A bit ago, Strip Club Choppers of PA showed up at our studio one fine Saturday morning. It wasn’t the shoot of the century, but as always, the crew at SCC is always a lot of fun. So, with the tunes blasting, they rolled a few typical Strip Club bikes into our place, and away […]
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Oh that all familiar logo and building on Main Street in Daytona, the Boot Hill Saloon. Tight quarters, character, and great bands fill this saloon with life from the rallies beginning, up until the last light is turned off at the events end. Known for attracting rock and rolls greatest touring under secret names, they
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Go ahead, strut your stuff! Everyone does, guys with their bikes, and the ladies, well they tend to wear a bit less & why not! Bikeweek in March is all about returning to the sun, the warm Florida wind, so if you want to flaunt it, go ahead… Thursday during Bikeweek is one
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Hey, Another strange day in Paradise. I’m shifting gears trying to find Nirvana and two wheels. Good life is all a state of mind. You can get pissed that she ran off, or celebrate your freedom. You can be upset when something happens to your bike, or celebrate. Now you can build something new and
EASTER EGG SUNDAY POST for April 6, 2015 Read More »
Hey, I’m on a mission to hit the bricks today and peel across town. Life never stops, never slows, but is guaranteed to end. So, we need to make the most of every minute. So, hurry up and read the news, then work on a motorcycle, go for a ride, or spend time with someone
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Hey, As you know, and are constantly faced with it daily, life is completely bananas. It really is what we make of it everyday. So, yesterday my daughter in law pinged me, “The Born Free Garage Company Party is tomorrow, be there. Your granddaughter will be there!” Okay, the pressure was on. Charge up my
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Friday the 13th brings out all the characters. From the early Daytona sunny mornings smelling of ocean salt and warm breezes, the street cleaners are hardly just getting off Main Street from the nights before never ending party, and the bikes are already lining up for the daily constant parade of bikes lasting till
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Hey, They changed the clocks and fucked with my WA today. It’s gone from the 60s to the 80s in two days. Daytona is in full swing, and it seems to be a hearty one with action on every street corner. So, let’s hit the news, enjoy, relax, and get involved. BIKERNET DAYTONA BUREAU CHIEF
BIKE WEEK ACTION SUNDAY POST for March 8th 2015 Read More »
HEY, This is going to be a short and not so sweet Sunday news. Life moves so fast now. We need to find a way to slow it down to something manageable for us humble humans. When I spoke to Jeff Hennie last week he mentioned that the government is too busy fighting
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Hey, We lost a 46-year-old staff member this week to a massive heard attack. Richard Kranzler was an inspiration, a diehard biker, a bikernet fan, an Easyriders reader, a non-stop enthusiast, a computer tech head, an internet guru, a performance nut, and a constant good friend. Richard will be sorely missed for months into years
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Friday night happy hour time was in high gear as the sun began to set over the Los Angeles Harbor. The Cantina parking lot was packed with bikes, longshoremen’s trucks, and girls who rolled over from Long Beach, three bridges away with the dreaded Terminal Island in between. Halloween approached and so did the evil
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Hey, This is an interesting one. We are running at life fast and furious. We peeled through the holidays, and never slowed down, except for maybe a minute. So, how do we make a difference in 2015? It’s up to us, to stop doing anything that hurts us, our families, our brotherhood, or our country.
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Hey, I have sort of a challenge to lay on you. It’s something I’m going to investigate with an expert, and there’s a book on the topic, but I’ll just touch on it here. My best friend, Dr. Hamster, came for Breakfast today, the day after Christmas. He’s a big one for Landmark seminar studies,
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Hey, I tried to take the day off Saturday, but that’s not really possible, so I slept some, and then scrambled. I clammored around the headquarters, taking care of the animals, fixing plants fucked with by the storm, sweeping, and thinking about motorcycles, women, and stuff. I made a list last night and I needed
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Hey, I don’t know what to make of this, but I’m trying. More importantly how will any of this effect motorcycling in the future? This comes from The Week Magazine for October 17th: One promising high-tech auto feature in development is “vehicle-to-vehicle” (or V2V) communication, which would allow cars to virtually “talk” to one
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I haled me a woman from the street, Shameless, but, oh, so fair! I bade her sit in the model’s seat And I painted her sitting there. I hid all trace of her heart unclean; I painted a babe at her brest; I painted her as she might have been If the Worst had been
Hey, We’re just back from Bonneville and sorta in a haze of constant activity, projects, mechanical hiccups, freaky weather, and massive camaraderie. You’ll read a couple of stanzas from a Robert Service poem later in the news. These stanzas hit the nail on the head. You’ll see a full report next week on our Bonneville
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What a week, Bandit and the 5-Ball racing team left the confines of California for a chance to make Bikernet History on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Reports are rolling in and we are trying to keep up with the latest. Ray Wheeler and his Steed have completed scrutinering and are going
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HEY, We have one more week of harried madness, then it’s onto the salt to feel the buzz of our hard work against the earth’s conditions at 4,300 feet. Then hopefully we will return to normal for a few weeks before heading to Las Vegas Bikefest. Hang on. I promise a report on the Bonne
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Hey, I’m still a blur from two days of driving to return home, help a brother move, clean the shop, do laundry. Hell, leaving always puts me behind the curve, so it’s a scramble. But during the process, I’m thinking about all the parties, the Badlands rides, the entire event was non-stop. For the first
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It seems almost everyone has headed to the Black Hills once again for the yearly Sturgis Bike Rally. Sturgis frenzy abounds aplenty! The beautiful, rolling Black Hills of South Dakota come alive once again to the roar of thousands of bikes, bikers and music. As always there is something for everyone during
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Hey, I went to a Barbecue with my Long Beach girl last night. She asked a myriad of questions about my sordid past and then Sturgis surface and she started asking questions about the run to the Badlands, like, “Are you ready?” I thought about one of the first rules in Buddhism about change. Everything
HITTING THE ROAD SUNDAY POST FOR JULY 27, 2014 Read More »
Hey, This is a strange mix of news items. Fortunately there’s a handful of fun items. Sometimes the politics seems too overwhelming. Here’s something I asked myself the other day. When you’re pissed off about anything, or if you’re faced with unwanted decisions, form it or them as a challenge (meaning: dare, confront, or dispute).
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Hey, Life is so interesting. Remember, attitude is everything. I rode a magnificent motorcycle (Vintage Indian) around a couple of states for five days to an event, the Smoke Out, full of heart, soul, and fun. Operating any event involves tremendous hard work and organization, yet if you stumble, forget one individual, you’re the bad
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