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1976 BMW R45 Gonzo Tried to Be the Opposite of Custom, and It Nailed It

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Usually when going for a custom motorcycle build, most garages choose the flamboyant way of doing things. We usually get to see extensive engineering, sculpted parts, and a wealth of eye-popping colors and visual tricks that are supposed to leave us in awe. But not this build here. Sometime in […]

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RIDE TO WORK–THIS COMING MONDAY

More Motorcycle and Scooter Riders On the Road on Monday, June 15th This Year The 29th annual worldwide Ride to Work Day is expected to be one of the largest-ever, according to Ride to Work, the non-profit organization that coordinates this annual event. On Ride to Work Day a much higher number of America’s 8,000,000

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Businesses Urge U.S. Senate to Pass Great American Outdoors Act

More than 100 outdoor businesses, from Fortune 500 companies to mom and pop shops, including specialty retailers, gear and vehicle manufacturers, outfitters, campground and marina operators, and more sent a letter to Senate leadership urging swift passage of the Great American Outdoors Act to stimulate the outdoor recreation industry and provide safe and sustainable recreation access and infrastructure for

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Harley-Davidson Black Rebel Is a Full Custom Thunderbike

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com As one of the largest Harley-Davidson garages on the European continent, Thunderbike has a long list of custom parts at the ready for any build that is required of them. And with 20 years of customizing Harleys behind them, the Germans are not playing around. Usually Thunderbike builds come to

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Honda hit with cyberattack, US production paused at some plants

by Sean Szymkowski from https://www.cnet.com/ US plant operations still remain offline in Ohio. As Honda continues to ramp up production following an extended shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Japanese automaker faced a new setback on Monday. Bloomberg first reported the automaker was the target of a cyberattack of some sort, which

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Bikernet History Lesson from the Clutch Master

Ben tells the history of the Harley Big Twin Clutch By Ben Kudon from American Prime It all started in 1903 or there abouts… The motor company went through a number of changes over the years with the way they transferred the power from the motor/transmission to the rear wheel. Now, this clutch may have

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Vagabund 07 The Whale Is All About the Fuel Tank

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Because of the way in which motorcycles are made, the fuel tank is one of the main elements that can be customized to relay the most important message of a build: uniqueness. And in the case of this bike, that message is definitely heard. The motorcycle in the gallery above

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Harley-Davidson Silverforce Is the FXDR Milwaukee Never Imagined

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Try as you might, there are slim chances you’ll find something in the long list of Harley motorcycle models that’s not customizable. No matter the class, model or variant of the bike, a shop somewhere more than likely has a thing or two in mind that could change the stock

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5-BALL INC. AND BIKERNET UNDER ATTACK

It’s terrible, first the Covid and lock-down, then the rioting surrounded the 5-Ball Inc. corporate headquarters and the Bikernet Intergalactic Nerve Center across the street from the Port of Los Angeles. They hit downtown LA and Long Beach hard. While some members hid under their beds, the Redhead and I snuck out of the

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Bikernet History Lesson from the Clutch Master

It all started in 1903 or there abouts…The motor company went through a number of changes over the years with the way they transferred the power from the motor/transmission to the rear wheel. The one most commonly known looks like this: Now, this clutch may have been the bad ass doohickey in the day, (and

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Harley-Davidson Razorback Is a Sharp, Low and Loud Breakout

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Harley-Davidson describes its Breakout model as a “muscular modern chopper with pure stop you in your tracks attitude” and by all accounts they are right. But as is the case with most Harleys, the Breakout too can be much more than what stock has to offer. Usually coming to the

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Bikers for Trump head to Minneapolis to help out with clean-up

The last few days have been rough — on top of the already difficult times we’re all still dealing with due to the coronavirus crisis. I’m sure you were just as saddened, frustrated and angry about the mayhem, destruction and violence that broke out in Minneapolis — but it’s time to shake off the shock

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Mechanics with good eyesight bring motorcycles for me to fix – Abugu, blind mechanic

from https://thecitizenng.com/ Mr Emeka Abugu is a blind mechanic who specialises in fixing motorcycles and generators. He discloses in his workshop in Aji, Umu-Ida in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, how he lost his sight and learnt to fix motorcycles and other things. Excerpts: How did you become visually impaired? I

