-up golf carts useful for getting around town but not much else, then you probably haven't encountered the 307-mph Buckeye Bullet 2.5
Built by a group of students at Ohio State University, yesterday the electric car broke their own world land speed record for battery powered vehicles, by averaging 307.66-mph over two runs in opposite directions at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Pretty quick for a glorified golf cart, and I expect it will take some heat off the Tesla people in defending bragging rights for electric vehicles.
Unfortunately, I don't think you'll see the Buckeye Bullet in showrooms anytime soon.