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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

Bikernet readers here is an SPS update with all oftheir newest products. Sucker Punch Sally’s, locatedin Cincinnati, Ohio has been in the bike business forgenerations. Donny Loos and Jeff Cochran both comefrom a long line of old school bike builders, and thereis no chance you will ever see them riding some billetbarge. Jeff and Donny

FIRST ANNUAL Thunder Mountain DEALER MEETING – RECAP 2005Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles (TMCC) held its first annual dealer meeting Friday July 22nd which was a great success not only for our dealers but also for Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles. We would like to thank the 60 plus dealers that made the trip out to see

Hey, there’s been a major change to this story. As the Editor in Chief of Hot Bike we scheduled something completely different for the 13th issue of 2005. It was a five-chopper weekend run road test, written and photographed by five different guys with five different perspectives on five different bikes. That’s toast. The new

This is the Second Custom bike I’ve built for Jim White. Jim just happens to be the first guy to drive an NHRA Funny Car 299 MPH in 1991. He just barely missed the record books with the elusive round number of 300. In the same “I’m on fire!” year, Jim became the Number 1

New CVO hot rod Springer Softail with 110-inch Twin Cam.MILWAUKEE (July 14, 2006) – Harley-Davidson will launch the Twin Cam 96, an all-new Big Twin engine, as it introduces its 2007 line of motorcycles. The Twin Cam 96 will power all models in the Harley-Davidson Dyna, Softail and Touring product families, each of which will

China’s been in the news big time, not just lately but for the past couple thousand years. People there came up with everything from gunpowder to the compass to paper and ink. They needed lots of paper and ink since the Chinese language consists of 80,000 different symbols. And about that gunpowder. It was discovered

While Suzuki cruiser design has evoked pretty much the yawn reflex, that all changed when preliminary images of Suzuki’s Boulevard M109R muscle cruiser were first released. Public response was instantaneous. It walked the walked and talked the talk. No more namby pamby, take the wife to the hootenanny, don’t rock-the-boat-bike with this one. Here was

I have been to the motherland and it looks a lot like Indiana. That’s because my parents and older brother live there. I have been tripping back and forth to Indiana since Mom moved us out of there when I was just a little girl. I know the way from New England and the way

I don’t know if it was the blue pill the doctor gave me, or that red Softail the fleet center loaned Bikernet, but my life hasn’t been the same since. My flaming pile-of-shit-of-a-existence wasn’t heading anywhere. I sold my last bike to help support my music habit. I needed a descant stack to compete on

Introducing “The Original” a custom built Ol School Bobber manufactured by American Motorcycle Co. 1902 for the new Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.. This custom built motorcycle will be used in the promotion of this years 2006 Las Vegas BikeFest™. Registration to win this exciting motorcycle will take place at the Casino during

http://www.bigdogmotorcycles.com/ One lucky winner will take home two dream vehicles: a 2006 Big Dog Motorcycles K-9 and a 2006 Dodge Ram SRT10, a prize package valued at over $80,000 Big Dog Motorcycles, the largest manufacturer of chopper-style motorcycles in the world, announced a new sweepstakes with Dodge for 2006. Incredible, chance of a lifetime. We

http://www.bigdogmotorcycles.com/ Editor’s Note: The day after our reporter turned in this story he quit. “It was worse than boot camp,” Snake said, “I was surrounded by the best custom manufactured bikes in the industry and the hottest women Wichita could muster then drug from location to location by the mad dog of motorcycle photography, Michael

Viper Motorcycles for 2006. Viper Powersports has entered into a binding agreement to purchase a 32,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility on 4 acres located in Monticello, Mn. The facility meets Viper’s current manufacturing needs and is zoned for expansion as Viper continues to expand and grow.Viper Motorcycle Company will introduce its second model, the Diablo

My computer smoked this morning, like the first time I fired by ’48 Panhead. The pistons screamed and exhaust shot through rusting holes in the 50-year-old pipes. I tore it down the next day. My computer was trying desperately to send me a message. I responded and clicked on that button to download new e-mail

When we visited the recent Long Beach International Motorcycle Show where about every manufacturer struts out their new rides, we were hit by sensory overload. Enough billet and chrome and paint and leather to reupholster the face of Mars and its two moons to boot. But as we waded through the acres of bikes and

The Team for the Bikernet Night-Rod Test. A Bikernet Reader requested a road test on a Night Rod a new V-Rod version. I rode one of the first V-Rods in 2002 and road tested it for American Rider magazine. I didn’t care for the bike much. I didn’t like the Toyota cooling system, the high

The “Renegade SE” is a limited edition, very exclusive motorcycle, with only 50 units will be sold in the US. Orders are taken on a first come first serve basis with non-refundable deposits of 25% required at time of placing order. The Renegade SE is available in three (3) color ways reflecting the same flame

We caught up with Chris Ferrell, the driving force behind Greene County Choppers of Springfield, MO, just as he was heading for the airport and a flight to Chicago. No, it wasn’t a Christmas vacation. He was flying out to the Windy City to see a customer who needed some service done on his motorcycle,

Stacy, the girl behind the O School Apparel Line. Here’s a wild one. We hooked up with O School Choppers through Bikernet as they opened their shop. We stayed in touch, because we want to deliver as man class sources of reasonably priced choppers as possible. We kept in touch, and when we heard they

Branscomb Richmond, star of Renegade and Scorpion King, supported the Indian motorcycle effort until the very end, but he didn’t lose the spirit. Recently, with a hot team of bike enthusiasts including, Robert J. Page, and Murray Smith, former CEO of Indian Motorcycles, they kicked off a new line of custom motorcycles called American Motorcycle

Saxon has honed and refined its entire model line for 2007. Dozens of improvements enhance the ride and performance of each 2007 Saxon Model, including adding Brembo brakes and Progressive suspension as standard equipment. Also new this year, they’ve introduced the thunderous new pro street Villain, with its low profile and huge 300mm rear tire,