Experienced motorcycle riders will often refer to ‘SIPDE’ as a safety teaching mechanism that has gotten them through some difficult situations on the road. Those of you who are familiar with this acronym will be nodding along in agreement, but if you aren’t familiar with SIPDE, there’s no shame – you’ve come to the […]
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SYNTHETIC FUEL COULD PARDON MOTORCYCLES FROM ELECTROCUTIONWith governments around the world establishing firm deadlines for eliminating gasoline-powered vehicles, the technology that has driven transportation for more than a century isn’t ready to go the way of the dinosaur just yet, and combustion engines may be given renewed hope with the advent of synthetic fuels that
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J.J. Solari Note: What follows is a lampoon, a comedy, a sketch, a humor entity, a satire, a witty diversion, a parody, a spoof, a jocular moment, an amusement, a brief frolic in fiction, a delightful playtime vocabularic rondelay so to speak if I may? No one other than the composer of this whatever-it-even-is actually
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Editor’s Note: Here’s an interesting article about emissions and the Classic Car Industry. The topics discussed here will ultimately impact Choppers and classic motorcycles. But what if these regulations are misguided? Check out the report at the end of the Hagerty piece. –Bandit Curtailing tailpipe emissions is a centerpiece of the Biden administration’s clean-air strategy,
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Vintage motorcycles that have stood the test of time. While the mechanics of motorcycles have changed through the years, riders’ love of the open road has not — and you can rent one of these classic beauties on Twisted Road now to go explore. This month, Nick is channeling his inner Marty McFly and
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When I read the Wikipedia entry on Jochen Zeitz, the new CEO of Harley-Davidson, up until then only Jesus of Nazareth held in my mind the Golden Humanity Award and the “Awesome-And-Yet-One-Of-Us” trophy for Entity Excellence. But now I have to say to Jesus, “J-ster dude?…… You might wanna get up from Your chair….and let
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I dreamt up the idea of racing six different disciplines on one machine about a year ago. Registered for all events in the Novice category, participating in events will encompass six racing disciplines in motorsports. The final push: Six Ways to Sunday racing begins this week One lesson that has cemented
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Six To Twelve Volt Conversion The other day Sifu rolled up on his ’62 Panhead beaming. “I’ve owned this bike for 25 year,” he said through his glistening pearly whites. “It has never started first kick. It never idled at a stop with out my hand desperately working the throttle.” We stood there looking at
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The mall near where I live, and which has a bowling alley emporium has declared that at least until further notice customers may actually eat food in the “food court.” Which is where you get-and-eat food to eat in the food court, but which has been forbidden-behavior for nearly a year and a half in
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One of my sisters by another mother Susan “Bag Lady Sue” Austin has written a book and she sent me a signed copy. I know it is going to be good reading because she wrote it and she does have a story to tell. Though I have learned a lot about
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THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. NCOM CONVENTION WELCOMES RIDERS TO AMERICA’S
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NHDRO motorcycle drag racing series race coverage report event: NHDRO $67K Big Bracket Shootout Season Opener presented by Liguori Drag Racingwhen: May 13-16, 2021where: National Trail Raceway, Hebron, Ohio, USA Lee and Adams Take NHDRO’s $67,000 Shootout NHDRO’s Brian and Niki Welch have really perfected their Big Money bracket shootout formula with last
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That old trike was a real Frankenstein’s monster. She was the back end of a Corvair of a 1960 vintage and a front end of a Honda CB 500. She had a full-size keg gas tank on the chariot bed over the engine. The driver seat was a plastic Baja bucket. The passenger seat was
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Beginning Thursday, May 6, new days and hours of operation come to the Harley-Davidson Museum And May 15 sees the return of Saturday demo rides! MILWAUKEE, USA (May 4, 2021) – As a part of the Harley-Davidson Museum’s phased reopening, the H-D Museum will soon expand its hours of operation. Beginning Thursday, May 6,
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/cop26-chief-world-must-act-113017481.html “(1) Human activity is damaging our Earth. (2) It’s imperiling this brilliant jewel. (3) The greenhouse gases that we’ve been pumping into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution are altering nature’s precious balance, disrupting the finely tuned and fantastically complex system that is the world’s climate, and the effects are now closing in. (4)
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What do Henry Winkler, Paul Newman, and Peter Fonda have in common—besides the fact that they’re all entertainment icons? Here’s a not-so-obvious answer: motorcycles. Although the three weren’t all motorcycle enthusiasts—Winkler couldn’t even ride when he scored the part of Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli in Happy Days—they each portrayed a motorcycle-riding character in the movies
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A couple of years ago the growing membership of the Cherokee Chapter of the AMCA (Antique Motorcycle Club of America) in central Texas made a monumental decision. The antique motorcycle group wanted to establish a major antique motorcycle event closer to the center of the country. Davenport, Iowa, Daytona, Florida and Wauseon, Ohio were like
All over the English-speaking-world journalist hacks are asking each other “Why is it that Bikernet journalists are so much better than us? While we, on the other hand, are just useless meaningless carbuncles on the ship of literary history? And parchment fragments in the Museum of Bad Writing Skills??” This is what they’re asking themselves.
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The AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series gaveAtlanta Dragway a flaming, thundering, nitro Harley send-off, asthe AHDRA opened its 2021 campaign at the soon-to-be-razed Commerce, Georgia speed facility on April 17-18. TKR & Associates Top Fuel The biggest thunder inGeorgia was brewed up by the big nitro V-Twins of TKR & Associates Top Fuel.
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NCOM CONVENTION IN DES MOINES WELCOMES RIDERS NATIONWIDE The 36th annual NCOM Convention is right around the corner, so plan now to be a part of one of the largest gatherings of motorcycle rights activists in the world. This year’s NCOM Convention, to be held JULY 23-25, 2021 at the Holiday Inn Des
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Right in the middle of our move operation to South Dakota Jeremiah strips his rear belt of all its teeth. This is not the first time. I just checked all the forums and didn’t find anything conclusive. Is he too hard on his belt with hole-shots and excessive acceleration? Did he adjust the belt too
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“I would like to thank the Academy or whatever the fuck this roomful of people is who wish they were me at this moment……for giving me this award for poetry. You know, when I started my writing career writing comedy porn stories for magazines like Nugget, Rascal, Topper and Vue and the street vending machine
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Recently in Hagerty News, Davin (that’s pronounced Dave-in) walked through the basics of cutting new threads in stock materials. That is all but necessary for fabricating new parts and pieces for a project, but what about threaded holes that already exist in parts you need to salvage? Then it’s time to talk about chasing threads.
Editors Note: I can’t explain it. Generally, we publish Sam’s Picks of the Week with a report about my evil past, or with notions of biker romance and the metalflake experience. But J.J.’s recent findings far outweigh the last time I met a redhead in a bar. However, as you go through your day hanging
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