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Bikes, Beer, Babes, Friends, and Tattoos – All were at this year's 18th Annual Donnie Smith Invitational Bike Show.This show gets better every year, and this year was no different. Winters can be brutal up here in Minnesota,and to me, this show signals the beginning of riding season here in this frozen tundra. I look […]

The New Year started out very well for the Sons of Silence Nation. They took their celebration to Sarasota this year. Taking over the four-star rated Hyatt Hotel overlooking Lemon Bay, the Sons of Silence Nation and the Iron Horsemen came together with other invited clubs. The patches hailed from as far away as Germany,

The 2004 Easyriders tour rolled into Houston, Texas and the George R. Brown convention center readied to party on Saturday. A least that is when the event was scheduled, the mayhem that follows this tour as it makes it way across the nation began falling into place Thursday night. This year’s tour was making stops

I was jolted out of bed the other morning by the “Bandit” phone ringing off the hook. Knowing I hadn’t done anything wrong, I picked it up without hesitation, “yea what’s up? “I thought you were sending some words for all these tattoo expo pictures!” Someone screeched in to the phone. While the cobwebs and

Dave Perewitz painted bikes when most riders were just a gleam in their pappy’s eye. He taught Arlen Ness how to tie his shoes, Ron Finch how to kiss a girl and Mondo how to weld. Dave Perewitz is the emperor of the Hamsters, the man, who in a drunken rage, forced his wife to

Twin Club MC is one of the oldest and most respected biker clubs in Sweden. The club was founded in 1969 in the sleepy little sea side town of Norrtalje about an hour Northeast of Stockholm. These are the guys who chopped and built the bikes making Sweden world famous for their long bikes and

Builders demonstrated expert “how-to’s,” bikes were an omnipresent shrine, babes inspired the crowd and the Bandit was unmasked, making the 3rd annual All American Motorcycle Madness the place to be in Santa Maria on May 19-21, sponsored by Bikernet.com.Thorsen Motorsports, the local Suzuki and Kawasaki dealer, brought a new spin to the traditional American V

Once again I was sent on a mission by Bandit. Ride to Scottsdale Arizona, spend a day at Myron Larrabee's Billet Bar and photograph the finest women I can find for “The Girls of the Billet Bar” article. The notorious Myron Larrabee, owner of the Billet Bar in Scottsdale Arizona. Let's review. Ride in Arizona,

Here’s last year’s poster. This year could contain your bike and a near naked girl. This is the original TNBS Poster Bike by Lucky Devil. The Texas National Bike Show will enjoy its second year at the beautiful San Luis Convention Center on Seawall Blvd., in Galveston, Texas November 3rd and 4th 2006. During that

Bike Week in Daytona Beach Florida shook the pavement for 65 years and continues to grow every year. This year was no exception. With the increased amounts of people attending, it has spread out around the state and many are now referring to it as Florida 10- day Bike Week. Bruce Rossmeyer’s new Harley-Davidson dealership

Past the buildup, glamour, good times and disorderly behavior that could become any Daytona Bike Week, there remains a hallowed biker spirit and place. There’s the true born-to-ride brotherhood and any sacred gathering, a mere parking lot and back patio.Daytona’s Bike Week can become a banal rerun, common place, we talk of in terms like

Better read this or you ain't gettin' any. The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse kicked off the 2006 Tour at Bruce Rossmeyer’s Destination Daytona during a weather-perfect Daytona Bike Week. On Friday, March 3rd, the Hard Rock Bikes were unveiled to an awestruck audience. The four bikes, through metal, paint, and attitude, truly represented and displayed

Editor’s Note: Get ready for the Bikernet 2006 Florida Bike Week Reports. We’re going to run these bastards in a flurry of blithering complaints and jealous babbling. Hell, I could snivel ‘cause I wasn’t there, while the next guy will make me feel worse ‘cause he did attend and the weather was terrific. I don’t

Antique Motorcycle Club of America’s Nationals Buck and his wife rode in from South Carolina.Linda Manernini and I headed up on Saturday to spend the evening with friends and enter her 1955 Harley-Davidson in the bike show that finalizes the meet on Sunday. This was my tenth year attending what we just bleat out as

A Scarlet Macaw torpedoed a calm Royal Palm, slashing open the peach underbelly of the virgin dawn, coming in fast, yawing hard, an expert move by an experienced flier, his red vanishing into the sunrise-tinted green as he pierced the spherical frond canopy at speed. The red dart was halted somewhere within the dome of

As every 4th of July week end crept up, we roamed around Oahu. Yes, Oahu as in the Hawaiian islands. It's always fun to manage cruising the island, surf a bit and just hang out with many friends who we have increased in numbers thru the years. The only downside to this (which is not

The NASCAR races were in Daytona Beach this past weekend and to many that means the party starts. Area bars and hotels are gearing up. Bike Week is only a few weeks away and already newspaper features, radio interviews are jamming the happenings. Typically Bike Week is the first full week in March which actually

Over the top and into the mix is a slight understatement regarding the latest in one of our national motorcycling events. Dealership owner, Bruce Rossmeyer, along with the Seminole Native American Nation’s fertile ground for gaming, spruced up the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for the holidays and the 2nd annual Ft. Lauderdale Bike rally.

The second annual AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building reached a crescendo Saturday, November 19th with a remarkable results. Roger the King.The winner, for the second year running, was Canadian custom engineer and parts specialist Roger Goldammer. That was a remarkable Achievement. Nothin’ but Independent class.However, second place was again scooped by Michael Prugh

Well, the Holidays are here, time always flies, soon there will be another digit on the year, we will be screwing up checks, and making false promises that we all know won't be kept. Anyway. Well, my early resolution is to hit Japan big. I know they like my bikes there, a lot, but I

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (November 9, 2006) – The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse 2006 Tour will be making its final stop as part of the 18th Annual Toys in the Sun Run on Sunday, December 10th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Aaron Greene’s wild machine. Nobody builds a bike like Aaron. He couples flowing lines with muscle

It has been a busy year since Space Coast Harley-Davidson in Palm Bay Florida opened their doors. They recently wanted to thank all their customers by having a party. Darby Koller who heads-up marketing and promotion for the dealership, put on numerous events during the year but she wanted this one to be special. The

Team Old and Oily is:Keith Bennett, #797Jack Houman, #796Charlie Young, #798Alec Harper the Wrench / pit crewDavid Brock, our corner worker / safety rep. It's been a great season! Can't think of a better way to spend several weekends throughout the year. Here are some team stats:•2nd place in the nation, WERA 500GP class•Southeastern Regional

Mike and Karen Dodds.Gary and Brenda Gagnon are my just some of the old timer biker ties that bind me to New England, forever. Gary, a talented motorcycle mechanic, and his wife Brenda became motorcycle shop owners a couple of years ago. Gary’s forte is old school as in kindergarten. His easel is filled with