With the complexity of factory OEM fuel injection systems, Custom Chrome in partnership with Techlusion felt it was important to provide owners with a product that is easy to operate, install and understand while not upsetting the stock fuel curve, or timing. This new DFO Box (Digital Fuel Optimizer) is just that animal. By attaching […]
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Bandit uses only one type of risers on his bikes. At least that’s been his M.O. for the last 15 years. “I like the kick back to the bars without a pullback and the vibration isolation.” he said recently. Ya see, Custom Cycle Engineering has been building old-style dogbone risers for glides for some twenty
I was sitting at my desk the other day pondering the woes of the world and, at the same time, wondering just how much crap I could stuff into my garbage can before the trash company would refuse to empty it when the phone rang. It was George Smith from S&S Cycle calling in the
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DISCOVERED IN THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EASYRIDERS MAGAZINE, ORIGINALLY FROM AN ISSUE PUBLISHED IN 1973–This poem was written my Renegade, when he was just an angry kid in his 20s on the staff with Bandit. A BROTHER LOST A Brother is lost His soul no more to his body bound Death was the cost His
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“When I die I want to meet God and say, what the hell were you thinking, like what were you thinking?”—Indian Larry “Hold on to yourself Bartlett, you’re twenty feet short.”—Steve McQueen …from the movie THE GREAT ESCAPE “…I’ll be right out…Nice coat…”—Marv…a.k.a. Mickey Rourke…from the movie SIN CITY “If I had to describe him,
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Click here for: Mudflap Girl Part 2, the Bandit Engine and Spitfire update It’s May 23, 2011, about two months before we roll out to the Badlands. Every year takes on a different character. It’s sorta like the new kid on the block. We never know exactly the direction this kid it going to
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The Harley Softail ® debuted in 1984… and seemed destined for a historic run. For the first time, H-D aficionados could have the rigid look without the rigid feel…or so it was advertised. As we all know, Harley has built countless models off of this product line and has made as much money
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Hey, This is going to be a wild Memorial Day Thursday News. All sorts of good info. A local kid, Buster Cates, bought the Amazing Shrunken FXR and it’s being delivered back home today by Keyboards shipping. If you need a bike shipped anywhere, give them a call. Next, we found the best possible home
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There we were, enjoying the completed restoration of a 1948 61-inch Panhead when Jesse James said, “Why don’t you run these?” “Run what?” I asked. “These cobbled-together, dual-carbed heads,” he muttered, setting them on the bench. I looked at them with the intrigue of a man who can’t ever leave anything alone. They were 40
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This is a quirky series based on no facts or guidlines besides, “some filtration is better than nothin’.” When we rebuilt the top end of this 61-inch ’48 EL, we added two beautifully finished, hand built/altered Panheads that accept two polished 42 mm Mikuni carburetors. We didn’t know what the hell we were going to
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is very excited to be celebrating its 10th Anniversary on June 1, 2011. In its relatively short history, the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum has grown to be a world-class museum with a collection of nearly 100 motorcycles and an impressive array of memorabilia associated with motorcycling and with
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Editor’s note: While slavering over a brother’s new sports car, Rodan took me aside. “Did you know about Studebaker motorcycles.” “No,” I said, “didn’t know they built bikes.” “I’ve got the story,” Rodan said. And of course I had to get my hands on it for Cantina members. Plus, here’s a brief history of Studebaker
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If you ride a motorcycle, you have a relationship with a machine.Your motorcycle will bring you years of joy and satisfaction if youhave a positive relationship. Just like the association with yourspouse, kids or buddies; the amount of energy you put into yourmechanical connection with your motorcycle directly correlates withyour level of enjoyment. If you
Hey, Last week we made a mad dash from the Bay area to Los Angeles with Quail lodge images and antique motorcycles. This week we stumbled into more historic discoveries, and attended the Roland Sands Design headquarters grand opening. Plus, just after I finish the news I will roll to Jim Murillo’s Triumph motorcycle storage
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Incredible. It’s been 15 years since we kicked off Bikernet.com. I had the audacity to believe someone might be interested in this history of an eternal search for freedom, the illustrious custom motorcycle holy grail, and the perfect woman. And since we had so many variations of our George Fleming-induced, 15th anniversary logo effort, I
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He started engraving in 1980, after one of his partners, Hells AngelKenny Baker, told him to hang up the standard scroll style of engravingfor the tattoo kind of work, which he has since become well known for.C.J. was rumored to say, “Ya don’t have flowers and doilies tattooed allover yer body, so why the hell
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Hey, We are making progress in the shop. I picked up my engine yesterday, after Eric Bennett, of Bennett’s Performance, in Long Beach, installed my Branch O’Keefe ported and polished heads, new Andrews cam, and put my stock Evo engine back together. I brought it home in the Hearse, and I’ll have another Mudflap Girl
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Sponsored By Here, the rear wheel is slipped into place, and the axel slipped through. Atlas set this frame up to fit perfectwith the 5.5″ rim. No additional spacers were needed to put the entire system together with the exception of a washerthat was procured at the local hardware store. I’ve been told by some
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Sponsored By Here’s another shot at the front with the brakes mounted on both sides. Mounting the front fender is a snap. Four bolts, four nuts. But – remember, you want to mock this stuff up BEFOREyou paint and powder coat. If you don’t, Murphy’s law says you’ll have to grind something afterwards….
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Sponsored By So – here it is so far. At this point, it looks like a real motorcycle. Still missing the tail light, the head light,the belt drive cover, and some other misc. shit… But it’s close. Now for the cool factor. The guys over at Joker Machine are some good friends of
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Bandit gave me this assignment a week ago, after a three-daydrunk. I was just comin’ around and, as usual, was on my last financialleg when someone dragged me out from under the work bench and said, “Ifyou want money to eat, here’s your assignment.” It was this tallOriental bookkeeper with big tits and a smile
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Sponsored By Well, now the holidays are over and I’ve caught up on all the other winter projects, sold the convertible, and put up enough copy to keep Bikernet readers happy for at least another week, it’s time to get back into the rigid project. Although the engine from Custom Chrome came with an ignition
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Sponsored By The old module was removed from the timing cover to expose what you see below. The new Crane module was then put in place as shown. You’ll notice that this ignition system has the module located right on the timing sensor pickup. This is a littledifferent from the OEM setup
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