Forever, I’ve searched the soul of the Biker spirit. Hey, This year an epiphany struck like a bolt of lightning to my sissybar while doing 80 mph on a Wyoming Highway. Sturgis represents the Biker Nation, the home of everyone and everything two-wheeled. It’s the only place on earth where all bikers come together and […]
THE BIKER NATION STURGIS RALLY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for August 14th, 2025 Read More »
SEE YOU AT THE 85th STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY! 1,100 Miles Grand Rapids, MI to Sturgis Buell is heading to Sturgis the only way that matters – earning every mile on a 3-day, 1,100-mile journey from Grand Rapids through the heartland. Seven Super Cruiser prototypes will be loading up and taking the legendary ride into the
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What’s it going to look like? Where is it headed? One thing for sure it will follow the Code of the West. We’ll get into this topic later in the News. Right now the Sturgis 85th Motorcycle Rally is just a week away and we are kicking off the rally with a party at Bandit’s
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Hey, The 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is just two weeks away. You’ll stumble across the press release below. We moved the Easyriders Streamliner into the Sturgis motorcycle Museum a couple of days ago with a tremendous amount of help from friends and brothers. Turned weird in the parking lot as a storm loomed and the
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Hey, Wow the missions are piling up. We started a group to encourage the city to be in favor and supportive of the Sturgis rally. At our last meeting we met with comissioner Ruth Kopp who suggested we start an effort to save, rebuild and make the historic ½ mile come alive again. There was
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Hey, Suddenly there’s a ton of action happening in Sturgis for the 85th. This was a wild week, as we scrambled into July. Suddenly we feel non-stop pressure to prepare for the 85th annual Sturgis Rally. Other than Arlin Fatland, who owns TwoWheelers on Main in Sturgis the rest of us don’t know what the
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Hey, Did you know there’s an ongoing fight to save the Sturgis Rally? Did you know a fight is brewing to save Harley-Davidson and I’m right in the middle of a battle to save Easyriders Magazine. Hell, President Trump is kicking ass to save our country and the Free World. Oh, and I’m road-testing my
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Hey, We are living in truly strange times. There’s a bleak side of society trying to destroy the country. One example is the climate doom business. But last weekend my buddy Don Whalen and his entire family drove their ICE vehicle to the Petersen Museum, in Los Angeles, to celebrate Father’s Day and enjoy the
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Hey, Is life nuts or what. While 2 percent want to destroy everything, 98 percent keep the faith and struggle to survive. For once, most of us are in the 98 percent group. We believe in freedom, order, even in law enforcement. We have brothers and sisters who are fire fighters, veterans, on active duty
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Half-Way Through the Year and Questions Continue… Hey, We are half-way through the year and folks want the new President to move faster on making America Great Again. Brothers want Harley-Davidson’s CEO gone yesterday, my grandson is opening another 5-Ball Tattoo shop on Melrose, his fiancé is pregnant and he’s moving the family and all
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Hey, Let’s hit the news, quick: The News was provided by the Bikernet Team including: Wayfarer, the Redhead, Bob T. Sam Burns, Rogue, Laura, Barry Green, El Waggs, J.J. Solari, Amy White, Jenn and the rest of the crew. The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle
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On a dark night in Deadwood the nearly blind ex-jailer whispered about another murder to Panhead John who was trying to bleed his 1960 Panhead juice brakes. John snapped and hit his bald head on the unforgiving handlebars while trying to straighten up. “Another murder?” John questioned. “Yeah, but don’t tell Bandit,” Teetering Tom said
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Hey, I need to hit it to Rapid City and visit with my cardiologist who I’ve never met. Thursdays are my favorites. I get to focus solely on the motorcycle industry and everything two-wheeled going on all over the world, except today. This was a strange one. I had no choice but to take this
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It’s Thursday morning and I’m pondering the massive day ahead. The news is packed. I spent all last weekend working on a fundraising packages for the Museum. Every day I promote efforts to give us the rights to repair and modify our motorcycles. You’ll see in the news the ongoing fight to keep ICE vehicles
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Hey, This is one of those squirrely days. I’m 13 days into this hip replacement. I was active most of the day yesterday and today I’m taking it easy. We worked most of the day packing Sturgis Museum Raffle tickets in envelopes. Do me a major favor and buy your tickets to support the Museum
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Hey, I started to watch 1923 last night. Something struck me. It was the time of prohibition. People screamed at other folks in the streets about the sins of drinking. The brothers rode in on horses to fight goat farmers trying to graze their herds on cattle lands. Everyone needed grass. Some wanted to cheat
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Hey, I’ve heard all the rumors from Daytona, the action, the entertainment and the bullshit. Who knows if anything is true. Then, of course, there’s what I can tell you and what I can’t. We will have a story from Rogue about Billy Lane’s SOS old school racing coming soon. The Iron Horse held bike
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The Twists and Turns throughout one of the Most Wild Years in our History A Transformative Year for Me, Bikernet, Sturgis, the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum, the Country and the World. An Amazing year with challenges and awards constantly. It’s been one of the strangest years of my life; worldly, wicked, perplexing, testing, stressful and transcending.
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Hey, Everyday something more is revealed. Apparently some of the Jeffey Epstein’s files will be released today, but there’s more. Check this: Germany’s green backlash: ‘The end of Germany’s climate crusade’ – Used ‘climate policy as a punching bag’ – Joins ‘Austria, Belgium, Ireland & US.’ in booting out ‘progressive climate policies’ –Climate Depot
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Hey, This week something Iconic happened in Sturgis, SD. I’ve often said Sturgis needed two things to truly come alive and step into the future. We needed a Sturgis Harley-Davidson franchise and a world class museum. I want riders all over the world to know they are welcome any day of the year in Sturgis
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Hey, I wish I knew where to start. Shit is happening fast and furious. I’m just trying to find two moments to relax and maybe look for 1913 engine shafts. I’m going to put the engine together and then maybe send it to Robb at Retro for a rebuild. Need to find all the little
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Boss is so busy, he started another shop to get busy with business. In the news this week, Bandit watches an old Science Fiction movie again and draws comparison to the current chaos on planet Earth regarding our oxygen levels. Can you guess the name of that flick based on a novelette by Philip K
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Hey, In the news this week, it seems of all the plagues upon publishing business, Veloce publishers were endowed with having to stop shipping outside UK. Wow. Black Hills Motorcycle Show Winner speaks out on…..,yup, winning! Sam Burns got hold of more women and sidecar pics to showcase. RFR announces the Texas Weather and a
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Ram Tough by JJ Spain with illustration by Wayfarer We parked our bikes on the north side of Deadwood Lodge. Omaha, off I29 to I90 was a long hot ride. I stepped on green grass to stretch. A loud snort turned me around. A Ram Big Horn Sheep with hazel eyes stared me down. He
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