It was a small house, even had a chimney, cost me $35. I wanted to kick it's resident's ass. Bruno, the name sure sounds tough, but any wimp could have him running for cover. That's my German shepherd pet, and he was in his single room home hiding his face in his fairly strong paws. […]
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Bernard “Wolf’ Hodkins scratched his grizzled, gray beard and peered down into the depths of Snake Eye Canyon. A few pieces of rusting chrome resting on the bottom of the chasm glinted from the last rays of a fading sun. He sighed and looked over at his towering companion. “It’s hard to believe that it
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A Small Inspirational Bikernet award for James.I went grocery shopping recently while not being altogether sure that course of action was a wise one. You see, the previous evening I had prepared and consumed a massive quantity of my patented 'You're definitely going to shit yourself' chili. Tasty stuff, albeit hot to the point of
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She was a dark and stormy bitch. The allusions to mythical vamps and witches could not do justice to her vile demeanor and wicked ways. It was obvious that I would have to concede. I may be a healthy youthful sprite but she was a powerful cursed creature of doom. Together we could have ruled
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I rumbled across the weedpatch serving as a yard and came to a stop beneath a drooping cottonwood tree. Mongo never bothered to look up even as my dust settled over him. As always, he was fine-tuning one or another of his 110-inch stroker's high—performance whazzits. After a bit of tinkering, he wiped an already
Absolutely incredible I say to myself, no one for 75 miles. The winding Montana mountain road is so desolate I wonder if the Indians or Lewis and Clark were the last to see it. Not to mention it’s slightly, umm, shall we say hillier than Indiana? I round the curve and there’s the guy I’ve
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“Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.”Yup that’s what Pa used to say; back in the days when horses traveled cross-country and tin-cans served us humans’ supper. But this ain’t a tale about those times. And with the faces of these Chinamen, you couldn’t
As we barreled down Farm Road 1725, I knew I was at the perfect place for the day. Halfway between New Waverly and Humble, Texas, I was flying down the road, racing Mike to my son’s school. Here it was 2:20, and he gets out of school at 3:10. I had never been late to
In a slick downtown Chicago H-D dealership, Joe Jacobs sat at his highly polished antique desk, desperate and disillusioned. The 45-year-old service manager had just been dumped by the love of his life. He couldn't focus on his work, his ever-increasing workload, on his uptown lifestyle, or on the frozen streets of Chicago. He hurt
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The white lines reflected under the Road King’s headlight. They passed by in perfect rhythm, almost hypnotic. Jasper felt like he was flying. There was no breeze; the night air smelled sweet and the bike sang a beautiful tune from true duals. It was the perfect ride considering the circumstances.Jasper was on his way to
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Editor's Note: Here's a rough piece of fiction from a Bikernet reader. Although his prose are scrambled his story comes across. It's a classic, and if you love stories of found antique motorcycles, you need to pick up this new book from Motorbooks. It's full of true stories of classic vintage motorcycle discoveries. Some I
BORDERLAND BIKER Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 of BORDERLAND BIKER It scuttled off into a nearby field of wrecked carsPretty sure the bikes are yours from the picture ID I found in the dry clothing I’m borrowing from the bag on the Wide Glide. Of more importance is the question; am I awake, still asleep, or
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NEW REV TECH 4 BY 4 ENGINE–The engineers and technicians at RevTechÆ went back to the drawing board to create our next generation 100-inch engine. We studied the latest technology, combined that with expertise gained on the first RevTech, 100 project, and got down to the task at hand. The goal was simple; create the
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Imagine this: You are out on the road, in the “middle of nowhere” and suddenly you find yourself in a tire crisis. Now picture yourself on this road, in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but nothingness surrounding you. In fact, this stretch of road is approximately 50 miles away from the next service station,
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Editor’s Note: the Editor of Cycle Source Magazine, Chris Callen, graciously contributed The following tech tip. Published in his magazine, back issues might be available through his staff. Click on the banner below for more info on Cycle Source Magazine. We appreciate this classic tech.–Bandit There are so many mass production custom parts available in
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Editor’s Note: the Editor of Cycle Source Magazine, Chris Callen, graciously contributed The following tech tip. Published in his magazine, back issues might be available through his staff. Click on the banner below for more info on Cycle Source Magazine. We appreciate this classic tech.–Bandit There are so many mass production custom parts available in
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This tech was stolen from this book by Tim Remus. We couldn't steal the whole novel, so you can buy the whole sizzling enchilida at the end. Ready to cook up something for your next Chopper project? Let’s hit it.The wheels and tires you put on your bike have as much to do with the
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This chapter covers the final elements of installing the cam case gears, the top end, the pushrods, rocker boxes then hot testing the engine and packaging it for shipment back to your dealer. Let's get rolling.Here's a Link to Part I, for reference: Part I, H-D Reman ProcessHere's a Link to Part II, for reference:
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We head into Kerry's Head Works Shops for this next segment. Here's a link to the first Chapter, in case you missed something: The Reman First Chapter This weapon gauges the bore in the head after the valve guide is removed, to determine the guide size needed during the Reman process. Us old builders avoided
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Hey,This is a quicky life-saving tech. One company makes wheel spacer kits. If you don’t have a lathe or one next door, you’re fucked when setting up new wheels or a new bike project. Doherty is a sponsor of 5-Ball racing, and here's a Doherty Wheel Spacer on our 1940 Bonne Belle Flathead. You will
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There’s a rumor that over one million Swingarm Shovelheads still roam the highways. I say, “Bullshit.” Let’s count ‘em. That’s beside the point here. Ben Kudon, the marketing directors of Rivera/Primo came up with this hair-brained scheme. “Let’s fix all Shovelheads,” Ben said. “We can do it for a decent price and give Shovelhead riders
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Bikernet was faced with an interesting challenge recently. We try to help anyone and everyone in the industry, so when a starving bike builder came to us, because he couldn’t pay the rent, we reached out. He had a 1998 Dyna Glide basket case and needed to sell it quick. We made it available to
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“Heel Hammer” Shift Levers (patent pending)There’s this monster of a madman in New Mexico who came up with this heel/toe shifter for custom applications. At first I thought, “I’m an outlaw, building a rigid. What the fuck can I do with this?” So it hung around a year, just shinning on one bench or another.
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We caught up with Nick just after Daytona Bike Week 2007. “It was way down,” Nick said of the attendees, “But our new products got a lot of attention.” Since it was a blast of new stuff we decided to give them their own feature and Nick promised to send us more as they come
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