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SUNDAY POST FOR JULY 11TH

Hey, Life is nuts, but it’s still cranking along. Yesterday, I attacked something I’ve never grappled with before. I attempted to complete fuck up a perfectly good Sportster gas tank for our Peashooter project. It was the biggest stumbling block of this 1929 Bonneville bike effort. Two elements bothered me. I’ve never challenged myself to

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The Ace of Aces

Click on any photo to enlarge it and scroll through as a slide show There are custom motorcycles, modified bikes, and restored masterpieces. Then there’s this tour de force built around a 1921 Ace four-cylinder engine. Originally, this power plant sublimated the Hollywood movie industry on a MGM sound stage. “They used it to create

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FATHERS DAY SUNDAY POST

  Hey,   This is a strange Father’s day. I wish all you rat bastards a terrific holiday. I just rolled back into town from Dixon, California. We hauled a 1912 restored H-D single, a 1917 beautifully restored H-D, a 1914 unrestored running H-D, and my fav, a 1913 unrestored Indian single to the fairground

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1916 Harley-Davidson Cut-down

The beginnings of the 1916 Cut-down! Great news from the Wheels Through Time restoration shop! The 1916 Harley-Davidson Cut-down project is finally finished. I have to admit, this has been one of the most fun, and most challenging builds that I've ever taken on. About 8 months ago, I dreamed up this project after taking

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June 13, 2010

BIKERNET SUNDAY BAD RIDE POST–NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN BIKERLAND From Markus Cuff Hey, What a crazy year. If this is any indication of the summer schedule, look out. As soon as June hit, event exploded like a case of beer in the desert. This weekend BAD rides kick off around the country supporting the

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1946 Knuck Restoration for Marc

Editor's Note: Here's an amazing find. I enjoy the flexibility Bandit and Bikernet afford us motorcycle nuts. We can bring you a feature containing a letter from the contributor, his motorcycle tale, an official vehicle appraisal, words from the restoration expert, and our Bikernet Extreme Tech Chart. How's that for a feature? In this case

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1990 The Stolen Bandit Bike

I could swear I’ve hit this story before. I’m sure I’m mentioned it periodically. My first book was based on it. To set the intrepid stage, check what I wrote for Steve, the new editor of Iron Works, for their celebratory 20th anniversary issue: Every year opened with a straight-pipes backfire bang, and 1990 was

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Carrots, Eggs, & Coffee!

We're running shots of classic Brough Superior motorcycles with this attitude adjustment article. English motorcycles built from 1920 to 1940, they were the best of the best, hand crafted for the upscale rider. MOTOR CYCLE magazine once described them as the “Rolls Royce of motorcycles.” Don Whalen, antique motorcycle broker, confirmed that Lawrence of Arabia

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The Perfect 1921 Cleveland

It’s not always the model of bike being restored, but the restoration process that shines. That’s the case with this scooter. This 1921 two-stroke Cleveland wasn’t the fastest, rarest, or most unusual bike of its era. It was a slow utilitarian, base-model, but Jim Watson restored every element of this machine until it was awarded

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Laughlin 2009

This is a strange one. I didn't plan to attend Laughlin this year, been there 10-12 times, done that. Then Joe Zanelli, the Primm Casino mob boss called. “I gotta contact for you in Laughlin; give Sin Wu a call.” That was the first of several Twilight Zone encounters leading to the Laughlin Run. Can

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Amazing 1913 Flying Merkel

In the case of this rare V-twin we stumble across a document written to motorcycle collector and boss of Sierra Madre Motorcycles, a restoration plant, Don Whalen. We were able to yank the soild document from his tight fist as we listened to his Merkel history lesson. The letter was written by former owner Doug

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