Hey, I mentioned something last week about changing your mind. Think about anything for a minute. Think about your breakfast. You could think: It’s not enough, it’s too much. It’s too cold or it’s too hot. Or you could think: Fantastic, I love it, every mouthful. It’s magnificent she took the time to make it […]
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Bike Week Was Wild!! Thank You! We met a ton of you out there and we appreciate every single one of you who stopped by, hung out, and supported us. Now we’re back at the shop and blowing out what’s left in store. Remaining Bike Week inventory is marked down and ready to move. When
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Hey, What an incredible week. Yesterday 80 copies of issue 600 arrived at our doorstep. It’s a knockout. I also received a copy of the new Tattoo book by Billy Tinney and he’s headed to a major Tattoo Convention this weekend, the Houston Tattoo Convention at the NRG Center. Also, George Christie’s latest novel was
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Hey, Slipping into the shop can be sorta like making time for the gym. It’s a meditation of sorts. Okay, so I rewired the King Bike, changed the seat from the classic Danny Grey to a sprung canyon seat. The safety pin springs included with the seat were bullshit. Maybe an elephant’s ass would have
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Nitro Harley race coverage reportevent: PennGrade1 AMRA Cajun Nitro Nationalswhen: March 20-22, 2025where: No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose, Louisiana, USA For better or for worse, few forms of motorsport deliver as much on-track drama as Nitro Harley-Davidson motorcycle drag racing. While mourning the very fresh loss of one of their own, the tight-knit Nitro Harley
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Hey, I went to dinner with some excited folks. I now own a Captain America and Billy bike built by Mil Blair and refurbished in 2019. We decided to go get ’em and film the ride back to Sturgis. This group included our new girl in Sturgis, her husband and son. They were very excited
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Hey, I’m late. So what happened yesterday. I was tracking a package to be delivered maybe Wednesday, for sure Thursday, most certainly today. According to UPS it came to Souix Falls then went back to Kentucky. It’s a David Mann painting I’ve been chasing for decades. Some brothers were coming into town to work on
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Hey, Life is nuts and then you die. It’s an absolute beautiful day in the Black Hills. We’ve tried over and over to make a winter season start and once a week the frosty god tries. We get close with a splash of snow and a quick rain with temps dropping to the 20s. But
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON REVEALS THREE NEW 2026 MOTORCYCLE STYLING OPTIONS New Chrome Option for Road Glide® 3 and Low Rider® S Models and Solo Road Glide® Option MILWAUKEE (March 3, 2026) – Harley-Davidson today revealed three additions to its 2026 motorcycle line – a new solo trim option for the Road Glide® model and a new chrome
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Hey, I just received a message from CO2 Coalition boss. He is trying to save motorcycling from being forced to go all-electric. I put him in touch with a major motorcycle rights group. They are all over it. Every week is like this. I received a call with serious implications for expanding the Sturgis Motorcycle
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Wow, It’s been a wild week. We are all about riding free, riding cool bikes and featuring the best builders in the world. What could go wrong, right? Everything can go wrong, but then again the worst can work out to be the best. I know I’m not making much sense, but there’s something in
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Finding stillness in motion: how riding a motorcycle can teach us mindfulness Speeding along an open road on my motorcycle, flanked by the great outdoors, the engine hums and the noise in my mind disappears. Riding a motorcycle demands total presence. Focus isn’t optional. It’s a matter of survival. After all, a wandering mind could
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Hey, It’s all good. We are just about to go to press with our second Easyriders issue #599. Next issue is #600, incredible. I woke up this morning with a perfectly fine, heartfelt notion of my news intro. Then the metalflake world hit the fan. Two brothers and a sister reached out for bike feature
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The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is closely monitoring developments in Congress following comments from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), who announced that lawmakers could take up a draft surface transportation reauthorization bill within weeks. With current federal transportation funding authorities set to expire on September 30, Chairman Graves emphasized the urgency
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Hey, I like to say, you can do anything because we live in the best of times. That’s true. We have access to the best technology, the best scientific info, you name it. Unfortunately, there’s one really bullshit glitch in the ultimately positive program, and I don’t get it for two reasons. Folks are lying
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Hey, This is going to be an amazing year and brothers and sisters all over the world are setting goals to make the most of it. That’s what’s bitchin about our current world. Almost anything is possible, just get off your ass and do it. I don’t care if it’s getting involved in motorcycle rights,
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Hey, This will be an amazing year. It will be a transformative year. It could be a hard fight. But this time next year we will know what the Western-Freedom-Loving world stands for. You will know what Easyriders Magazine and the whole company stands for. I said when I took over, Easyriders Magazine will not
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Hey, This is a special day, a very special day. Tomorrow will be even more special. Have you noticed more Xmas cheer on your TV screen. I don’t watch commercial TV, but I do watch Football games from time to time. I’ve noticed a stronger more cheerful approach to the season. Maybe folks are finally
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It’s All Good, At Least It Should Be… Merry Christmas ! Hey, We mean it deeply. We are actually living in the best of times. The very best of times from a human development standpoint. Thinks about it, as bikers we can build anything. We have the technology to do it all from wild artistic
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Why Congress Must Act Now to Protect Rider Choice, Fair Repair Access, and the Future of Motorcycling — by Michael Infanzon Across the country, riders are confronting a series of federal policy decisions that will shape the future of motorcycling for decades. New motorcycles depend on software-based systems for diagnostics and repair. Some states are
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It’s all happening… Hey, Every day is amazing at the Bikernet and Easyriders headquarters. The CEO of a motorcycle company called me this morning. He just got off the phone after an hour conversation with the new CEO of Harley-Davidson. He’s excited about the future of Harley. Here are a couple of quick tidbits: Bill
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Hey, I keep thinking about Easyriders, the chopper culture and our future. I think about us old guys who knew what they wanted out of life and went after it, because we could. I feel like there’s a lot of confusion in life currently. Over the months ahead I have a mission to eliminate confusion,
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On November 23, 1936, the first issue of the pictorial magazine LIFE is published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck Dam’s spillway by Margaret Bourke-White. LIFE actually had its start earlier in the 20th century as a different kind of magazine: a weekly humor publication, not unlike today’s The New Yorker in its
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Photo credits: Congressman Van Orden’s Facebook Page On Veteran’s Day, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson ordered members of Congress to return to Washington, DC, to vote on ending the government shutdown. Because of the Schumer Shutdown, those lawmakers found themselves in a travel conundrum just like every other regular old average citizen. They couldn’t
