Happy Easter, But we still needed to complete the Sunday Post. It’s been a wild weekend starting on Good Friday, as we scrambled to complete the minor changes to Bob Bitchin’s new stretched FXR. We survived, and Bob picked up his new ride with fresh paint from Ronnie Teserone and blazed north Saturday at 8:00 […]
EASTER SUNDAY POST FOR MARCH 31, 2013 Read More »
Hey, This is one of those days, and they seem to surface more often. Maybe it’s the myriad of communication devices. Perhaps it’s the non-stop nature of life, our expanding resources, or the Bikernet non-stop mantra and creative spirit. About the time we feel confident with the completion of one project, three more land in
BROKEN SPOKE SUNDAY POST FOR MARCH 24, 2013 Read More »
Hey, Life is nuts. I was almost caught up on content, when I attempted to write the feature for the Twisted Ultimate Builder Editor’s Choice Winner from the Long Beach show, and couldn’t find a phone number, so I kicked back. What the hell, I was about to turn 65 and pondered taking a break.
NON-STOP ACTION SUNDAY POST Read More »
Here we go again, Shit never stops. Innovation never gives up. Positive, progressive folks never stop breathing creative air. We were sketching streamliner forms on napkins this weekend. We jammed over to Bennett’s Performance. Eric had an anxious customer who wanted his 2013 Dyna Street Bob back pronto. Eric installed Dave Mackey .575 lift cams
DAYTONA KICK-OFF SUNDAY POST Read More »
Hey, A friend stopped over last night. He came to Long Beach to be given a lifetime membership in the Southern California Judo Association. He’s a sharp cookie. He mentioned that AR-15s are like the least used weapon for murder in the US, and actually the most-used weapon is a baseball bat. Should we ban
SUNNY SUNDAY POST FOR MARCH 3, 2013 Read More »
Hey, Hang on for today. I need to investigate UGG boots. I find the soft ones last about a year then blow out. I’m looking for an upgrade. I went digging through their site and to an Urban Feet shoe store in San Pedro. I found two different UGG boots, similar style, but the factory
BIG ENGINE SUNDAY POST FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2013 Read More »
A few years ago, a handful of guys sat around bitching about women and a pattern started to emerge. The more I investigated, the more we thought something needed to be done. At first, it took on the notion of a warning system to alert young guys before it was too late. Then we thought
Girl of Bikernet Weaves a Web Read More »
Hey, This Post might be short, and maybe not. We could pack it with news from our own headquarters. We are still try to sort out 2013, which looks to be a fuckin’ amazing year. I know, I need to stay focused on the primary motorcycle goals, our Trike Streamliner, and books. Our list also
Icy Sunday Post for January 13, 2012 Read More »
Hey, I started on the 2013 list last week, but that’s not all. I am still involved in the MRF Industry Council, workouts, TV, and Movie efforts. We have an Australian Water Separator to test and a grant effort for the study of Freedom. And I still want to learn music. Plus, a large goal
WILDCARD SUNDAY POST for January 6, 2013 Read More »
Hey, Damn, the New Year is flying at us, and I’m trying to make a plan for Bikernet and my sanity. We are excited about this coming year. The potential is amazing for this small group of old bikers. Bikernet has expanded, and although there is some tweaking to be implemented, all systems are a
NEW YEARS EVE SUNDAY POST Read More »
Hey, I’ve been scrambling all weekend at the Long Beach Ultimate Builder Show with Bob Kay and Jeff Najar, and of course our esteemed Performance Editor Ray C. Wheeler. Ray place his bike in the Performance Category an although it’s not complete, it scored very high marks. The damn thing is amazing, just not finished
SHOW CRAZY SUNDAY POST Read More »
Hey, I kicked off a discussion about the holidays, or lack there of. Sin Wu liked to say, “We’re too broke for the holidays.” And we often didn’t have a tree. Since some of the girls are missing in action, Ray C. Wheeler, the esteemed Bikernet Performance Editor in Chief, volunteered to handle outdoor decorations,
Pre-Shows Sunday Post Read More »
