Hey, Don’t forget to turn your clocks back. Is life nuts or what? You’re gonna love this. I’m 65 and looking for a date. Fortunately, I have lots of long-distance love supporting me from ex-wives and even a 25-year-old. I should be satisfied, but I’m still looking. It’s sorta like riding a Hyabusa off a […]
TURNING THE CLOCKS BACK Sunday POST for Sunday, November 3rd, 2013 Read More »
Hey, The brothers are at the Long Beach Swap Meet while we pound out the Sunday Post. It’s been sorta overcast. I’m a nut. I’m not sure where I got it, maybe it was Lou Kimzey, who was the mastermind behind Easyriders. He hired me, at 22 years of age, to the be the manager
SCARY PRE HALLOWEEN Sunday POST FOR Sunday October 27, 2013 Read More »
  Hey,  I’m making this short since I just cruised in from Catalina Island on the tall ship Irving Johnson. It was a bucket list endeavor. Irving Johnson started this training endeavor in the ‘50s building tall ships all over the world to train kids in the old tough ways of sailing the
BIKETOBERFEST ACTION SUNDAY POST FOR OCTOBER 20TH, 2013 Read More »
Hey, Does anyone know the ins and outs of shop roll-up doors? Ours may need some help. Of course the guy who came over pronounced after a short inspection, “You need a new door, quick.” That’s just $4,000. Ouch. Biketoberfest is coming right up, and so is the Love Ride next weekend on opposite coasts.
Pre Love Ride Weekend SUNDAY POST Feel the Love October 13, 2013 Read More »
Hey, I had a dream last night. Someone wanted to purchase my Mudflap Girl FXR. Sure, it was a flattering offer, then I started to think about how I would replace it. I couldn’t. No matter what formula I came up with it didn’t fit. Nothing on the planet fits me like that FXR, so
VEGAS ACTION SUNDAY POST for Sunday October 6, 2013 Read More »
Hey, This is going to a be short and sweet Sunday Post. Some of the staff were attacked by the Chinese Mung Flu and unable to climb out of their bunks. Others tested way too much whiskey. And of course the Asian massage parlor on a Saturday night was jumping. So let’s just hit the
SCREENPLAYS, WHISKEY, and WOMEN — Sunday Post for September 29, 2013 Read More »
If you loved V-twins, New Zealand must have been ”Hog Heaven” back in 1943. Suddenly we had shiploads of US military Harley-Davidson motorcycles, swarming up and down Auckland’s Queen St and Wellington’s Lambton Quay. But by about 1945 they’d almost all vanished, taken home by our departing American allies. The Marines and GIs were a
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It was dusk when I rolled into Vegas and the strip was lit up like the Aurora Borealis. I found the Crown casino with no problem and pulled the Shovelhead into a safe parking spot. It was right in view of the security office, and I stopped by to chat with the watchman to make
LADY LUCK COMES TO VEGAS Read More »
Hey, I write and attend events so often they become a blur between names and dates. The Rips Bad Ride Poker run took place on Saturday from Lifestyle Cycles to the new Rock N Roll Custom Paint facility. Ray Wheeler, our Performance Editor planned to attend, then headed to Illusion Cycles. Then Art Hall the
SEX AND MARIJUANA Sunday POST for September 22, 2013 Read More »
Hey, I don’t know shit about Syria issue, except for what the Frogman said. The Frogman spent 10 years in the middle east training troops. He said to stay away from Syria. It’s a no-win. I’ve read several reports and watched Senate hearings. So here’s the list: 1. We are being asked to attack one
FROM SYRIA TO LAS VEGAS – SUNDAY POST for September 15, 2013 Read More »
Hey, This is the first of the new Sunday Post regime. It was 90 degrees in my shop today, and I was going to say that Bikernet was taken over by a massive Chinese conglomerate of corporations. They own half the world. But Bikernet would still be assembled in the United States. And we would
LETS RIDE SUNDAY POST for SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 Read More »
Marko fished off the dock under the Vincent Thomas Bridge. It spanned the wide channel between San Pedro and Terminal Island, which once housed the Long Beach Naval Base and still was home to the Terminal Island Federal Prison. Bandit sat on a rusting galvanized bucket and tossed a line in the briny water. “Just
