Patrol Contest

To kick off the winter riding season, which is from October 1st to May 1st here in Portland (sigh), we've launched the Patrol line of foul weather riding gear. And now it's contest time!


This time around one lucky winner will receive their colorway and size choice of a Patrol jacket. That's a great start to building yourself the ultimate gnarly weather riding ensemble. All you need to do is identify the following five motors by name and model. We realize this contest is pretty hard so we'll be zooming out on the photos over the course of the month. Keep checking back if you're stumped or take a shot at the answers now in the comments section. As soon as someone gets all five correctly we'll announce it on the blog, Facebook, and twitter accounts.

Motor #1

Motor #2

Motor #3

Motor #4

Motor #5

See site for official rules and regulations

Photo Caption Contest

It's that time again. Time to test your wit and wordcraft and garner the Icon staff's praise. Write a clever caption for the picture below and we'll send you some Icon casual gear. What could be easier?

Send entries to contest@rideicon.com Include your blog follower name. One entry per person please.

See site for official rules and regulations

Caption Contest - Winners!

The Icon office has voted and the winners are.....

1st place - G. Thorness for his clever WINK reference "Your Luchadores is gaaaa-bage!"


2nd place - J. Shepard "This outfit isn't loud enough, hand me that megaphone"


3rd place - M. Grant "ATTENTION, ATTENTION EVERYONE!!, I farted. that is all."

Stay tuned for the next Icon contest coming soon!

Caption Contest - Be Cool - Win Icon Casuals

What in the hell could this guy possibly be saying? We think it's something like "Oh Luchador'e don't spit upon the floor'e - thats what they make a spittoon for'e". Hmmm...maybe not. If you think you know, or just want to show everyone on the internet how clever you are, send your eloquent retort to contest@rideicon.com. Make sure you write 'Caption Contest' as the subject so we don't discard your entry with the rest of our daily hate mail. (Just kidding - we don't discard your hate mail, we shove it into our underpants to keep us warm on cold Oregon nights). The Icon staff of literary savants will pick the top three captions and announce the winners on the blog. Each winner will receive one Icon casual of their choice. And finally, because America has turned into a litigious nannystate devoid of personal responsibility or common sense, the lawyers forced us to add - One entry per person - see site for official rules and regulations. Ok- commence opining. 

"Bring me your captions - your phrases - your crudely hewn wordsmiths yearning to breathe free"

Win a Metal God Jacket!!!

Miss your chance to own 1 of the 100 Icon Metal God Jackets? The guys over at RevZilla.com just announced their very own Metal God Jacket contest. So fire up your handicam for your last chance at owning a Metal God jacket. Ronnie James Dio you're our only hope.

Contest Winner!

Congrats Luke B. of Clarksville, AR!

Luke was the first to correctly name all the tire treads, which were....

Michelin Hi Sport TX15

Pirelli Diablo SuperCorsa

Bridgestone BT014

Continental Blitz-Standard

Maxxis Dirt Track Competition

Keep an eye out for your Chieftain helmet Luke. As for the rest of you - be sure to send in a request for a free Chieftain sticker and keep an eye out for next months contest.

Win a Icon Chieftain Alliance SSR Helmet!

The signature of the modern mechanical steed is easily identified by one with acute senses. Can you track down the trail of this game?

Be the first to correctly identify the 5 tire tread images below by Manufacturer and Model and win a Icon Alliance SSR Chieftain helmet in your size and color choice. 

Send entries to contest@rideicon.com before 0500 Pacific June 29th, 2010. Winner will be announced June 30th, 2010 on the Icon blog. One entry per person please.

 

Click image for larger size

See site for official rules and regulations

Congratulations Delbert S. from Fayetteville North Carolina!

Delbert and his crew in North Carolina know how to throw down the kind of gathering we like... except we're a little freaked out by any game called "Corn Hole"!

Our bike night is may not be so different than the normal hooligan traffic, adult beverages and free patio BBQ every Saturday night. Yes, we have our occasional stunt riders, ride in bike shows, T-shirt give away and back yard BBQ games (ie. Corn hole, ladder ball, washers ect.) while talking “bikes” over live music.

