Hey, We’re in the middle of a holiday weekend, and I’ve got three bikes in the shop being build. They tug me away from this goddamn screen like a naked redhead blowing in my ear. I can’t stand it. You’ll run across a report about V-Twin and Ted’s Cycle below. This site had the balls […]
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Hey, With the help of a Bikernet reader, Anson Alexander, who has every issue of Easyriders, we discovered the first Renegade poem. He wrote a portion of this while he was in the hospital after a Southern Comfort bike accident. We typed it from the original page while drinking Jack Daniels, so don’t blame the
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Bandit is in New Orleans taking some much-needed time off the enjoy the sights, the sounds, and the tastes of The Big Easy, before heading out on The Long Ride tomorrow with a group of guys. Allis well and quiet at the Headquarters; looking forward to a week of springcleaning while the big guy
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Hey, Incredible, I wish I knew what I was doing, but I don’t. At least our Bikernet Classifieds are growing and now they have a partnership with a company to add a jobs service, so we can find jobs, or advertise for jobs. We added Mr. Lucky’s bitchin’ shorty mufflers to the Amazing
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Hey, Never a dull moment. Today is Rip’s Bad Ride Day, and the San Fernando Hells Angels show. Yesterday we scrambled over to the Affliction Headquarters in Seal Beach for a car and bike show. This afternoon I’m headed for the harbor and a belt maker and the Ports of Call party. Always something. I
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Lou Kimzey commissioned the restoration of this VL and a sidecar to go along with it. When Lou headed into his final divorce, Bandit bought the bike. The sidecar was never completed. Mike Egan performed the restoration duties and the bike has been featured several times and shown at several antique exhibits. And yes, it
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This is one of Bandit’s favorites. Built by Pat Kennedy, this ground-up project featured no handlebar controls except a throttle. Proportioning brakes handle dual Performance 13-inch Performance Machine floating rotors in the front, and a single in the rear. Pat made the frame, the tank, the rear fender, the pipes, the intake manifold, and all
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DISCOVERED IN THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EASYRIDERS MAGAZINE, ORIGINALLY FROM AN ISSUE PUBLISHED IN 1973–This poem was written my Renegade, when he was just an angry kid in his 20s on the staff with Bandit. A BROTHER LOST A Brother is lost His soul no more to his body bound Death was the cost His
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Editor’s note: While slavering over a brother’s new sports car, Rodan took me aside. “Did you know about Studebaker motorcycles.” “No,” I said, “didn’t know they built bikes.” “I’ve got the story,” Rodan said. And of course I had to get my hands on it for Cantina members. Plus, here’s a brief history of Studebaker
Discovered in 1993, Studebaker Motorcycle Plans Read More »
Hey, Last week we made a mad dash from the Bay area to Los Angeles with Quail lodge images and antique motorcycles. This week we stumbled into more historic discoveries, and attended the Roland Sands Design headquarters grand opening. Plus, just after I finish the news I will roll to Jim Murillo’s Triumph motorcycle storage
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Sunday Post 51511 Hey, This is going to be a wild one, and sorta exclusive in several respects. I jumped into the Bikernet Hearse just before 5:00 in the morning yesterday and peeled out to Pasadena to hook up with Don Whalen and his cousin, Rod. We jumped in his SUV and peeled north just under
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Hey, It’s mother’s day, what the fuck are we doing trying to post a news column? A mom came up with the notion of the Sunday Post. We’re always looking for hot moms to grace the Sunday Post. What the hell? We received the XS650 frame from Mr. Lucky, and next week we will start
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Hey, Just back from windy Laughlin on the Colorado River and the whiskey is wearing off. I took a laptop and it said the e-mails were sent, but they died somewhere in the transfer. I’m going to buy a Mac laptop and use it for everything. I wandered the isles of vendors looking for new
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Hey, What could be better? I could be decorating eggs and hanging out with brightly colored adorned kids, or producing the Sunday Post, then scrambling to have enough time to put the shop back together.I’m trying to prep the Bikernet shop for three builds. We need to clear off two more lifts and tighten up
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Sunday post 41711 Hey, I don’t know about you, but I’m the project King. I run at projects like a rabid dog. When a project slows, it makes me nervous. I guess it’s like not hearing from your girl and thinking the worst. I didn’t hear from Spitfire for a week, and was beginning to
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Editor’s Note: We are very fortunate to have access to some of the rarest motorcycles on the planet, and have the opportunity to bring them to our Cantina Members. Our connection is Don Whalen, a long time friend and the owner of a small restoration shop in Pasadena, California, which is currently retired. But Don
The Bandit’s Cantina rare antique score of the week–1914 Limited Read More »
Hey, I went to the Trailblazers annual banquet at the Carson Convention center for the show, and because Jerry Branch was being inducted into their hall of fame. As the proceeding started instead of the pledge of alligiance or the Star Spangled Banner, we all stood and faced the flag as they play a country
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Hey, Another odd day on the coast. One day it’s almost summer and 87 degrees. The next it’s overcast and cool like Connecticut in the spring on the other side of the country. I have two more chapters to write for the 1%er book for Motorbooks. I hope to wrap it up by the end
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Hey, It’s another gloomy fuckin’ Sunday in Southern California. Even the Bikernet dogs had enough of this shit. Last week somebody announced the annual rainfall. We are five inches over the standard. It’s bullshit I tell ya. I’ve had it with this fuckin’ gloom all the time. I can now relate to our brothers back
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Hey, Another crazy day on the wet coast during the CCI show. Ray Wheeler is on his way back from the Morgan Hill show while we wrap up the news. When I asked him what was hot, he immediately proclaimed, “The new salt flats Wink Eller bike.” Ray has a one track mind. But dig
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Shirley rolled to her humble apartment on the edge of Hollywood where the folks who wished they were elite lived. It was an old section of town housing secretaries, delivery boys, has-been actors, bit players and extras, always hoping for a break. Shirley drove her mid ’90s BMW up the narrow driveway, passed the
Cantina Episode 60–The Pre-Love Ride Party Read More »
DAYTONA BIKE WEEK HISTORY– Bikers and bike fans gathered at the World’s Most Famous Beach as early as 1903 for beach speed trials, but it wasn’t until 30 years later that Daytona Beach’s bike racing tradition, and Bike Week, gained traction. The Daytona 200 took place on January 24, 1937. Bill France was
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Bandit has been ‘relaxing’ in Berry Creek, Ca for the last few days with the infamous Bob Bitchin, who created Biker News, Biker Magazine, and Tattoo Magazine, and along with his wife Jody, are the driving forces behind Latitudes & Attitudes / Seafaring Magazine. Bandit comes home tonight, so all the peace
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Editor’s Note: Jason volunteered the following description of his killer Buell based bobber, but it doesn’t cover our Girl of Bikernet, Jennifer Spencer, the hottie shot by Jerry Southworth. This bike and Jennifer were originally featured on the cover and inside a sizzling issue of Biker magazine. After cropping these shots, I wish… Goddamn I
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