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Chaos Cycle Wins the 2015 Round of the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show

It was hot in New York. And the wool Pendleton board shirts and a heavy jacket were overkill for the 60 degree December weather. It was even hotter in the Javits Convention Center because it was packed wall-to-wall with enthusiasts. Jeff Holt from Hot Bike Magazine and Street Chopper Magazine awarded the Editor’s Choice awards […]

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Bikernet Book Reveiw — WAILING WALL: A Mother’s Memoir

By Angela Melamud

Approaching middle age, Deedra Climer experienced an unimaginable tragedy—the death of her only son, Joshua, in a motorcycle accident. The spiral of grief that followed reopened ugly wounds that had never fully healed: being raised by a mentally ill and drug-‐addicted mother, the struggles she faced as a young single mother, and the

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Bikernet’s Performance Editor Provides a Two Year Snapshot

By Ray Wheeler

…. Rollin to the Bikernet, Global Headquarters, Wilmington, Ca. Thanks, Thanks, Thanks….. for unlimited encouragement and more. Keith R. Ball, www.bikernet.com, Brad, www.aerocharger.com, Kent Riches, www.airtech-streamlining.com, Chance Darling, www.barnettclutches.com, Alan Alvarez, www.daytona-twintec.com, Jimmie, www.horsepowerinc.net, Randy Torgeson, www.kingofcubes.com, Paul Kittrell, www.lyndallracingbrakes.com, Paul Thede, www.racetech.com, Reggie Sr. & Jr. www.rrcycle.com, Nitro Bill, www.stddevelopment.com, Guy Caputo, Tiger Racing,

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Victory Motorcycles’ Combustion Hits The Big Apple

By Bandit

Last night, Victory Motorcycles revealed the final installment in their 1200cc concept series with the Combustion. Powered by the production version of the engine that made its debut last month at EICMA in Milan, the Combustion is the work of Zach Ness. The Combustion will be on display at Victory booth at the IMS

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The Non-Biker’s Guide to Myrtle Beach Bike Week

By Bandit

While many locals schedule vacations around bike week and some visitors plan their vacations to avoid the increased traffic and noise, there are just as many non-bikers who choose to embrace the Myrtle Beach bike rallies and enjoy the excitement this annual event brings. If you’ve never been in Myrtle Beach during bike

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Bikernet Special Report: Two Custom Motorcycle Creative Types Collide

By Bandit

This story is about two young upstarts in the motorcycle industry. They didn’t stumble into each other until the evil Bikernet.com web site tossed them together in a Port of Los Angeles ghetto, but we can’t go there. Actually, Imogen, who runs the Great Frog wild skull jewelry outlet on Melrose in Hollywood, was first

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Bikernet Tech: TWIN POWER NEW LITHIUM ION BATTERY INSTALL

By Bandit

Incredible. This is the shortest tech in history and partially because of the new product. Batteries are dirty, grubby, heavy, nasty bastards and they throw sparks when you least expect it. About 10 years ago, the whole battery acid nastiness disappeared with the sealed batteries, a major step in the right direction. They kept improving

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Bikernet explores Harry’s Old Style Bikeshow

By Bandit

After a week of doubtful weather the day of Harry’s Bike Show dawned clear and bright, just what the doctor ordered or in this case Harry. Gates were due to be flung open at 9 am but some guys just couldn’t wait. With the Vietnam Veterans & Veterans MC manning the gate at The

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Bikernet Delivers: Le Pera Classic Solos

By Bandit

The very first modification I made to a motorcycle was to remove the stock mattress seat off my new ’69 XLCH and replace it with a Diamond Buttons Cobra seat from Le Pera. I’m on the hunt for a stock ’69 Sportster to replace it, but I would still mess with a totally stock bike

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NCOM Coast To Coast Biker News for November 2015

By Bill Bish

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 BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled &

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2015 Bikernet Holiday Shopping Guide

By Bandit

Welcome to the Bikernet Holiday Guide. You will find in this special section a selection of gift idea for you and for your riding friends. You can also see it as a handy wish list you can share with your family and pals (nudge, nudge). The guide will be upgraded as new items and

