Hey, Wow, what an interesting week. I don’t know where to start. The rally is a couple of weeks away and every day the phone rings with another opportunity. A roadhouse wants the name Easyriders. We are discussing more rodeos. There’s discussion about bike shows starting. I’ve been trying to go for a ride for […]
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Hey, Life is a challenge every week for anyone who is attempting to do anything. I don’t care if you’re building a bike, breaking up with a girlfriend, moving to another state, planning your ride to the Black Hills for the Sturgis Rally, whatever. Every element is a challenge. I pointed something out to one
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The motorcycles were never really about motorcycles. That was the first lie. Chrome, gasoline, open highways, outlaw jackets — those were merely the last surviving symbols of a civilization that once believed a human being should own his own movement, his own mistakes, and maybe even his own soul. Turns out Wall Street found a
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Hey, I just rolled into the headquarters from seedy, slimy Las Vegas. The place is a trip. The whole city needs to be steam cleaned. I jumped on an Allegiance flight on Sunday and ended up in Phoenix on a whirlwind of delays. I didn’t sleep for 40 hours and ended up splashing water in
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FROM THE DESK OF ALEX EPSTEIN Vote NO on a backdoor expansion of the ethanol mandate Advocates of government-dictated ethanol are trying to circumvent House procedures to sneak an expanded ethanol mandate into the Farm Bill. The House Rules Committee should not allow this.Alex Epstein On Monday, the House Rules Committee decides whether to allow
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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, 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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Quick update on HB 429 Criminal Gang Membership bill. Right now HB 429 is active and pending in the Legislature, secificaly sitting in the Florida House Judiciary Committee after moving out of its first committee. Contact your local representatives and tell them you are against this bill. It is no longer “tabled” in the permanent
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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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Earlier this week, Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) President Kirk “Hardtail” Willard attended the American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) in Anaheim, CA, the premier powersports trade show in North America that brings together manufacturers, dealers, distributors, and aftermarket leaders from across the motorcycle industry. AIMExpo serves as a central hub for showcasing new products, building business
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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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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,
THE UNITY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 26th, 2025, Read More »
Hey, Fred Harrell from the MRF will dig this. Here’s the simple but difficult challenge. We are living in extremely tumultuous times to say the least. So what’s needed. I told Amy White a gifted writer for Easyriders, we need confidence. We’ve been bullied and even shot at for a decade. We didn’t dare mention
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MRF Nominates Jay Jackson to Motorcyclist Advisory Council The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) is proud to announce the formal nomination of MRF Vice President Jay Jackson of Indiana to serve on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Motorcyclist Advisory Council (MAC). Jay has been nominated for the seat reserved for a representative of a national motorcyclist
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Hey, This is wild, I kicked into gear at 7:00 a.m. and about 11:00 forced myself out of my wobbling chair to make a morsel for breakfast. I discussed everything from Easyriders logos to events, advertisers, staff, insurance, trademarks to articles for this issue. I shifted from legal matters to the angle of the article
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Hey, Okay, I done did it. I bought the entire Easyriders Empire, lock, stock and archives. Are we going to have fun now? In fact, we’re thinking about changing the name of Bikernet to EASYRIDERS formerly Bikernet.com. What do you think? We started the Easyriders Channel on Youtube. Monday we kick off our first Editorial
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Hey, I love America and Americans. Charlie Kirk was assassinated and we stepped back, we grieved, we put another notch on the board, and we got up the next morning and took care of our families. Bikers do the same when a brother is killed on the road. We step back, we lament, we carve
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Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is launching three new rulemakings to modernize the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS). According to Secretary Duffy, these changes are designed to “eliminate redundant requirements and bring us closer to
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— August Recess Ends — Busy Legislative Agenda Ahead As summer draws to a close, Congress has returned to Washington, D.C., following its traditional August recess. Lawmakers now face a packed schedule with several critical items still on the agenda before the end of the year. One top priority will be enacting funding levels for
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A Slow Week with Mighty results. Hey, I mentioned my epiphany behind the Sturgis 85th rally and the small town of 7,000. Sturgis becomes the Biker Nation for two weeks. That’s true, and I want it to welcome bikers all year long. Every day our engineer or cowboy boots step a tad closer to the
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