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Chris Kallas art available in the Black Market. The three delicate stages behind the masters creation.With all the resources available today, building a bike may be easier than ever. On the other hand, it may be more complex to achieve the look you want. There are a lot of considerations in determining how your final […]

Thought we’d get your attention right away.1991 was a year of flame and fire, tumult and change, advances and achievements. Operation Desert Storm drove Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces from Kuwait, the USSR became the un-USSR. and a lady named Helen Sharman was the first Briton in space. Back on planet Earth, Compu-Fire was launched by

This is wild and incredible. I’ve known Will Phillips of True Track, Inc. for twenty years. He’s a meticulous mad scientist who loves motorcycles. He’s a sharp engineer/designer type who doesn’t do anything without extensive research and testing. He designed one of the first rubbermounted Softail frames, currently being manufactured by KuryAkin, the Rubbertail.When he

RoadBike Magazine recently profiled the Thunder Bike 2 in their April 2006 edition. RoadBike really liked our unique Thunder Design Process which transformed a new model Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 into a custom cruiser that didn't require fabrication or emptying a trust fund to complete. Scroll down to follow the evolution of this award winning cruiser

I know we been missing in action. We’re just trying to work things out. I guess we're our on our own. We haven’t found any sponsors. Here’s an update. We are still going strong as we can. No one has stepped up yet. But that's cool, we'll make it. We are building an EVO with

S&S 160CI Billet Pro Stock EngineThe engine you see before you is not your average V-twin. With extensive S&S engineering accomplishments, nothing compares to the 160ci Pro Stock powerhouse. This billet beauty is a 60-degree monster delivering well over 300 horsepower at the rear wheel of any race bike! Designed to shock the drag racing

Just a quick note to anybody who might find themselves in this spot. This is a problem I have never heard of before, and everybody who wrenches on EFI models, just goes, “Hmmm, haven’t heard that one before.” So, here is the fix, if it happens to you. I have a 2002 FLHT Fuel injected

Check Them Out. Question of the week with Ross Racing Pistons One of the most frequently asked question we get, is. How do you install ring properly.So here goes. Top Rings :Molybdenum faced, barrel lapped, ductile spheroidal graphite iron. Phosphate coated, or gas nitrite steel barrel faced. Second Rings :Grey cast iron, reverse torsional twist,

Editor’s note- This is from a long time reader and contributor to Bikernet, Anson Alexander, also one of our friends. He is a regular family man like many of us out there who enjoy riding when we can and always appreciate a little more power. He is a former Buell rider who has upgraded to

The photography in this tech sucks, so I thought I’d start it off with a bang from RFR, a hot Texas photog.In the fall of 2004 I semi-retired from racing drag bikes and needed a two-wheeled fix. I found a sweet ‘80 Shovelhead rigid on an EBAY ad but was beat out of it by

You guys know that the ol' TBear is always on the look out for fresh young talent. I like up and coming craftsmen who haven't yet been corrupted by the glamour of the Discovery Channel or the high dollar bling-bling that festoons every bike lined up at Stoogis. Just regular guys, who do what they

Our finished wheels, after lacing, with the “new” powder coated rims. Note the nice finish on the powder coating. Editor’s Note: Here’s another tech from the expert tech books publishing empire of the Wolfgang. The following, Chapter 4, tech about lacing bobber powder-coated wheels came directly from the Publisher’s new book, “How To Hop Up

Here's a rare shot of the house where the Devil was born in Transylvania. Today we’re hanging out at Lucky Devil Metalworks in Houston, Texas where the Devil, Kent Weeks, is chopping a stock Harley-Davidson Dyna. To add the necessary heft to the rear of this custom, the D is using Big Boar Products’ new

Editor’s Note: We are going to work with S&S, Baker, BDL, Compu-Fire and other Bikernet Sponsors, on their most asked tech questions. We’ll try to deliver the info you need access to. The following came from Howard Kelly, the former editor of HOT BIKE, and now an S&S tech editor. “We take tech calls all

Some of the shots in this article are soft or slightly out of focus. So we decided to kick it of with a soft shot to set the stage. Hope you can dig it.My current build uses a Hushboy’s Infusion frame with a concealed Lockstop, internal forkstop arrangement. Photo 1Looking at the front end it

How to: Build An Old Skool BobberOld Skool is kool. A fact celebrated by Wolfgang Publications in their new book. No theme bikes here, learn how to build a real American motorcycle based on a Panhead, Shovelhead or Evo engine. Don’t buy expensive new parts, build your own bobber or chopper from mix-and-match swap-meet parts.Written

I wanted to increase the performance on my 2004 Harley Electra Glide, so that when I was running on the highway, I had the power to pass other vehicles quickly. Also I needed the ability to run 120 MPH whenever I wanted, for as long as I wanted. I also wanted to keep it dependable.

If you live anywhere near Houston, you need to make a pact with The Devil to gain access to one of the best custom shops around, namely Lucky Devil Metal Works. After you fork over your soul, Mr. Devil will grant your wishes. That’s why our friend Manny was happy to get a call from

Soldering, and being able to make up a neat jumper wire, are necessary skills for anyone building a bike. After stripping off the insulation the first step is a dip in some non-acid flux. Next, slide a small piece of shrink wrap onto the wire, followed by the connector. Using a good crimp tool, crimp

Aeromach Manufacturing Inc. has once again designed a kick ass set of levers for your Harley Davidson. The Tribal levers are designed to mount to H-Ds from 1996-2006. They will NOT fit the V-Rod or '04-'06 Sportsters. Constructed out of T6 extruded billet aluminum, they will also fit some of the other manufactured bikes in

We are happy to announce a new sponsor to our boardtrack cross over bike. Not only do we have Bikernet.com as a main sponsor, but we have added Custom Cycle Engineering as a sponsor. http://www.customcycleengineering.com/In this tech tip, we will show an install of CCE's finned Panhead rocker covers. We dig these covers. Designed by

Once upon a time SoCal bike fan and design guru Jim Grove was looking for an easier way to find his Harley from amongst a parking lot full of look-a-like Softails. He also didn’t want to spend weeks waiting for the transformation. Call it instant gratification. He set about designing components that would both transform

Before buying a new Master Cylinder from Performance Machine and plumbing it to the stock factory Caliper from that 1996 Sportster you have to consider the hydraulic ratio between the two components.To explain hydraulic ratios we have to re-visit high school physics. It all comes down to one formula: Pressure = Force/Area. So if you

This article doesn’t have a damn thing to do with the machine shop, but this illo sure helps. Just about the two top things on my “to-do” list are ride motorcycles and listen to music that rocks. Beth Orliss’s company, Hearing Dynamics, had me in mind when they developed custom radio headphones exclusively for motorcycle