Holy shitaroo, what a year! Westarted out with the notion for a Streamlined 45 like Burt Monroe. Thestreamliner rules prohibited the dream, but we kept moving with Departure BikeWorks, until the economy sucked the life out of Lee’s business, and state taxesalmost shut him down. The Bonne Belle slowed like two flat tires in the […]
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Devil’s Take on the Café Racer Story by Johnny Humble, Pics from The Devil Sportsters have always held a special place in my heart because of the spirit they were designed to invoke with their short, choppy stroke and torquey power plant. The engine and transmission attached 50 years before the Twin Cam, and a
Sturgis 2010 As the spring months turn into summer, my road trip itch begins to burn like a bad case of chiggers. For 10 months, I am ok riding back and forth to work, taking the occasional blast through the National Forest with my son, or screaming around the city with
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The statistics of the Sturgis Rally are always impressive, however, this year’s 70th anniversary marks a return to the boom days of the middle of last decade before the onset of the recession, with numbers considerably up on the past few years and with a daily record for the number
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(Photos by Brian Nelson, Robert Pandya and Victory Motorcycles) You can click on any of the following photos to view them full size and as a slide show. For 2011, Victory’s slogan “The New American Motorcycle,” has been dropped in favor of a more dynamic and evocative: “Fuel It,” clearly demonstrating that Victory
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EDITOR’S NOTE: We discovered a special service in the Saddlemen line-up: custom seats. They not only build seats around your design or your seat pan, but they will modify an existing Saddlemen seat to fit any rider. Below is a mass of info from Saddleman, then a report from a 5’6″ tall Bikernet Correspondent,
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Meet, if you will, Cleveland’s“Jesse The Kid”. I was firstintroduced to him during his day of revolting from his Ma. This was a big mistake, as Ma was good friends withHuey. She brought Jesse to Hueyand proclaimed, “straighten his ass out Huey.” I suppose this was in the early ’90s as Jesse was
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Editor’s Note: For decades motorcycle rightsgroups were on the defensive, fighting helmet laws, handlebar laws, and noiseregulations. The one caveat to that assumption was motorcycle training efforts,then motorcycle awareness. More and more groups, including FEMA – The EuropeanMotorcyclists’ Federation, have gone offensive todevelop successful safety systems. The outcome is fascinating and should be alesson for
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THE LONG ROAD 2010:The Long Road, in my mind, can be described in one word: Euphoric! What elsecan you say when: A) The staff of a cool bike magazine that promotes RIDING, B)The House Band (Three Spoke Wheel), C) 60 or so chopper jockeys that are”The Real Deal”, and D) the Chop Off contestants, all
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Editor’s Note: We’ve made several bike builders rich and famous,because they were featured in magazines and on television, but here’s anarticle about a true motorcycle hero. Sputnik, a man who devoted his life tomotorcycle freedom. Memorial services for Bill “Sputnik” Strain were held July 10,2010 on the steps of the Texas State
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increase cost by $10.00
CW (coil-wound)
$46
LW (longitudinally-wound)
$67
AC™ (Armor Coat™)
$73
LW – AC™
$80
Argent™
$67
LW – Argent™
$73
Black-Out™
$67
Motion Pro Metric Application Custom Cable Program
The pricing listed below is standard pricing for one-of-a-kind cables that are 80 inches or less (overall housing length). If you are referencing a Motion Pro part number and the part number being referenced is more expensive than the standard custom cable cost
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I know summertime is the time to ride not read, but try to make an exception for Maximum Control: Mastering Your Heavyweight Bike. At 159 pages Maximum Control is full of advice and drills for riding your big bike. There are also beautiful full color photographs of motorcycles in action doing said drills and
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The 19th annual Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show & Calendar Music Festival presented by Motorcycle Attorneys Brown & Koro, America’s premier streetbike event marked its return to the Queen Mary Event Park in Long Beach on Sunday July 18th 2010. The Show’s return to it’s original 1-day format was a big success, both in reducing
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Acually, as the vision in my eyes starts to fail me, the more my life is starting to come into focus. Years and years of misspent youth…wow…if I had only known then… Is everyone getting less intelligent or is it just me starting to make sense of things that never made sense before?
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The Alloy Art Rear Suspension Stabilizer for 2009-and-later H-D Touring Models Even though Harley redesigned their frame for 2009 to provide a more stable ride, many feel that the addition of a third stabilizer is still needed to prevent frame flex and rubber mounted motor oscillation. This new unit from Alloy Art comes in
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In the motorcycle world, there is a common bond among us. We need to stick together. It’s dangerous out there. The two-wheeled passion runs deep and is thick as 60-weight. When a brother needs help with a project, we step up. Here’s a perfect example of two-wheeled zeal. Motorcycle rights effort in the
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Having been summoned by Tinseltown’s latest red-hot director, I grabbed the last of my original script and trudged across the lot to his office. As usual, Lance was behind his desk, eyes glued to the editing machine. He shut it off and looked up. “You do the changes to the ‘See No Evil’ script?” “No.”
In loving memory of Woofer: 11/22/50 – 3/13/03I don’t know what time it is, and I carefully avoid letting my eyes wander to the glowing numerals on the bedside clock. I should be asleep. I have to be at work in a couple of hours. Whatever woke me is silent now, and I hear your
Dawn was upon us, stars were winking out and the moon had given up trying to outshine the morning sun. Charon moved to the side, letting Larry and I pass; as we rode by he gave us a small salute, “Remember to stay on the Ridge Route, no alternate routes, Ma’s orders.” Beyond the
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The lamp rested on a glass shelf amid delicate porcelain figurines, Capodimonte roses, and glimmering gold sorcerers and dragons. Although the other, flashier items were arranged in the forefront to attract the most attention, it was the little golden lamp that drew his eyes like iron filings to a magnet. Surrounded by more glamorous and
We’re riding on a narrow, twisting mountain road. Themorning sun is warm on our faces, and your body ispressed tightly against my back. I can feel your fullbreasts against me, your nipples hard from the coolmorning air. Your hair flows out from under yourhelmet in our slipstream like molten honey. The road narrows, forcing me
The ponds are shrouded in inky blackness as I make myway slowly down the levies between them. I know youhear me coming, the staccato rumble of the Harley’sengine echoes out across the calm surface of thewater, and my headlight carves an erratic path throughthe darkness as I search for you. I know you workedlate; your
The story of this bike begins at the AMD European Championship 2007 in Mainz. It was here that I met Peder Johansson of Hogtech once again. Peder is one of the top Swedish Chopper/frame builders with 25 years of experience in the business. I respect him especially for his versatility and craftsmanship, as next to
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“Dago” Red sat on the bottom bunk and watched a roachscurry across the toes of his county issued slippers.He had sat, elbows on knees, his chin resting in hispalms for the last two hours waiting for his attorneyto show up. The arrogant bastard. Red reached outsuddenly, squashing the roach with the sole of hisright foot,
