Cool Bikes, Sizzling Babes, Cold Beer and Hot Tattoos – All were at this year's 1st Annual Rick Fairless Bike Show. The weather has been crazy this year in Texas, with winter one day and spring the next, but Mother Nature smiled on the tie-dyed one. She provided Rick with blue skies and temperatures in […]
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Republic Harley Davidson of Stafford, Texas, collaborated with Vindicta-VRA to launch an annual V-Rod based hot rod/custom bike show at their premier dealership. The event was originally rained out, so we were extremely pleased with the turnout a week later. Several hundred people showed up at the dealership for bikes, barbeque, and fun. Dealer shows
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Right from the start, I knew I liked Alystar McKenneh. When we met at the Easyrider V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati, I knew I had finally met a woman who rides like I do on a regular basis. As she was telling me of her upcoming quest, at first, I was jealous that I couldn’t do
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Who says life in California’s Delta region isn’t fun, sophisticated, and even suave? Proof of all that and more could be found on Saturday down at Isleton Joe’s restaurant and bar, where bikers, fishermen, locals, young, old, and in-betweens piled in for the 2010 SPAM Run and cook off. Yes, SPAM that mystery meat –
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SUPREME COMMANDERS NOTE:We're kicking this off with some 2006 techs. They will give you the history of the Bonne Belle and bring you up to date on this climb to the top of the salt mountain. Hang on. We’re working like mad dogs to create a roller while Lee and the crew from Departure Bike
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Here’s a strange one. I received an e-mail inviting the Bikernet.com Staff to a private screening of The World’s Fastest Indian movie. I missed the first one, with the cast, including Anthony Hopkins and all the motorcycle press. I grew up in Los Angeles. I have a burr in my boot for watching folks, press,
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Me, Gevin, Qian, Desiree, Jane & CarlanaOf all of the spectacular places I have been, the faces and sights I have seen, by and large nothing really compares to being in the space and presence of a wild animal. You can look at animals in pictures, and watch them on television and appreciate their beauty.
The meaning of 'Bike Week' has been defined by the big one over in Florida, same goes for what people seem to expect from anything that carries it in its name. Have you ever noticed that things by a similar name may never the less be very different wherever you go? True, Arizona Bike Week
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Here's a compelling story about a jewel of a motorcycle, a lifetime career of restorations, inheritance and the antique motorcycle blues. So where do I start? I discussed antique motorcycle collections with some restoration nut cases recently and they pointed to three recently discarded collections. Each collector's dream became only a dollar sign to family
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This is an interesting one, out of Southern California. He’s a builder who has focused, for the last eight years, at bringing out the very best in stock bikes. Bogart is a Sr. Designer for AT&T, which means he designs a good deal of the company’s advertising–that’s substantial. Bogart’s first Fatboy. He rode bikes most
Looking at my computer screen this morning seems to require more effort than ever before. My life has been turned upside down with job craziness, bike-breakdowns, new-car fever, bitching wife, and ranting editor. It seems every direction I turn is prepping me for a smack in the mouth and the only thing I can do
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The Beast in all it’s glory. This bike started life as a stock Road King. This Road King project started out innocently enough; it was one hell of a nice day and I was working in the shop with the roll up door open when a guy pulled up on a bone stock ‘04 Road
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We received this brief feature from Alexey Mikushev from Russia. He doesn’t speak English, so had to rely on computer translator software, which is crude as best. Here’s a tad about the man nicknamed Simpson and his wild engraved bike. I’m sure we’ll hear and see more about his bikes in the future. He obviously
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Editor’s Note: This is a mystery sled. As you will see it has function, heritage and obscurity. This story was written by Bill Stermer, in 2004, for some unknown magazine and we can’t find the owner, who once resided in the same port town as Bikernet.com, Wilmington, CA. Just a few blocks away he threatened
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We recently discovered a wonderful connection to the European custom bike scene, Ela Dutch. She’s a photographer and roams all over the world sending us features on some of the finest bikes on the planet. We graciously thank her for her immense support. Here’s the latest, a Netherlands bike and a babe plastered to the
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The Retro-Modern Cyril Huze Tribut Bike started out life as a 2006 FXST Softail Standard. I took the bike apart completely. I sent the frame, swing arm, oil tank, fenders, gas tank and other pieces out to be stripped of everything. Then, they go to the polishers for polishing, and then to the plater for
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I first became aware of this bike’s existence one late afternoon in January of 2006. My good riding buddy, Jerry Gray, called on a Saturday morning asking if I would take a ride with him. I’ll ride anywhere, with almost anyone, at a drop of a hat; but when Jerry calls…I don’t even ask “where
Christian Dotson holding the trophy he won in Hollister, 2007.I remember sitting in front of my computer perplexed by the strange and mysterious motorcycle that had appeared on my computer’s 19” flat screen. Beautiful, clean, yet very strange. ”Swingshot”. The first bike ever built by Dotson Design. The picture was followed by a small excerpt
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I’ll give the boss a break since young Derek Pauletto, of Trillion Industries, out of Calgary, is such a tech head. We spent a half-hour discussing Plasma cutters and TIG welding before we shifted to his Rovad, one-off motorcycle. The name came from the owner, although he’s not sure he liked Derek’s choice. It’s the
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I think she’s got you beat on form, beauty, and for God’s sake, tan! Not long before I started this bike project I was talking with a friend about what a Frisco style chopper was. That got me thinking about back when I was growing up in the bay area. Growing up in Oakland and
This is a rare opportunity. Ralph Randolph of Ralph Randolph Designs and Knockout Motorcycle Company is a friend and a brother, so I can write this article straight up, no bullshit, reporting style. I don’t know what I’m saying, but Ralph is one of those rare individuals you can speak to comfortably and know he
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”What the hell?” I shouted. “Watch your mouth,” Dorothy “Troll” Marino, barked from the back of the shop. A hush fell over the 1,600 square foot facility, and I immediately knew who was boss and Grandma to 16 Trolls. From that point on I spoke with deep respect and admiration. I’ll try to explain. I’ve
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This is the rear of the bike Mr. Boxell built in his garage. He used a mille, lathe, and a welder. While Bandit is off in Australia humping Kangaroos, I am getting bombarded with rampant e-mails and incessant death threats. Here’s one small example: Dear sir, Bandit is ten times the writer you are. How
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I unfold my best English. Lucky enough the young Belgian understands me. We’re in the middle of Belgium’s nowhere on a dusty large cattle-farm far away from towns and villages. I ask him if we could shoot a bike and a girl on his grounds as location. He looks a little puzzled because I’m all
