The Weekend Roundup

Hey, Another whacked out weekend. It’s interesting how time flies. I had a plan to start my charity bronze sculpture this weekend, but it’s gone, I mean the time. Ah, but all is not lost. Lots were accomplished this weekend and I’m rapidly catching up on writing assignments. I roughed out Pat Patterson’s Led Sled […]

Hey, Damn, we’re flying at Thanksgiving like we put a turbo on the calendar. I hammer the MRF, Motorcycle Riders Foundation, to up their membership efforts. I believe they are the only true, honest, national motorcycle freedom fighting entity in the US and we need to support them. We also support NCOM which is made

Hey, An associate jammed over to the Long Beach Ultimate Builder Show by J&P and came back with his impressions of the electric H-D bike and the show. Here’s his report, “The electric bikes are cool, but only good for 25 miles going fast. Nothing startling at the show, new models and such.” I crawled

  Hey, Life is strange, and just gets more bizarre daily. Last night I watched a panel of city mayors discuss issues in their cities. One young woman, who has spent three terms as the major of her town, mentioned something critical. She said, and I’m not sure I’ll get it straight, but the notion

  Hey, I still don’t understand why they kill Daylight Savings Time every year? I heard it had something to do with school kids walking to school in the dark. First, they don’t walk anymore, and second change the school hours, done deal. Let’s rock into the news today. It’s a good one and I’m

  Hey, I could have attended the last Love Ride yesterday. We received a highly secret inside report. Ever since the economy crashed in 2008 the Love Ride has struggled. We discussed the success of the Love Ride and making it better with several longtime attendees, while sitting under the shade of a magnificent pine

  Hey, I don’t know what to make of this, but I’m trying. More importantly how will any of this effect motorcycling in the future? This comes from The Week Magazine for October 17th: One promising high-tech auto feature in development is “vehicle-to-vehicle” (or V2V) communication, which would allow cars to virtually “talk” to one

Hey, It’s ironic how we learn lessons, what sinks in, or what touches a cord in our memory banks. I had a tooth pulled on Tuesday and they gave me a round of antibiotics. I started to take them and felt weak, then my joints started to ache, and finally I awoke to a splitting

    Hey, Most of the Bikernet Crew are in Las Vegas for Bikefest, working hard, or is that playing hard?  Did they actually make it to Vegas?  Did Bandit find a cute redhead and stop to play?  Did he make it past Sheris Ranch in Pahrump, NV?     We will find out more

Hey, This is nuts. This month disappeared in a flurry of harried activity and accomplishments, but I still didn’t rewrite my last chapter. Plus this coming week is already snatched with meetings with Lucas Oil and the run to Vegas for Bikefest. Quick, here are a couple of perfect items to kick off Bikerfest. Rogue

Hey, I need to rock. We are going to ride to Johnny Rockets in Manhattan Beach for lunch. I missed Sugar Bear’s 75th Party yesterday wading in concrete. But I’ll get over to see him when the party dust settles. He’s moving north and I need to make him a cool house warming present. I

Hey, Life moves way too fast these days. Weeks fly by. At one time I could make a list for a week and hit two or three main goals, but now I try to stick to one major goal a week. I spoke to Denis Manning yesterday. If you know him, you should reach out.

    Hey, I’m feeling sort of overwhelmed. I need to take care of our Bonneville Sponsors, finish the last chapter of a book, wrap-up my final 2014 Bonneville report, handle shipping to a couple of brothers, deal with business, work on a Saddlemen story, check with the staff on content issues, buy a new

Hey, We’re just back from Bonneville and sorta in a haze of constant activity, projects, mechanical hiccups, freaky weather, and massive camaraderie. You’ll read a couple of stanzas from a Robert Service poem later in the news. These stanzas hit the nail on the head. You’ll see a full report next week on our Bonneville

  What a week, Bandit and the 5-Ball racing team left the confines of California for a chance to make Bikernet History on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Reports are rolling in and we are trying to keep up with the latest.      Ray Wheeler and his Steed have completed scrutinering and are going to

HEY, We have one more week of harried madness, then it’s onto the salt to feel the buzz of our hard work against the earth’s conditions at 4,300 feet. Then hopefully we will return to normal for a few weeks before heading to Las Vegas Bikefest. Hang on. I promise a report on the Bonne

Hey, I’m still a blur from two days of driving to return home, help a brother move, clean the shop, do laundry. Hell, leaving always puts me behind the curve, so it’s a scramble. But during the process, I’m thinking about all the parties, the Badlands rides, the entire event was non-stop. For the first

    It seems almost everyone has headed to the Black Hills once again for the yearly Sturgis Bike Rally.  Sturgis frenzy abounds aplenty!  The beautiful, rolling Black Hills of South Dakota come alive once again to the roar of thousands of bikes, bikers and music.   As always there is something for everyone during

Hey, I went to a Barbecue with my Long Beach girl last night. She asked a myriad of questions about my sordid past and then Sturgis surface and she started asking questions about the run to the Badlands, like, “Are you ready?” I thought about one of the first rules in Buddhism about change. Everything

Hey, This is a strange mix of news items. Fortunately there’s a handful of fun items. Sometimes the politics seems too overwhelming. Here’s something I asked myself the other day. When you’re pissed off about anything, or if you’re faced with unwanted decisions, form it or them as a challenge (meaning: dare, confront, or dispute).

Hey, This weekend has been a blur and last night I rolled in late and had a jack on the rocks. I have a splitting headache this morning, and the list is still daunting. I’m supposed to meet on the mountain, ride to Illusions Cycles for their open house, completely tear my CV carb apart

Hey, Life is so interesting. Remember, attitude is everything. I rode a magnificent motorcycle (Vintage Indian) around a couple of states for five days to an event, the Smoke Out, full of heart, soul, and fun. Operating any event involves tremendous hard work and organization, yet if you stumble, forget one individual, you’re the bad

      With the Big Bosses all away working and playing at Smoke Out, Born Free, and J&P Cycles Open House and all the media cover on Facebook and Blogs from these events the emphasis is very much on the fun they are having.   I think we should give a big Thank You to those

Hey, Not sure what to make of today? You’ll see when you scramble through the news. I’m trying to wrap it up early, then peel out. I have a date… The other day I rode out to Sugar Bear’s shop and pulled up to a rear flat. I borrowed his stock FXR and jammed to