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I’ve got to tell you something. I’m having a problem typing. I burned the tip of my right index finger welding yesterday, and it smarts to hit an N, J, or Y. Actually, Y ain’t bad, but M kills me. But we have a mission. I need to get this story across. If you live

After a very successful 2007 AHDRA season, VT Racing has decided to jump into the foray of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Racing. Valerie, pilot of “The World’s Fastest Panhead”, is looking forward to another competitive year aboard a racebike, earning a living as one of the fastest human beings on earth. During the design phases

Here’s a group of Central Coast Bikes. There was a time when bikers, bike builders, and even charity rides wouldn’t get the time of day from the networks. Hell, we could all catch fire and they’d ignore us. We were considered rapists on motorcycles, drug dealers and crazed violent maniacs. Yeah, so what? Maybe they

Bikernet is proud to bring you the winning bike from a recent biker build-off competition from the Veterans Rock & Roll Ride (VR&RR) to support military charities in our on-going effort to support our troops during our Bikernet Year of the Veteran. VR&RR Inc is a non-profit company that owns and operates the motorcycle rally

It’s been well over a decade since the old Soviet Union, also formerly known as “The Evil Empire” fell. A lot of changes have been happening behind the once Iron Curtain. Most of the world’s new millionaires are Russian and former KGB agents are now living in Brooklyn and plying their skills in other ventures.

This is going to be a good one for several reasons. Dave is one of the last of a breed, a Sinner member who wears a silver embossed Sinner’s belt, black demins, black shades and a black racing jacket with a full faced helmet (white), like a sport bike rider. He’s the essence of today’s

That’s green, but why? I caught a break here. I was able to interview the owner, Tom Eilek, and the builder Jon Fox, from The Shop in Minneapolis. Hell, they tried to pass me off to a guy who wants to shoot an ex-Easyriders model with the bike, but they never brought up the color

This is a tough story to tell, perhaps the toughest I’ve encountered since, well, it happened to me. I won’t go there, at least not here. It would take volumes and the summer’s coming. I don’t want to spread mass depression through out the Biker Universe. Matt and his brother’s story is sad enough to

Lucky Bastard from Lucky’s Speed Shop in Chandler, Arizona is lucky again. I could learn something from Don Yates. He’s got class. “I’ve reattached the spec sheet on the bike. I sold it and wanted the new owner recognized if possible,” Don told me. “Also wanted to remove a gratuitous ‘for sale’ in the comments

I recently discovered a Triumph chopper builder in our LA Harbor hood, so we rolled over to Earl’s digs at 786 Miraflores in San Pedro. Here’s the rest of Earl’s contact info: Cycle Art by Earl (310) 218-2979 Earlsbikes.net Earl is a classic craftsman who almost exclusively builds custom rigid-framed Triumphs. “I trade stock shit

This is one of the best board track configurations I’ve seen to date. In some respects the colors are ’90s Cadillac, yet it’s true to board trackers from the ’20s without fenders and pipes so short they’d fry the pavement. “The color came from a ’30s hot rod,” Ralph Randolph said. “It’s pure art deco

Click on the banner to reach Chica directly. The feature bike coach:Hey, this feature with Panhead Richie is an opportunity to let anyone know what we need to put a quality feature together on Bikernet. I like build shots, but first and foremost we need top quality shots of the completed bike, from both sides,

When you think of a custom Bobber, you usually think Harley. I used to also but there has been a growing demand over the past few years for shops that build and customize Harley’s British cousin, the Triumph. Triumphs have been in the limelight for decades. Ever since Marlon Brando rode in on one as

Super hot NorCal custom bike builder Bryan Shimke — owner and operator of TPJ Customs in Lodi, California, is in-route to Sturgis, SD to deliver his latest innovative two-wheel creation. Last year in Sturgis at the prestigious AMD bike show Byran opened a lot of eyes by placing 10th with his badass entry. Just as

Dave Bozzie is a second generation motor builder who makes quite a stir in the motorcycle world. From fast daily riders to unique land speed record bikes, Bozzie Performance Customs puts radical, performance and classic machines. The double-Evo you see here is called “Wild Thing”. Wild thing was built in 2006 as a result of

Johnny Gil’s, La Ruca, a Texas custom worth a second look. Sturgis 2008 was a fantastic event in many eyes. Bandit’s Brouhaha proved to be as successful, as much as it was stressful. People staggered out of the show shaking their heads wondering if they’d ever see another show like that again. According to Bandit,

This is Rev 1, the first in a series of customs built around the Revolution motor at Wonder Customs in Wichita Falls, Texas. We at Bikernet pride ourselves on bringing many aspects of the biker lifestyle to the computer screen for our faithful readers. While we have tried to look for the uncommon street machine,

There’s something more to riding a chopper than any other motorcycle in the world. There are economical deviates who buy low cc metric bikes to get to work on a dime, save space, reduce air pollution and make a gallon last for a month, but not us. Custom motorcycles, bobbers, rats, choppers, and hot rod

I feel a surreal opportunity overhead, kinda like a cloud of marijuana smoke wafting across a room after the first pungent hit. Ryan Reed, 33, the shop foreman at SO-CAL Speed Shop in Pomona, California, doesn’t realize how important this motorcycle is to our lifestyle. It represents the pure Softail, but in addition, it symbolizes

<imgsrc=”http://www.bikernet.com/news/images/PhotoID3920.jpg” border=0Alt=”hupybanner”>Million Mile Harley-Davidson Former Wisconsin State Senator, Dave Zien, completed his 18 year journey and record breaking attempt by accumulating one million miles on his 1991 FXRT. Zien and his entourage rode into the parking lot of Hal’s Harley-Davidson, New Berlin, Wisconsin, amid the cheers and flags of over 300 enthusiastic well wishers. Left

Upfront, I want to say Bikernet has an open-door policy. We’re always looking for cool bikes to feature, from all over the world. We’re not holding back or exclusive to Biker Build-off stars. If it runs and is a terrific example of whatever style, we’ll feature it. That includes, bobbers, rats, choppers, dressers and race

I met quiet, unassuming Christian Dotson at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona a couple of years ago. His long, odd-looking, silent gray fellow-colored custom was stuffed in a dank corner, as if passed over for general competition. He was new to the game. The young man entered his first custom bike to appraise

Today’s doom and gloom outlook on the economy seems to have gripped the United States like an epidemic with no cure. While some have decided to hide themselves in a protective shroud of denial while others refuse to spend a dime unless absolutely necessary; then there’s the bikers. While the economic black cloud may have

It’s interesting, spending time with builders, their latest rides and their lives. Many times recently I’ve heard, “Motorcycles, cheaper than therapy,” and, “Motorcycles are the cure for insanity.” There’s something about two wheels, like biplanes soaring along the pavement, unobstructed by society’s sounds and restrictions. Scotty grew up in Southern California, mostly in Huntington Beach,