Weekly News

Hey, I took a trip out to Kendon Trailers the other day. What an amazing story of survival through harsh circumstances. Almost every private company faces economic downturns, technological changes, upheaval in our society, bad partners, drugs you name it. If you are a long-term employee, and your life and employment has remained consistent, you […]

Hey, It’s an odd one today. I’m almost finished with my Bonneville epic. It’s a tough one, but I should have it launched tomorrow or Saturday. I get so anxious to keep the content flying that I launch before our official copy editor rolls through the text. No matter how many times I read my

Hey,  I survived Bonneville and Milwaukee, and I’m still standing. Next clean the Bikernet shop thoroughly and plan for Las Vegas Bikefest later this month. I’m currently working on the 5-Ball Racing Bonneville story. It’s an odyssey of learning and success, without a record. But I’ll dig in over the weekend, and you’ll see the

  Bandit wrote an intro for you, but he’s having Wi-Fi issuesin the airports today.  He’s on his way from Salt Lake City toMilwaukee for the Milwaukee Rally AMD/Harley-Davidson Custom and Ride-in Shows.  I haven’t received a full report, but as of the last quickmessage, Bonneville was a bust for the 5-Ball Racing Team. “Bust

Holy shit,I’m scrambling like never before. I told you this year was going to be tough, and now we’re down to the gnat’s ass bottom line, Bonneville effort deadline. We are nearing the final hour. Yesterday, Wednesday, I finally picked up my engine in Torrance, California, just a half hour from the shop. Thanks to

Hey, Half the world is in Sturgis, and the other half wishes they were in the Badlands drinkin’ whiskey and doing a burnout. It’s incredible. Reports indicate increased crowds. I ran over to the new BDL Headquarters the other day. What an amazing new facility where they build BDL, GMA, and pump products. The building

Hey, This is a strange day. Half the Biker Nation is on the road to the Badlands. The other half is struggling to stay financially afloat during these tough times. It’s so tough folks ignore terrific opportunities. They dodge the big score, while grappling to keep the lights on. Good god. The government wants to

Hey, What the hell? The Sturgis pressure is bubbling to the surface, immediately followed by Bonneville deadlines. Hamsters are riding choppers from all corners of the country to the Badlands, and so are the Hells Angels and loners. I hit Jeremiah up to ride with us to Mammoth tomorrow, and he wimped out. It’s fascinating

Crazy, I don’t know where to start today. A brother died unexpectedly day before yesterday. Jim Murillo painted many of our custom bikes, and was in the process of painting our Bonne Belle. He was a concerned custom painter who always went the extra yard for his customers. He will be severely missed as a

Hey, We worked with Sprocket List Classifieds for a couple of years, but the company changed hands, so we are also going to shift gears. Do us a favor. Let us know what you like and don’t like about our classifieds section. Also let us know what you would like to see, when it comes

Hey, I’ve got a quandary I believe needs to be discussed. Michael Lichter recently turned me on to a web site made up of motorcycle scholars. I wanted to put this question to them, and maybe Bikernet readers can help me position it. I believe this is a core issue within our society: the notion

Hey, I should make this quick. I’m burning daylight. This weekend is packed once more. The 100th anniversary of Motorcyclists magazine hit the Source offices tonight with a gala bash. The Born Free event begins set up tomorrow with move-in of home built motorcycles, choppers and bobbers, and then Rip’s Bad Ride rocks on Sunday.

Hey, Another crazed day in Paradise, and this week Rogue took over the news with reports on various events from Bike Week, including this one from the Broken Spoke: There is just so much going on during Daytona Beach Bike Week that it is impossible to attend all of the events. Like everyone else, I

  Spam sucks, and not the canned meat kinda spam, I love that…  I’m talking about the unwanted emails that clutter up our inboxes.  Bandit is in North Carolina attending the Smoke Out so I’m bringing you the news.  In order to fish out a dozen or more news items, I had to sift through

Hey, Another whacky day in Bikernet Paradise. I just addressed alignment issues on the Mudflap Girl FXR chopper, and I believe she’s ready to rock. Need to chase the speedo connections one more time. We are going to pull the Peashooter engine and ask the master of Magnum engines, Duncan Keller, to reduce the compression

Hey,As you know life is strange. It gets more macabre by the second. I guess, we need to fight like hell for what we believe in and hope the rest gets the hint. I won’t even start. Try watching the movie Hemingway and Gellhorn. Amazing film from a historic prospective. Then don’t miss the interview

Hey, I had a slight glitch in my e-mail program and lost a handful of notorious e-mails. If you haven’t heard from me, instead of kicking the cat, drop me another line. I’ll make sure to get back to you. Here’s another major Bikernet announcement. Toph has gone on to marketing an apparel line, and

Hey, Today will be nuts. It’s as if I turned off the world for 12 days while sailing around the Caribbean on a fast Catamaran. I came home to 6000 e-mails and a crashing computer. It didn’t like the overload. I spent 10 days on this slippery Catamaran peeling along a half-dozen Caribbean islands. At

Hey, Last night Ray and I rode over to BA Moto in Long Beach and met up with Gary, and the BA Moto gang, with Nate at the helm. It’s a classic shop, made of a group of young ex-dealer workers who put it all on the line to make their own thing fly. Yesterday,

Hey, This week startled even Dismal Dan. Did you read the Sunday Post in the Cantina. Here’s one quote from an Australian newspaper: BIG SHIPS TO USE BIOFUELS– To Cut Emissions, Spill Risks–Eventually By John Voelcker John VoelckerSenior Editor BIOJohn is Senior Editor for High Gear Media. Three years ago, we noted that one giant

Hey, Every week changes. It’s amazing. It’s also amazing how hard folks work, and how many activities fill every week. Hell, just in our chromed cottage industry, the calendar is packed weekly. Just off the top of my head, Roland Sands is hosting a public open house at his new facility on Saturday. Next week

Hey, We received a call this morning at the crack of dawn. “The mudflap girl is ready to ride,” Buster Cates, from Saddlemen, said and hung up. The Saddlemen crew go to work at 6:30 in the morning to 3:30. What terrific hours, except for folks who don’t crawl out of the sack until 8:00.

Hey, Could it be that all the elements are coming together? The absolutely stimulating aspect of any website is the transparency element. There’s nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. I dislike government catch words, like Transparency, especially when they’re abused, but we won’t go there. Transparency fits perfectly with the web. If you say

Hey, We have some good news, and some good news. We recently announced the purchase of Trike Riders Now, then established Bikernet Trikes, Bikernet Baggers, and created a family of sites including Women Riders Now, all to bring you a wider variety of motorcycle entertainment. One of my major driving forces came from the magazine