When Robert told Beatnik there was a sculpture of a dog taking a shit to identify his house we were looking for something about 8-feet tall. The defecating dog is a wood sign that stands less than a foot tall, we rode right past it. Robert and Suzanne Williams gave the Beatnik, and I enough […]
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By Randy Leffingwell and Darwin Holstrom Foreward by Bill Davidson Motorbooks scores another home run with The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection. Now out in soft cover at 408 pages with 650 superb photographs the Archive Collection covers the H-D Museum collection in depth. From the 1903 “serial number one” to the 2008 Buell Model
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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
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THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com.NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTESCompiled & Edited
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Bandit is in New Orleans taking some much-needed time off the enjoy the sights, the sounds, and the tastes of The Big Easy, before heading out on The Long Ride tomorrow with a group of guys. Allis well and quiet at the Headquarters; looking forward to a week of springcleaning while the big guy
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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
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Well, I finally got a wild hair and decided my old Softail needed a little something extra for Sturgis this year. For the past couple of years I’ve attended about two dozen or so bike and hot rod shows. I’m always on the lookout for talent and possible paint schemes for the bikes. That’s when
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Here we are again. Life is nuts. About the time a good plan takes place, an ugly obstacle rears it mercurial head. That’s people. Danny, the lucky individual who we are building this bike for, flaked on us twice. Okay, so he’s an educated youngster with an ol’ lady, pushing for wifedom, a single baby,
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1981 hit motorcycling and Sturgis Bike Week like 00-buck against a roadside sign. The raucous city park heart of the party closed and a young Sturgis resident, who grew up around High School keg parties, wanted to give bikers a place to camp out and party away from both the Man and the city fathers.
30th Anniversary of the Mighty Buffalo Chip, 2011 Read More »
This is a totally oblique project for the Bikernet crew. For 10 years we worked with Ed Martin of Chrome Specialties. Ed owned the Jammer product line, and was the first guy to build today’s hot bobbers, tight and right. He hooked up with Custom Chrome and sold the Jammer name to the bros in
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The 23rd Annual I.O.O.B. Motorcycle Club Pig Roast: “Peace, Freedom, and Brotherhood Forever”! First off, I.O.O.B. translates to the International Order of Old Bastards. Now they clarify the use of the term “Bastard” with the following disclaimer: “The term “Bastard” in the I.O.O.B. is
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Hey, Incredible, I wish I knew what I was doing, but I don’t. At least our Bikernet Classifieds are growing and now they have a partnership with a company to add a jobs service, so we can find jobs, or advertise for jobs. We added Mr. Lucky’s bitchin’ shorty mufflers to the Amazing
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Me and Richard Wagner with Santa and friends. I keep thinking that when I get older I’ll have more time for “projects.” But as it is, the project pile continues to grow, and time is fleeting? I just don’t know where it goes. I can’t believe it’s already December. I haven’t caught up from Sturgis
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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.
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Extra everything! With extra taste! With visitor record and Scandinavia’s best motorcycle builders in the City was this year’s Custom Bike Show everything you could wish for. In the best summer heat, Norrtälje was invaded by 8,000 motorcycles and over 15,000 visitors who came to take part in the action. The first Saturday every year
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The first time I went to Singapore (S’p) it was not by choice but rather by chance. The plane I flew stopped in this wonderland on the way to Asia. I had read about being caned for breaking the law in a minor way, laws against chewing gum, and restrictive rules of all sorts. I
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Hey, this is going to be an earth-shattering episode in this build series. I know, you just want to see progress. You want to watch the staff of Brass Balls Bobbers & Choppers build you a killer bike you’re going to win, snatch up at the Smoke Out 2011 in Rockingham, NC, and ride like
HORSE, Bikernet, Brass Balls Sub Sweepstakes Build Part –Screw it, the Final Episodes Read More »
Tail Gunner here, This month I thought I would go to basics, Hand Grips. Probably one of the most changed and least talked about items on your bike. There are literally hundreds of grip manufactures. Most are purely aesthetic, some are functional, it’s all up to the rider and what they desire, looks or functionality.
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Hey, Never a dull moment. Today is Rip’s Bad Ride Day, and the San Fernando Hells Angels show. Yesterday we scrambled over to the Affliction Headquarters in Seal Beach for a car and bike show. This afternoon I’m headed for the harbor and a belt maker and the Ports of Call party. Always something. I
Besides calling for fair treatment and less prejudice, FEMA and its members contribute to a great extent to improve road safety without losing the essence of individual freedom. An important victory for FEMA: the discussion to limit the maximum power of motorcycles to 74kW finally came to an end. The European Commission reached the only
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There’s nothing so good it doesn’t bear improving. I aim that statement at owners of 2009 and upward Harley-Davidson touring motorcycles. Certainly, in 2009 when the Motor Company came out with their new frame, the first for the tourers since 1980. By today’s standards, the bikes back then were underpowered slugs and therefore not ridden
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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
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The concept for this bike developed as I went along. The bikewas the one I had originally planned to do for Bikernet. I mentioned to Bandit over a year ago that I wanted to do a frame with norear axle adjustment. That was a challenge, probably the most difficult thingI’ve done. My intentions at that
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