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Rusty and the Illusion gang just signed up as Bikernet Sponsors, January of 2010. I've known Rusty Coones for 20 years. I've watched him through the ups and downs of life, but Rusty always worked hard. He's a creative type, a rider, and a businessman. He also has a rock band, Attika. It's about to […]

A shot from the era when we first started to hack off tank tabs to run custom tanks and seats. I am attaching some shots of my new cast steel frame parts for wishbone frames. I am presently reproducing necks, sidecar loops and rigid frame axle plates. Will offer motor mounts very soon. All my

I was surfin’ the net one evening and I stumbled on the web site for a gadget called the Intiminator. I asked myself, did I read that right, and what is that play on words supposed to mean anyway? Who and/or what is this doo-hickey supposed to intiminate. Finally, what do these things actually do?

This is a strange one. Peter Linney shot Karlie Montana, one delightful munchkin, at Gard's LA ChopRods shop. In the process of putting this hot Girl's of Bikernet feature together, we discovered more and more LA ChopRods products developed by Gard. It wasn't enough to focus all of our attention on Karlie's sizzling attributes. We

This thread is an R rated story, and contains new and advanced technology. Those stuck in 1945 should please close this now and move on to other stories.This story contains explicit material for making massive torque and horsepower, while using exotic new and improved parts.If you remember reading the recent story about Sorensen Performance's new

I can’t tell you how happy I was when engineers at Harley-Davidson devised a counter-balancing mechanism for the rigid mounted motors in their 2000 Softails models. Then, when I got a load of the Deuce, their newest FXST, which just happens to be the slickest custom production model the motor company ever produced, I was

This Tech is brought to you by Bikernet Sponsor J&P Cycles One of the more difficult challenges we face in our tech department here at J&P Cycles is the issue of handlebars. Often we hear this simple directive: “I just want to move my hands about two inches farther back.” But in order for our

Wire Plus has been engineering state-of-the-art custom wiring harnesses, digital instrument panels and other innovative products for more than a decade. Rick Marler, President and founder of Wire Plus is an avid enthusiast himself, and has been riding his entire life. Marler knows what the environment can do to motorcycle components, especially electronics. “Our systems

This is wild. Some of the most precision shit in life is magnificently simple. Motorsport makes this popular tour-pak rack from a ¼-inch plate of billet aluminum, the masters of billet wheels, but I’ll touch on them in a minute. Metalsport’s Contoured “Billet Tour Pack Rack” is available in show chrome, Black Chrome and Raw

While there are positive signs the economy is climbing out of the toilet, that’s hardly an occasion to break into three choruses of “We’re in the money.” Nevertheless, those who can pop for a new motorcycle should step up, even if we're still teetering on the edge. For the rest of us, we’ll continue do