This has to be the first biker song…… Not bad for 1955…..Almost 50 years ago..hard to believe…..Does that mean we are getting older ? I also included the recording of the song…..It took me many years to find the song…..Way cool…. Let me know what you think. Bob T Artist: Vaughn Monroe Words and Music
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I often state that anything truly cool is running near the edge between life or death, pass or fail, Ted Nugent or “Damn Yankees”, etc. Just so you know ,when I write these stories, they are not “based on fact” or “inspired by”. They happened, and as a lot of you know the ” smoothing”
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The author, Bob T., riding in the old days. Last segment I dug up an old riding pal, Bob T. who now lives in a '59 Cadillac buried in the desert. He's hiding from society, but I sparked his attention and he peeled off his thoughts about the past after snorting some desert sand mixed
Installment 25: Another Rider Ponders The Past Read More »
Bob knows what he's talking about. He's been riding since 1971, and is a master of the old school. You can check out how he got involved in this wild sport in Bandit's Life and Times section. We snuck out to the desert where his lives in a rusting '59 Cadillac. With night vision goggles
“The 59 Rules Of Motorcycling” Read More »
That title rings true today constantly, but this was based in '71. If you think newbies run afoul of old school now, hang on. This is a story about a rider, Bob T., who rode with me in the early '70s. He was laid off from Hughes Aircraft after his stint in the Marines, as
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Indian suffered through one tumultuous setback after another, “And here's another example,” Don Whalen, curator and Indian collector, said while weeping over the recently Indian Bankruptsy. “Damn it, Don,” I said, “Get over it.” It may be the anti-name, like Edsel, that should be avoided like slick roads. Shortly after the first Indian decade, through
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Y’know, lately there’s a helluva lot of discussion about RUBs. I don’t really get why everyone’s got their leathers in a twist about these guys…They’re basically harmless. Me? I’m not a RUB, but I’d take the R part of the thing if it was given to me. They say “Money can’t buy happiness.” I’m a
In a constant search for the Code Of The West, we reached across the nation to the east coast where we found these elements sealed in whiskey bottle and trapped in a sunken drug running barge off the coast of Florida. It used to be that all bikers shared a common bond, an unspoken code
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Hey, I got sick of telling stories about the bullshit mistakes I've made over the years. Besides I might stumble into a story that isn't covered by the statue of limitations and throw myself into a 50-gallon drum of boiling oil. So I'm shifting to terrible tales of bikers from the past. Not exactly the
Installment 23: Death Valley Run, 1978 Read More »
Ricky Nelson shots from Bob T. Following is a short quirky story by Mustang Jack, a long time friend, who collected Mustangs for years: Back in the 50's I was a teenager living in the San Fernando Valley. That's the same valley where the Mustang motorcycles were built. I owned a Doodle Bug, a Cushman,
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Hey, I lost chapter 21. Actually, I started and never finished, and it never made it to the pages of HORSE. We jumped right to 22. So, over the next couple of weeks I'll dig it out, dust it off and dial it in. You'll get an original. In the meantime here's 22. I've never
Installment 22: Switching Gears Read More »
I don't talk about clubs much. I won't mention names to protect the guilty. This particular story will ring a lot of bells from coast to coast. I was in a club in the mid '70s. Some of us were new members, some were old club guys who had been in one club and transferred
Installment 20: Church Read More »
I was pulled over recently. While standing on the concrete curb of a city street, a brother rode past at double the speed limit, his straight pipes making the cop’s door rattle. The rider held the throttle open with impunity, barely lifting an eyebrow as he jammed through the traffic unencumbered, disappearing in the crowded
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Bandit, circa 1972 Back in ’73 I was young and full of questions. I was taking college classes and working for Easyriders. The pay was poor, but life was one party after another. A riding partner, Mick, worked in the oil fields as a driller/ manager of an oil well. He was a whip-crackin’ sonuvabitch,
Installment 18: Working The Docks Read More »
BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS CONTINUES WITH DAR FROM BRASS BALLS BOBBERS IN THE STUDIO, CATCH THE LATEST FROM HARDTAILS, MOST UNFRIENDLY, ANTI-MOTORCYCLE LEGISLATION OF THE YEAR, FLAT RAT RACING UPDATE, PROFESSOR UNCLE MONKEY ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Continued From Page 1 ASSALT WEAPAN’S NEW SADDLEMAN SEAT–That is one lucky seat and tank pad. What a beautiful combo?that bike,
June 10, 2010 Part 2 Read More »
BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS – REPORT FROM HEATHER NEW, D&D DOES GOOD, HELMET LAWS SQUASHED, NEW SHOP IN FLORIDA AND MORE… Hey,It’s another crazy day in Paradise. The City of Los Angeles, coupled to a stimulus job generating project, are widening and enhancing the 4-lane boulevard outside our building. It’s a 1-mile long project to the
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As I was preparing for my trip to Sturgis, for the rally, I decided I needed a new helmet. Besides the normal reasons I wanted to upgrade to one that handled rain better. I had been using a full helmet with a snap-on, flip-up face shield, and it just was not doing what
NEW HARLEY BOOM AUDIO HELMET Read More »
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
S&S Shorty Carburetor Adjustments Read More »
The Sturgis Shovel has seen its share of LA Harbor town back alleys in the eight years of pounding the streets around Wilmington, California. The exhaust is really starting to show the effects of the road and weather. Originally these hand fabricated pipes were painted with barbeque paint found lying around the Bikernet Intergalactic
Sturgis Shovel Gets A Wrap Read More »
Lone Star Rally 2010 This years’ Lone Star Rally was much like Sturgis in the crowd seemed to have grown from the past few years. Whoever said we are in a recession forgot to tell the bikers, because they were out in force at this years’ rally. I would estimate at least
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This industry is quirky, full of scoundrels and outlaws. A couple of guys from Bassani Exhaust took me to lunch recently to discuss advertising on Bikernet. Did they advertise, no. But they talked me out of the Salt Shaker, tempting me with a tall tale about some buxom blonde who could be my girl for
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This is a wacky year. I’ve blown through half it, and now I need to scramble. At times, I feel like I’m wading through mud, and it brings me down, then something minute happened and I was reenergized. So here’s the deal for June: Valerie Thompson is flying out next weekend for a final
5-Ball Racing, Bonneville 2010, Part 9 Read More »
They call it a “mid-life crisis”. I’m not a big fan of that term, but I guess it describes the situation as well as anything. It’s the conflict a man encounters when he reaches that point in his life where he arrives at a crossroads; continuing to provide for his family in a manner to
Saddle Tramp Part 1: Read More »
A blue finch sang merrily from atop a gargoyle leering from the roof of the long, squat, black warehouse. The silver Special Agent Zebra Express, a tricked-up Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles 240 Blackhawk, rumbled outside Bandit’s sprawling lair in Wilmington. I sat patiently waiting for the tall iron gates to part, occasionally executing zesty throttle
