BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS HEADLINES, CRIME SCENE IN THE NEWS AGAIN, ALONG WITH THE ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE CLUB OF AMERICA, BUELL, BDL AND BIG DOG Hey,It’s an incredible news day. We’ve got interesting helmet statistics, more proof that loud pipes save lives and magazine sales statistics. I’m not going to blither, this is too good to delay […]
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS EDITORIALS Continued From Page 3 Why Men Don’t Write Advice Columns– (Walter is the male version of Anne Landers) Dear Walter: I hope you can help me. Yesterday, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I had gone less than a mile when
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As unbelievable as it may seem, Denver now has one of the harshest noise ordinances in the country. Clearly aimed at bikers, this little piece of government bull was sponsored by the aspiring fascist Rick Garcia.The law is pretty simple, it only takes up two pages – but what it does is effectively takes away
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BIKERNET NEWS FINALE, LAS VEGAS BIKE FEST COMING Continued From Page 4 VINCE’S PROJECT HITS THE PAVEMENT–Here you go. The old lady took pics all along. This is when it was done and I was out burning up the asphalt. She sure do fly with my modified Vance and Hines Exhaust System. See what I
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BIKERNET THURSDAY UPDATES IN REAL TIME Continued From Page 3 ALL WOMAN BIKE BUILD AT HAL?S H-D– The XX CHROMES-All Woman Bike Build Team was at Hal?s Harley Davidson in New Berlin Wisconsin during Harley?s 105th Anniversary. The team consisted of Sara Liberte, Jody Perewitz, Laura Klock and Crew Chief Kim Jordan and they assembled
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BIKERNET NEWS UPDATE CONTINUES–BONNEVILLE BOOK REVIEWED IN THUNDER PRESS, NOT BAD Continued From Page 2 LOTS MORE THAN A SIMPLE HOW-TO BOOK, BONNEVILLE BY KEITH R. BALL–How to Build a Bonneville Salt Flats MotorcycleKeith R. BallWolfgang Publications, Inc., 144pp, $24.95 www.wolfpub.com www.bikernet.com Reviewed by Bill HayesIt?s generally a safe bet that any book that begins
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS SPECIAL REPORTS…WEST COAST CHOPPERS AVAILABLE Continued From Page 1 LIFESTYLE DEAL OF THE WEEK–2005 BMC HOOLIGAN CHOPPER$2,000.00 PRICE CUT! NOW: $10,995.00!WAS: $12,995.00 SAD STATISTICS FROM THE BIKERNET UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LAB–According to the U.S. Census Bureau: 9,000 people are fucking right now, 2,000 are kissing. 100 are getting head, and 1 lonely fucker
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9-11 THURSDAY NEWS HEADLINES – TRIBUTE FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS IN MANHATTAN DURING THE ATTACK, SURPRISE NEWS ITEMS AND MORE. Hey,I sometimes start out the news wondering what’s going to happen next. It’s rarely anything but good news, but it’s sometimes a surprise. We’re already working on our Sturgis Ride next year and yesterday, at
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There is important constitutional helmet law litigation, originally brought by Richard Quigley that requires your support for it to succeed. It is set for trial in May 2008 in the same California courthouse where Quigley obtained the judicial opinion that the California helmet law was unconstitutionally vague as applied. The present litigation, if successful, will
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Click to see more from Lucky Devil Damn that would make a good movie title. Oh well, I will ponder that later. You see, there is a reason I do not leave the computer speakers on all the time–that little damn noise my computer makes when I get mail. Today is a perfect example, started
BIKERNET NEWS FLASH FINALE Continued From Page 2 EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS FROM AUSTRALIA’S BIKE WEEK–Here’s a couple of snaps of some of the stuff at bike week. This should keep you going until I deliver the Burt Munro coverage of the tribute beach race in New Zealand. Hang on.–Nicole Battistinis Floorboards for Touring Models–Style comes full
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BIKERNET NEWS UPDATES and SPECIAL REPORTS Continued From Page 1 NEWCOMER SCOOPS WIN AT FIRST WORLD CHAMPS AFFILIATE EVENT IN AUSTRALIA– Gold Coast Bike Week, August 30th 2008:JOE Schembri, a drag racer and custom drag race car fabricator and parts machinist from Glenmore Park, New South Wales, scooped top honors with his first ever custom
