Hey, When I stepped into this Easyriders gig my mind rattled with notions of saving the true magazine and making it sing again. There’s something engaging and romantic about making it happen for the good of all bikers everywhere. Then there’s the reality. It’s like buying your dream bike. Ya gotta get a loan or […]
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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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The 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (August 1–10, 2025) proved to be a roaring celebration of iron, grit and glory. The brotherhood stepped up and made it worthwhile for everyone, with almost no visible criticism in mainstream media. In finality, traffic into Sturgis surged by 11.3% over the previous five-year average, with 537,459 vehicles entering during
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History is Living, one milestone per dayAn August First Week: Reviewing the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally so far from Wayfarer@Bikernet.com Rolling Roaring Numbers The 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has an open-road spirit from August 1 till date. Witnessing an impressive swell in turnout, with first five days recording over 311,000 vehicles rolling into Sturgis. It
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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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“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” The sentiment of this quote has been shared by many, leading to it being attributed to President Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist Wendell Phillips and Irish statesman John Philpot Curran. Debating who said it is not as important as remembering and living the message. As bikers, we have learned repeatedly
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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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July 4th, 2025 Each fourth of July we celebrate the birth of American Independence. We at the Motorcycle Riders Foundation would like to recognize that freedom is not and has never been free. We thank those in our armed forces for defending all of our freedoms. Perhaps Patrick Henry said it best in 1775 when
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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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National Council of Informed Riders (National COIR) KEEPING YOU INFORMED National COIR has joined 5 other organizations in demanding a retraction and to cease and desist violating the rights of all Motorcyclists! Sheriff Stacy L Ball of Pulaski County, Missouri has arbitrarily shut down a planned motorcycle rally at a local Shriners facility simply because
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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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MIC MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: S&S CYCLE Major V-Twin and Aftermarket Manufacturer Offers Emissions Expertise Many motorcyclists know S&S Cycle as the builder of a wide variety of powerful V-twin engines found in countless cruiser and custom bikes – and would instantly recognize the iconic teardrop air cleaner cover. But the nearly 70-year-old company has special relevance
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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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1934: Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde On May 23, 1934, notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana. Bonnie Parker met the charismatic Clyde Barrow in Texas when she was 19 years old and her husband (she married when she was
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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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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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