What is different than other local bike nights here in town is the unity in diversity! From 6pm until the night closes at last call, we have a constant flow of diverse motorcycles and riders rolling in on 2 wheels. Metric cruisers, custom choppers, garage built death traps, Harley Davidson’s, Street fighters, café racers, street bikes and slammed and stretched Suzuki’s fresh from the drag strip!

Our motley crew of folks range from the business man, military soldiers fighting for our freedom, to the mechanics at our local Indy shops. Motorcycle clubs attend sporting their colors, and showing respect to other MC’s in attendance. The nod, handshakes and clashing of mugs in a crowd of various riders, validates what a bike night is truly about.

I myself, ride my 2 wheeled “death trap” I built in my garage, but love all bikes in general.  So, my favoritism to “our” bike night is that of taste!  My taste is for various assortments, which segregated bike nights held in other locations cannot fulfill. With the numbers of attendees growing each Saturday, I am positive I’m not the only one who feels this way!

Delbert S. Brookberry NC

Follower "Mutiny"

Contest - Crazy Days, Bike Nights

Help us find the ultimate bike night spot in the US!

You think your local bike night is the ultimate? Well then snap a few photos and write up a 250-500 word description of what goes down at your weekly/monthly event. Then send it to us. Show us what kind of bikes, gear, and general moto antics go down in your hood. This is your chance to report to the world why you and your crew are where it's at.

The best submission will receive a complete set of the new Icon Sacrifice gear! That's a Sacrifice Contra Jacket, Sacrifice Airframe Helmet and Sacrifice Sub Glove!

To enter: You need to first become a follower of the Icon blog then send us a 250-500 word article about your local bike night - with photos that corroborate your story. Blatantly illegal activities cannot be accepted - Blatant nudity will also be rejected (but appreciated)! Submit your entry to contest@rideicon.com . All entries must be received no later than April 29th, 2010 1700 Pacific Standard Time. Be sure to include your follower name with your submission!!

See site for official rules and regulations.

Sticker Shrine Contest Winner

We received some great entries this for this contest but Ryan from San Diego takes the prize on this round. It's clear that Ryan has been working on this for awhile. Nice job! Enjoy the helmet.

Can you 'Where's Waldo'  the McGill and Caballero stickers? 

Shameless Conduct - the Icon vs TV Contest

Icon is always on the lookout for free airtime. The following are some videos of the Icon faithful rockin the brand on primetime. Wanna play? All you have to do is get the Icon logo on TV. Then send us a video link as proof - in return we'll send you something cool. It's that easy. Now go out and find those cameras!

Man vs Food vs Icon Hoody

Papa John vs The Hooligan Decay

Chuck Palumbo - rocking Icon gear

Automag Pant on Automotive Annihilation

Alliance SSR on Life Unexpected

Team Merc on True Life

Bill Goldberg and the Accelerant Stealth

Win a Airframe Carbon Fiber Helmet!

The well stickered fridge is a staple of any shadetree mechanic's garage. Typically housing nothing but spare parts, tools and occasionally keeping a keg on chill - mom's old fridge is a shrine adorned with die-cut marketing swag. For this month's contest we want to see your sticker temple. We aren't looking for a refrigerator with tons of Icon stickers, although that would be cool, we want to see the most bad ass sticker collection out ever. Extra points will be awarded for hella old-school BMX stickers. Stickered up tool boxes also will also qualify. And just in case you were thinking about it - don't send us a googled pic of someone else's fridge...that's sacrilege!

A Slabtown Garage Team member's shrine

The winner of this contest will receive an Icon Carbon Fiber Lifeform helmet in his/her size and colorway choice and a pack of Icon stickers!

 

Entries should be sent to: contest@rideicon.com no later than March 30th, 2010 0700PST. The winner will be announced on the ICON blog March 31st, 2010 0700PST Please include your contact information including a valid email address and working phone number.

Contest Open to residents of the 50 united States only. 
One entry per person please.

See site for official rules and regulations.

While your here..become a follower of the Icon blog! - you can do this by clicking on the Follow button located in the followers section (lower right side of the blog page). By becoming a 'follower' you can get all of your blog content sent directly to you. You can sign in using your Google, Twitter, Yahoo, AIM, Netlog or OpenID accounts. 

