Harley-Davidson

Coolbeth Is Eighth On Factory Harley At Santa Rosa Mile

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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Krawiec And Hines Take Harley To Semi-Finals At Dallas

By Bandit

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

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Barnes Wins AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Race at Homestead-Miami

By Bandit

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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LABOR DAY WEEKEND SUNDAY POST FOR SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

By Bandit

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

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Harley NHRA Team Debuts Hard Candy Custom At Indy

By Bandit

Hines and Krawiec to Ride Metal Flake V-Rod® Bikes at NHRA U.S. Nationals

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STURGIS WINDING DOWN SUNDAY POST FOR AUGUST 12, 2012

By Bandit

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

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Conversion Fender Spacers

By Bandit

Custom Cycle Engineering will ship their catalog to you for free. What do you have to lose?

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FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY POST FOR JUNE 17, 2012

By Bandit

.”> 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

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FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY POST FOR JUNE 17, 2012

By Bandit

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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Sturgis Buffalo Chip Partners With Red Bull For The Sturgis Rally

By Bandit

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

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Krawiec Earns A Hometown Win At Englishtown

By Bandit

Screamin’ Eagle Team Stays Undefeated for NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Season

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MOJAVE MILE SUNDAY POST

By Bandit

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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Camping California: On Two Wheels – Solvang, CA

By Bandit

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

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Barnes Wins AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Race at Infineon

By Bandit

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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Krawiec Wins NHRA Race in Atlanta

By Bandit

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.

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BANDIT OF THE CARIBBEAN SUNDAY POST FOR MAY 6, 2012

By Bandit

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

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Brute III Extreme Drive Gives ’07-and-later Touring Bikes Wings

By Bandit

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.

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DISCOVERED– THE WORLD’S SMALLEST KNUCKLEHEAD PROJECT

By Bandit

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

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TUNNEL OF FIRE SUNDAY POST FOR APRIL 22, 2012

By Bandit

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

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HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY POST FOR APRIL 8, 2012

By Bandit

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

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EASTER SUNDAY POST FOR APRIL 8, 2012

By Bandit

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Motorcycle Nirvana Discovered–Bill’s Bike Barn

By Doc Robinson

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

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THREE-WHEELIN SUNDAY POST

By Bandit

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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SUPER BOWL SUNDAY POST

By Bikernet Contributor Nyla

Just a quick Sunday Post with a few funnies and women. Word from Bandit, who attended the V-Twin Dealer show in Cincinnati this weekend, is that it was well attended, everyone had a positive outlook for 2012 and that you should watch for some great new products from Performance Machine. All was

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