The Bombay Travel Woes:Being a biker is no special feature to most commuters on Indian roads. In a country where population outnumbers job opportunities, people are more than willing to travel miles to reach their place of work. Real estate rates in the premium South Bombay area are so exorbitant that the average employee has […]
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BIKERNET NEWS FINALE – HARLEY-DAVIDSON HOSTS SPECIAL RIDES TO KICK OFF WOMEN RIDERS MONTH, WHEELS THROUGH TIME HISTORIC DVDS, GARAGE GIRLS ULTIMATE BIKER MAKEOVER, TOXIC CHOPPERS RETRO BARS, SCOTT JACOBS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE, SMOKE OUT LONG ROAD STOPS @ BRASS BALLS BOBBERS FOR A FREE CONCERT, SHASTA SALUTE AND THAT IS IT! Continued From
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS – I HATE THESE TITLES AND I AM HUNGRY.–Sin Wu Continued From Page 2 Here’s official news about the Mongols in the U.S. AUSTRALIAN CLUBS DRAW MORE HEAT DURING AIRPORT FIGHT– New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees says it is too late for peace talks to stop an escalating and fatal feud
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BIKERNET NEWS CONTINUES WITH STROKERS EXTRAVAGANZA, TORIAN OFFERS YOUR BRAND IN LEATHER ITEMS, WHY SADDLEGEL SEATS FROM SADDLEMEN, FAT BOY WHEELS BY BLACK BIKE WHEELS, ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLES AND COLLECTOR CARS SALES ARE UP, D&D DEALER DIRECT UPDATES. Continued From Page 1 D&D DEALER DIRECT PROGRAM HAS A BIG WEEK–Here are the new dealers from last
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS – SCARLETT FROM ERIC HERRMANN, ART BIKER WORLD WEBSITE, BIKERNET STUDIO FEATURES LIMPNICKIE LOT @ DAYTONA BIKE WEEK, DELUXE MAGAZINE BIKE SHOWN AT BILLETPROOF IN OCALA, FLORIDA, THE SWAG DOCTOR FROM AUSTRALIA BLESSES BIKERNET, D&D STUNT RIDERS HIT THE CIRCUIT WITH FATCAT PIPES AND MORE. Strokers Dallas bikini girl contestants.Hey,It’s another whacky
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The Gun Master, Larry Crow, center stage at the Full Throttle in Sturgis when guns were drawn.Master Custom Gunsmith Larry Crow, owner of Competitive Edge Gunworks and member of the Prestigious American Pistolsmith Guild, is joining Bikernet with monthly articles for 2006. Larry is not only a premier custom gunsmith but also teaches courses at
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BIKERNET NEWS FINALE -RAFFLE BIKE FOR KIDS, D&D DEALER PROGRAM EXPANDS, Continued From Page 4 Family donates Arlen Ness bike to raise funds for kids with special needs– Craig Betz of California was a longtime motorcyclist and a new member of the international motorcycle group Hamsters, USA. Last fall, shortly after being inducted into the
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BIKERNET PROJECT EXPLOSION NEWS–SUMMER IS COMING I CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR Hey,Daytona bike week was tease, maybe. Something is in the air. I had a birthday this week, so what did I do to treat myself. I shut off the computer and used the entire day to work in the shop and catch
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Girls shot in Sturgis by Bob Page of American Motorcycle 1902.New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for Classmates.com! There's a reasonyou don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doingthese days: mowing my lawn.New Rule: Don't
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COAST TO COAST FOR MARCH 2009, BANS, REPEALS, EPA AND MO Author and publisher of Ride-On magazine Bill Bish.THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE is brought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) and the National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and is sponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. For more information, call
BIKERNET NEWS COMPLETION – ART FROM SCOTT JACOBS, MOTORCYCLE TRAILER FROM ROYAL ENFIELD, MORE ON NEVADA HELMET LAW REPEAL, PPG HONORS ACS OF GEORGIA AS THE 2008 PLATINUM DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR AND MORE. Continued From Page 3 BIKERNET DEALS OF THE WEEK–Kirk Taylor has decided to spread the wealth and sell off a few
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS – NEVADA RALLIES FOR FREEDOMS, PAUGHCO RSD-300 DROP SEAT CHASSIS, STURGIS GLENCOE CAMPGROUND AND ROLLING THUNDER VENUE SOLD, GAS CITY CYCLES, ALBERTA CHECKS IN AND MORE. Continued From Page 2 WHEELS THROUGH TIME 2009 KNUCKLEHEAD RAFFLE–This is a great offer for a worthwhile cause?.The 7th Annual Raffle will be held November 2009
