Books, Movies & Music Reviews

So, a handful of us got together Sunday night for cocktails, and to review several motorcycle related films, from Sturgis Parties to this 1.5-hour flick from Gaurav Jani in India. His solo production called Riding Solo to the Top of the World immediately hit us as an ego trip for a guy to ride solo […]

This is the third cult motorcycle film from Scott Di Lalla & Zack Coffman. They produced the first two Sinners Movies and Rico still cringes from embarrassment, when I bring 'em up. “I'm not the boss,” Rico said. He's sorta portrayed as the Sinner leader. But like Bruce Brown surfing movies from the '60s these

“Biker media” takes many forms; from the “infiltration books” to movies (good and horrible) to the documentaries that are so popular on the cable stations (again, both good and God-awful) and other various manifestations of how artists, writers and producers interpret our way of life.A lot of this stuff is the same ol’ same ol’

I was recently sent a book: BIKERS HANDBOOK – Becoming Part of The Motorcycle Culture, By Jay Barbieri to read and comment on. I read it, and though I do not agree with everything, like his trailering to motorcycle events (though I do realize why some do) I think that it would be a good

Shot during the filming of Sturgis Rider Live at the Bikernet.com Interplanetary Headquarters.I have studied the world of “biker media” since the early 1960s. One of the main things that is so apparent in that world is that we—the members of the “biker culture”—are so, so unique. No other area of society is “observed” as

Folks are constantly trying to produce build-related DVDs. After four seasons of Discovery Biker Build-offs, constant OCC project bikes and Build or Busts, the scenario has lost its luster like salt-coated chrome left on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Motorcycles are made up of just a handful of consistent elements, and if everyone bolts the same

There are two ways to build a custom bike. You could grab one of those 500+ pages aftermarket catalogues, pen down the cool bike list of parts and just wait for the crate with all the stuff to be dropped off in front of your garage door by FedEx. Or you could ship it to

I bought Wes White's Triumph 650 Rebuild DVD and watched the almost 4 hours today.For you guys who don't know Wes, he runs Four Aces Cycle Supply in Pacoima, Califa and has been restoring and chopping Trumps for years and is a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to restoring vintage British iron.Wes walks

BIKERNET.COM had the privilege to be among a select group of people who got a first look at the upcoming movie 'Easy Rider: The Ride Back' at the Brenden Theaters in Las Vegas this past Thursday. With many of the cast present, this was the first ever screening of the ambitious project, a work still

BIZARRE BIKERNET BOOK REVIEW–Tinker Tales Untold:This book falls into The Most Weird Books I Have Ever Read Category. Not that it is a bad list to be on. I read a lot of books and would place it in its own genre of mystical biker lore. Tinker is the main character throughout Tinker Tales Untold

Now in paperback is the Motorbooks release of Indian Larry: Chopper Shaman.For the three people on the planet who don’t know, Indian Larry DeSmedt was a New York City motorcycle builder who gained mega-fame on The Discovery Channel motorcycle programs. His biography is from Easyriders magazine Dave Nichols and Larry’s lovely mermaid widow Andrea “Bambi”

“When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand” – so said Raymond Chandler, doyen in his day of the hard-boiled detective fiction short story and novel, many of which were made into films.The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely and The Lady in the Lake are perhaps three

Editor’s Note:I ran this book in the news a couple of weeks ago, then a copy arrived in the mail. It’s a 9 by 12 inch, large format photo book published by the author under the name www.flashproductionsllc.com. It has an ISBN number, 978-0-615-23874-6, so you can order it from any book store on the

I knew master artist Eric Herrmann, before being an artist was cool. He lived in the desert outside Phoenix, rode bikes, and was a devoted family man. Eric isn't your standard notion of an artist; he's the bull in the China closet type, when he painted cactus flowers and desert scenes for interior designers. Then

We covered the Smoke Out 2009 DVD, DarkTown Strutters, a Movie from 1975 and an Eating Biker's Road Guide from the SouthWhat the hell, it's raining outside. The gloom is ominous and working in the shop on a chopper is out of the question. It's almost on the eve of New Years 2010 and the

It’s cold in the Bikernet shop nearing the middle of December, and I’m behind as usual. I collect DVDs like a teenager collects unpaid parking tickets. They hang around haunting me until I break down and watch ‘em. It’s like this: I live and breathe motorcycles from the first thing in the morning until midnight

Back in the ’70s, you could buy a Panhead or a knucklehead, but you couldn’t find a manual. You can’t do shit without a manual. I was a kid, with my first real job working at Easyriders. The bosses had just reprinted the Harley-Davidson Panhead manual, and it sold like hotcakes. Then they reprinted the

Just finished reading UNDER & ALONE by William Queen. WOW, what a ride! In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to

From start to finish, this DVD is a fine example of what John Mayall & his very talented friends are all about. John has been around a long time, so most blues lovers would have heard of him and for those of you who haven't, do yourself a favor and check him out. Mayall was

This is a true story of an Angel on two wheels traveling to Hell and back.Elena, the presenter of this non-fiction piece has ridden her motorcycle through the Dead Zone of the nuclear hell that is Chernobyl today.I read her story in the first few months that she had it online.Since then over 15 million

You never know what snippets of gold you might come across when you're snooping around your local bike shops. I was wandering around “Rollies Speed Shop” in Brisbane ( well known to Queensland bikers) about a month ago and there they were, four volumes of “Easyriders Tech Tips & Tricks”. I couldn't believe it, man

Anyone who read my review of Ewan Macgregor and Charley Boorman’s book Long Way Round, will know I thought it was crap. And I still do.What I now know is that the book was crap because obviously Ewan and Charley just cannot write an interesting story in words.The DVD movie of their circumnavigation of the

Long Way Round By Ewan Macgregor and Charley BoormanLet me say right from the start that I may not be the best person to review Ewan and Charley’s book, ‘cause we have different ideas of what world motorcycling traveling is all about.They took just three months to circumnavigate the world. From Britain, across Europe, into

Looking for an excellent Christmas gift for a Brother, Sister,Co-Worker or fellow Club Member? Looking for something asa Holiday gift for your son, your daughter or your spouse? Sonny Barger’s new book, Freedom … Credos From The Road,could be just the choice. To be honest, you most likely will enjoy reading Barger’s newbook yourself and