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Hey, We need some input from you. I get up most Sundays at the crack of dawn to produce the Sunday Post. As the years have progressed the Post takes longer and longer until I have no Sundays at all, so no weekends. I need to shift gears, so I can ride and work on
SUNDAY CANTINA SURVEY SUNDAY POST FOR September 1, 2013 Read More »
Hey, This is an odd Sunday, with brothers and sisters at the Bub meet lining up to set world land speed records. Only about 400 folks scramble out to this event as builders, pilots, spectators, sponsors, staff, and journalists. It’s an vast place where every team tries desperately to make a difference in an amazing
BOOT RIDE/BUB’s BONNEVILLE Sunday POST FOR AUGUST 25TH, 2013 Read More »
Hey, This Sunday Post is a kick. It’s just fun and thought provoking. Shit, I need to hurry. I’m stripping a massive brass porthole for the front of the building. Kyle and I grappled with tools, the bead blaster, sanders, you name it. The best tool turned out to be a series of Scotch Bright
PRE-BUB BONNEVILLE Sunday POST FOR AUGUST 18, 2013 Read More »
Hey, Got an early start this morning. I’ll scramble, try to wrap the Post and grab a few Sunday hours for a ride, or who knows. Bonneville is breathing on us hard, then the Boot Ride, 110th Anniversary event and Las Vegas Bike Fest. I fired the 1928 Shovelhead yesterday, and Richard fired up the
POST STURGIS SUNDAY POST FOR AUGUST 11, 2013 Read More »
Hey, Is life nuts or what? Sturgis is happening in a big way. Klocks had their party. Rogue got food poison and was held up, but he’s there now and attending all the action. Not bad for 72 years old. Indian served up their new models to the delight of the media. For the first
MORE MOTORCYCLES PLEASE Sunday POST FOR AUGUST 4TH 2013 Read More »
Hey, Sturgis is beating down on us like the sun on Margarita Ville. The party mode takes over everything as everyone gears up for the ride. Ray Wheeler is working with his team in San Jose to dyno tune his Twin-Cam Hyabusa monster. His computer crashed, so just as the action heats up his reports
BARBECUE SUNDAY POST Read More »
Hey, So do I call this the Bad Cop Sunday Post? I know some bros who hate cops. I run the bad cop news because of the historic battles between bikers and cops, but I run ‘em sorta tongue in cheek, since I believe cops have the toughest jobs on the planet, and are forced
GIRLS OF BIKERNET SUNDAY POST FOR JULY 21, 2013 Read More »
Hey, I don’t know what to make of this weekend. It kicked off with Arlen’s BD party at the Petersen Museum. Saturday I worked out then jammed to George Hayward’s memorial at a church in Fullerton. I’m not much for church scenes, and this one was packed with folks with big hearts for George. He
SUMMER EXOTIC SUNDAY POST FOR JULY 14TH, 2013 Read More »
  Hey, It’s a slow holiday Sunday Post, so maybe, just maybe I’ll be able to work in the shop this afternoon. If I keep scrambling and don’t get interrupted, I may, just may be able to work on the Mudflap girl FXR. No way. These Smoke Out shots just arrived from the Prince. I’m
HOLLISTER SUNDAY POST FOR JULY 7TH, 2013 Read More »
SPEAKING OF DISCOVERIES—Bikernet Australian Correspondent recently toured northern California in search of rare motorcycles and exotic tattoo talents. Here’s her report: Whilst travelling north toward san fran, stopped at a rest stop, I saw these two bikes parked. I could not resist the call of the chrome or the tinkling song of the cooling engines, so
Digital Discovery from Australian Correspondent Read More »
MILITARY DIGITAL DISCOVERY–I thought you might be interested in some scans I took from a copy of Department of the Army Technical Manual TM9-8000 ‘Principles Of Automotive Vehicles‘ from January 1956. –‘Snakebit’ Sam Kanish  –from Snakebit Sam Kanish Â
Digital Discovery from 1956 Read More »
Hey, I don’t know what to make of this weekend. It reminded me of the Love Ride Weekends in the past. There was a party every night leading up to the main event. Folks flew in from all over the globe. The Born Free weekend has a similar vibe, but it’s not a ride, or
HEAT BREAK, TAN LINE SUNDAY POST Read More »
