(Note: This story was written 3 weeks ago after SEMA week in Vegas.) Does anything normal ever happen in Vegas during SEMA week? Or is it all just endless days and nights of adventure? One twisted escapade blending into the next until you lose all track of time, and you find yourself asking people what […]
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No Love? Well I don’t want to blow Jesse’s bad boy cover, but I felt some love in the air today! Jesse even rides his beautiful better half, Sandra Bullock around on a cushy, red road king to keep her comfy. And you wouldn’t even know that it was Sandra and Jesse under those helmets
Lotsa Love, No Love 2009 Read More »
Last week while sitting here working on something of vital national importance or possibly just goofing off, the radio was on to help override the annoying noise the ceiling fan makes. Basically it was on just for the noise, with the songs and comments going in one ear and out the other. Vaguely even registering
Texas National Motorcycle Rally 2009 Read More »
Here I am nearing the end of 40…………… something. Over half of those years have found me exploring the back roads of this country on two wheels. I haven’t missed the Sturgis Rally in 20 years! Holy Mollie, it’s become a tradition! I never miss The Love Ride either, and when I heard that it
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SUPREME COMMANDERS NOTE:We're kicking this off with some 2006 techs. They will give you the history of the Bonne Belle and bring you up to date on this climb to the top of the salt mountain. Hang on. We’re working like mad dogs to create a roller while Lee and the crew from Departure Bike
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Here’s a strange one. I received an e-mail inviting the Bikernet.com Staff to a private screening of The World’s Fastest Indian movie. I missed the first one, with the cast, including Anthony Hopkins and all the motorcycle press. I grew up in Los Angeles. I have a burr in my boot for watching folks, press,
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Me, Gevin, Qian, Desiree, Jane & CarlanaOf all of the spectacular places I have been, the faces and sights I have seen, by and large nothing really compares to being in the space and presence of a wild animal. You can look at animals in pictures, and watch them on television and appreciate their beauty.
The meaning of 'Bike Week' has been defined by the big one over in Florida, same goes for what people seem to expect from anything that carries it in its name. Have you ever noticed that things by a similar name may never the less be very different wherever you go? True, Arizona Bike Week
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Me, bare naked in Laughlin? No silly! So who was bare naked? The streets of Laughlin were bare naked! Empty main drag during the Laughlin River Run. Friday night in front of the popular Hideout bar was quiet. The main drag along the strip of casino’s in Laughlin used to be an event in itself.
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Cool Bikes, Sizzling Babes, Cold Beer and Hot Tattoos – All were at this year's 1st Annual Rick Fairless Bike Show. The weather has been crazy this year in Texas, with winter one day and spring the next, but Mother Nature smiled on the tie-dyed one. She provided Rick with blue skies and temperatures in
First Strokers Dallas Show Read More »
Republic Harley Davidson of Stafford, Texas, collaborated with Vindicta-VRA to launch an annual V-Rod based hot rod/custom bike show at their premier dealership. The event was originally rained out, so we were extremely pleased with the turnout a week later. Several hundred people showed up at the dealership for bikes, barbeque, and fun. Dealer shows
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Right from the start, I knew I liked Alystar McKenneh. When we met at the Easyrider V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati, I knew I had finally met a woman who rides like I do on a regular basis. As she was telling me of her upcoming quest, at first, I was jealous that I couldn’t do
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Who says life in California’s Delta region isn’t fun, sophisticated, and even suave? Proof of all that and more could be found on Saturday down at Isleton Joe’s restaurant and bar, where bikers, fishermen, locals, young, old, and in-betweens piled in for the 2010 SPAM Run and cook off. Yes, SPAM that mystery meat –
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We received this brief feature from Alexey Mikushev from Russia. He doesn’t speak English, so had to rely on computer translator software, which is crude as best. Here’s a tad about the man nicknamed Simpson and his wild engraved bike. I’m sure we’ll hear and see more about his bikes in the future. He obviously
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Editor’s Note: This is a mystery sled. As you will see it has function, heritage and obscurity. This story was written by Bill Stermer, in 2004, for some unknown magazine and we can’t find the owner, who once resided in the same port town as Bikernet.com, Wilmington, CA. Just a few blocks away he threatened
The Mystery Manx Cookery Read More »
We recently discovered a wonderful connection to the European custom bike scene, Ela Dutch. She’s a photographer and roams all over the world sending us features on some of the finest bikes on the planet. We graciously thank her for her immense support. Here’s the latest, a Netherlands bike and a babe plastered to the
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The Retro-Modern Cyril Huze Tribut Bike started out life as a 2006 FXST Softail Standard. I took the bike apart completely. I sent the frame, swing arm, oil tank, fenders, gas tank and other pieces out to be stripped of everything. Then, they go to the polishers for polishing, and then to the plater for
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This is an interesting one, out of Southern California. He’s a builder who has focused, for the last eight years, at bringing out the very best in stock bikes. Bogart is a Sr. Designer for AT&T, which means he designs a good deal of the company’s advertising–that’s substantial. Bogart’s first Fatboy. He rode bikes most
Looking at my computer screen this morning seems to require more effort than ever before. My life has been turned upside down with job craziness, bike-breakdowns, new-car fever, bitching wife, and ranting editor. It seems every direction I turn is prepping me for a smack in the mouth and the only thing I can do
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The Beast in all it’s glory. This bike started life as a stock Road King. This Road King project started out innocently enough; it was one hell of a nice day and I was working in the shop with the roll up door open when a guy pulled up on a bone stock ‘04 Road
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Duane Ballard is no stranger to the custom bike scene.Having made custom hand tooled seats for Biker Build-Off winners Hank Young, Cole Foster and Greg Westbury to name a few. Duane knows how to put a bikes “look” together. Duane is also an aficionado of 1970s pop culture. He's been building model cars and collecting
FUNKENSTEIN LIVES! Read More »
It’s almost universally recognized that “the birth of the American biker” occurred during the infamous Gypsy Tour in Hollister, California, during the Fourth of July weekend in 1947. Hollister ’47 seriously affected not only the motorcycle culture but the entirety of American society as well. (See the history piece by Bill Hayes in Special Reports.)
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Seven time world champion Formula One racer Michael Schumacher expresses his reaction to surprise present from friends on the occasion of his retirement from racing.Baseball players have their stats based on their batting average and runs, basketball players have their average points per game, but when it comes to Formula One race car drivers, it
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Discovery competitor concept drawing.Unbelievable but true. Two build-off competitions in one year. Yes Zeel was a participant in the 5th season of the Discovery Channel Biker Build Off. The engineers at Zeel took part in a trike build off against CC Trikes of Texas. The voting took place at the ROT bike rally in Austin,Texas.
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