The mysterious Bob T., a member of the notorious Chop N Grind Bonneville Racing team, called me in the middle of the night and whispered, “You got the briefcase. I got the shit.” I didn’t know what the hell he was talking about, then an e-mail arrived containing over 100 vintage biker images from 1965. […]
HEY, Life is nuts, and every day I wonder WTF. It’s a miracle we survive from one day to the next. I listened to a budget meeting on Cspan. If we could figure out the squirrely language the feds use just for the credit side, we could save the budget, but we can’t, and nobody
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It all started when Bandit 86’d his long-bed Ford F-150 with the extended cab. It was getting long in the tooth with over 160,000 miles on the odometer. The lowered monster with rally wheels and stripped body never blinked, only requiring brake pads every 50,000 miles. The truck was a mechanical dream, but he sold
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Hey, It’s the Sunday before Thanksgiving 2010. Another year just slipped past in the blink of an eye. I’m starting on chapter 17 of my 1%er book, and hopefully today I will fix the 5-Ball factory racer once and for all time. I have a bleak confession to make on this week of
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Vanishing Point By Johnny White Republic Harley Davidson in Stafford, Texas, asked me to document a few of their special projects for the world to see. I have been privileged enough to be one of the only civilians allowed to test ride one of their Police-ready motorcycles, available to any officer who
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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 COAST TO COAST BIKER
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Hey, Another strange day in paradise. I’ll tell you why. I’m working on this book project for Motorbooks almost daily. I go to libraries, search the internet, buy subscriptions to newspaper archives and interview folks involved in the history of this club. But I still feel like time is slipping away. The
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Harbor Town SeductionK. Randall Ball5-Ball, Inc., $19.95, 287 pp.www.Bikernet.com K. Randall Ball is better known to most of us as Keith Ball: The man who was the Editor of Easyriders magazine for two decades. The man who was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2005. The man who was the first head honcho
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Hailing from the frozen tundra of northern Michigan and armed with the bare necessities of a Leatherman all-purpose tool, bike builder-on-a-budget aka Scout bolted, carved, glued, taped and ground together what he calls his “Disaster Blaster.” We found Scout and his H-D rat-performance chopper drawing attention at the recent Ink-n-Iron festivities rocknrollin’ at the Queen
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Love to Ride or not to Love to Ride? If that is the question, well then, Love to Ride is the answer! Love Ride 2010, or as they named it, Love Ride 26 & a half did feel a lot like the old days, when the ride was just starting and a
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If you don’t see the pipes you need here, reach out to D&D or your D&D Dealer and they’ll find them for you. Seems 38 years ago Dave Rash made his first set of pipes for a Triumph 500 Trophy. He still has that Triumph and still makes pipes for ’em. Dave is an amazing
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This is a simple, but effective tech that will sharpen the appearance of any new H-D touring bike while setting the performance aspects free to breathe and letting the fuel injection system properly dial in the tuning for each component. This tech was wrapped around Mr. Soto’s 2010 FLH. He’s the president of Soto Industries
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Hey, It’s a mellow Sunday with our building rattling every time a truck rolls past. We had a helluva Pre-Love Ride Party, and I’m scrambling on my 1%er book for Motorbooks. Jeremiah’s Zipper’s/PM/BUB tech will be launched tomorrow and I might start working on the 5-Ball factory racer this afternoon.
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The brisk autumn air whistled across the forest as I made my way towards the last set of curves in my weekly “forest run.” There’s a stretch of highway just west of the interstate that holds 25 miles of curves and dips directly through part of the Sam Houston National Forest. I love to carve
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Hey, I want to thank all the Vets out there today for their service. I spent three tours off the coast of Viet Nam on a heavy cruiser. During the second tour, our Captain made a promise to blast his way into the record books by launching over 85,000 rounds of 3, 5 and 8-inch
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Yes, Harleys and Scooters living together in Harleywood as seen on shop mural. Fans of the “Milwaukee Marvel” aka the Harley-Davidson tend to be a loyal set, true to their school as in Harleys rule. And if you know Harleys, you’ve probably heard of one of the planet’s most famous Harley emporiums…Bartels’, the mega-store
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We were fortunate to hook up with Heather New, of New-Line Engraving several years ago. Since I was about to switch out my CrazyHorse engine ignition with a Blackhawk Motorworks cone cover I needed to come up with a classic point cover for the new unit and the 5-Ball Factory Racer. It was a natural
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Hey, This is an interesting day. The Retro Love Ride is happening as I type this. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it. We threw a Pre-Love Ride party Friday night just after I roamed through the halls of the massive SEMA automotive convention and I caught the airport mung, plus I needed to rebuild my
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I didn’t want to write this article and have been procrastinating for a few weeks. Why? Because the idea of storing my bike for the next 5-6 months really gets me down. But as the Chicago temperatures approach the 30s, I know it’s time. Not only to write this damn article, but also
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In early September, for the last three years, the FX Network airs a new season of “Sons of Anarchy.” The series is about a fictional 1%er motorcycle club whose mother chapter, Sons of Anarchy Redwood Originals (SAMCRO) is based in Northern California. Events happening in the lives of the Sons members occur in Gatling Gun
Y’know,we hear all the time about how you can do anything if you have enoughdetermination, an’ you think; yeah, Riiiiight. After all, determination willonly get you so far, and then there has to be some other factors kickin’ in tosee you through. Well, my estimation of how far determination will get you hasdrastically changed in
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Hey, This is one of those strange days. I thought the Sunday Post was doomed to be lack Luster, and I would take heat from our readers. But then I started digging and the news kept coming. I actually took a break from writing projects and hit the shop. Mr. Soto and I blasted
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ARLEN NESS’ 40TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE By Buckshot In this day an’ age, where things just don’t seem to last, it’s great to see something that has, especially when it spans three generations, an’ becomes a world-wide legend! That’s what Arlen Ness has created, and now his son, Cory, and grandson, Zach, are handling
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Hey, Another interesting day in paradise. The Retro Love Ride rumbles back to its roots next weekend. Tim is picking up his sportbike, which we’ve had stored in the Bikernet shop since he graduated from the College Oceaneering down the street. I heard banging outside, and a family was going through our dumpster
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