This will be the last page I work on this week.

I believe I can transfer all information from the old page, however I need to make sure that I can integrate a secure area into the wordpress architecture. It’s possible that the secure scripts that check if people are logged in or not will simply apply to regular old wordpress category pages (so when I try to click the VIP category page in wordpress, the same scripts from the old site will still check if I’m logged in) – if that works then it shouldn’t take too long to move everything over.

If not, I’ll just copy the “look” of the new wordpress hardcore choppers site (new top banner, etc) and make the VIP pages standard HTML / non-wordpress. When you click a link to VIP from the wordpress page, you won’t notice the difference, and likewise when you click the menu to “bikes” or “contact us” etc, you go back to the wordpress page without knowing the difference.  I’d rather try the first approach however, because I won’t have to make a page design that mimics the look of our new wordpress pages.

This post will be formatted and styled with the same plugin as the bikes section, to give us our “thumbnail” home view that loads a specific “gallery” page for each bike, however I need to make sure that we can still add videos and stuff for each post (definitely for featured bike, but I’m assuming we will be doing this over in the bikes section too eventually).

ALSO: I wrote a note about changing this back to “featured bike” – will do this at shop tomorrow when i have photoshop files, today will be coding and plugin modification for the galleries.

The Barret-Jackson Auction this Thursday through Saturday (Sept. 23-25) in Las Vegas will feature a unique motorcycle: a Hardcore Choppers custom autographed by US President Barack Obama.

The bike, nicknamed the P-40 Warhawk, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with all proceeds to benefit the Fisher House Foundation, a charity that builds houses and donates them to the government to provide free housing to military families who have a member being treated at a military or Veterans Affairs hospital. The AP says there are 49 Fisher Houses on the grounds of military and VA medical centers.

The bike also features autographs from other politial figures, including Vice President Joe Biden and National Security Advisor James Jones. Jones’ son, Jim, is the one who donated the bike to the auction.

The bike built by the Sterling, Va., based Hardcore Choppers was designed to recall the 1950s European race cars. The bike features a 150-hp v-twin and a six-speed transmission, and custom P-40 Warhawk paint.

The bike has two-into-one stainless steel exhaust, HC Speedster bars featuring an internal clutch and throttle, aircraft wiring and speedster wheels wrapped with Avon tires.

The AP also stated that Barrett-Jackson has waived its transaction fee for the charity auction.

Back by popular demand, Hardcore Choppers is preparing to pull out all the stops for the upcoming Washington, DC and New York Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows.

Visitors from the Nation’s Capital and New York City areas are in for a treat as one of the country’s top custom motorcycle manufacturers is set to show a collection of choppers which is sure to catch the attention of any American v-twin lover.

Attendees at the New York show will get a front-row seat to the exclusive unveiling of the wild new Datasol Speedster ‘iBike’ which is set to be completed shortly before the show opens.

DC-area attendees will be able to check out the one-off custom ‘Bat Bike’ – on public display for the first time, along side many other examples of projects that Hardcore Choppers has been working on lately. In addition to conventional ‘chopper’ and ‘bobber’ designs, the radical new ‘P-40 Warhawk’ edition Hardcore Speedster will also be on display, which showcases the shop’s ability to custom fabricate difficult parts in-house with the implementation of a custom-engineered and manufactured CNC-billet aluminum girder-style front end, custom-cut wheels, and more.

Hardcore Choppers will also be providing plenty of entertainment, in the form of the famous ‘Hardcore Hotties’ models which will be on-hand to answer your questions, as well as pose of various bikes throughout the show. The shop will also bring in their film crew to shoot segments and interviews for their upcoming Hardcore Lifestyles TV show, airing on the new VTwin Channel.com beginning February 1st.

Check out www.hardcorechoppers.com for special show coupons, as well as additional information about their entire lineup of custom motorcycles.