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Hey Bandit, what the hell is going on? I get to Daytona and call the office to find out the phone number's been changed. Okay, so then I call the new number and it doesn't work. Are you trying to avoid me . . . again. Then, on top of that, you move the headquarters […]

All right asshole, I’ll get you for this . . . mild winter, my ass. It was damn cold in Cincinnati. I don’t know how you ever talked me into going to the V-Twin Expo. Oh yeah, you said something about me getting to visit my Mom while I was on that side of the

This is the first of a series or Bikernet reports on Bike Week 2004 in Daytona. Hang on. Frank Kaisler is handling the best custom bikes and hottest babes. Rogue is handling the inside scoop and the not-so-hot broads. Jose will cover the old school aspects and even more girls. And Crazy Horse didn't make

Photo by Jim RussiWe are all starving for something in our lives that’s risky and different. Some of us are lucky enough to witness a single moment in time that captures this very sentiment. Recently, select bikers witnessed a perfect marriage of innovation and living legend located in paradise. On February 15, 2004 the Discovery

I wanted to share some images of the cuties who crawled out from behind Texas desert cactus and partied at Halloween bike night. First one I saw upon my tire-burning arrival was the Girl Scout. She is a manager at Jack's (picture does not do her justice!). What's that in her right hand? See I

Hey Guy's, here’s some pics from the Big Island, for the Labor Day Run 2004. It was amuch needed vacation. Sound’s funny that just going to another island soclose would be a vacation from Oahu, but to get away from work which hasbeen crazy lately, all the stress from the 2nd Annual Choppers Only show

A DEVILISH PARTY– Lucky Devil's “Polish Your Pipes” Bike Wash & Bar-B-Que.The fine folks at Lucky Devil Metal Works decided to have a party to celebrate their participation in the upcoming “Big Texas Chop-Off” taking place at the Fort Worth Speedway the weekend of September 17th through the 19th. Not having a massive advertising budget

Hawaii was calling… not the thought of lazing under a palm tree on a sandy beach drinking Margaritas with beautiful Hula girls dancing and the setting sun a fireball in the distance. No, it was the 4th July – 2nd annual “Choppers Only Show” the promise of checking out the choppers, some ol' school, some

Not many artists can say that their art makes you feel as though you're in the picture, but David Mann’s art is the bikers' prime example. For over 30 years David Mann shared his motorcycle art with the custom bike world. If you looked at one of his pictures, you could imagine the wind in

My decision to make the journey to the SMSO V was last moment to say the least, once decided, I was worse then a 6-year-old waiting on his first trip to Disneyland! Is it time to go yet Are we there yet? Bradley Da Polisher has represented our great state with honor in previous years,

It all started five years ago with 400 die hard chopper freaks, and Edge, a straight shooting fulltime military man, who loves old school choppers. “We wanted an event that would not be flooded by billet barge riding R.U.B.'s sporting more money than taste parading around in their brandy new “Officially Licensed Motor Clothes” posing

There's nothing like a good old NYC block party to launch the riding season. Seeing old friends, meeting new ones, checking out the hot new rides and the hotter ladies pumps the bike building blood–not to mention the buzz from a few cocktails and exchanging tall tales. That's fab Kevin on the left and Indian

Since relocating into our new digs, we've questioned every move, every nail driven and dollar spent. It's a big project and the budgeted cash is slipping out the door, under the rug and through the rusting shutters, quick. As Laughlin approached we considered our fleeting options. We could get gouged by Dalcon promoters and hotels

The rapidly growing reunion is sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans of Brevard County, Florida. It's currently the largest grassroots reunion in the nation. It kicked off an a warm Florida sunny Sunday with a motorcycle escort. Over 2,000 riders met at the Moving Wall, which is the 4/5th scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

I attended a benefit for a young man who was wounded in Iraq. PFC Alan Babin is a combat medic with the HHC 1/325 82nd Air. PFC Babin was critically wounded on March 31, 2003 while attempting to render aid to a wounded soldier. As units moved across a bridge over the Euphrates River, a

I just returned from hanging in Dallas for the weekend. I was there for some photo shoots; the folks at Lucky Devil Metal Works had two bikes photographed for national magazines. I arrived in Dallas a few hours before the Houston crew and made my way over to Strokers to hang out. I took some

Click to see more from Lucky Devil The Big Texas Chop-Off kicked off with a number of selected shops being asked if they would rival in a bike building competition. The rules: the bike must be totally new, never before seen, and if any image accidentally makes its way to the press you are S.O.L.!

Ten years ago I took a bike trip to the Florida Keys. At the time, I was a very young 34 years old. I say young, because when you think you know it all and feel jaded and worldly, you're young, emotionally young. I think I grew up too fast. Trying to capture some of

When you shoot the bull about attending a motorcycle show, images of cool bikes, hot babes and rows of vendors come to mind. This show had all that, but the key word was CCI dealer. The Custom Chrome facility located in beautiful Morgan Hill, California hosted its annual dealer show, October 8th thru the 10th,

I was sent to cover the 30th Annual ABATE of Kansas National Labor Day Run, held at Paradise Point, Lake Perry, Kansas. “It was one of the largest so far, with a count of 4,000 and still counting,” President, Lucky Bass told me at a later phone interview. “We think it was almost perfect, the

As an old crusty butted die-hard rider, I've done Laconia, Daytona and Sturgis and just about every major event in between to death. Been there, done that, got the tattoos. You see the same goddamn bikes and the same faces at every major event here in the states. This year I promised Bandit that I

Editor’s note:The following is a story sent to us by the evasive Special Agent Zebra from somewhere deep in moneyed bowels of Las Vegas. He has not been seen or heard from for three weeks since his last communiqué. This outlandish tale is further supported by faxes and telegrams and an $18,994.85 hotel bill (generated

First of all, the legendary Mid-Ohio AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days event takes place just south of Cleveland. The track is in the middle of nowhere, and it’s July. But despite sweltering temperatures and humidity that would knock-out the Swamp Thing, the annual Mid-Ohio AMA sponsored swap meet, bike show and vintage races attracted fans from

The Start There are times in your life that you have to sit back and evaluate who you are and what you have done. Some may say it is vanity, others call it planning ahead, but I always try to make goals for my life and meet them head on. I haven't reached every goal