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Twice a year I make a run to Daytona and Sturgis to co-produce the Flying Piston Benefit Builders Breakfast with Marilyn Stemp, Managing Editor of Iron Trader News. My first big decision concerning the trip was Sporty or DYNA? I chose the Sporty for the 2,000-mile roundtrip from Indianapolis. Three weeks before the event, I […]

  March is Women’s History Month and there’s no better opportunity to celebrate the contributions American women make to the firearm and ammunition industry – past, present and future. From the early days of Annie Oakley shooting the ashes off cigarettes in the mouths of wild west show volunteers and Calamity Jane gunslinging and scouting

A brother from Long Beach, California can’t leave his 1950 Chevy truck alone and somehow it involved a Sportster gas tank. On top of that he’s been helping other Sportster riders with their clutch lever pull problems. “I told a friend of mine,” Zack said, “I had his car (1952 Chevy Style line Deluxe), and

  Did you know that I haven’t always been a motorcycle girl? The truth is, my love of Harley-Davidson isn’t the wind and the wheels and the rallies.. its a lot more about the internal combustible engines nestled within their frames. You see, I was born, a shop girl. I was raised in a body

  DIFFERENT KINDS OF MOTORBIKE BATTERY REVIEW & BUYING GUIDE   Editor’s Note: We found ourselves in the battery market again recently. We ran into a couple of issues. First, trying to fit a battery into an almost stock 1948 center oil tank. Lowbrow has an option, but it involved a very small anti-gravity lithium

  Arizona, huh? Well, I heard it was a big-money game, and I gotta tell you I am not a fan of more motorcycle events containing less motorcycles. But we got invited to partake in the FXR Friends Throwdown, and host a bike show at WestWorld, so we decided to roll out and see for

 ARIZONA LEGALIZES LANE FILTERINGArizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) has signed Senate Bill 1273 into law on March 24, 2022, that legalizes lane “filtering” for two-wheeled motorcycles under specified conditions. SB 1273 was sponsored by Senator Tyler Pace (R-Dist. 25), an avid motorcyclist himself, who clarified that lane filtering and lane splitting are not the same thing, and

    Editor’s Note: I discovered this story on Common Thread the ZevZilla web site. I hope they don’t mind Bikernet sharing this with our readers. You should go to their site to see Ridley’s moving photos.–Bandit When the phone rang a couple of weeks ago, the voice on the end of the line sounded

It all started in the center of an odd South Dakota winter, 2022 and a hunt for a running Knucklehead engine. I found myself talking to several knowledgeable brothers in the industry and the price for Knucklehead engines climbed spectacularly. Hell, shit, piss, way beyond spectacular. While, discussing some vintage parts with Steve Massicot at

  This past weekend nearly 700 XDA motorcycle drag racers ran down the Maryland International Raceway quarter-mile for the 28th annual Platinum General Services Spring Nationals. With a beautiful weather forecast and racers eager to resume racing after two years of pandemic hurtles, the pits were jam-packed with racers ready to start the 2022 racing

“The Run that Wasn’t “ It was Thursday mid-morning as I was sitting in my work truck… My phone rang I looked down to see who it was, and it was Hicks. Hicks is one of those friends who normally only calls when he needs help. He’s married and has been going through drama. Knowing

  Up in the Northwest corner of the State of Illinois, just 20 miles south of the Wisconsin border. We have the Home – Greater Freeport Partnership, mixed in all that is also the Stephenson County visitor Center. For the past 10 years plus or minus we, the members of the Freeport Chapter of A.B.A.T.E.

The Jefferson motorcycle was only made for one year–1913!–St. Francis Motorcycle Museum This is a strange one. I was also told that only one twin OHV Jefferson exists. As the years pass the stories fade and alter. This particular machine has been a treasured piece on display in the secret Don Whalen/Richard Bunch Collection. I

Sound has more impact on life than we know or credit it for. Sound is not just significant to humans but many lifeforms. When we hear a loving voice, our mental mood & thoughts are different compared to a roaring voice of a harsh boss at office. The first voice of a newborn baby has

   Editor’s Note: This car brings back memories. I was a crew member/co-captain with its new owner Dr. Christian Reichardt or Doctor Hamster to you in 2005. It was originally raced in the ‘70s and the body was modified in the ‘90s. We worked on the classic mechanically and prepared the car for the 2005

Okay, so here’s the confession. When I build bobbers or choppers, I try to keep everything simple and super reliable. For instance, electric start circuits, which involve starter relays, buttons, handlebar switches, you name it. Maybe Billy from Spyke came up with this system that eliminates almost everything. They are the shit for reliable, no

You’d think a town named Washington Court House and a shop named Court House Custom would both contain staid and conservative attributes, like an old Carnegie Library or a shop fulla bridal dresses and fine crystal. Not so kimosabe. Court House Custom is in Washington Court House, Ohio which is located centrally between Columbus, Dayton

  It has been a lot of years since I was last at the Laconia Rally, and so far it has been very interesting. Usually I ride my motorcycle to the rallies and am there to take photos and do an article on the event.  This year I am here to be part of an

  Racers and fans expect record-breaking performances when they attend an XDA event. And the 5th annual Superbike Showdown at Maryland International Raceway delivered just that and more on Father’s day weekend. Over 560 entries were on hand to witness history on the world-famous quarter-mile of MIR. The Pro classes get top billing for bringing

  Values for motorcycles, like those for cars (and myriad other kinds of collectibles), have enjoyed a wild ride upward during the pandemic. Yet two-wheeled classics exist in a market distinct from that for cars, impacted by different forces. Good thing there’s a Hagerty Motorcycle Price Guide. It uses thousands of transactions to track values

                                                 1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline                                        Jody Hall Annual Memorial Ride 2022  

Not sure where to start. I was working in a bike shop on Imperial Highway, US Choppers in 1970 to support going to Long Beach City College. I was into my first Shovelhead after I sold my 1969 XLCH, and perhaps my fourth bike build after the Sportster, a bent Triump 650 and a 45

  The garage fridge is not a tool. It does not actively assist in the completion of a project. If anything, the cooler in the corner often conspires to defeat productivity. For me, recently, it did just the opposite. The faux-woodgrain insulated box doesn’t hold parts—it contains exactly what you think it does—and yet it

  Naysayers are quick to spout the dangers of motorcycling but friends, and countrymen lend me your helmetless ears. The psychological and emotional benefits of riding are real. The sense of freedom, thrill of acceleration, escaping the confines of convention, are all real and any rider will confirm that. Motorcycle riding also has physical health