Variant Contest Winner!!

We received some killer entries for the Icon superfan contest but there was one that stood out from the rest. As you can tell from the pictures below Parker B has stepped up the Superfan contest by not only getting a tattoo of the Icon logo, but giving the tattoo to himself! While wearing Icon gear! 

Yep...you win

Contest - Win an Icon Variant helmet!

This months contest is a search for the Ultimate Icon Superfan. We want to see visual proof (pictures) of what makes you an Icon Superfan. Please do not submit entries with the Icon logo shaved into the fur of any animal - other than that it's fair game. Please keep it PG rated since this picture will end up on the Icon blog for the world to see. R rated entries will be disqualified but still reviewed for the staff's amusement.

The winner will receive a Variant helmet in his/hers size and colorway choice. 

Entries should be sent to: contest@rideicon.com no later than February 25th, 2010 0700PST. The winner will be announced on the ICON blog February 26th, 2010 0700PST Please include your contact information including a valid email address and working phone number.

Contest Open to residents of the 50 united States only. 
One entry per person please.

Click here for official rules and regulations.

Caption Contest - Jason Britton Contest Winner!!!

The moment you've been waiting for is here! Our winning entry comes from Kevin V:

"ICON not believe this sh*t is happening!"

Thanks to all the clever entries and tune in Monday for next months contest!

Bling Glove Winner Update

Here's a gloved fist, along with the rest of me doin what I do best (other than riding), chillin on my recliner.  We have those in bulgaria too.  We also just got moving picture boxes, Miami Vise!  number one NEW show! -Parker

Caption Contest - Win a Jason Britton Signature Helmet!!!

This months contest celebrates the release of Jason Britton's signature helmet; The Alliance SSR Ignitor Britton. Like any good hero it's the drama of daily life that separates them from the average joe. Drama in the world of motorcycle most often equals crashing. Below is an outtake photo from a couple of years ago. Jason was showing us his stoppie skills on a downhill grade when it all went wrong. Want to win a new Britton helmet? Send us a clever caption for this photo. The best entry, to be determined by the Icon staff, will receive a Britton Ignitor helmet in his/her size and colorway choice.

Send us something clever and you might win a new lid 
(i.e. It's a good thing Jason has no sense of taste,

because he's about to eat sh*t).

Entries should be sent to: contest@rideicon.com no later than January 29th, 2010 0700PST. The winner will be announced on the ICON blog January 29th, 2010 0700PST Please include your contact information including a valid email address and working phone number.

Contest Open to residents of the 50 united States only. 
One entry per person please.

Click here for complete rules and regulations

And the winner is.....

After digging through tons of entries and much heated debate amongst the Icon staff, the winner of the 24Kt Bling Gloves is......


Hello fellow ICON friends.  I feel most deserving of your golden luminescent items of HANDware that appear to have fallen from two wheel heaven, because ever since I was a young boy in my village, I have done whats right.  Brought up by only the poverty stricken townspeople of a desolate city in eastern Bulgaria, I grew up with little luxuries.  Field mice provided nourishment for weeks at a time, and working in the mines was back braking.  When the slave traders decided to shut down the mines and burn the village, I felt my calling.  I rounded up a posse of my kinsmen and resisted the slavers.  We took up arms together, used what we had at our disposal, and took back our land.  In the final battle, I jumped on my motorbike and dashed after the lead trader, Trader Joe.  Sword drawn, I jumped at him.  He avoided me, and stabbed clean through my hand.  I recovered, killed him, and saved the town.  Had I the glory of your glove, I would not have sustained such a painstaking injury.  That is why I am most deserving of your glove.  I am a HERO.

Parker B.

Second Runner Up:

Quite simply, so I can get bitches. And as we all know, bitches love gold.

Brandon Z.

Third Runner Up:

The ride is all that

matters, some

may admire me for

slithering through traffic

or 

wonder if i

have a deathwish

for being so exposed 

to the elements...

i pay them no mind. 

the ride, and the Pasión 

for the lifestyle is all that

keeps me sane. knowing that

i can ride again the next day?

its the ICON in me that keeps 

a goon grounded. 

Ian H.

Thanks for all the great entries and keep an eye out for our next contest in January.