Six To Twelve Volt Conversion The other day Sifu rolled up on his ’62 Panhead beaming. “I’ve owned this bike for 25 year,” he said through his glistening pearly whites. “It has never started first kick. It never idled at a stop with out my hand desperately working the throttle.” We stood there looking at […]
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The mall near where I live, and which has a bowling alley emporium has declared that at least until further notice customers may actually eat food in the “food court.” Which is where you get-and-eat food to eat in the food court, but which has been forbidden-behavior for nearly a year and a half in
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One of my sisters by another mother Susan “Bag Lady Sue” Austin has written a book and she sent me a signed copy. I know it is going to be good reading because she wrote it and she does have a story to tell. Though I have learned a lot about
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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. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1-(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com. NCOM CONVENTION WELCOMES RIDERS TO AMERICA’S
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NHDRO motorcycle drag racing series race coverage report event: NHDRO $67K Big Bracket Shootout Season Opener presented by Liguori Drag Racingwhen: May 13-16, 2021where: National Trail Raceway, Hebron, Ohio, USA Lee and Adams Take NHDRO’s $67,000 Shootout NHDRO’s Brian and Niki Welch have really perfected their Big Money bracket shootout formula with last
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That old trike was a real Frankenstein’s monster. She was the back end of a Corvair of a 1960 vintage and a front end of a Honda CB 500. She had a full-size keg gas tank on the chariot bed over the engine. The driver seat was a plastic Baja bucket. The passenger seat was
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Beginning Thursday, May 6, new days and hours of operation come to the Harley-Davidson Museum And May 15 sees the return of Saturday demo rides! MILWAUKEE, USA (May 4, 2021) – As a part of the Harley-Davidson Museum’s phased reopening, the H-D Museum will soon expand its hours of operation. Beginning Thursday, May 6,
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/cop26-chief-world-must-act-113017481.html “(1) Human activity is damaging our Earth. (2) It’s imperiling this brilliant jewel. (3) The greenhouse gases that we’ve been pumping into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution are altering nature’s precious balance, disrupting the finely tuned and fantastically complex system that is the world’s climate, and the effects are now closing in. (4)
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What do Henry Winkler, Paul Newman, and Peter Fonda have in common—besides the fact that they’re all entertainment icons? Here’s a not-so-obvious answer: motorcycles. Although the three weren’t all motorcycle enthusiasts—Winkler couldn’t even ride when he scored the part of Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli in Happy Days—they each portrayed a motorcycle-riding character in the movies
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A couple of years ago the growing membership of the Cherokee Chapter of the AMCA (Antique Motorcycle Club of America) in central Texas made a monumental decision. The antique motorcycle group wanted to establish a major antique motorcycle event closer to the center of the country. Davenport, Iowa, Daytona, Florida and Wauseon, Ohio were like
All over the English-speaking-world journalist hacks are asking each other “Why is it that Bikernet journalists are so much better than us? While we, on the other hand, are just useless meaningless carbuncles on the ship of literary history? And parchment fragments in the Museum of Bad Writing Skills??” This is what they’re asking themselves.
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The AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series gaveAtlanta Dragway a flaming, thundering, nitro Harley send-off, asthe AHDRA opened its 2021 campaign at the soon-to-be-razed Commerce, Georgia speed facility on April 17-18. TKR & Associates Top Fuel The biggest thunder inGeorgia was brewed up by the big nitro V-Twins of TKR & Associates Top Fuel.
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NCOM CONVENTION IN DES MOINES WELCOMES RIDERS NATIONWIDE The 36th annual NCOM Convention is right around the corner, so plan now to be a part of one of the largest gatherings of motorcycle rights activists in the world. This year’s NCOM Convention, to be held JULY 23-25, 2021 at the Holiday Inn Des
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Right in the middle of our move operation to South Dakota Jeremiah strips his rear belt of all its teeth. This is not the first time. I just checked all the forums and didn’t find anything conclusive. Is he too hard on his belt with hole-shots and excessive acceleration? Did he adjust the belt too
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“I would like to thank the Academy or whatever the fuck this roomful of people is who wish they were me at this moment……for giving me this award for poetry. You know, when I started my writing career writing comedy porn stories for magazines like Nugget, Rascal, Topper and Vue and the street vending machine
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Recently in Hagerty News, Davin (that’s pronounced Dave-in) walked through the basics of cutting new threads in stock materials. That is all but necessary for fabricating new parts and pieces for a project, but what about threaded holes that already exist in parts you need to salvage? Then it’s time to talk about chasing threads.
Editors Note: I can’t explain it. Generally, we publish Sam’s Picks of the Week with a report about my evil past, or with notions of biker romance and the metalflake experience. But J.J.’s recent findings far outweigh the last time I met a redhead in a bar. However, as you go through your day hanging
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If you’ve ever looked forward to leaving your car in thegarage and bicycling to your local Amtrak yard to board atrain filled with deranged wandering resurrected-dead from the planet Zarkon….you are in luck, moe-foe Lose-a-Relative Joe is gonna make all your dreams oftuberculosis and probably ebola come true. You can give C-19 a big hug
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Editor’s Note: All information in this article has come from trusted sources who wish to remain anonymous who have spoken to people who have read reports regardingspeculations deemed to be actual and factual speculations regarding reported likelihoods that are considered well within the parameters of probability as determined by science with a plus or minus
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Earlier this year we heard that Harley was going to cancel the Sportster line. We also started a suggestion box for the factory’s success. Of course, one of our first and most supported recommendations included retaining the Sportster line. I went so far as to recommend the Sportster line become the builder’s line and make
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A couple of brothers recently asked about the Buell Motorcycle Company and Erik’s new venture with electric bikes. They were concerned about the two directions and splitting the name. We dug into these efforts to find out what the hell was happening. Buell History In 1983, Buell Motorcycles was founded In 1984, the first Buell
The latest additive is ethanol, which — without getting into the political and environmental debates about its efficacy — is fine for use in fuel-injected vehicles that are run regularly and designed to use up to 10% ethanol (85% in flex-fuel vehicles). On the other hand, ethanol-oxygenated fuel is not so great for any vehicles
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Author’s Note: Late Spring and then early Fall I sent Gavin Newsom, thegovernor of California, letters, the second one much much more caustic than the first, regarding his incompetence. I know talent and I know competence. Newsom has none of either. Both letters are about his “dealing” with the “pandemic.”Both contained my full name, my
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A classic Chopper show I try not to miss when in Daytona for Bike Week. Willie puts it together at his Tropical Tattoo, and it looks like lots of other people felt the same way about the Bike Week show. The place was packed with motorcycles and people. There are 20
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