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Accidental Rebuild

  Sometimes Mickey Mouse is best.  By Scooter Tramp Scotty Part One The girl lived in a trailer park on the northern outskirts of Los Angeles. She was “Trailer Treasure”, and so it was I’d come to stay for the past two weeks. Although this was not the heart of the city, neither could it […]

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ACCIDENTAL REBUILD

      Part One The girl lived in a trailer park on the northern outskirts of Los Angeles. She was “Trailer Treasure”, and so it was I’d come to stay for the past two weeks. Although this was not the heart of the city, neither could it be confused with countryside. Concrete ruled this

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FR 1750 “FAT TRACKER”

  This bike was built by Hal’s Harley-Davidson in New Berlin, to pay homage to the dealership’s racing history. Avid Dirt Track enthusiasts, Hal and Kirk traveled the Midwest watching races since the mid ’70s. Like many dealers they turned a hobby into their livelihood when they acquired J&S Cycles in 1978.   Huge believers

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2014 Sturgis Buffalo Chip

      Sturgis is over and everyone who went should be back home by now. I have finished most of my articles and they are posted here on Bikernet including the ones that started somewhere else and ended up at the CHIP.       NO Report on Sturgis would be complete without mentioning

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What the hell is CSAL?

    Rogue and I just got back from a mostly back roads trip to Tennessee, where we attended the West Tennessee Valley Rally.  It’s a  4 day motorcycle event,  in the western  TN town of Morris Chapel.   Shiloh Battlegrounds, Buford Pusser’s Home, Pickwick Lake/Dam, Tennessee River, Natchez Trace Parkway, and the Rattlesnake Saloon

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El Serape, Long Beach XS 650

    Gaylord Street rests on the west side of Long Beach, California, a bunched industrial community of little stucco shops, cinder-block buildings, even a small home or two, and oil refineries next to the Port of Long Beach. It’s the low rent district. There’s an unmarked shop next to a blacked-out iron gate very

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5-Ball Racing Report for August 14th, 2014

    But first the adrenaline junky list: ****Mojave Mile****In The Books****April 12-13****12,000 foot runway, one mile shutdown…. ****N H R A**** Leaders, T/F, Doug Kalitta, F/C, Robert Hight, M/C, Andrew Hines****  ****NHRA**** 8/14-17****Brainerd, Mn.  ****E C T A Ohio Mile****5/3-4 (In The Books)****6/7-8 ****6/10 ****Valerie Thompson kicks ass, 208.71, BMW S 1000 RR) ****7/12-13****9/27-28****

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FOR THE LOVE OF MOTORCYCLES

Editor’s note: I’ve been chasing Yaniv Evan for several months to write a feature about the P-16. He’s like trying to interview a starving field mouse, darting from one empty container to another one in search for food. No time to talk. I finally ran into him at the shop opening. He had a shop

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Heavy Rebel Weekender

        It was a crispy July morning in Winston Salem. I was at the car show, soaking in the sun, as the candy paint reflections of hot rods and choppers cooked my skin from all angles, like the Smoke Out did the weekend before. To my delight, no one mentions the heat.

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2015 Indian Scout First Ride

Indian Motorcycle wanted the new Scout to stand out on its own as an evolution of the original model, and not a tribute or a copy. Featuring a modern, liquid-cooled engine, compact proportions, striking styling and light weight, the Scout should allow Indian Motorcycle to appeal to a broader customer base including new riders. You

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2014 STURGIS LEGENDS RIDE

    The annual Sturgis Legends Ride is organized by the Sturgis Buffalo Chip to raise funds for local charities, including Black Hills Special Olympics and the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame was held on Monday August 4th beginning in Deadwood at the Historic Franklin Hotel.   Riders who have tickets for the

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The Mayhem Panhead

I’ve been interviewing feature builders and owners for 40 years. You can imagine, I’ve conversed with every personality under the stars, including a prick or two. Sometimes we start to talk and suddenly it’s like shooting the shit with a brother of 20 years. And often this one conversation will lead to a decades-long relationship.

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