Cantina

Joe's record breaking run took place March 13th, 1937–Bike Week in Daytona.

TWO VON DUTCH ITEMS FOR SALE– A framed display of the last pinstriping brush used by VON DUTCH with a picture of VON DUTCH at his easel in his shop at Santa Paula in Dec. 1987, after leaving the '87 RATFINK meet where the brush (a RAPHAEL sword #00)was purchased. He used this brush, his

Illustration by Dick Allen. This is one of only 30 Black Lightnings ever made and was the first one in the USA. This bike held the 1-mile world speed record (unsupercharged) in 1953 and then held the American record of 182 mph supercharged. This is probably the meanest pre-1950 bike you will ever see. This

Something strange happened at the Bikernet Headquarters about a year ago. We got a call from a odd homeless San Pedro bird. He was one of those guys who drifted in and out of our lives. As a young man his life went to shit behind drugs and alcohol, until he had a son and

An ad for one of the very first swingarm big twins. It musta been a pre ’64 Panhead. We busted into Bob T’s garage recently while he was lost in a bottle of Jack Daniels, but not that gone. We just barely roamed into one of his antique collection drawers and he came to life,

Here’s a trophy from 1947, worth thousands now. We needed something cool and rare for the Cantina Digital Discovery area, so I was told to hauled ass to 17 Palms, Califa, a dusty berg in the Mojave Desert. A buddy of mine, Bob T. lives out there in the sand. In the shell of a

This is a steam trike sitting for sale about 2 blocks from my place, had to grab my camera,” said Gene Koch of Drag Specialties. “It’s a one-off that somebody built and I've never seen anything like it. Needs a lot of work, the owner had no idea who built it or when. Wants $7,000.

Classic biker cartoons from the 1920s from the Bob T. collection. “We know that the current state of affairs in our great nation has many civilians up in arms and excited to join the military. For those of you who can't join, you can still lend a hand. Here are a few of the areas

We're fortunate to dig up fantastic historic material. Paul Garson backed up Robin's shots with the following text. Here is Robin's caption: THE FELLOW WHO SENT THESE TO ME RECEIVED THEM  FROM AN OLD SHIPMATE ON THE USS QUAPAW ATF-11O. INTERESTING AS HE'S NEVER SEEN THEM ANYWHERE ELSE. I THINK THEY'RE SPECTACULAR. PEARL HARBOR December 7th,

In a rare find in the dark recesses of a California Desert Bob T. motorcycle historian, found this rare Indian sales brochure. We bring it to you exclusively in Bandit's Cantina. Since I couldn't find a year mentioned I called our Bikernet Historian, Don Whalen, of Sierra Madre Motorcycles in Pasadena California, and waited for

This Dave Mann painting was comissioned by Easyriders in the late '70s. I saw you, hug your purse closer in the grocery store line. But you didn't see me make a donation to the Salvation Army. I saw you pull your child closer, when we passed each other on the sidewalk. But you didn't see

The following has been attributed to State Representative Mitchell Aye from GA.–Rebel “We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren,

Illustration by David Mann. Bikernet is constantly on the prowl for the illusive Code Of The West. Sorta like the whole Christian world looking for Moses’s tablets. Sure we’re looking for the real thing, but even more-so we search for the ultimate Code of The West meaning, the core of the Code. Just recently a