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…. Patiently waiting for traction ???? 2014 & 2015 …. Remarkable years in many ways. …. 2014 ….Lands end with Sam Wheeler …. 2014 ….August …Destination Bonneville …. Your 5-Ball Racing Team arrived on the salt prepared for the run of a lifetime. Suited up and rolled to the International Long Course, staged for the

Hey, I don’t know about you, but this holiday season seems to be slipping rapidly past. What the hell is happening? Maybe it’s all the social media distractions, or 500 TV channels, Terrorists and world upheaval, the 2016 elections, too many events, or who knows? Hell, this weekend the Mooneyes Xmas party rocks SoCal, and

Last night, Victory Motorcycles revealed the final installment in their 1200cc concept series with the Combustion. Powered by the production version of the engine that made its debut last month at EICMA in Milan, the Combustion is the work of Zach Ness. The Combustion will be on display at Victory booth at the IMS show

Kuryakyn has another new weapon in the battle against wind buffeting. The Lower Triple Tree Wind Deflector for ’14-later Harley-Davidson Touring models redirects airflow passing between the forks downward to reduce turbulence and noise levels behind the fairing. Sturdy stamped steel construction in chrome or satin black finishes delivers a clean and functional addition to

This story is about two young upstarts in the motorcycle industry. They didn’t stumble into each other until the evil Bikernet.com web site tossed them together in a Port of Los Angeles ghetto, but we can’t go there. Actually, Imogen, who runs the Great Frog wild skull jewelry outlet on Melrose in Hollywood, was first

After travelling more than 53,000 miles across the country in one year, motorcyclist Danell Lynn has completed her Guinness World Record-breaking attempt on Avon tires. When she set out on her 2006 Triumph Bonneville for a trip she dubbed, “One Woman, One Bike, One Year” on Sept. 19, 2014, Lynn knew this would be a

At the 2015 Motorcycle Riders Foundation’s (MRF) 31st Meeting of the Minds Conference held in September in Milwaukee, WI, a Legislative Strategy Session was hosted by the MRF’s Legislative Committee. As has been done for the past several years, the MRF requested that it be attended by Sustaining State Motorcyclists’ Rights Organizations (SSMRO) Legislative and/or

Incredible. This is the shortest tech in history and partially because of the new product. Batteries are dirty, grubby, heavy, nasty bastard and they throw spark when you least expect it. About ten years ago, the whole battery acid nastiness disappeared with sealed batteries, a major step in the right direction. They kept improving and

The 2016 Klock Werks calendar calls attention to Klock Werks’ “Understand the Difference” campaign and utilizes photos of kustom motorcycles owned by friends, family, and even employees at Klock Werks. Doyle Thompson’s HD Road Glide, “Panel Wagon”, is featured for January, and Laura Klock’s Indian Chieftain, “Big Chief #297”, is the spread for March. Dan

The Bikernet Elves have done it again! Bikernet’s second annual Holiday Shopping Guide is a wish list for the motorcycle enthusiast and a gold mine of gift ideas for your loved ones. The Bikernet Holiday Guide. You will find in this special section a selection of gift idea for you and for your riding friends. You

For most of the last two decades, the Hells Angels motorcycle club in California has been a major sponsor of a Christmas charity for needy children. Over Thanksgiving weekend, one intrepid Reddit user witnessed the angels purchasing a California Walmart’s entire stock of children’s bicycles. The 200+ plus bikes will go straight to the Poverello

From AMA Congress passed a five-year $305 billion highway bill Dec. 3 that includes several big wins for motorcyclists. “Some of these issues — such as motorcycle-only checkpoints and recreational trails funding — are ones we have been battling for several years, and it is a major victory to get language in the highway bill