Hey, Sometimes I wonder. I’m not on TV or playing bit parts in Sons of A. I’m not a cool builder, so what the hell. Should I be somebody? I’m a nut. I’ve always run at life with an unrelenting passion for whatever it is, or whoever she is. I haven’t been massive successful, but […]
BIKETOBERFEST SUNDAY POST FOR OCTOBER 14, 2012 Read More »
Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Ed Krawiec widened his Pro Stock Motorcycle points lead with his seventh win of the season, defeating his teammate Andrew Hines in the final round of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. It was the fifth all-Harley final of the season, and Krawiec won for the fourth time
Krawiec Beats Hines In An All-Harley NHRA Final At St. Louis Read More »
Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle® Factory Team rider Kenny Coolbeth placed eighth in the AMA Pro Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship race on the Santa Rosa Mile at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. The race was won by South East Harley-Davidson rider Sammy Halbert on a Harley-Davidson® XR750 motorcycle. Halbert was the fastest qualifier for the 25-lap main, but it
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Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Ed Krawiec leads the Pro Stock Motorcycle points standings after advancing to the semi-final round of eliminations at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex, the second event in the six-race Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Krawiec has an 11-point lead over his teammate, Andrew
Krawiec And Hines Take Harley To Semi-Finals At Dallas Read More »
KLR Group/Spyke’s Harley-Davidson rider Michael Barnes won his second AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series race of the season Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a day after his teammate Kyle Wyman’s season come to a disappointing end after a qualifying crash. Barnes battled polesitter Tyler O’Hara (Bartels’ H-D/Scrubblade) and Travis Wyman (Harv’s Harley-Davidson),
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Another Sunday Post with no intro from Bandit… Yesterday he judged the first ever AMD Affiliate Bike Show in association with Harley-Davidson, at the Harley-Davidson Museum. He’s there again, but today’s show is called the Ride In Bike Show. Tobey arrived safely today with both bikes in tow from the BUB meet at Bonneville
LABOR DAY WEEKEND SUNDAY POST FOR SEPTEMBER 2, 2012 Read More »
Hines and Krawiec to Ride Metal Flake V-Rod® Bikes at NHRA U.S. Nationals
Harley NHRA Team Debuts Hard Candy Custom At Indy 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 »
Custom Cycle Engineering will ship their catalog to you for free. What do you have to lose?
Conversion Fender Spacers Read More »
.”> Hey, I’m grappling with my future, actually 2013. If I survive the projects list hammering us this year, I want to shift into a more relaxed mode next year. I won’t stop, just reduce the number of projects to a more manageable list—two things: Write another book and build another Bonneville project, a streamlined
FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY POST FOR JUNE 17, 2012 Read More »
Hey, I’m grappling with my future, actually 2013. If I survive the projects list hammering us this year, I want to shift into a more relaxed mode next year. I won’t stop, just reduce the number of projects to a more manageable list—two things: Write another book and build another Bonneville project, a streamlined trike.
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The Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s annual celebration of music, motorcycles, freedom and camaraderie is slated for August 3-12 as the major destination for those attending the 2012 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Sturgis Buffalo Chip Partners With Red Bull For The Sturgis Rally Read More »
Screamin’ Eagle Team Stays Undefeated for NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Season
Krawiec Earns A Hometown Win At Englishtown Read More »
Hey, We’re up and on the road at 4:00 a.m. heading to the Mojave Mile with a 1000 cc race Kawasaki, which is putting out over 170 horses, and was strapped to a tuning dyno all day Saturday. It’s Tobey’s daily rider. Okay, so it’s not a Harley, but we are giving him a hand,
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We ride because we like to be outdoors, and camping fills that bill. But like any respectable biker, I also enjoy a cold beer while soothing my tired muscles in a hot Jacuzzi after a long ride. Writing/riding for a living, it suddenly dawned on me that there are hundreds of camping options
Camping California: On Two Wheels – Solvang, CA Read More »
Veteran racer Michael Barnes, one of the longest tenured riders in the AMA Pro Road Racing paddock, earned an emotional and hard-fought victory in the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series race at Infineon Raceway Sunday to break a 16-year victory drought.
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The Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines team remains undefeated in 2012 as rider Ed Krawiec won his second NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle event of the season and regained the series points lead at the 32nd Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.
Krawiec Wins NHRA Race in Atlanta 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 »
Rivera Primo’s new Brute III Extreme 2007 Touring Enclosed Belt Drive for 2007 & later Touring models will solve all those nasty little problems and so much more.
Brute III Extreme Drive Gives ’07-and-later Touring Bikes Wings Read More »
Here are some shots from the NAMES show of current progress on Jerry Kieffer’s 1/8 scale Harley Davidson “Knucklehead.” The Schrader valves in the wheels do hold air for the tires. The scale value is about 4 psi, which gives the right amount of tire “flat spot” for the scale weight. However, when Jerry makes
DISCOVERED– THE WORLD’S SMALLEST KNUCKLEHEAD PROJECT Read More »
Hey, The notorious Sheriff, the Swedish moto- journalist, X-Hamster, now a Weasel, is spending a couple of days at the Bikernet Interplanetary headquarters while roaming the countryside on a new 103 Tour Glide. He brings interesting insights into our market, the magazine world, web sites, and the social media galaxy. I love to write, and
TUNNEL OF FIRE SUNDAY POST FOR APRIL 22, 2012 Read More »
Happy Easter Goddammit, Where are the eggs? It’s interesting living down at the harbor away from any residential merriment. When a holiday arrives the only indication is the lack of traffic, trucks and folks. The place is vacant for a day. So no sign of Easter Eggs, or rabbits. Although, the dogs have been killing
HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY POST FOR APRIL 8, 2012 Read More »
Happy Easter Goddammit, Where are the eggs? It’s interesting living down at the harbor away from any residential merriment. When a holiday arrives the only indication is the lack of traffic, trucks and folks. The place is vacant for a day. So no sign of Easter Eggs, or rabbits. Although, the dogs have been killing baby
EASTER SUNDAY POST FOR APRIL 8, 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 »
