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So, a handful of us got together Sunday night for cocktails, and to review several motorcycle related films, from Sturgis Parties to this 1.5-hour flick from Gaurav Jani in India. His solo production called Riding Solo to the Top of the World immediately hit us as an ego trip for a guy to ride solo […]

This is the third cult motorcycle film from Scott Di Lalla & Zack Coffman. They produced the first two Sinners Movies and Rico still cringes from embarrassment, when I bring 'em up. “I'm not the boss,” Rico said. He's sorta portrayed as the Sinner leader. But like Bruce Brown surfing movies from the '60s these

“Biker media” takes many forms; from the “infiltration books” to movies (good and horrible) to the documentaries that are so popular on the cable stations (again, both good and God-awful) and other various manifestations of how artists, writers and producers interpret our way of life.A lot of this stuff is the same ol’ same ol’

I was recently sent a book: BIKERS HANDBOOK – Becoming Part of The Motorcycle Culture, By Jay Barbieri to read and comment on. I read it, and though I do not agree with everything, like his trailering to motorcycle events (though I do realize why some do) I think that it would be a good

Shot during the filming of Sturgis Rider Live at the Bikernet.com Interplanetary Headquarters.I have studied the world of “biker media” since the early 1960s. One of the main things that is so apparent in that world is that we—the members of the “biker culture”—are so, so unique. No other area of society is “observed” as

Folks are constantly trying to produce build-related DVDs. After four seasons of Discovery Biker Build-offs, constant OCC project bikes and Build or Busts, the scenario has lost its luster like salt-coated chrome left on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Motorcycles are made up of just a handful of consistent elements, and if everyone bolts the same

I bought Wes White's Triumph 650 Rebuild DVD and watched the almost 4 hours today.For you guys who don't know Wes, he runs Four Aces Cycle Supply in Pacoima, Califa and has been restoring and chopping Trumps for years and is a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to restoring vintage British iron.Wes walks

BIZARRE BIKERNET BOOK REVIEW–Tinker Tales Untold:This book falls into The Most Weird Books I Have Ever Read Category. Not that it is a bad list to be on. I read a lot of books and would place it in its own genre of mystical biker lore. Tinker is the main character throughout Tinker Tales Untold

Now in paperback is the Motorbooks release of Indian Larry: Chopper Shaman.For the three people on the planet who don’t know, Indian Larry DeSmedt was a New York City motorcycle builder who gained mega-fame on The Discovery Channel motorcycle programs. His biography is from Easyriders magazine Dave Nichols and Larry’s lovely mermaid widow Andrea “Bambi”

“When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand” – so said Raymond Chandler, doyen in his day of the hard-boiled detective fiction short story and novel, many of which were made into films.The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely and The Lady in the Lake are perhaps three