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Top Gun-Inspired Federal Moto FED-016 “Danger Zone” Isn’t Your Average Kawasaki

by Mircea Panait from https://www.autoevolution.com Back in April, news broke out about Top Gun: Maverick. One of the most anticipated movies of 2020 has been pushed back to December 23rd instead of June 24th, morphing from a summer blockbuster to a Christmas blockbuster. As opposed to the lovely GPZ900R from the 1986 original, Tom Cruise

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Harley-Davidson Grand Prix 2 Makes Big Gold Wheels Great Again

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Whereas American custom motorcycle garages have a thing for choppers, with their extended front ends and lowered rear suspension, elsewhere in the world the focus is on something else: massive, intricately-designed wheels, fitted on custom frames that ride so low they almost touch the ground. One of the largest custom

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Harley-Davidson Iron 883 review: Head for the sunset

by Fraser Addecott from https://www.mirror.co.uk/ Fraser says the iconic American brand’s ‘smaller’ V-twin Sportsters are the perfect entry-level way in to the wonderful world of Harley-Davidson I will confess straightaway that I have a bit of a soft spot for Harley-Davidson’s Sportsters and, in particular, the Iron 883. Years ago, back when global pandemics were

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Kawasaki Z900 review: You don’t have to get your kit off and start a fight to like it

by Geoff Hill from https://www.mirror.co.uk It may be an evolution rather than a revolution, but the latest version of this popular naked streetfighter looks good and is tons of fun, with a great engine and a very attractive price tag Question: A naked streetfighter is a) A football fan after the bars shut in a

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Pandemonium Bikernet Weekly News for June 4, 2020

It’s Nuts with News from all the Wheels ANOTHER CRAZY DAY IN PARADISE—Nothing makes any sense, but there you have it. It’s all going to be so interesting as the country comes to grips with what’s going on in the streets. Do you want law and order or pandemonium? I need to start working on

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Harley-Davidson Country Cruiser Comes with Two Rear Wheels

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com The European custom motorcycle industry is not even close in terms of size and reach as that in the U.S. but that doesn’t mean there aren’t shops on the continent that strive to keep this segment populated with constant new builds. German Thunderbike is one such shop, and this here

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Honda CG Pop Trio Make Up a Crazy Art Statement, Honor BMX

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Back in the 1970s, an extreme bicycle-based sport called BMX started to take hold. In a way short for bicycle motocross, the sport came to be once bicycle riders got a taste of motocross tracks, and the world saw the potential of properly-built two-wheelers and a talented rider. BMX was

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The Ducati 999 Isn’t Pretty, But You May Get This Superbike On the Cheap

by Mircea Panait from https://www.autoevolution.com With 17 manufacturer titles since the Superbike World Championship rolled out in 1988, Ducati is the undisputed leader of the two-wheeled series. Kawasaki, Honda, and Aprilia trail behind the Italian manufacturer with 5, 4, and 4 titles, respectively. The 999 is one of those championship-winning superbikes, taking the overall victory

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PANDEMONIUM BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for June 4, 2020

Hey, Michael Smith posted this on facebook yesterday:When I served in the Army, my life was in the hands of black, brown, red, yellow and white toned people. We were friends, we were combatants, we were Soldiers, and we had each others’ 6 when the hammer slammed the anvil. We trained, we sweated, and we

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Harley-Davidson Laguna Seca Pays Tribute to a Race Track It Would Look Great On

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com Tribute motorcycles are a dime a dozen in the custom industry. Most of the time, though, these builds like to honor older self-propelled machines, be they two- or four-wheeled, but that’s not the case with the bike in the gallery below. This is another creation of German custom Harley garage

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Vagabund V12 BMW R100 RT May Looks Like a Monster, But It’s Fully Street Legal

by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com The now defunct BMW R100 line, debuted by German bike maker BMW in 1976, went down in history as the last line of the air-cooled airheads produced by the Bavarians. While on the market, the family included a wide variety of models, and enough of them were made over the

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