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BIKERNET NEWS HEADLINES -WORDS FROM SARAH PALIN, MORE STURGIS, SCREAMIN EAGLE RACE TEAM, JIMS BEST TOOL OF THE WEEK AND HOT PARTS Hey,It’s an exciting week. My next project bike effort is underway, and the brothers are lining up for the ride to Alaska and the Badlands 2009. I’ve reached out to Wolfgang to see
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Illustration by Chris KallasBATTLE ESCALATES AGAINST RIDERS' FREEDOM OF CHOICE–Life and living encompass many choices. As much as we would like to be, we are not personally in total control of how we live. We live with (and under) rules and regulations (laws) to co-exist peacefully among the population, and along the way develop (hopefully)
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Generally, I write stories of rides, women and open roads, but not this time. I was a trailer queen, so you might as well shred this page and go back to the Bikernet Garage for a tech. For 10-15 years, I've built bikes and ridden 1,500 miles to the Badlands. Then we caught the Bonneville
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There are worse places to hang around for a couple of days than the Bikernet,com Cantina, tossing back icy cold Coronas followed by shots of JD. And Sin Wu gives a heck of a neck massage. I was waiting for the Heavy Duty magazine tour group to fly in from Australia, some 60 guys and
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS CRAZED CONSLUSION Continued From Page 3 CYCLE SOURCE MAGAZINE READER POLL–Just wanted to drop you a line about the Cycle Source Magazine reader poll. I guess now that we figured out how to spell demographic people want us to use the word in practice so we?re holding a poll to get info
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Continued From Page 3 VALERIE THOMPSON REPORTS IN–We finally made it after a long anticipated year!! The Mac Tools US Nationals is NHRA’s biggest event…5 days of racing, fun, and for me…the dream begins. Stay tuned to ESPN2 (August 28-September 1st). Check your local listings for NHRA POWERAde Drag Racing televised on ESPN2. Thank you
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH TAKE TWO— Continued From Page 1 Sixth Annual Chopper’s Art Show to Benefit Denver Boys And Girls Club, Taking Place at Jazz B Studios in Denver, Saturday September 13 Features Sara Ray–DENVER–August 18, 2008–Denver 81 announced today their sixth annual Chopper’s Art Show will take place Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Jazz
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BIKERNET NEWS UPDATE – STURGIS RECAPS AND MADCAPS Hey,We attended Perry Sands retirement party from Performance Machine. Terrific event and it just goes to show what clean living, creativity and hard work can get you. Perry’s been building disc brake components since the early ’70s. He started like any shop owner, like Arlen Ness, who
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Cincy is a dealer show. That means guys from the industry set up booths and attempt to sell shit to dealers, shop owners, you name it. The press is usually on hand, so the manufacturers attempt to impress them enough to foster stories, while the sales end of the magazine world endeavor ardently to expand
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS FINALE Continued From Page 3 LATEST LEATHER FROM DUANE BALLARD–For some reason I’ve had a bunch of wallet orders come in the last few weeks. This one with the simple design went out today. The liner is made out of Kangaroo leather. It’s thin and strong as hell. The exterior is 7
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH Continued From Page 2 Hot Bike Magazine World Championship special closing soon–Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building Partner Hot Bike Magazine is now in the final stages of closing its 2008 World Championship special edition.With 95,000 copies going on-sale on October 28th, materials are due August 26th.The stunning bikes seen at
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS CONTINUES… Continued From Page 1 BIKERNET UNDERCOVER PHOTOS TAKEN IN ARLEN NESS SHOP–Took these at Arlen?s shop on the Hamster?s Redwood Run. (a week after the traditional Redwood Run.) It wasn?t quite done when we got there, but I got these pix as soon as it was ready for its first test
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