PRE-PREFACE-THING PART This is called the non-Mafia-crime-family-member’s guide because Mafia dudes don’t need to read this shit. They already know this shit. They live in reality. Not in the mystical world of magical events and wondrous “representatives” and “the wisdom of the law” and the worship of “our sacred democracy” garden of delights that you […]
It’s all started on a Sunny winter day when I met with old friend Randy Simpson and he declared, “I want to buy the Dicey Knucklehead.” I didn’t want to let it go, but I also wanted to honor Randy’s wish. His co-builder, Gary Woodford, passed away and he wanted a tribute to him. For
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Custom built motorcycles, surfing pristine beaches, happy-go-lucky lifestyle, and passion for freedom to design all blend into a pot of cultural innovation. The brand name ‘Deus Ex Machina’ was unique in its production but very cliched in its fate! Now the hip has replaced the hippie. Chic chucked out the creator. Only froth
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My 2022 Harley Ultra Limited comes from the factory with heated grips. That was good because I have been using heated grips on my previous motorcycle for years and have gotten to like them a lot. https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/shop/harley-hammock-heated-cooled-seat/p/52000462 I have also been running a heated seat for years and again wanted to continue doing so.
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It is only the prescient premonitions of Sheriff Patrick Withrow, fabled and mighty guardian of the public peace in the Ca. County of San Joaquin and his promise of rapid deployment of an army of warriors, no doubt summoned up from the very earth, bursting through the surface, fully grown and fully armored, like Myrmidons,
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Wyoming winter was tough on two young girls running a bar in a podunk town of Sundance, Wyoming. Inflation and soaring gas prices didn’t help. Jennifer itched to use her investigative talents with her Chopper Chronicles web site designed to help riders retrieve their stolen motorcycles, but she felt trapped. The old jute box in
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Though the rear lighting on my 2022 Ultra Limited was good I felt that it could use a little more. I am one of those guys who wants folks behind me to see me and also know when I am stopping or turning. There are panels between the saddlebags and the fender that have
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I for one like saddlebag guards on my motorcycle. I recently got a 2022 Harley Ultra Limited and it did not have side guards on the bags as standard equipment. I decided to rectify that by installing Harley’s kit Part Number 90201902. https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/shop/saddlebag-guard-rails/p/90201902 These Guards surround and protect the lower portion while providing a traditional
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The Feuling Billet Dipsticks are made In America and they vent excessive crankcase pressure from the oil tank on Harley Touring Models through a PCV style breather. Blow-by is pressure that is forced past the rings and cylinder walls and ends up in the crankcase and then into the oil tank. All internal combustion engines
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Using the right tool for any job makes things go easier, faster, and eliminates most mistakes. There have been numerous articles on installing cams in Harley Twin Cam Engines. The use of the tools for removing and installing bearings was covered. You can see them in previous articles here on Bikernet. What I have
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We survived our first hurricane. The damn thing lasted nine hours! It just hovered and stalled over the region for nine hours. Floridian’s have said there were 200 mph “gusts.” Debbie and I and the Maltese have been living in an apartment complex waiting for our new home to be ready. The complex was
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This mess started with a ride to a tribute concert in Hollywood, one of the rare times the whole staff of ER rode together. A brother, Lee Selwin, was run down on the streets near Sunset Boulevard, and we rode to the rock concert at the Palace Theater. Turned into a nostalgic night club, I
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This event has a big turn out and has for as long as I can remember. I never miss it, and it appears many others feel the same way. https://www.tropicaltattoo.com/ Wille from Tropical Tattoo, some sponsors and a lot of volunteers come together to present this great bike show twice a
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Like most people I know, I wanted to change the exhaust on my new motorcycle. For now, I have decided that would only be the mufflers, but there are so many to choose from. I think the 4.5-inch mufflers is a real good choice for sound, looks and power. When I was doing my
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As a kid growing up in Oklahoma in the ‘60s I was crazy about hot rods and motorcycles. My father passed away when I was 14. Mom didn’t drive. It was legal for a 14-year-old to ride a motor scooter of five horsepower or less. Mom bought me a Cushman Eagle to ride to school
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After having read about Tom Cotter in the Bikernet.com Thursday News, shared by National Motorcycle Museum (few weeks ago), I started watching Tom’s video series on YouTube. I could resist no more and bought Tom Cotter’s Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales (Sep 2018) and his latest mentioned by NMM, Secrets of the Barn
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Books That Make You Get Out & Explore “After having read about Tom Cotter in the Bikernet.com Thursday News, shared by National Motorcycle Museum (click here) (past few weeks ago), I started watching Tom’s video series on YouTube. I could resist no more and bought Tom Cotter’s Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales (Sep 2018) and
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click on the images to zoom-in This past weekend, at the Barber Vintage Motorcycle Festival, Indian Motorcycle debuted a custom Indian Chief like never before. From cruiser to racer, the RT-3/4 custom Indian Chief was designed by Noise Cycles and brought to life by Zach Hindes. Have a glimpse of
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I was recently bought a new 2022 Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited. So far, I like the motorcycle, but… I rode so long using a Klock Flare Windshield on my previous motorcycle, I missed it. I needed to quickly install one on my new Ultra. I went to the Klock Werks website to order a new windshield.
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Chopper Charlie was in a jam, he knew it. He stepped into too many dark alleys with the wrong guys. He told his old lady to pack everything she owned into her Buick Roadmaster station wagon and get ready to split. Melanie did as she was told. A tiny, bubbly thing, as cute as a
I am a Biker and A Disabled Veteran. There are a lot of people who are as well, including Bandit, and most of us deal with the Veterans Administration for our medical treatment. This was promised to us when we enlisted and or drafted into the military. I have a close friend who is a
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The Motorcycle Riders Foundation is chiefly concerned with issues at the national and international levels that impact the freedom and safety of American street motorcyclists. The 2022 MRF Meeting of the Minds was held in downtown Des Moines this year… and as the hotel block quickly filled and spilled over into other hotels, we
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This tech will be amazing. I built this 1950 Panhead during the Covid thing, so we called it the Pandemic. We fought with a magneto for a year and finally slipped in a used automatic advance distributor and it started first kick, with a Mike Egan R.I.P. rebuilt M-35 Linkert. We ran into another issue.
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Fierce competition brought the battle down to the last round, but Kayleigh Buyck clinched the BTR Road Racing Championship with a thrilling win at Barber. Kayleigh Buyck Crowned at Royal Enfield BUILD. TRAIN. RACE. Barber Final Jaycee Jones victorious again in BTR Flat Track Championship while Kayleigh Buyck brings home BTR Road
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