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BIKERNET NEWS CONTINUES BRASS BALLS BOBBERS SMOKE OUT, BELL COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD LAW, TEARIN IT UP FROM AZIERE-SATTLER AND MORE… Continued From Page 1 BRASS BALLS BOBBERS IS HAVING A SMOKE OUT PARTY–The Smoke Out Stops At Brass Balls Bobbers on May 11, 2009 The 10th Anniversary Smoke Out is one week long and rolls
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BIKERNET ECONOMIC STIMULUS NEWS–MORE EVENTS COMING, MORE TV SHOWS, MORE PRODUCTS AND MORE RIDES–WHAT COULD BE BETTER? Hey,Bikernet’s Board of Regents, University Finance department authorized a lengthy and costly study of the economy, and we are releasing the findings today: Pay absolutely no attention to mainstream news reporting and the economy is fine. There’s documented
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The dangerous Buck Lovell. We recently discovered an old magazine editor in the corner of the Kendon Trailer and Lift manufacturing shop. He was sweeping up lathe shavings and filtering old cutting oil to be reused. Buck’s been around the business since Ed Roth published his miniature chopper book in the ‘60s. Buck knows how
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BIKERNET NEWS FINALE Continued From Page 1 BIKERNET 5-BALL RACING TEAM OFFICIAL ART REWORKED BY THE MASTER– Like planned, I finished reworking the Racing Team art last week.Now it’s closer to my original vision and the digital color study.It looks even better than the photo. Hope to get a better image with a scan.Here’s what
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH, DAYTONA, KICKER, AUSTRALIAN SHOW WINNER AND BLACK BIKE WHEELS FOR WIDE STOCK BIKES Continued From Page 2 BIKERNET TECH QUESTION OF THE WEEK– I am looking for an inexpensive way to get a kicker kit on my bike. I have a nice set of true dual exhaust, and I want to be
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS ALERTS–IRISH CUSTOM BIKE SHOW, CAT MOTORCYCLE, BREAKFAST AT DENNYS AND GETTING LOADED Continued From Page 1 IRISH MOTORBIKE & SCOOTER SHOW–Carole Nash Irish Motorbike & Scooter ShowFollowing its success in March 2007, Ireland’s biennial Motorbike & Scooter Show will be staged at the RDS (Royal Dublin Society) Exhibition Centre in Dublin again
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BIKERNET PRE-DAYTONA BIKE WEEK NEWS, MYRTLE BEACH PROTESTS, LITTLE BIKE BANS, AND DAYTONA PARTIES She wants to be on the cover of a motorcycle magazine. She’s in Scott McCool’s hands now.Hey,I don’t know where to steer my forks today. Daytona is happening and we’ll bring you reports. Mike Pullin built me a spare 5-Ball racing
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BIKES STOLEN – PLEASE READ!I received the following email on Friday and offered to post pics and descriptions of the missing bikes. Please look carefully at all eight bikes. Thanks, LaylaMy Name is Peggy Ellavsky. I am with ATLAS PRECISION IN APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. Jason Douglas told me to contact you and let you know
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Hey, it's the start of the official Sturgis 2009 project bike, the 5-Ball Factory Racer. For decades guys have built vintage- looking scooters with late model drive-trains. Hell, I built another one at Strokers Dallas in the '90s. Before I dreamed of it, Arlen Ness built a '20s vintage scooter and sidecar around a Sportster
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BIKERNET NEWS FINALE – FINALY! Continued From Page 4 MOTORCYCLISTS REAP REWARDS FROM ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE–Motorcycling will reap some benefits from the historic two-year, $787 billion economic recovery and stimulus bill recently signed into law by President Barack Obama. Language in HR 1, the largest spending measure ever enacted by Congress, provides for a tax
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS DRAGS ON – BATTERIES FROM BIKERS CHOICE, FROM THE AMA, DEPARTURE BIKES WORKS BECOMES SWAP MEET PROMOTER, MOTORCYCLE ARTIST CREATES BLOG, KIDS & CHROME RAISE MONEY FOR KIDS AND ROAD BURNER EXHAUST SPECIALS FROM METRIC THUNDER. Continued From Page 3 Kick Asphalt with ROAD BURNER–Factory motorcycle exhaust systems usually produce a less
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BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS ALERTS – NEW! BIKERNET BANDANAS, SEMA SURVIVAL SEMINARS AVAILABLE, SALUTE TO SHASTER REPLACES HOLLISTER, SOFTBRAKE BAGGER FLOORBOARD SPACERS, NEW ART FROM ERIC HERRMANN AND WHAT IS THE DEVIL UP TO? Continued From Page 2 LUCKY DEVIL FAB EXPERT TURNS TO A CLASS MG–Howdy, I knocked off a little early today to catch
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