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Bikernet readers here is an SPS update with all oftheir newest products. Sucker Punch Sally’s, locatedin Cincinnati, Ohio has been in the bike business forgenerations. Donny Loos and Jeff Cochran both comefrom a long line of old school bike builders, and thereis no chance you will ever see them riding some billetbarge. Jeff and Donny […]

FIRST ANNUAL Thunder Mountain DEALER MEETING – RECAP 2005Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles (TMCC) held its first annual dealer meeting Friday July 22nd which was a great success not only for our dealers but also for Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles. We would like to thank the 60 plus dealers that made the trip out to see

Anaheim, California – Remember when you were a kid and you put together that model kit of a motorcycle? Remember how good it felt? Want to do it again on a full size scale? Then LifeStyle Cycles has the perfect Chopper in a Box kit just for you! Introducing the LifeStyle Cycles Signature Series Bike

HARLEY-DAVIDSON 2006 XL SPORTSTER 1200L BRINGS IT ALL–New Model Combines Low Seat Height and Refined Ergonomics with Sportster Style– Harley-Davidson brings the best of its long heritage of street motorcycle design to the new 2006 XL Sportster 1200L model. Blending a low seat height and mid-mount controls with the powerful torque of the rubber-mounted Evolution

Hey, there’s been a major change to this story. As the Editor in Chief of Hot Bike we scheduled something completely different for the 13th issue of 2005. It was a five-chopper weekend run road test, written and photographed by five different guys with five different perspectives on five different bikes. That’s toast. The new

The Australian Connection standing in the Bikernet Headquarters shop.Around mid June Kerry and myself were organizing our trip to Sturgis, when Bandit contacted me an asked how would I liketo ride the Road King to Sturgis. Immediate thoughts were Wholly Shit, I've read all about the King on Bikernet and watchedthe different stages Bandit has

This story has two metal flake chapters. Bob Kay a major VP, for Bikers Choice, for over 20 years lived the biker lifestyle. He studied the industry, components, built bikes and rode with the best. I’m not kidding, Bob attended every major event for two decades, researched every part developed and worked with the finest

  Editor’s Note: Unfortunately Hellbound is no longer around, but the main mastermind, Paul Cavello, is still building killer bikes and is about to be feature in an upcoming TV series, Secret Steel.   How would you like to be able to purchase a production custom motorcycle that comes with either a 117” or 124”

Sucker Punch Sally’s “Work Truck”. No not the girl.So I started working for SPS about a year ago and have been helping them with their marketing and PR. When I first saw some of Jeff and Donny’s bikes at Michael Lichter’s studio in Boulder I knew that I had found a couple of like-minded bike

MILWAUKEE (July 23, 2005) – The new FXDBI Street Bob and a limited-production FXDI 35th Anniversary Super Glide join four returning models in an innovative Harley-Davidson Dyna line that has been completely re-engineered for 2006. Key changes to all Dyna models include a new 6-speed Cruise Drive transmission, new frames, new 49mm forks and a

Woke up to the excruciating pain usually associated with drinking way too many fluids the night before containing large amounts of alcohol and diminishing amounts of soda. My head was pounding and my throat was dry as a popcorn fart. I tried to lick my lips, but felt it impossible to separate my tongue from

NEW ULYSSES AND LIGHTNING LONG LEAD BUELL LINE FOR 2006 Updates Enhance All 2006 XB Models All Buell XB models benefit from the following design changes in 2006: New Swingarm Designed to be significantly lighter and stiffer, the new XB swingarm weighs 0.56 pounds less than the previous swingarm, a significant reduction in already low

When we visited the recent Long Beach International Motorcycle Show where about every manufacturer struts out their new rides, we were hit by sensory overload. Enough billet and chrome and paint and leather to reupholster the face of Mars and its two moons to boot. But as we waded through the acres of bikes and

The Team for the Bikernet Night-Rod Test. A Bikernet Reader requested a road test on a Night Rod a new V-Rod version. I rode one of the first V-Rods in 2002 and road tested it for American Rider magazine. I didn’t care for the bike much. I didn’t like the Toyota cooling system, the high

This is the Second Custom bike I’ve built for Jim White. Jim just happens to be the first guy to drive an NHRA Funny Car 299 MPH in 1991. He just barely missed the record books with the elusive round number of 300. In the same “I’m on fire!” year, Jim became the Number 1

The “Renegade SE” is a limited edition, very exclusive motorcycle, with only 50 units will be sold in the US. Orders are taken on a first come first serve basis with non-refundable deposits of 25% required at time of placing order. The Renegade SE is available in three (3) color ways reflecting the same flame

New CVO hot rod Springer Softail with 110-inch Twin Cam.MILWAUKEE (July 14, 2006) – Harley-Davidson will launch the Twin Cam 96, an all-new Big Twin engine, as it introduces its 2007 line of motorcycles. The Twin Cam 96 will power all models in the Harley-Davidson Dyna, Softail and Touring product families, each of which will

We caught up with Chris Ferrell, the driving force behind Greene County Choppers of Springfield, MO, just as he was heading for the airport and a flight to Chicago. No, it wasn’t a Christmas vacation. He was flying out to the Windy City to see a customer who needed some service done on his motorcycle,

China’s been in the news big time, not just lately but for the past couple thousand years. People there came up with everything from gunpowder to the compass to paper and ink. They needed lots of paper and ink since the Chinese language consists of 80,000 different symbols. And about that gunpowder. It was discovered

Stacy, the girl behind the O School Apparel Line. Here’s a wild one. We hooked up with O School Choppers through Bikernet as they opened their shop. We stayed in touch, because we want to deliver as man class sources of reasonably priced choppers as possible. We kept in touch, and when we heard they

While Suzuki cruiser design has evoked pretty much the yawn reflex, that all changed when preliminary images of Suzuki’s Boulevard M109R muscle cruiser were first released. Public response was instantaneous. It walked the walked and talked the talk. No more namby pamby, take the wife to the hootenanny, don’t rock-the-boat-bike with this one. Here was

Branscomb Richmond, star of Renegade and Scorpion King, supported the Indian motorcycle effort until the very end, but he didn’t lose the spirit. Recently, with a hot team of bike enthusiasts including, Robert J. Page, and Murray Smith, former CEO of Indian Motorcycles, they kicked off a new line of custom motorcycles called American Motorcycle

I have been to the motherland and it looks a lot like Indiana. That’s because my parents and older brother live there. I have been tripping back and forth to Indiana since Mom moved us out of there when I was just a little girl. I know the way from New England and the way