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There’s an unwritten rule in the Code OfChrome that says, if you slip a set of highbarson any motorcycle you save it from mediocrity.There’s more, an evil punishment for this oftenillegal gesture towards the rebellious arts. Assoon as the unsuspecting rider throws his legover the saddle and reaches for the tall grips,his sideburns expand down […]

KENTUCKY Tobacco. Brown, rolling tobacco. Potholes, cops, tobacco. Thesplit in the fuel tank is significant now and my long-range bomber’s distance has been curbed from a solid 220 miles per tank to 190. I am leaking fuelnon-stop as I sweep down the highways, running 100, letting the semis fardown the road break the radar waves.

STURGIS 2000, THE LONG WAY HOME SOUTH DAKOTA As I rolled out of South Dakota, I day dreamed about what it wouldbe like to own a rubber mount with a windshield, a cushioned seat and a frontbrake. We all fantasize from time to time and this was my fantasy. Suddenly Icould see red and blue

I was hammering around town when the hail hit. Nobody can ridethrough hail. At least nobody who buys their own paint jobs. Stopping on the shoulder, I pulled out my rain gear and tried tolean over the tank, to keep the hail from ruining the $1,000 color thatEddie Meeks from Hardly Civilized in the Carolinas

TENNESSEE I rolled Tennessee on the second or third day. I’d lost track ofthe days, the weeks, even the year. Everything was a seamless flow connected by anetwork of glistening August asphalt and flashing dotted lines. The way itshould be. I swept through the Tennessee mountains, climbing, climbing. Theview was stupendous from the Great Northern

From left to right: Bandit, Mad Myron and Special Agent Zebra, Spearfish, South Dakota, Sturgis 2000 MIAMI, FLORIDA “What you’re trying to do is a felony,” the DMV cunt behind thecounter told me bluntly. A rule-crazy jackass, practiced at spouting outby-the-book bull crap, the sorry bitch was clearly taking delight in being able to turn

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There are definitely advantages to signing on to Bikernet.com. I was checking out the site when I noticed a device named True-Track, designed by Wil Phillips of RubberTail fame. I contacted Bandit about it, and he arranged for me to receive one for technical analysis.I have customers and brothers who complain that their Harley- Davidson

  I’m the stumbling drunk of the Bikernet crew. I admit it. Sure, I get fucked up on a daily basis, live off the staff’s kindness and brotherhood, haven’t had a bike up and running in six months and don’t help out much. So recently I was given a do-or-die ultimatum. Write the ultimate tech

This low dollar backyard vacuum pump was constructed for under $25.00 U.S. I use it to do a front fork oil change on Road King’s and Dresser models, prior to the new cartridge H-D fork’s. I installed a regulator on the pump so I could control how fast it sucks up the fork oil in

Well as we promised here at Bikernet, our series on wide-tire installations has finally arrived. Since the craze has become almost business as usual, it stood to reason that we show you what’s available and how to go about getting the job done right. We’ll be showing you two different 150 installations centered around stock

Sportsters…… I love ’em. Light, tight, quick, and always ready for a street brawl.There’s just one problem: The availability of aftermarket parts. Although theaftermarket industry has yet to fully embrace the Sportster rider as a marketingforce, Baker Drivetrain is one company that is bucking the trend.   What you see before you is the recently

Some 90 percent of all breakdowns are attributed to electrical problems. So, if you’re a hardcore maniac, an electrically challenged individual, or a bastard who likes to keep his scoot as clean as possible, here’s the unit. The company that developed this invention builds a handful of quality parts, Custom Cycle Engineering. They show up

Brought To You By Ever wondered just how far you can go with a Harley basedcustom??? We have, and judging by the phone calls and show requests,a lot of others have, as well. Maybe the easiest route would be tobuild a ground up, with all aftermarket parts, but there arethousands of Wisconsin built bikes out

This has been a strange yet comfortable project. Severalmonths ago we installed a Screamin’ Eagle cam, the H-D race headersystem and a new ignition, and modified the carb. We added chrome rockerboxes to enhance the appearance. In the meantime, Paul Davis fromCharlotte H-D, Anson from the Deep South and a couple of othercontributors have been

Sugar Bear with Bikernet’s Layla at Easyriders Show.We’ve met all sorts of guys through the years whobuild bikes. Some found a niche and stuck to it–likeSugar Bear. He started building his own front ends’cause he couldn’t pry one from the fingers of thefamous Dick Allen. Sugar Bear grew up in Los Angeles,hanging out at shops

Sponsored By: Cycle ExchangePO Box 275 – Hwy 51 South – Minocqua, WI 54548Phone: (715) 356-7346    FAX: (715) 356-5896     Toll Free (877) 707-BIKE© 2002 Cycle Exchange – All rights reserved One item of widespread confusion between the custom buyer andbuilder is an uncertainty as to exactly how long his extended fork will be. Itmay be close to

With the complexity of factory OEM fuel injection systems, Custom Chrome in partnership with Techlusion felt it was important to provide owners with a product that is easy to operate, install and understand while not upsetting the stock fuel curve, or timing. This new DFO Box (Digital Fuel Optimizer) is just that animal. By attaching

Bandit uses only one type of risers on his bikes. At least that’s been his M.O. for the last 15 years. “I like the kick back to the bars without a pullback and the vibration isolation.” he said recently. Ya see, Custom Cycle Engineering has been building old-style dogbone risers for glides for some twenty

I was sitting at my desk the other day pondering the woes of the world and, at the same time, wondering just how much crap I could stuff into my garbage can before the trash company would refuse to empty it when the phone rang. It was George Smith from S&S Cycle calling in the