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I'm scrambling through DVDs at a snail's pace, but it's an interesting diverse process. It's like attending the Smoke Out, an Easyriders Bike show and a HOG rally all at the same colorful venue. It just goes to show the variety in our big twin sport. That's a good goddamn thing. So, I reached into […]

Click on the cover to order a copy of this DVD.We hosted a steamy barbecue on the rugged coast of California, at the Bikernet Headquarters to celebrate Memorial Day, 2009. After the 50-gallon drum of potato salad was emptied, the last Corona guzzled and the last single woman spoken for, we shut the massive rusting

Click on this image to order the film.Last night we watched 'One Wild Ride' in a attempt to catch up on the movies we've been sent to review. Today kicks off the weekend, and the famous Easyriders, American Iron and Cycle Source photographer, Markus Cuff showed up at the headquarters to investigate '50s Vincents at

Click on the film cover to order.This is an interesting analysis of back yard motorcycle filmmaking through the next couple of films we review. It also smacks us in the face with differnet cultures, ripping through the same two-wheeled passion. Last Friday our dish TV box broke down, while it was time to kick back

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

Donny Petersen’s name is probably familiar to a lot of bikers, especially readers of American Iron Magazine, in which he’s been writing the Techline column since 1992. This Canadian biker is also an entrepreneur in his own right, having founded and operated Heavy Duty Cycles in Toronto in 1974. Touted as “the world’s most read

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

It’s cold in the Bikernet shop nearing the middle of December, and I’m behind as usual. I collect DVDs like a teenager collects unpaid parking tickets. They hang around haunting me until I break down and watch ‘em. It’s like this: I live and breathe motorcycles from the first thing in the morning until midnight

Thought you might want a quick review for Bikernet of Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman's new adventure, just realeased in book and DVD format around the world. Following the (claimed) succsess of their previous effort in Long Way Round Ewan Macgregor and Charley Boorman have again embarked on a (to their mind) adventure ride from

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

I don’t watch DVDs of motorcycle shit. I don’t know what it is? Well maybe I do. I don’t watch many Biker Build-off Shows, either. I think there’s a couple of factors at play: I’m working with motorcycle media all day and Bandit. It moves fast, real fast. I find most of these shows are

Have you ever been working in the garage trying to follow a “how-to” book? Wouldn’t it be better if it was all put on the TV? Shit, everything else is on TV. Why not a DVD on how to do shit? There is one company out there that seems to have the reader in mind;

The famous beach drew fewer riders to the 63rd annual event than in recent years, but for many that was a positive element. It made getting around quicker; parking places were easily found even on Main and Beach streets. You could walk the sidewalks without hassle. Vendors had more time to spend with customers, and

This is difficult. I tried to write a bit every day, or at least every couple of days, so everything would be fresh and I wouldn't forget details. Ah, the World is full of intentions. Alas, there's no way to find rest in Daytona, much less a few moments of quietness. If it's not the

Hey Bandit, what the hell is going on? I get to Daytona and call the office to find out the phone number's been changed. Okay, so then I call the new number and it doesn't work. Are you trying to avoid me . . . again. Then, on top of that, you move the headquarters

All right asshole, I’ll get you for this . . . mild winter, my ass. It was damn cold in Cincinnati. I don’t know how you ever talked me into going to the V-Twin Expo. Oh yeah, you said something about me getting to visit my Mom while I was on that side of the

This is the first of a series or Bikernet reports on Bike Week 2004 in Daytona. Hang on. Frank Kaisler is handling the best custom bikes and hottest babes. Rogue is handling the inside scoop and the not-so-hot broads. Jose will cover the old school aspects and even more girls. And Crazy Horse didn't make

Photo by Jim RussiWe are all starving for something in our lives that’s risky and different. Some of us are lucky enough to witness a single moment in time that captures this very sentiment. Recently, select bikers witnessed a perfect marriage of innovation and living legend located in paradise. On February 15, 2004 the Discovery

Below is a complete listing of events for Daytona Bike Week 2004, but don't miss the coverage on Bikernet, before, during and after the sand settles. Here's a tease from Bikernet correspondent, custom painter and hot female rider, CrazyHorse: “Well my articles usually follow whatever adventures I have. I'll cover the cool paint jobs, but

Hey, Bandit… we just rolled in from Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach, Florida. Man, the weather was perfect this year, sunny and warm, just like it’s should be for a bike run. The temperature was in the 70s-80s during the day, with only a hint of some clouds, on Friday. In the evening, the temperature was