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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

This is the Strand 2 weeks before the rally. The Lone Star Rally came at a very beautiful time this year. My wife and I had a sitter for the kids, we were both scheduled off from our jobs, and the weather called for three days of clear skies and beautiful weather. With our hotel

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.

A shot of our first run to Sturgis.This year has been nuts. I don’t know what got into me. At the first of the year we set a code to cut down on events and projects and take it easy. Here’s the glitch. We thought, mistakenly, we’d just build a bike to ride to Sturgis

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

Can you believe she came in second.After six months of planning, Hawaiian Chopper Magazine’s Paradise Bikefest & Bike Build-Off finished with an explosion of bikers, babes, and bikes. Billed as Hawaii’s biggest motorcycle rally ever… the event lived up to all the hype with nearly 4,000 people gathering at the Kapiolani Community College campus in

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

The Republic of Texas Rally held in Austin every year has become a big hit for the riders here in the Southeastern part of Texas. Well, actually it became a major attraction for most of the South. The rally showcases many of today’s hottest builders and starts along with the vendors we have all come

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

The Hollister Independence Day Rally was back in full force for the 60th Anniversary in this infamous Central Coast town, and it appears to be on track to regain its status as one of the country’s premier motorcycle runs. This year the run was organized by Horsepower Promotions instead of the Hollister City Council and

Sure it’s the wrong year, so what. We like the art.Amidst threats of the event being shut down by Bible Thumping members of the local town board, plus beer being outlawed, not to mention the ominous heavy presence of John Law and his minions, The Smoke Out 8, Sponsored by Bikernet.com, went off without a

Woodstock Extreme Sand-drags and Moto Expo, sponsored by Bikernet.com, was held in Millicent South Australia March 24th 2007, despite 27 inches of rain on the Friday and still cold and windy with scattered showers on the morning of the show. The folks who turned out all gave it 100% as spectators and participants. The event

Racing on the Streets It’s our version of Mecca. No other race in the U.S., or even the world, quite matches the experience of seeing the TT in person. Not only is the race action great, but the atmosphere is incredible. It’s you and 100,000 of your best motorcycling friends from around the world, all