Weekly News

Westarted the Long Road ride in New Orleans with Anson, the Prince Najar and Edge.We rode to Destin, FL.  I busted a shiftlinkage bolt and made it the last 80 miles on tiewraps. The next morning wefixed it with the help of bros in the parking lot. We rode out with the GangsterChopper crew, from

Hey, This is incredible. I picked up my Spitfire frames, front ends, forward controls, and a lot of Spyke and Compu-fire parts for our Mudflap FXR builds yesterday. And Saturday I’m outta here to New Orleans, jump a Victory Highball and haul ass to North Carolina for the Smoke Out. What a wild Adventure. I’m

Hey, This week has been nuts. The Amazing Shrunken FXR is back, sold and we are dicking with it. In fact it had straight pipes and we are adding some Mr. Lucky shorty muffler tomorrow. I attended a local ABATE meeting this week on the Chowder Barge. There was only a handful of concerned folks.

Holy Shit, This news is already kicking my ass, so hang on. At one time the news was the only item on the Thursday list. Now it includes switching out the home page book deal, adding to the blog, changing out the Bikernet Classified deal of the week, sending more info to Ben for the

Hey, This is going to be a wild Memorial Day Thursday News. All sorts of good info. A local kid, Buster Cates, bought the Amazing Shrunken FXR and it’s being delivered back home today by Keyboards shipping. If you need a bike shipped anywhere, give them a call. Next, we found the best possible home

Hey, We are making progress in the shop. I picked up my engine yesterday, after Eric Bennett, of Bennett’s Performance, in Long Beach, installed my Branch O’Keefe ported and polished heads, new Andrews cam, and put my stock Evo engine back together. I brought it home in the Hearse, and I’ll have another Mudflap Girl

Hey, We’ve run across a problem with our web site upgrade. The new guys didn’t transfer all over our material over, and that was a critical element in our decision to move the site. We couldn’t lose one misspelled word. They now have an intern on the case. They are going to run through each

Hey,This is going to be an earth shaking, do or die news. It’s also packed with “Chance of a Lifetime” items, and Laughlin images. So take it slow and give it some thought. At the end I’ll fill you in on upcoming Bikernet editorial. This was a pressurized week, but it’s beginning to come to

  We’ve had a week from hell with technical difficulties from AT&T.  Numerous calls to tech support, three Technician visits and two ‘solutions’ later, we still have a problem.  The internet blinks in and out, causing us to lose what we’ve been working on, and not to mention that it takes FOREVER to do the

        Hey,   Laughlin is flying at us, and we are planning a secret run into the desert to meet with a couple of industry agents, find all the hot redheads, and then slip outta town. I know, I’m too old for hot redheads, but it’s a warm comforting thought, when I

Hey, What the hell. Laughlin is just around the corner and there’s whiskey, women, and open roads waiting. I can’t wait to finish my Mudflap Girl FXR and be ready for any ride. Here’s the movie poster. The “Born to Ride” movie is supposed to be released in June, and I played a small part,

Hey, It’s another bananas week in Paradise. The City, the Port of Los Angeles, Wilmington, the DWP (Department of Water and Power), AT&T, contractors, and the grunts working in the streets outside of our building have a deadline to finish our intersection. You wouldn’t believe the holes they’re drilling today, almost 4 feet in diameter,

Hey, We are scrambling once more to bring you the finest custom motorcycle news on the planet each week. Each week I’m blown away by stuff I learn. For instance, yesterday I rolled to Bennett’s Performance to tear my brand new Evo engine down, for some Branch O’Keefe headwork and an Andrews EV-27 cam installation.

Hey, Another crazy day in paradise. I’m going to send a hundred bucks to the American Red Cross to support the Japanese recovery. I know it’s a harrowing experience, but like Americans, the resilient Japanese will rebuild like never before. Reports are coming in that the economy is coming around, unemployment has dropped a tad.

Hey, Life is nuts as you’ll see in the news today. Last night a buddy in Australia sent me a link to an investment Web effort effort called Crisis and Opportunity. This guy talks very professionally about crazy investment opportunities and it goes on and on. How much time does this bastard think we have

    Hey,   Another front is moving toward the coast of California, and the air is cool and crisp. Our Bikernet security team of dogs, Tank and Cash, snivel every night in hopes we buckle and let them sleep in the gym.     I can’t wait for the sun to shine full time,

Hey, “If you’re still in business, you’re successful,” said Kevin Alsop, of Big Bear Choppers.He sensed that his award from the state of California came from his ability to keep Big Bear alive during the recession. He should be proud. One aspect of this industry forces us to stay on top of the action, events.

Hey, I learn something every day. I won’t tell you what I learned this week. It was embarrassing, but valuable. I’m studying the economy, and listen to Dr. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, during another senate hearing. How the hell does anyone get anything done? The point I absorbed from this particular hearing was

Hey, I found the Shangri-la of 1937, the Tibetan Utopia in Wilmington, California, on the edge of the Port of Los Angeles. You wouldn’t know it if you attempted to rumble down our street into a massive construction, street widening zone. Cement trucks dump tons of rough gravel-like- mixture over underground electrical conduit. All the

Holy shit, Sometimes the week rolls along sorta smooth. It’s as if I get a vibe for the industry weekly by watching the file for the Thursday news grow. It snuck up on me today. I was leaning toward a laid-back Bike Show weekend, then it hit me like a goddamn fireworks explosion today. The

Hey, I’m winding down on my new Motorbooks project about a longtime 1%er. He had a tough life, but it was non-stop, with never a dull moment allowed. My deadline is Feb 1, and I will make it by a cunthair, with a shot of whiskey, and a prayer. Damn, the show season hit with

Hey, Wow, this damn year is already ramping up. We ran out to Spitfire yesterday and looked at our Frisco’d FXR frames, girder front ends, and shot the Jolie Rouge Ironhead Sporty for the HORSE. The scary aspect of this year is folks lack of concern for freedom. I brought up the subject in front

Hey, You’re going to find the news scary, inspiring, and holiday heartwarming. If it doesn’t meet that criteria, somebody will get their ass kicked. How’s that? Well, I installed a 42 mm Mikuni on the 5-Ball Factory Racer, and it ran like a champ. I should have stuck with the jetting issues. I re-installed an

  Hey, Thursdays at the Bikernet Nerve Center, at the forefront of the Thursday’s News Desk, is a convulated trip. I feel pulled by politics, bike projects, the poor economy, and the drive for creative spirit. This week is no different. We’re headed in so many Medusa direction, I’m not sure where to turn. I