Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in an ongoing series aimed at keeping you on the road and out of the poor house. Hard times demand frugally demented ideas, so we took away vagabond writer Joshua Placa’s meds, duct-taped a laptop to his chest, gave him a tin cup and sent him off […]
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In 2012 many important decisions have been taken in Brussels which will impact motorcycling and the motorcycle industry, for which FEMA has played an active role. The new European regulation on the approval of two-wheelers, which has recently been approved by the European Parliament and by the Council, is bringing safer and greener bikes to
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I’m just going to come right out and say it: This is a commercial. If the government has its way, motorcycling as we know it is coming to an end. You might be a member of a motorcycle rights organization (MRO) or at least you know someone who is. You know the guy that travels
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So what, you may well ask, is a book about an airplane doing on Bikernet? And it’s a good question, with a very succinct answer. Well, you see Bobby Wood wrote it; the very same Bobby Wood of Alabama’s Wood Performance products for Harley-Davidsons. A two-time Fuel Funny Car NHRA National Record Holder, Bobby is
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How secure are property rights if the police can take your stuff and keep it, citing no particular reason at all? Not very secure. This is the way police work in the developing world. Of course, this practice is increasingly common in the U.S. too. Municipalities around the nation are battling to stay afloat, and
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Bikernet correspondant Darren Ho reports from the 21st Annual Yokohama Hot Rod & Custom Show in Japan Click on any photo to view it full size; hit ‘esc’ to resume reading. Everyone dreams of knocking items off their infinite “bucket list.” Recently, I had the opportunity to do
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Marking the end of one chapter in our history and setting forth on the beginning of the most exciting one yet, the Final Edition is a tribute to all that was and all that will be. A stunning yet powerful bike, it features the 1939 World’s Fair paint scheme of Thunder Black and Indian
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The Easyriders 2013 Bike Show Tour is rolling into Anaheim, CA on Saturday January 5, 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Witness hundreds of the planets hottest bikes on display as competitors compete for 59 total awards, cash, and the chance to have their bike featured in one of our magazines. Meet Charlie Hunnam “Jax”
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When it comes to Paul Cavallo’s dry wit and motorcycle-building capabilities, it takes no more than a the whisper of a breeze through California hillside brush to kick off the desire to build another chopper or bobber. He hardly needs any excuse to work 14-hour days along side his master machinist dad. Call him for
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With the holidays around the corner, Bikernet sponsor J&P Cycles offers a comprehensive video tour of cool motorcycle luggage items they carry. Check it out! Whether preparing for a cross-country trip or just looking for a place to stash a few things for an afternoon on the road, this video will help you
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2AZZ1 (pronounced “two as one”) Their new album “Shiny Side Up” http://2azz1.com/index.php Both Craig and Mary grew up riding dirt bikes Southern Michigan. They loved the open land and trails in Michigan. Lakes, hunting, fishing, skiing, boating, snowmobiles and of course motorcycles are “the way of life” in Michigan. But as musicians, they both headed
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The Harley in the Barn is the follow up text to The Vincent in the Barn by Tom Cotter. Bikers love their stories and what better way than to have them in book form. Subtitled More Great Tales of Motorcycle Archeology, Cotter brings together tales from across the motorcycle community about the great
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The Easyriders 2013 Bike Show Tour is right around the corner. Easyriders Events offers your company twenty-plus years of proven performance as one of the most respected motorcycle production companies in the business. We are your connection to the motorcycle consumer. The Easyriders Bike Show Tour will put your company and products in
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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 COAST TO COAST BIKER
Coast to Coast Legislative Report from AIM and Bill Bish for November 2012 Read More »
What the hell? I called Ryan Robinson who was rolling away from his 17-year-old shop on the outskirts of Toronto, in Guelph, Canada, a city of 121,000. It was a calm 28-degree night as he sliced his way home through 91 percent humidity. He spent a regular 12-hour day at his small service shop, RNR
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Were you at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally twenty years ago? Do you recall some of the great events of that year, or do you even have any memories of that year? One thing is for sure, about 100,000 people attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally that year, and the Rapid City Journal worked hard to
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The 12th edition of the Thunder Valley Rally recently boomed into Cottonwood, AZ and surrounding scenic areas, attracting several thousand enthusiasts from local counties and neighboring states to this former bootlegging stronghold. Pouring in from the north end of Old Town and corked at the south by a mega sound stage, Main Street was turned
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How to Rebuild & Restore Classic Harley-Davidson Big Twins 1936-1964 by Rick Schunk from Motorbooks Workshop series gives their attention to the venerable Knucklehead and Panhead in this how to restore book. While nothing short of an encyclopedia would cover every aspect of restoring these old bikes this book gives a solid effort on the
The wind whistled over the hills surrounding the small berg of Big Bend, Wisconsin in the fall of 1986 when Jamie Strasser, the son of a pair of self-employed gas station owners, opened his first body shop in a storage shed. He was barely 18 years of age. When he was 14, his father gave
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.” style=”color: #ffbb04; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; “> ACORN NUTS MEET THE MUDFLAP GIRL– P/N: MK731: 110-Piece Solid Brass Acorn Nut Assortment Tray Brass is class, and a great gift idea for old school bikers! Conveniently stored in the heavy-duty Tray with lid is a 110 piece assortment of Solid Brass Low Crown acorn nuts
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I suspect some are going to question why I would remove a reasonably new H-D automatic primary chain adjuster on my 2009 FLHTC and install a Baker job that must be manually adjusted. There is meaning to my madness. The automatic chain adjuster was designed to remove any primary chain slack, by noticing flex in
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It’s been ten years since I penned my story to Bikernet about how to best handle a marriage that is on the decline. Like I said before, most couples just seem to fall into the same trap. Meet a hot new person, fall in love/lust, get married, have a few kids, get fat, lose your
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This is an interesting one. For years, we installed True Track systems to prevent touring Harleys from the negative effects of rear-end sway. The treacherous wobbling can actually lead to devastating high-speed wobbles. Most bikers disliked riding touring H-D motorcycles at high speeds, and wobbling as they passed 18-wheelers, when they were supposed to be
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