Hey, This is going to be a wild one, and I’m trying to shorten it, so I can finish wiring my Mudflap Girl FXR. It dawned on me that I have no hydraulic brake lines for this puppy. Well, actually John Reed sent me some, but I just haven’t headed down that road yet. If […]
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Harry Sucher documented the inner workings of Indian History, and wrote the stellar archival book, The Iron Redskin. Harry started his research when the original Indian builders, designers, and executives were still around. In the back of The Iron Redskin, in the appendix on Crocker motorcycles Harry featured a close friend, the master Crocker builder
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Hey, Strange times we’re living through. It’s interesting, and I hope the government can get past all the hindering regulations and remember what this country was based on– freedoms not restrictions. But we grapple with our own existence and wonder if we need to head in another direction. Folks ask me why I don’t
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Hey, It’s a short one, this weekend, but packed with good info. We are just back from a Vegas Bikefest whirlwind weekend. We finished the Thursday News, then Ray C. Wheeler, Bikernet Performance Editor, and I, jumped in the Bikernet Hearse and cut a dusty trail into the Mojave desert toward the Nevada border. I
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Hey, We are running late with the post. We hit the Long Beach swap meet to collect parts for the Mudflap Girl bikes, Bonneville projects for next year, you name it. That damn, every two week event was jammed, and it was just followed by the El Camino Vintage Swapmeet, yesterday 10 miles away. Since
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Oh no, It’s a deja vu. Ray C. Wheeler, the Bikernet Performance editor peeled toward the Salt Flats for the Cook’s Shootout this morning at the crack of dawn. He straddled the Salt Shaker and cut a dusty trail with Bikernet stickers and our Bonneville books in tow. About an hour out
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Hey, Life is nuts and so is the news. Get this, the Post office is about cooked. They need to downsize or they will be out of business. They just don’t compete anymore with e-mail, UPS, or Fedex. They can’t pay the 5.5 billion dollar payment to fund future retirees’ healthcare benefits. Seems Congress has
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Hey, It’s another perfect day in Paradise. We worked on my Mudflap girl FXR most of yesterday modifying and mounting the Custom Chrome rear fender. We installed the new Progressive shocks and continue to monkey with the wheel and chain alignment. I need to think about a chain guard and some mounting issues with the
Just a quickie Sunday Post since most of the industry is in Sturgis. Not many emails coming in, so enjoy this short and sweet post. ~Nyla Deer season is around the corner, so I thought I’??d better send out a reminder about what a Whitetail looks like! A guy who lives at Lake Conroe– (50 miles north of
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Hey, The world is moving fast and the Badlands are calling. I don’t know where to start, so I won’t. We need to wrap up the Post so we can ride to Bennett’s for their open house with the Branch O’keefe headwork guys next door, and the Signal Hillbillies playing out front. Should be a
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