Life is fascinating, daunting, bullshit, heart-breaking, exhilarating and once in awhile inspiring. It’s also a blast, sexy, and fast. Just in the last couple of weeks, I encountered a struggling biker business on the brink of financial heartache. They survived the 2008 economic downturn, and became one of the few custom bike companies to make […]
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This is a tough one. We all have dreams, but dreams take resources. And of course, your resources need resources. Our Bikernet, 5-Ball Racing dream is to build the first streamlined trike, the Salt Torpedo. Several companies recognized the concept and stepped up, including JIMS machine, Paughco, MetalSport, Carl’s Speed Shop and BDL. We got
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To me and many others it was the place to be on Thursday of Bike Week. Yes it is a Bike Show and there are so many entered that there is hardly space to move between them, but it is different than other shows in the area. There is a feeling that is hard
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The Texas border crossing had been a terrifying experience for all the media hype, American’s telling me horror stories, and even the border guards worried for my security. But life is always a gamble and living by the confines of fear does not seem like much of a life at all. So I’d simply
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Honors to fallen riders, Driverless cars, RPM act and restriction on black box data and more. Click here to read the NCOM News on Bikenet.
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON became the sponsor of the Editor’s Choice Bike Show held on Wednesday March 9th at the Broken Spoke Saloon on US1 in Ormond Beach this year during Daytona Bike Week. The show was organized and judged by top employees from the Motor Company. The winners received handmade trophies by “BILLY LANE” Here is
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•The timeless style and iconic character of the original Bonneville is reborn in the classy and authentic Bonneville T120 and effortlessly cool T120 Black. Both crafted to the highest standard of detailing, quality and finish, matched by the capability and performance of a truly modern classic. •Powered by the all-new 1200cc ‘high torque’ Bonneville
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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.
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“The two Colt 45s just changed back into a picture of two Colt 45s…I’m doing something wrong?” Larry leaned over the steel bowl and picked up the picture of the two Colts, “You must be editing your thoughts. Maybe Hilts can explain why when he and Kate catch up?” Larry then nodded at his
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I’ve known Jim Waggaman of Air Stream Studios for maybe 30 years. He helped me with my ’92 Dyna custom with Mike Maldonado, and I rode it to Sturgis in ’94. Hell, I rode it 400 miles in the rain with Dr. Hamster to the Billet Bar in Phoenix, from Los Angeles, for a drink.
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B.B. St. Roman’s house on Burgundy St. in the French Quarter of New Orleans was just as I’d left it last winter, and her welcome just as warm. But I was running late. Some months past, an audio documentary company called “Everything Is Stories” had contacted me for an interview and it was ultimately
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Motorcycle culture is mostly dynamic, but it has some traditions that will never change. The nostalgia and appreciation for the person that first put you on a bike… everyone has that story, and they are often shared over more than a couple of beers. The South Carolina Biker Hall of Fame (SCBOF) honors that
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Indian Motorcycle has just released details on its new 2016 Indian Springfield. Named after the birthplace of Indian Motorcycle, the Springfield was designed to offer classic styling blended with modern technology. In short, it’s here to deliver a healthy mix of touring comfort and urban versatility. The Indian Springfield can be quickly converted into a
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The RSD SuperHooligan Indian Scout Sixty race bikes most recently appeared at races held in conjunction with The One Show in Salem, Ore., and Mama Tried in Milwaukee, Wis. At The One Show, RSD fielded four Indian Scout Sixty SuperHooligan bikes in a line-up of 15 racers. Drake McElroy, Travis Newbold, Cameron Brewer and local
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Victory Motorcycles plans to roar into the 75th Anniversary of Daytona Bike Week, March 5-12, led by the new Victory Octane, with demo rides, performance demonstrations, custom bike displays, organized rides and much more including the presenting sponsorship of the historic Daytona 200 roadrace featuring the Victory Octane as the official pace bike for
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The Tesla S is the closest thing to a totally driverless car available now. I had to leave my state to test-drive it. New York’s archaic laws forbid taking both hands off the wheel. Once outside New York, the Tesla representative in the passenger seat had me turn on the autopilot. Suddenly, I was
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I bought the donor 2003 H-D 883 Sportster on December 31, 2010. On the next day, January 1st 2011, I began tearing it apart and started the reverse engineering process. I measured the parts I would keep and design around, like the engine, frame and a few others. The unneeded parts were donated to a
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Today, UC Davis released the first estimates of methane emissions from an underground gas storage field north of Los Angeles. Owned by Southern California Gas Company, the gas has been leaking since October. UC Davis pilot and scientist Stephen Conley measured the plume and estimates nearly 80,000 tons of methane have been released, or 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 BIKER NEWSBYTESCompiled &
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Would you believe that nice, civilized people from Minnesota would ever produce a thinly veiled, mischief-happy, two-wheeled hooligan motorcycle that looks like it was designed with a meat cleaver? You better believe it, because the howling mass of dark matter that’s growing ever larger in your rearview mirror is none other than the 2017
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Democratic NAZI party Leader Barak Insane Obama and his Gestapo at USEPA want more man made Utopia. If you like anything motorized, motorcycles, cars, trucks and boats. This is the beginning of the END. See Below… SEMA works to prevent proposed EPA prohibition of road-to-racecar conversionsTuesday, 09 February 2016 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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The Past Has no Precedent over the Present If this statement is true, then why do we hold on to the past and in many cases repeat the same situation over and over again. One of my teachers Arlene Bump used to say “same song, a different verse, a little bit louder, a little
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I know it, and I am sympathetic to all our struggles, and I believe it’ll all be worthwhile, with any luck the next update will help bring on additional sponsors. Just sent the cop bagga bike home last week and almost finished with the Victory metal work, so I can start building the trike frame
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Itwould have been Doug Bingham’s 45thGriffith Park Sidecar Rally this coming October, 2016 but his “flyingchair” will be empty this next go-around. After nearly halfcentury’s full-time dedication to the promotion of the sidecarexperience, on this past January 27, 2016, Doug passed away at age76. SayingDoug lived, breathed, ate, slept, dreamed sidecars would be noexaggeration. He
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