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 […]
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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.
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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
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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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There’s a sense of the blues engulfing me as I wander along the Continental Divide heading to or from Sturgis. I hum old R&B or Blues tunes, like Ask the Lonely by the Four Tops, or Don’t be Cruel as I wander over the open road and think of old loves. It’s the fate, the
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Hey, This is one of those days where I’m not sure which way to turn. I could build bikes and get my Mudflap girl purring. The Wire plus speedos landed, and fab Kevin helped me with a Mudflap girl shift linkage. It’s sort of a tribute to a talented builder who is no longer in
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I have had the great fortune of riding Harley- Davidsons since the ’70s but have never made it to Mecca or Sturgis, as it is called by many. You know that old tired story, when I had the time I never had the cash and vice versa. Finally, this year the traveling elements fell into
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Hey, It’s another perfect day in Paradise. We worked on my Mudflap girl FXR most of yesterday modifying and mounting the Custom Chrome rear fender. We installed the new Progressive shocks and continue to monkey with the wheel and chain alignment. I need to think about a chain guard and some mounting issues with the
The firestorm of social change that was burning across America in the 1960s was flaming its hottest in 1967. “The Summer of Love,” the Vietnam War, daily new waves of sex-drugs-and-rock’n’roll and so many other cultural U-turns were pounding this country and its traditions. One of those U-turns, however, wasn’t so new. It was a
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NCOM Coast To Coast Legislative Update for August 2011 Read More »
Hey, Nyla bugs me at least once a week, “Slow down. Cut the number of projects,” she says, turns her back and slams the door. Of course she wants to take on a part time job as a waitress at the Chowder Barge, take more martial art and yoga classes, make art from old shoes,
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I pondered packing light for the Long Ride, and the packing plan goes all to hell in the blink of a high beam. I started with my Bandit’s bedroll, and handful of skivvies and clean socks, a couple of shirts, and then helmet laws jumped into the mix. My mission included flying from Los Angeles
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Let thy chief terror be of thine own soul: There, amid the throng of hurrying desires that trample on the dead to seize their spoil, lurks vengeance, footless, irresistible, as exhalations laden with slow death and o’er the fairest troop of captured joys breathes pallid pestilence. –George Eliot 1889 “How much further?” His daughter asked
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Gunner to pilot – copy. Tail Gunner here:This month let’s talk about lowering blocks. Man I’ve tried them all, Pingel, Burly, and L.A. Chopper. They all do what they are designed to do, lower your bike. Most of them lower your bike one inch or more. To achieve this, almost all the manufactures move the
Tail Gunner Review: Touring H-D Lowering Blocks Read More »
Hey, The news is still pouring in from the Badlands. We will bring you a tech on two new Baker products in the near future. Baker is about to launch a new oil bag with 1.5 extra cooling quarts of oil. They also have a clutch throw-out bearing fix, and we will bring you more
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Hey, Ray C. Wheeler and I just rolled back into the headquarters from Sturgis last night. Damn, we still had connections on the list that were missed, but we cut a dusty trail into Las Vegas, met with Joe Zanelli, who owns Rocky’s on Maryland, just off Silverado and got a fantastic lunch and a
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It’s funny how some projects seem to come about. Sometimes, you might get a glimpse of someone else’s work that inspires you to do your own thing. Other times, creativity hits and you get a clear cut vision of what a project can look like from start to finish. In this particular project, though, I
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Just a quickie Sunday Post since most of the industry is in Sturgis. Not many emails coming in, so enjoy this short and sweet post. ~Nyla Deer season is around the corner, so I thought I’??d better send out a reminder about what a Whitetail looks like! A guy who lives at Lake Conroe– (50 miles north of
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