Gypsy fitting rear fender. Watch those fingers between the tire! When Gypsy Charros the female bike builder out of Houston Texas was informed by the Discovery Channel that she had been selected to be the first female to compete in their Biker Build Off she was more than happy. Not only was she to be […]
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This story will curl your toes. It’s basically about a couple of hardworking bikers who own a shop in a small industrial strip in Orange County, California. They aren’t television stars, but they are hardworking tough sonsabitches with tons of talent and dreams. There’s one other steel driving aspect to this story. They both faced
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I was sitting at the dinner table unveiling my plan to my wife. Usually, this tactic ends with her screaming and hollering about me being a horrible and selfish bastard who never listens to her. I don’t really remember what she calls me, as I don’t really listen to her. (Only when you are screaming
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Madmen riders and writes brave enough to take the Saxon assembly line tour.I woke up this morning with the head of my girlfriend’s dog (I called it the rat dog, it was so small), pinned to the pillow beside my head with a note. Remember last summer, Mofo, the Saxon ride to the desert. You
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Bikernet readers here is an SPS update with all oftheir newest products. Sucker Punch Sally’s, locatedin Cincinnati, Ohio has been in the bike business forgenerations. Donny Loos and Jeff Cochran both comefrom a long line of old school bike builders, and thereis no chance you will ever see them riding some billetbarge. Jeff and Donny
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Monster Garage and its iconic smart ass white boy host, Jesse James, surprised even the crustiest of old school boys and girls with their 50th episode. Dedicated to “his roots” the show remained entertaining because of tribute and great building ideas. Jesse has risen to his garage space age status from his own ingenuity, the
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Have you ever leaned against a bar during a major event? The ride's one thing, the event another. I bellied up to a local bar and spoke to a veteran Florida resident and Daytona correspondent, Rogue, for Bike Week advice. He rode to Daytona in the '70's snorted angel dust and never left. “Bike Week
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John Covington has been in the custom manufactured motorcycle business since Don Bitman started the trend with the Illusion Motorcycle Line. He is a devoted performance minded builder from the Phoenix area. We caught up with him at closing time in a Scottsdale biker joint called the Billet Bar and quizzed him on the condition
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If it weren’t for the precision parts that came from Joker Machine, Bandit would still be in the leaning Bikernet garage trying to make forward controls from old rods and wrist pins for the Blue Flame. Bandit ran into Geoff, Joker’s general manager, at the Indianapolis dealer expo, where Geoff reminded the old guy of
