Headin’ for the Party and Keepin’ it Original….’40s police bike came rumbling in with sirens blaring… Four years ago two Los Angeles area bike freaks, Mike Davis and Grant Peterson, decided they weren’t happy with the general type of motorcycle rallies they were experiencing in Southern California. They weren’t into only seeing bling-bikes costing $50,000 […]
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Hang onto your asses. This is going to rock your boat, or your solo seat springs. We are building a bike just for you. That’s right. A Cycle Source or Bikernet reader will own this one-off custom at the end of this year. No, I’m not kidding. This world-class team of builders, lead by Prince
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Hey, I mentioned events in the news. It’s nuts, and wonderful all at the same time. We’ve got projects running in every direction, but if we tried to make it to every event, we’d never complete anything. Thankfully, the Bikernet Team is growing, so the old man can stay in the shop, while the young
EVENT RIDDLED SUNDAY POST FOR APRIL 15, 2012 Read More »
NEW TWIN CAM HEAD COOLER FROM JIMS– Introducing the new patent pending JIMS ForceFlow Cylinder Head Cooler. Whether you are running a big inch performance engine or rolling stock in traffic on a hot summer day, your air cooled engine will heat up. Excessive heat and operating temperature can be an engines worst enemy. The
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RIVERA PRIMO’s TOP GUN kit is made for ultimate performance and drivability on larger motors where gobs of torque and horsepower are the goal! Mikuni’s legendary track record for producing fuel systems that are unparalleled in delivering economic fuel consumption while providing top performance in a streetable carb, even work great on smaller performance motors.
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Here’s a link to the last chapter: http://www.bikernet.com/pages/Mudflap_Girl_FXRs_Part_8_Wiring_World.aspx What a year, and we’re cranking on so many two-wheeled fronts. Both Mudflap Girl bikes are running and one is in the wind, but I’d better back up. You’re going to love this tech, and the ending. I took the Mudflap Girl bike to Saddlemen during the
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Tail Gunner here. This month I decided to give the old ’03 Softail a little more top end. After extensive research, I decided the most economical way to go was just swap out the transmission pulley. The stock final drive ratio for my 2003 FLSTC is 32/70 (32-tooth primary pulley) and 70-tooth rear belt pulley.
Tail Gunner 34-Tooth Final Drive Pulley Install Tech Read More »
Hey, Every week changes. It’s amazing. It’s also amazing how hard folks work, and how many activities fill every week. Hell, just in our chromed cottage industry, the calendar is packed weekly. Just off the top of my head, Roland Sands is hosting a public open house at his new facility on Saturday. Next week
PRE-LAUGHLIN THURSDAY NEWS FOR APRIL 12, 2012 Read More »
Natch, I was intrigued when I saw the cover for the new Baker Calendar. Any excuse to grab some shot of girls and motorcycles for Bikernet. It’s my job. I reached out to Trish, the tattooed Baker marketing queen. “There’s just one shot of a girl on our calendar,” Trish said. “We devoted the entire
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Here’s one of those products that I think is a great idea ifit’s done right. Motorcycle Armor is “armor” for your bike thatprotects the paint from scratches, scuffs, rock chips, and bug smashes that areinevitable over time The folks behind Motorcycle Armor have gone the extra mileto ensure that their paint-protecting film stays on and
Product Review: Motorcycle Armor Paint Protector Read More »
Happy Easter Goddammit, Where are the eggs? It’s interesting living down at the harbor away from any residential merriment. When a holiday arrives the only indication is the lack of traffic, trucks and folks. The place is vacant for a day. So no sign of Easter Eggs, or rabbits. Although, the dogs have been killing
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Happy Easter Goddammit, Where are the eggs? It’s interesting living down at the harbor away from any residential merriment. When a holiday arrives the only indication is the lack of traffic, trucks and folks. The place is vacant for a day. So no sign of Easter Eggs, or rabbits. Although, the dogs have been killing baby
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Editor’s Note: Ray left this chapter out, but it’s a helluva story about the final run on his Dyna Glide. He rode this hot rod for 175,000 and into two records at Bonneville: We’re seriously backing up for this installment. Ya see, before we tore into my Dyna hot rod, the men at Hardtailz, San
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Hey, We received a call this morning at the crack of dawn. “The mudflap girl is ready to ride,” Buster Cates, from Saddlemen, said and hung up. The Saddlemen crew go to work at 6:30 in the morning to 3:30. What terrific hours, except for folks who don’t crawl out of the sack until 8:00.
Mudflap Girl Thursday News for April 5, 2012 Read More »
And yes, it’s licensed for the road! At the recent 63rd annual National Roadster Show held near Los Angeles, the premiere custom car show in the U.S., two wheels nearly outshone all the four wheelers. It was a pair of motorcycles that went by the name “Nitemare,” a twist on the spelling of the word
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What is it about this motorcycle, or maybe it was 2010, a year from hell? No, it had to be the motorcycle. There was nothing wrong with the calendar year. We actually started building the Bonne Belle 45-inch flathead in 2006, after I made a snowbound run to Salt lake to buy this basket case.
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Hey, As you know attitude is everything. You can be poor with a damn good outlook on life, and you can be a rich SOB, and be as miserable as a death row inmate. So today, I’m poor with positive mind-set. This weekend I came to grips with my daunting shop project list. Tomorrow, I
Spring Is Sprung Sunday Post for April 1, 2012 Read More »
The air was crisp that early spring morning, but the sun was shining brightly and heralding a fine day for riding. The promise of clear skies made it easier to don the leathers and head out with no particular destination in mind. I chose the life of the nomad years ago, so an-other day in
Girl of Bikernet, by the Lake Read More »
Hey, Could it be that all the elements are coming together? The absolutely stimulating aspect of any website is the transparency element. There’s nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. I dislike government catch words, like Transparency, especially when they’re abused, but we won’t go there. Transparency fits perfectly with the web. If you say
Mega Million Dollar Thursday News for March 29, 2012 Read More »
We were recently called into the vast Metalsport Wheels conference room in the complex of businesses owned by Ron Loynds. I reached out to shake his hand and he pulled back. “We’ve got a mission,” Ron said. “Besides I have a cold.” I immediately moved to the other end of the polished oak conference table.
Bikernet Discovery–the Definition of 3D Wheels Read More »
Ray and I are planning to attend the Bub Motorcycle Speed Trials in Bonneville this coming September with two motorcycles. Ray rode his touring 2004 Dyna Glide for 50,000 miles and rode from San Jose to Bonneville in 2009 and set two records with saddlebags on his bike. Then he got serious and added a
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Hey, It’s supposed to be raining cats and dogs on the coast today, but last night we worked on the good Doctor’s dresser. He faced starting issues, and Dr. Willie came to our rescue. I didn’t have the JIMS clutch puller he had. We ran smack dab into the center of Evo heaven. We tinkered
Wet Sunday Post for March 25, 2012 Read More »
The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame boasts a collection of nearly 100 motorcycles dating back to 1909. Some of the collection is extremely rare. Other bikes are really quite common. The vast majority of the bikes on display here fall somewhere in the middle. This little Triumph Tina is one of those. While
Sturgis Museum Find of the Month, March 2012 Read More »
It’s hard to say where the cotton actually came from, but suffice it to say that the quality was excellent. It was woven into a rich piece of material and dyed black. The material was selected by a very astute and discriminating buyer looking for only the best to represent their brand. The purchase included
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