 There’s a surprising amount of old American iron around these parts of the Netherlands, two wheels and four, some left over from the war, others brought over from the U.S. for avid collectors that can’t get enough of anything from the good ‘ole U.S. of A. These two Indians that Mart owns are neither
The Story of Mart’s Two Indians – Where The Hell Is Murph? Read More »
Hey, I’m on the edge of my seat by trying to remain calm. Today is the 12th and we have until the 24th to arrive in Bonneville. Wired my bike this weekend, and unwrapped the super-fine stainless exhaust from D&D. I can’t plumb my bike until I have the engine. I can’t make the exhaust
STURGIS WINDING DOWN SUNDAY POST FOR AUGUST 12, 2012 Read More »
As the summer sun glistened on the harbor, the warmth and clear days brought out additional Cantina customers. San Pedro city fathers cut a deal with the Los Angeles Harbor commissioners and the city of LA to allow the USS IOWA, a refurbished WWII battleship, to be permanently moored against nearby docks. Another draw to
Episode 63: Nyla Hires and New Bartender Read More »
The walls of the prison cell seem to expand into the horizon. The stones blurring into a wall of sand. I seem to have encapsulated myself inside a sand castle. Except there is no sound of waves threatening to push down these walls. I didn’t ask for solitary confinement but my money bought me a
THE GIRL DOCTOR BUSTED–Girl of Bikernet Read More »
 This week’s Digital Discovery brings us back in time; call it chopper archeology if you will. Our friend Deano Masouras recently unearthed an old issue of Choppers Magazine from December 1968 and was nice enough to scan a few pages for us. You’re looking at a feature of Ed Roth’s famous Candy Wagon. Enjoy
Ed Roth’s Candy Wagon Read More »
Hey gang, Bandit has flown the coop for a while, leaving the rest of us overworked, underpaid and underappreciated minions completely in charge. Big mistake there, stretch! While the King of the Biker Nation is living it up in the Caribbean, sailing the emerald waters of Martinique, getting hammered on rum and sampling other fine
BANDIT OF THE CARIBBEAN SUNDAY POST FOR MAY 6, 2012 Read More »
As my eyes accustomed to the low light I thought for an instant I had died and gone to heaven. Or maybe been whisked by a modern day genie to an Aladdin’s Cave of motorcycles. But when I pinched myself it hurt, so I figured so semblance of realism inhabited this motorcycle nirvana. But let
Motorcycle Nirvana Discovered–Bill’s Bike Barn Read More »
If you take a trip to a shop called Capone’s Street Rod Motorcycles, the name is a clue to the attitude/bike building philosophy, then emphasized when you check out its website taglines that include “Capone’s…Established Sometime in the 1920s” and “Sometimes We Rob Banks” and bikes with names like “Chicago Typewriter.” If you know your
B-T Racer: Scott Fox and Capone’s Street Rod and Chrisy Lee Read More »
Hey, Well it’s never a dull moment around the Bikernet Headquarters. It was scheduled to be a mild weekend of bike wiring and tinkering around the shop, but as usual every weekend explodes with activity. The good Dr. Hamster called first with the notion to organize a Hamster Lunch ride for today. I agreed. Then
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Hey, We are nearing the end of our first week into the New Year, and we’re cooking. I sense this is a critical year in so many respects. Plus, it’s going to be damn exciting. I spent five hours yesterday morning on a conference call with the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) Board of
SLEEPY SUNDAY POST Read More »
For those of us drawn to the somewhat fringe zone of postcard collecting and research, a passion/addiction officially known as Deltiology, good things indeed come in small packages. Those outside the postcard world are probably unaware that it is the third largest collecting hobby in the world, next to coin and stamp collecting, usually 4
Mailable Motorcycle Art: An Introduction to Deltiology Read More »
Back when the Transcontinental Railroad’s golden spoke was still gleaming, the industrial East and the wild West linked by the locomotive, and a young United States still recovering from a bloody Civil War, two books brought relief, comfort and hope across the country. One would be the Bible, the other the Sears mail-order catalog. Founded
1911 Sears Original Paint Discovered Read More »
