Never Give Up! By Bandit with photos by Buck Lovell “This tech will be amazing. I built this 1950 Panhead during the Covid thing, so we called it the Pandemic. We fought with a magneto for a year and finally slipped in a used automatic advance distributor and it started first kick, with a Mike […]
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You don’t have to be a motorcycle enthusiast to visit here, but it helps from https://soranews24.com There are tens of thousands of Shinto shrines all over Japan and they come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. They also have a plethora of individual themes that visitors may want to visit for highly specific prayers
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The Weekly News that matters – every Thursday on Bikernet.com Click Here to get your weekly round-up on motorcycles and motorcyclists now Halloween is coming up and we already have a terrific batch of Halloween girls coming your way from Barry Green. Bandit is working with the factory, Markus Cuff and maybe Jon Kosmoski
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CLICK To Read this Week’s News on Bikernet.com Hey, It’s an interesting day, week, month, year. Things a popping. Day before yesterday LiveWire went public. Today Porsche went public. No messing around. Let’s hit the news… Also: We are working on another compelling story from Amy Irene White. A couple of us are digging into
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Barry said these shots don’t need a story. He’s right! On your darkest day, these shots will bring back warm memories, longing, a broad smile, tender thoughts, beauty, touch, Nirvana and pure heaven right here on earth. — Bandit * * * * Get inside the Cantina, explore 25 years of biker pics, Click to
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All the Players Step Forward By Kent Weeks and Tom Young with photos by RFR and Sil EDITOR’S NOTE: This gets more bizarre by the week, or year, maybe decade. We published Part 1 not long ago, but perhaps this is part 1. Although, if you read the first episode, you will encounter the long
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Click here to Read this week’s Thursday News, only on Bikernet.com Hey, I sense the weather changing in South Dakota. The first day of Fall was yesterday. Brothers all over are heading south to Arizona. Some of us will hang out in the Black hills for the winter and the Almanac says it’s going to
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by Bandit with photos by Weed This bike was built in classic form by Steve Hannah a 20-year Paughco employee and lifetime biker. The Redhead and I hauled ass to Carson City, Nevada with the briefcase, purchased, loaded and blasted back to the Black Hills of South Dakota. I usually mess with any purchase unless
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Legends Suspension Systems Save the Day By DaCat Being part of the Hamsters for 30+ years and building custom bikes, I never thought of owning a Trike. One night 10 years ago, as we were admiring all the custom one-of-a-kind bikes at Sturgis, a buddy says to me, “You know what the next big thing
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By Bandit with photos from Jack McIntyre We started a series of stories about why we chop. They are a blast, inspirational and enlightening. This one touches on two elements of the equation. Why we chop and something about the history of the chopper. There are two partners involved in this story and bikes. Both
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Hitting it Hard This Week !!! With news from MIC, CO2 Coalition, Al Gore, Biker Movie, Pete Alva, NMA, Dragon Fire Racing, Quad Boss, Bandit’s Cantina, Control Freaks, Climate Alarmists, Peashooter, Knuckle Single, MSF, Intermot 2022, Bob McLean, BMW, Chopper Chronicles, Virginia, Climate Change, Gun Nut, FPC, Buck Lovell, J.J. Solari, K. Randall Ball, Paughco,
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For the second time this race season, the XDA brought the best show in motorcycle drag racing to Virginia Motorsports Park for the 5th Annual Bike Bash. This event paid out over $80,000 to Pro, Sportsman, and Grudge racers over three days. If you do not attend the XDA events, you do not get to
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Nothing But Fun…. Get-in on it, only at Bikernet.com What can I say, we have tons of inspirational quotes in the news this week. We have friends and old outlaws visiting from the coast. We ate at Scott Jacobs restaurant in Deadwood last night. Scott has been a licensed artist for Harley-Davidson for 32 years.
The Bros Bikernet Weekly News for September 1, 2022 Read More »
Just Walking to High School By Bandit Suddenly, we have two Girls of Bikernet coming to the Cantina. So, what’s the story line. I don’t have one, but I’ll tell you my thoughts and see where it leads. First, I was determined to write another Why Chop? story about a guy who builds his first
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by Bandit with photos from the Redhead and Wrench This is going to be good, like the party of parties. I’ll stay between the white lines as I attempt to cover the rally and my first wild experience after relocating to the Black Hills and available for action every day. Constant hum of action prevailed
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With News from all over the Nation The rally came and went in the blink of an eye. I’m trying to write my rally report and get a handle on my experience and the vibe for this year. I’m also experiencing post rally and flooded Bonneville blues, while studying the Texas mile for Salt Torpedo
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This Third Chapter in the Series by Sam Burns Read the Full Series only at Bikernet.com (click here) Jack graduated from high school the summer following the Tet Offensive and he knew boys who made the ultimate sacrifice. Jack got a summer job working construction for a couple of old Seabees. It was the hardest
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Puppy’s Off the Leash Tour by Rogue and Friends We decided that since we were in California we might as well visit some places before going home. Started by riding CA 1, or Pacific Coast Highway. We got lucky, the motorcycle event Born Free was that weekend too. It would be a shame after riding
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by Bandit Mick grew up on the South side of Chicago on the edge of a coal mining district. His folks were poor, and dad died when Mick was at a young age. He didn’t have much choice except to join the service directly out of High School & send half of his paychecks home.
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It Couldn’t Be Better Hey, Guys are flying along every highway. Marilyn Stemp held a show maybe two every day. We entered our two Panheads in the Chopper Magazine show at Outlaw square. The action is hot and heavy. The bands at the chip are over the top. If you want something done to your
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Part 1 of a Trampster Run to CA by Rogue and Friends I received a text message from brother Berry Wardlaw at Accurate Engineering. “Do you want to go on a Trampster Run?” I replied “Yes” which got me another text. “Don’t you want to know where?” I replied, “NO, just want to know when
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The KIRSH CHM-1 Lid by Prince Najar Donny Devito, President and Chief Operating Officer of KIRSH Helmets, is the go-to guy for introducing the latest technology in helmets – the KIRSH’S CHM-1 Helmet Technology. I met up with Donny at the 2022 Flying Piston Benefit during Daytona Bikeweek and discussed his latest product offering, the
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All the Motorcycle News that matters Hey, It seems like the pressure is on. The rally is just around the corner and the projects and commitments are piling up and then there is Bonneville. I’m on it even today. See the new model & the women’s T-shirt on her from Frank’s Five Ball Racing Platform.
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Chapter 25 of latest Bonneville Effort by 5-Ball Racing by Bandit Getting Ready for the Salt We’re beginning to prep the Salt Torpedo for the BMST event from August 27 until September 2 in Bonneville, Utah on 65-square miles of salt. This event will take place just a couple of weeks after the historic Bonneville
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