When I was a kid I bought a Schwinn Fastback Stingray bicycle. It had 5-speed gear shifting on the frame, banana seat and ape hangers. I rode it thru junior high and into high school until I snagged my driver’s license and my first motorcycle a 1969 Harley Rapido 125cc.
Fastback Styling or the High-bar Vampire moves to the outskirts of New Orleans Read More »
The Top 1 Ack Attack took a huge tumble late in the first day of competition at Mike Cook’s Landspeed Shootout. The team took to the salt shortly after the meet was called to a close ending the first day of competition. The goal was to do a couple of low
Robinson and the Ack Attack Go Down Hard! Read More »
Hey, We are running late with the post. We hit the Long Beach swap meet to collect parts for the Mudflap Girl bikes, Bonneville projects for next year, you name it. That damn, every two week event was jammed, and it was just followed by the El Camino Vintage Swapmeet, yesterday 10 miles away. Since
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Six Speed Conversion Kit Bikernet.com calls it new “New Blood for Swingarm Shovels”. We call it amazing! This kit will transform your clunky, old, worn-out 4 speed swingarm Shovelhead into a sleek, wild, driving machine. The kit replaces your taper shaft 4 speed with a brand new polished PowerDrive™ six speed close ratio splined shaft
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My Dad loved motorcycles. From Honda trail bikes to gold wings to CB750’s, I remember motorcycles were always a part of our family. A 1978 Honda Trail 70 was my first two-wheeled entry into the rough and tough biker world. It was an all black model with a chrome package and the folding ape
Bike Feature: Four Elements “4LMNTS” Read More »
The Good Dr. Hamster rode his FLH over 200,000 miles before pulling it down for a Pre- Sturgis prep rebuild. It was time to dial in this puppy in from stem to stern. We are planning a FXR ride next year to the Badland, or to Bonneville, or maybe to a Too-Broke for Sturgis
JIMS Transmission ReMan System Saves the Doctor’s Trans Read More »
Bikers love to eat. Whether it’s a convenient excuse to pull over, take a break and eat a burger, or a matter of much needed fuel to keep our senses sharp, motorcyclists often find themselves bellying up to the dinner table. And for motorcycling’s hungriest segment, Baby Boomers, dining has become a destination. It’s puzzling,
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Joe Cool is a bike with a tragic story behind it, but as with disasters some good comes along. Joe Cool’s name comes from a charter boat. Two fugitives who hijacked the crew and ended up murdering the four-crew members contracted the boat. Joe Cool ran out of fuel and was found floating twelve miles
COAST TO COAST BIKER NEWS Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish, National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM) PENNSYLVANIA MEASURE WOULD LIMIT LEARNER PERMITS ABATE of Pennsylvania is supporting legislation to limit the number of motorcycle learner’s permits allowed before a rider must get a license. “All too often those involved in serious accidents have no motorcycle
NCOM Coast To Coast Legislative Update for September 2011 Read More »
Oh no, It’s a deja vu. Ray C. Wheeler, the Bikernet Performance editor peeled toward the Salt Flats for the Cook’s Shootout this morning at the crack of dawn. He straddled the Salt Shaker and cut a dusty trail with Bikernet stickers and our Bonneville books in tow. About an hour out
A REVIEW OF THE CALIBRATION OF EDWARD WINTERHALDER AND MARC TEATUM’S: “ONE LIGHT COMING, A Biker’s Story”–As an avid reader, I delved into this book about the biker lifestyle with gusto. The first two chapters were a bit problematic for me, but certainly nothing that couldn’t be overcome. The writing felt forced in those chapters.
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is excited about the newest addition to its collection of motorcycles – the BIC(r) Flex 4(r) Chopper designed and built by Orange County Choppers. The bike, built in 2010, sports an S&S 100-inch motor, Baker 6-speed transmission, and OCC custom wheels. The motorcycle was built to help
NEW BIKE IN THE STURGIS MUSEUM FROM OCC Read More »
Okay, This has been another crazy week in Paradise. Just about time I’m scrambling to catch up with content, bike builds, building efforts, and freelance projects, someone breaks down and needs emergency assistance, or we have a problem with the site. Last week, we were about to wrap up an exciting 911 Sunday Post, and
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Hey, Another amazing week in Paradise. You wouldn’t believe it, if I tried to explain, but if it unfolds you’ll be the first to know, after the Cantina Members get the first glimpse. Big News this week is the Advanstar run to build their Indy dealer show this year. In the likes of a poor
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When my little cousin planned her wedding for August 5th, and asked me to be her wedding photographer, of course my answer wasm, “yes!” And when my mother and brother and his family decided to come out for the wedding and stay with me, of course the answer was, “yes!” What is more important than
Bikernet Betsy 2011 Sturgis Saga Read More »
2011 Book Review: Triumph Bonneville Portrait Of A Legend James Mann and Mick Duckworth have put together a masterpiece in Triumph Bonneville Portrait of a Legend. Portrait covers the legendary Triumph Bonneville from its 1959 T120 US model to the 2010 Bonneville Sixty with a look at it’s origins in the 1954 Tiger 110.
Book and DVD Reviews for 911 Read More »
Hey, Life is nuts and so is the news. Get this, the Post office is about cooked. They need to downsize or they will be out of business. They just don’t compete anymore with e-mail, UPS, or Fedex. They can’t pay the 5.5 billion dollar payment to fund future retirees’ healthcare benefits. Seems Congress has
Too Late Sunday Post Read More »
We were fortunate to stumble across two very rare Vintage Yale Motorcycles recently. One was a 1910 original paint single, one of three known to exist. The other is this sexy 1914 Yale twin. We decided after a heated debate to feature the ’14 because of its stylish art-deco appearance, detail and fit and finish.
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As we ride the Earth looking for the next great, undiscovered biking destination, it somehow occurred to us to think outside the yellow lines, way out. Comic Con International, a gargantuan gathering of the TV, film and print sci-fi industry and its following herds of super hero and horror fanatics, was rumored to be a
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THE SMOKE-OUT rocked Rockingham NC again this year. The temps were hot again but the bikes and ladies were hotter! There were Flatheads, Knuckleheads, Panheads, Shovelheads, Evos and even a few Twin Cams. Some of the coolest Triumphs on the planet were also roaming the fields. The metric bobber crowd was also well represented at
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Hey, Ray C. Wheeler and Cigar Marc are on the road to Bonneville Salt Flats for the Bub’s International Speed trials, and the speed buzz is in the air. We will bring you reports all week long. We decided to rip into my Mudflap girl FXR. I feel the pressure to finish these bikes and
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When I was just a pup, one of my earliest memories was riding on the tanks on my dad’s old 80-inch flathead. It was stripped down for speed, and dad used to race the old clay track at Cotati with it. I guess it would be called a “bobber,” but back in the early ‘50s,
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Hey, We had a quick adhoc meeting regarding Bikernet projects. There’s been some pressure to reduce the number of projects, but in a sense I feel it’s the nature of things flying at us constantly. The key is saying, “No.” That’s a tough one around the headquarters. In the event of any question regarding projects,
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