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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

OK, SO IT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE WERE OUT AT OUR FAVORITE WATERING HOLE. GREAT NIGHT, GIRLS WERE HOT AND EVERYTHING SEEMED PERFECT. CLOSING TIME AND WE’RE OUTSIDE WARMING UP THE BIKES, A CROWD GATHERS AROUND, EXCITEMENT BUILDS, MARK STARTS TO TAKE OFF ON HIS CUSTOM BIKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SEE

This whole project conceptually began somewhere in the neighborhood of 18 months to two years ago. I'm not sure. Damn, time is going so bloody fast that I've got my foot on the hand brake just trying to slow life down a little. Anyways, Paul Cox, the leather master out of NY, was initially going

I recently had the opportunity to customize my 2005 Softail Springer Classic with a Heartland 180 kit for my bike. Now if you have ever seen one of these kits, you recognize them from a mile away. They give the H-D Softail line a longer, lower, cleaner look. While H-D has gone to great lengths

PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT SKETCH BY TIM CONDER Motorcycles are a special brand of transportation and style combined to give the best of both worlds. The bikes usually tell the world what kind of rider owns it as well as the use of the bike. For example, you can see two identical Fatboy’s parked

Ten years ago we installed this Morris mag on the Milwaukee Iron Dicey Knuckle. It still starts on the third kick. This is one of those features Bandit complains about then hands to me. He gets all the complete features and I get ones with shots and not text, or text and no shots. Or

Because I live in Texas, we have relatively mild elevation and temperature changes, so I never considered a fuel injected bike when I went shopping for my next ride. While I definitely saw the benefits in fuel injection, I just didn’t think it was necessary for me. Then I started making road trips. When I

Editor's Note: The Following is a special tech piece by our great friend and fellow Bikernet contributor Anson “Knucklehead” Alexander. You may have read about his 95” upgrade on his bagger a few months back. Well, it seems some guys just aren’t happy having just one bike to tinker with and build for a national

This could be the product of the year, a braking system within the wheel of a hub. At last we could see those bitchin’ wheels. But as our Bikernet investigation continued the benefits of this new system expanded.“It’s called the “360 Brake” and it is revolutionizing the braking industry,” said Chet Burozski, of Baldwin Wilson

Editor's Note:Here's another tech taken from a chapter of a WolfGang Publication book–How To Build A Cheap Chopper. This covers frame basics, but there's more in the book. Check it out.–BanditFrank Pedersen from Motorcycle Works in Olathe, Kansas (just south of Kansas City if you’re wondering) likes to compare the motorcycle frame with the foundation

S&S of Lacrosse, Wisconsin, sells 8500 large V-Twin engines a year—to producers of specialty motorcycles, the aftermarket and private individuals. Indeed, the phrase, “100-inch S&S engine,” has become a mainstay of this market.In producing so many engines, and in the large displacements demanded by their market, S&S has identified some limits, some weak points, in