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Travis IV

Travis shifted uneasily as the old mechanic looked him over. Candy had assured him that they would hire him but it would take the approval of Sam, the weathered old mechanic who changed the tire on the Shovelhead just the day before. “Can you run a forklift?” Travis nodded yes. Sam motioned Candy to get […]

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EASTER EGG SUNDAY POST

Hey, What could be better? I could be decorating eggs and hanging out with brightly colored adorned kids, or producing the Sunday Post, then scrambling to have enough time to put the shop back together.I’m trying to prep the Bikernet shop for three builds. We need to clear off two more lifts and tighten up

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Defining Motorcycle Moments

Nowadays, by definition, a motorcycle trip is typically not something done simply for the utilitarian transportation reason of getting from point A to point B because you have to get there. Yes, there are plenty of folks who ride to work during the week, ride to a union meeting on a Saturday morning, and Hell

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NCOM Coast To Coast Legislative Update for April 2011

Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish, National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM) CONGRESS ACTS TO REINFORCE BAN ON NHTSA LOBBYING May is Motorcycle Awareness Month across the country, and Congressional lawmakers are introducing a resolution on May 2 to continue current restrictions on NHTSA that prevent the federal transportation agency from lobbying state and local governments

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Slippery Sunday Post

Sunday post 41711 Hey, I don’t know about you, but I’m the project King. I run at projects like a rabid dog. When a project slows, it makes me nervous. I guess it’s like not hearing from your girl and thinking the worst. I didn’t hear from Spitfire for a week, and was beginning to

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The Samson Exhaust Roots

Kenny Price, founder of Samson Motorcycle Products Inc, located in Brea, California, is the inventor and leading innovator of numerous patented and high-performance exhaust systems for Harley-Davidson and Metric Cruiser motorcycles. From his humble beginnings as a teenager in the early ’60s, Kenny’s aspiration was to tweak more power out of his ’56 Vespa. He

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Golden Sporty

      When I first got the call from Bandit telling me to check out this bike, I was less than enthusiastic. I have been especially bored with many of the “customs” lately and it seems there has been a shift in the biker genre. The “Dark Custom” movement is in full swing and

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’87 XLH Cafe Racer

Editor’s Note:What you’re about to read is the third installment of the J&P Cycles online series, Readers Ride of the Month, which highlights what the J&P Cycles judges term the most original-looking bike in the bunch for the April 2011. The judges (whom are J&P staffers, select the best bike from photographs submitted by you,

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THE GOLDEN PRIESTESS

The velvet blackness of the Egyptian night was almost total, the shifting sands illuminated only by flickering pinpoints of light from stars that seemed close enough to touch. Deeper shadows blocked the faint light where the towering bulk of the Great Pyramids stood in the distance like angular mountains on the flat, parched land. The

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Thursday News – Good News

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,

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