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Editor’s Note: Get ready for the Bikernet 2006 Florida Bike Week Reports. We’re going to run these bastards in a flurry of blithering complaints and jealous babbling. Hell, I could snivel ‘cause I wasn’t there, while the next guy will make me feel worse ‘cause he did attend and the weather was terrific. I don’t […]

Antique Motorcycle Club of America’s Nationals Buck and his wife rode in from South Carolina.Linda Manernini and I headed up on Saturday to spend the evening with friends and enter her 1955 Harley-Davidson in the bike show that finalizes the meet on Sunday. This was my tenth year attending what we just bleat out as

A Scarlet Macaw torpedoed a calm Royal Palm, slashing open the peach underbelly of the virgin dawn, coming in fast, yawing hard, an expert move by an experienced flier, his red vanishing into the sunrise-tinted green as he pierced the spherical frond canopy at speed. The red dart was halted somewhere within the dome of

As every 4th of July week end crept up, we roamed around Oahu. Yes, Oahu as in the Hawaiian islands. It's always fun to manage cruising the island, surf a bit and just hang out with many friends who we have increased in numbers thru the years. The only downside to this (which is not

The NASCAR races were in Daytona Beach this past weekend and to many that means the party starts. Area bars and hotels are gearing up. Bike Week is only a few weeks away and already newspaper features, radio interviews are jamming the happenings. Typically Bike Week is the first full week in March which actually

Over the top and into the mix is a slight understatement regarding the latest in one of our national motorcycling events. Dealership owner, Bruce Rossmeyer, along with the Seminole Native American Nation’s fertile ground for gaming, spruced up the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for the holidays and the 2nd annual Ft. Lauderdale Bike rally.

The second annual AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building reached a crescendo Saturday, November 19th with a remarkable results. Roger the King.The winner, for the second year running, was Canadian custom engineer and parts specialist Roger Goldammer. That was a remarkable Achievement. Nothin’ but Independent class.However, second place was again scooped by Michael Prugh

Well, the Holidays are here, time always flies, soon there will be another digit on the year, we will be screwing up checks, and making false promises that we all know won't be kept. Anyway. Well, my early resolution is to hit Japan big. I know they like my bikes there, a lot, but I

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (November 9, 2006) – The Seminole Hard Rock Roadhouse 2006 Tour will be making its final stop as part of the 18th Annual Toys in the Sun Run on Sunday, December 10th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Aaron Greene’s wild machine. Nobody builds a bike like Aaron. He couples flowing lines with muscle

It has been a busy year since Space Coast Harley-Davidson in Palm Bay Florida opened their doors. They recently wanted to thank all their customers by having a party. Darby Koller who heads-up marketing and promotion for the dealership, put on numerous events during the year but she wanted this one to be special. The

Team Old and Oily is:Keith Bennett, #797Jack Houman, #796Charlie Young, #798Alec Harper the Wrench / pit crewDavid Brock, our corner worker / safety rep. It's been a great season! Can't think of a better way to spend several weekends throughout the year. Here are some team stats:•2nd place in the nation, WERA 500GP class•Southeastern Regional

Mike and Karen Dodds.Gary and Brenda Gagnon are my just some of the old timer biker ties that bind me to New England, forever. Gary, a talented motorcycle mechanic, and his wife Brenda became motorcycle shop owners a couple of years ago. Gary’s forte is old school as in kindergarten. His easel is filled with

I read about the Smoke Out, put on annually by the Horse Backstreet Choppers magazine crew, on Bikernet. People always spoke of it in an almost cultish manner. An event where old school chopperheads appeared in mass out of nowhere like zombies right out of “Night of the Living Dead”, until they had taken over

A brilliant blue sky was a perfect backdrop for the NYC skyline as we blasted across the Tri-Boro Bridge heading to Indian Larry's old shop in the industrial waterfront section of Brooklyn called Williamsburg. We rode quite a way that morning to be among the thousand or so people who gathered together to celebrate the

HERSHEY, Pa. (September 11, 2006) – Hundreds of Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) members spent their Labor Day week on the sweet roads between Hershey, Pa., and Huntington, W. Va., while on the H.O.G. Road Candy Tour Sept. 5 through 8. H.O.G. members started the week off in Hershey with a party on Tuesday, Sept. 5,

We took off early, in the cool blue dawn, on a Friday, ditching responsibilities and jobs for a weekend blast into the Florida Keys. It was Phil Peterson’s 34rd Annual Poker Run. We usually by-pass the poker hand at the beginning and head straight for Key West! We can buy a hand at the end

Award winning touring custom from AMC 1902.Every trip to Sturgis SD has its joy’s and its frustrations. If you ride with a group of bikers or drive a rig you know what we mean. Breakdown’s are commonplace, and the time needed to get back on the road can be long or short, you never know.

This year marked the entry of Canada into the ranks of nations participating in the affiliate program of AMD’s World Championship of Custom Bike Building. The event was sponsored Belt Drive Betty, the driving force behind Canada’s “The Busted Knuckle Chronicles”, parts supplier Mid-USA Canada and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Fairview Campus. The

Well, Sturgis 2006 is behind us! I had an awesome adventure that started with a marathon iron-butt trip into Sturgis. My partner and I spent the next 4 days living a groundhog-day existence of virtually the same thing over and over. We capped the trip off with a shot into the Midwest to visit my

August 3, 2006:The day has finally arrived to head out to Sturgis. I'm not really looking forward to the next 2 days however. We've got 1,879 miles of driving to do before we'll see Main Street in Sturgis. Sam rented a Dodge Magnum so we'd have room for all my posters I'm taking out. We've

Tommy Thompson served 14 years as Wisconsin’s governor, before accepting a cabinet job as Secretary of Health and Human Services. He now works in the private sector, still involved in world health issues.As Wisconsin’s governor, he initiated the Governor’s Tour at the urging of state senator Dave Zien. It was a way to promote Wisconsin

Esteemed Bikernet photographer, RFR, the lovely Liz and big Eric in the back, a show partner.Kent Weeks, (Lucky Devil Metalworks in Houston), contacted us recently, with a report on the Texas National Bike Show sponsored by Bikernet.com, poster shoot. Just two days prior we received an e-mail report from the esteemed photographer, Rigid Frame Richard,

As June rolls around, there are two things you can count on in the American South. One, it will be hotter than Hades. The second, smokin’ tires at the Horse Magazine's annual Smoke Out Event in Salisbury, North Carolina. 2006 marked the events seventh anniversary, and bikes from all across America made the pilgrimage to

With so many reports on charity events and rides from around the country, it's refreshing to see when one of our own is recognized and honored for service to our country and to the motorcycle community. The appreciation banquet honoring Senator Dave Zien surpassed all expectations and was a huge success. Attorney Michael Hupy, of