The National Motorcycle Museum thrives on relationships with other museums, collectors, and even pickers, like Mike Wolfe, star of American Pickers. Motorcycles and memorabilia loaned for exhibit is how the Museum stays fresh and interesting, always bringing you something new. John Parham, president of the Museum asked Mike to put the bike on display, […]
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Many of you have grown up with the names Rivera Engineering & Primo Belt Drives before both names were combined under the new corporate identity Rivera Primo Inc. After all, the company has been in the motorcycle aftermarket business for close to 40 years. What a lot of you don’t realize is that besides the
The Bikernet/Cycle Source Sweeps saw its grand finale in Las Vegas and a Cycle Source subscriber won, Jordon Cambell, who will have the glorious opportunity to pick up his bike at Daytona Bike Week in March. But we won’t stop giving credit, where credit is due. One man added the final detailed touches to this
Editor’s Note: We posted Rogue’s story in the Sunday Post, and then he sent this, “I fucked up and sent you the article about the Broken Spoke from Bike Week, last March.” Actually, many of the same players were in attendance, but here’s the roaming Rogue’s story from Daytona just a couple of weeks ago.
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CUSTOM BIKE DEAL OF THE WEEK, METAL SPORT WHEEL SETS—Right now you can order complete wheel sets from Metalsport. They come with Vee Rubber tires mounted, with tubes if you like and matching polished stainless rotors, ready to mount and ride. Amazing. Here’s the wheel set of the week for just $3695. They are Chip
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There is no shortage of Bike Shows during Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach. Though they all offer something different to the sunburnt folks entering them and also to those attending. Some are more popular than others. Some represent stock-bike ride-in shows, others are more big-buck glamour choppers shows, then there’s the blue collar Tropical Tattoo old
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THE ULTIMATE WHEEL BALANCERS FROM BIKER’S CHOICE–Biker’s Choice now offers Centramatic Wheel Balancers. They are a unique line of “On Board” Balancing Systems for tires and wheel’s that maximizes tire life and smooth’s your ride and that’s Centramatic’s primary goal. They mount between the brake disc and the wheel hub and require no service
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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. COAST TO COAST BIKER NEWS
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This article appeared on the J&P Cycles Blog and is published here for the benefit of Bikernet readers. Please visit Bikernet sponsor J&P Cycles for all your motorcycle needs. It’s getting colder, no doubt aboutthat, and now we’re faced with the task of putting our rides away for thewinter. Today’s blog post provides some
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.” style=”color: #ffd871; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; “> SOLID BRASS ACORN NUTS FROM MR. LUCKY–MK731: 110-Piece Solid Brass Acorn Nut Assortment Tray. Mr Lucky Sez……brass is class! The most popular UNC & UNF nut sizes, in Solid Brass, all in a convenient assortment tray! Add some finishing Brass touches to your retro ride, and really
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NEW TOOL FROM JIMS–JIMS Twin Cam Piston Ring End Gap Tool. Introducing another unique JIMS tool by master tuner and multiple land speed world record holder Hiro Koiso! Designed to test ring gaps with a unique proprietary cutout feature, the flanged shape allows the piston ring to fit squarely into the cylinder bore every time.
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I knew Kevin and Mona Alsop when their primary business was the Chopper-in-a-Box, build-it-yourself kits. Buyers ordered them by the dozen and actually built ‘em themselves. I thought that was so cool. Big Bear Choppers pioneered that concept. Suddenly, custom American choppers became the gold standard for cool worldwide and BBC was in the eye
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is pleased to be the new home for an all wooden motorcycle built by wood artist Mike Sohn of Hannibal, Missouri. The bike, which is modeled after a 1909 Harley-Davidson Twin took a year and a half to complete. The artist estimates there are at least nine
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Ever wonder where or who makes the products we put on our bikes? I did, so I took a journey to Huntington Beach Ca. to get an inside look at one of the premier motorcycle accessory company’s around, LA Choppers. The company is hidden among the many industrial units in the beach area,
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We’ve been after this tech for months. We still don’t have all the answers, but we’re closer. Since I never build any motorcycle the same as the next one, I run into issues every time I haul brake components to Baker Precision on Signal Hill for another set of lines. It’s always a roll of
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It’s been one helluva wild ride for young Corey Miller, a California-born man who played in bands, tattooed the famous and rode motorcycles … all by the age of 15. A self-taught artist, Corey climbed the ranks of street tattooer. He started tattooing professionally at the age of 20, in 1987 at Fat George’s Tattoo
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MESH AND SPOKE HI-TECH PULLEYS FROM BDL–No matter if you’re running a Bagger, Factory Hot Rod, Custom, Chopper, Hot Rod or Bar Hopper, these hi-tech pulleys recently introduced by Belt Drives LTD. can enhance the form and function of a variety of late model machines. Manufactured by BDL at their cutting edge facility in
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Events sometimes conspire to lead you places you had no intention of going. I met Bandit in June 2011 when he rode the Smoke Out XII Long Road beginning in New Orleans. I live in the New Orleans area and picked Bandit up at the airport and deposited his lanky frame in the heart of
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If you own a bike chances are you have modified it in some way, shape or form and if you haven’t, you will be shortly. Just the initial cost of chrome goodies, power adders, luggage or whatever else you deem necessary can hit your wallet pretty hard. But if you are going to a
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So you’ve stabbed your cheating lover through the heart and she’s bled out on the floor. You’ve poured yourself a stiff drink and now have a decision to make; Just what music is suitable for the occasion? Well I have the solution: Knives and Gasoline, a native band based in Los Angeles, has the perfect
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“A pre-2006 Fat Boy with spoke wheels.” “Another parts bin special masquerading as a hot new model.” “Less is more when it comes to price with this bike.” “Overpriced for what you get.” These are several of the comments that guys have made to me while discussing the Softail Slim. The Motor Company, on the
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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
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I peeled over to Gard Hollinger’s new 20,000 square foot facility near the Los Angeles Airport recently. He has a motorcyclist partner, Keanu Reeves, who doesn’t own cars just rides. Together they collaborated on this bike for five years, and it just might become the prototype for the next, American motorcycle manufacturer. Over the next
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Well it has been five years now that has seen me put 20,000 miles on what was once the latest and greatest Street Glide produced. The 2012 is what I would term the third generation while the 2007 would be the second generation, as it came fitted with some very major mechanical changes like a
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