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A new day may be dawning for the Bonneville Salt Flats

By Bandit

So often problems concerning the environment seem insurmountable, causing us to shrug our shoulders and then think about issues we feel that we can actually do something about. But since I traveled to Bonneville for my coverage of the challenges facing the Salt Flats, some very positive developments have taken place. Recently, I spoke with

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Bikernet’s Scotter Tramp Scotty: BETSY’S BASH UP

By Scooter Tramp Scotty

The seemingly endless prairie that is Kansas lay ahead like some flat and forgotten playing board beneath a huge and endless sky that seemed to make up the vast majority of this lonely land. The road was almost devoid of towns, vehicles, and people alike as its two-lane pavement cut an arrow straight swath

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Bikernet’s Biketoberfest 2015 Report: Tropical Tattoo Chopper Time

By Rogue

I think Willies Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show is the most popular during the motorcycle events in Daytona Beach during Bike Week and Biketoberfest. It takes place on Thursday and the proceeds benefit Veterans and a No-Kill Animal Shelter.

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BIKERNET’S SCOOTER TRAMP SCOTTY: SPLATTERED IN COLORADO

By Scooter Tramp Scotty

For some weeks Charlie and I toured Colorado together after Sturgis, but the weather crept constantly colder with frequent rains, so we set a course on southbound interstate-25. The idea was to move quickly and directly south until the weather warmed to a comfortable level, then grab back roads to enjoy a slow

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Bikernet Special Report–The Last Love Ride, Maybe

By Bandit

There will probably be a lot written about the last Love Ride, so adding my 2 cents. Might seem like small potatoes, but the Love Ride holds many great memories for me and at least one I think is important to share. Petrina and I left Dago at 5:30 a.m. to get

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NCOM Coast To Coast Biker News for October 2015

By Bill Bish

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NCOM Coast To Coast Biker News for October 2015

By Bill Bish

.”> 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 BIKER NEWSBYTES Compiled

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Bikernet Special Report: Ignorance is Bliss, Or is it just Complacency?

By Bandit

“…Yet ah! Why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their Paradise. No more: – where ignorance is bliss, ‘Tis folly to be wise.” Thomas Gray’s Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College What Thomas Gray was talking about

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Bikernet Covers the Last AIMExpo

By Rogue

The EXPO was an International Motor Sport Event held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando Florida October 15-18 with the first two days for Trade & Media only. Being a Motor Sports Event meant that it included products for numerous types of vehicles not just motorcycles. There were seminars,

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Further Adventures of the Borderland Biker -Chapter 21

By Derrel Whitemyer

“Thank you…thankyouverymuch…,” said an Elvis with a good natured grin that looked like a lopsided sneer and who looked a lot like the Elvis played by the actor Bruce Campbell in the movie BUBBA HO-TEP and who was sitting on a stool with his back to a jukebox. “Larry and Kate are in the

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Bikernet Features Todd’s Monster Shovelhead

By Bandit

Todd Silicato is just that kind of guy. He worked for PM for years, but had the balls to strike out on his own and kick off Todd’s Cycles, which became a success. He designed his own product line, built wild customs and modified stock bikes. He’s sort of a quiet guy with his easy-going

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Bikernet asks “So you want to make your Vegas 8-ball more like an Indian Larry Chopper?”

By Derrel Whitemyer

Sooooo Elisa Seeger, owner of Indian Larry Motorcycles in Brooklyn New York, has invited me to their September 19th annual block party in honor of Larry. I can’t go. However since I’m a fan of Larry and have been writing a serialized sci-fi book called ‘BORDERLAND BIKER in memory of Indian Larry and Doo Wop

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The Black Hills Beast

By Ben Lamboeuf

Basedon a new 2015 Indian Scout and customized to emulate thepurpose-built nature of historic hill climb motorcycles, the BlackHills Beast is the work of Doug Siddens and Nick Jaquez ofIndianMotorcycles.net. Photography by Todd Williams Transformingthe look of the Scout started relatively easily with the addition ofseveral new Indian Motorcycle accessories including the 1920 SoloSaddle Seat

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