Weekly News

  Hey, This is an exciting week for the industry. The V-Twin Expo affords dealers the chance to see what’s on the new-product horizon for 2015 and get a feeling for the custom vibe. It rocks the Cincinnati Convention Center this weekend. And just when you thought you knew what was going on: Over 700 […]

Hey, There is constant talk about the economic disaster we’re living through and the downturn of the chopper industry, but we often leave out a major positive factor, the ever-growing population. In the last five years, millions of 13-year-olds became 18- year-olds. A portion of them will contain the drive to ride and or build

  Hey, I’m not sure where to start today. I received new 13-inch Progressive 412 shocks the other day for the Mudflap FXR, and I’m itching to install them and go for a ride. I’ll report in. They may be the answer to several questions. I tried hard to slam a swingarm FXR, and discovered

  Hey, Interesting times. Drew Gatewood, a Bonneville official inspector and most knowledgeable participant called our esteemed Performance Editor yesterday. “Do you know what that bastard Bandit is up to?” Drew said trepidation in his voice. “He’s building a trike streamliner. Do you know what that means?”  Ray C. Wheeler nodded slightly while putting battery

Hey, This is going to be a good one. I listened to a priest give a seminar on life last night while working out. Here’s a couple of items he mentioned. First there are four elements to our beings: Physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual. Think about that for a moment. Most of us bang through

Hey, Life is nuts, but every year we make a plan, good, bad or indifferent. So, the overall mantra for 2015 is more fun, friends, and more time to relax. Okay, so how the hell are we going to find the right path. We started two more web sites, then the 5-Ball Racing apparel line.

      Hey, This coming year is going to be awesome. I feel good about it, about some of our directions, not just at Bikernet, but in my funky community in Wilmington, California at trying to get a chunk of Waterfront back. But I also feel sorta good about the direction of our government,

Hey, Santa is flying this way. Hang on. It’s that time of year, but life has changed dramatically. We are all moving too fast to slow down and take a break. So, some holidays become more of a burden or interruption. We are still flying at deadlines, projects, and goals, and then suddenly we’re suppose

  Hey, Big weekend coming up in Los Angeles with the MoonEyes Christmas Party and the David Mann Chopperfest in Ventura. I want to hit both events, but I doubt I will make it. I would rather take a fifth of Jack and find a cave. Or maybe fly to New York City for the

Hey, A couple of items have smacked me this week, and this news will reflect them. Life is amazing, but full of pitfalls lies and deceit from the highest authorities. As bikers we have always fought to survive, duck the naysayers, and find a way to keep freedom alive. That’s why I support motorcycle rights

Hey, This is going to be a quirky news, and I’m going to begin to discuss prospects and projects for next year. It’s almost mystical, but I’ll try to stay centered on the vast custom motorcycling empire and turkey day. The folks behind the Sturgis Museum are trying to expand it into a magnificent building

  Hey, This has been a wild week, very positive, progressive, and many accomplishments were slammed into the “Done” category. Between the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show this weekend and the photo shoot for our 5-Ball Leather Line we were none-stop from last Thursday until today. The Love Ride faced a decline in attendance, but

Hey, Is life strange or what? We have motorhome dwellers living on the streets of our little third world country called Wilmington, between San Pedro and Long Beach, California. The courts told the cops they can’t tow the dwellers, because they consider them homeless and we must help them not hinder them. Many of them

Hey, I’m surrounded by various groups of folks recently who have varied priorities in their lives. We have kids in their 20s who work hard, go to school, and are dedicated to sports, community, or their church. Others just want a 12-pack, and others are just pissed off and can’t get past it. Then there

Hey, The votes are in, although many more folks need to vote in future elections. I don’t like the face of our government right now, although I believe folks stepped up and voted for freedom over regulation. I truly believe we need another party, the Freedom party. It should be run by bikers. I don’t

Hey, Do you read horoscopes, check your feng shui calendar, or any other sooth-saying window into the future. I don’t generally, but I do try to stay in tune with what’s going on around me. If I notice a particularly negative trend, my survival antennae elevates. I try to catch myself, before I slip into

  Hey, Today feels strange. I’m running into some crazy info, and it’s the weekend of the Love Ride, the Chopper Dave Benefit, Markus Cuff and Mark Mahoney photo art exhibit, and a number of other events, including the Long Beach Swap Meet. Damn, I wish I could make it. Currently the plan is to

  Hey, Just when life seems to calm slightly, someone tries a new mapping system in the computer and threatens the industry with disarray once more. Guess that keeps life stimulating. It’s like your pal who can’t keep a job. He goes to work anywhere with the best intentions, then his or her personality feeds

  Hey, We are living through some crazy times, once more. Maybe it’s the fast moving technology driving us to accomplish more faster. Maybe it’s the expanding population? More folks, more pals, more business associates, more, more, and more. I still don’t get the robotic business. So we eliminate folks from the workplace. I found

  Hey, What the hell. I always tell myself, “No appointments, interruptions, bullshit, on Thursdays.” So what happens? Folks know I’m sequestered behind my desk all day Thursday, so they call, pop over, etc. This morning the official Bikernet Electrician, Kyle comes back to confess. His motorcycle was impounded all behind a destructive relationship. This

Hey, What a strange day and closing on a very strange week. I felt pressure at the first of the week to finish several features, and I just thought of another one. I wrote the Tom Seymour, of Saddlemen story for Hot Bike, and will meet with him to confirm all my mistakes and fill

Hey, It’s 9-11 and this is going to be an interesting news. We lost lives on 9-11 and went to War. But we continue to lose freedoms, and we should quit torturing all of our citizens daily as they board airplanes. What the hell? Recently in the Week Magazine, an editor, Theunis Bates said that

  Hey, There’s so much on our goddamn plates these days, but what the hell. We can’t ever stop. I am going to initiate a mantra for 2015—More Fun, Less Work. No books next year. I’m going to finish my screenplay this year, hopefully, and publish the next Chance book. It’s a good one. Next

    Bonneville is over for this year and from what I have been hearing it was a lesson in Patience.  Patience for the Salt to dry from the evening rainstorms, Patience for the wind to die down as you are waiting on the salt to make your pass. Patience as you scratch your head