We’ve all heard the stories of how Harley-Davidson began life in 1903 in a Milwaukee woodshed on the site of what is now the headquarters of Miller Brewing Company. But with motorcycle production set to jump from around 1000 units in 1909 to nearly 30,000 by 1920, the Motor Company’s industrial digs had to change, […]
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Here’s some of the bikes I’ve had since the late ‘70s. There were several more, but they were just something to roll over and make a few bucks. I am currently buying a ‘98 1200 Sportster slightly wrecked for $1000. I’ll send pictures of what I am doing to it to make money to build
LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act – H.R. 1024In February, Congressman Scott Austin of Georgia introduced H.R. 1024. This legislation seeks an educational campaign about E-15 and new labeling at fuel pumpswarning consumers to check their owner’s manual when using E-15 fuel.This simple educational campaign and warning label will alert consumers that
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The Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 was announced for launch in 2021 and the company’s Instagram suggests we might be able to see this breakthrough bike in dealerships in 2020. First offered for inspection at EICMA show 2019, the excitement is visible and strong. Harley-Davidson is taking big changes in its stride; first with its all
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I guess I kind of get the Harley thing now. No name in American motorcycling looms as large as Harley-Davidson, the longest continually operating motorcycle brand in the States. While it’s experienced its share of problems over the last decade or so, it’s continually working on updating and innovating. This last bit is especially
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I had the wants for another custom bike but have turned into a cheap old fucker since getting SS at 62. I’m still a chopper guy and decided a Big Dog or Texas Chopper was it. Limited funds had me loosing auctions on EBay. Up pops a ‘98 Titan with no reserve only 300 miles
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I spent a lot of money and time rebuilding an old 41mm wide glide for my 1969 Panhead build. It was one of those crazy builds, fulla twists and turns, but the glide haunted me. It wasn’t long enough. I would have liked it to be 2-over for a better stance for a rider 6’5”
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Bay Pines National Cemetery – St Petersburg, Florida Or at a National Cemetery near you…. What really bothers me is that it’s December 11, 2019 – and Saturday, December 14th we convene at Bay Pines National Cemetery to participate in Wreaths Across America to “remember the Fallen…Honor those who Serve…Teach our children
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“I had nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion” — Jack Kerouac, On the Road What do you do when you drop 30 K on an incredible looking trike but it handles like an over caffeinated college student maxed out on Adderall? That is the question that was posed to me by my good
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Bikernet has supported and sponsored Las Vegas Bikefest for about a decade. Each year the boss or someone from the staff flew out to the desert to check it out and write about the action. Once we sent two thugs on Dynas and they scored a young prostitute the first night on the strip.
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Jeremiah is a nut about products on his motorcycle. He’s very analytical. He decided he needed front turn signals, so he checked the Dyna page for model year 2009, 49mm front end products and discovered a set of black-anodized Joker Machine, LED, billet machined, one-piece turn signals. He was impressed with the angle
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A week before the Bonneville International Speed Trials in warm Wendover, Utah, the wind was mild and the salt wet. It wasn’t a stellar year on the salt. Speed Week was shut down for 4 days due to rain. The only pass we made was around the block and I was knocked out, but we
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“I’m still hungry, but I’m tired of chewing,” Denis Manning said with a laugh. The 73-year-old always seems to have the perfect one-liner to illustrate a point—in this case, his undying passion for building the world’s fastest motorcycle streamliner. “I knew when I was 15 years old that this was what I wanted to do,”
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MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES DECLINE, DESPITE INCREASED OWNERSHIP For the second straight year, nationwide motorcycle fatalities declined, in spite of a record number of motorcycles in usage across the United States. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released their 2018 motor vehicle fatality report, reflecting a 4.7% reduction in motorcyclist deaths from
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It’s the tenth anniversary next week of the 2009 Climategate email dump that exposed top climate scientists’ chicanery and subversion of science – and did so in their own words and out of their own mouths, or keyboards. I’ll list a few emails-of-infamy shortly, but first some background. For the three years before Climategate, the
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A group of women dubbed the ‘Motor Maids of America’ sit astride their motorcycles. Photo by Douglas Grundy/Three Lions/Getty Images Because of media portrayals in movies like The Wild One (1953) or TV shows like Sons of Anarchy, motorcycle clubs are tarred in the public psyche with a bad reputation. But the Motor Maids of
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Jessica Combs (July 27, 1980 – August 27, 2019) was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator. She set a women’s land speed class record (four wheels) in 2013 and broke her own record in 2016. She was known as “the fastest woman on four wheels.” Jessi Combs had more
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This documentary is not for those seeking a narration of two-wheeled adventures the way Hollywood showcases it. There are no thrills or special effects. There is a lot of British content with the accent. I would rate it 4 out of 5 because it is mostly an informative series of interviews without the on-road
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This month marks the tenth anniversary of “Climategate” – the release of thousands of emails to and from climate scientists who had been (and still are) collaborating and colluding to create a manmade climate crisis that exists in their minds and computer models, but not in the real world. The scandal should
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Back in September 2018 I had the Harley-Davidson Screamin Eagle Exhaust sitting in a box waiting to go on my new 2019 Street Glide. While out doing some break-in miles, I was struck by a driver illegally making a left-hand turn. While still in my recovery I decided to look for another bike for
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So, I received the Villain 2 Hero bags, this set is either for the next gen Dyna’s or possibly just a change? They bolted right up but were pretty close to the new Progressive shocks. I sent the vendor some images and he suggested drilling a second hole to raise them up some. I had
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I guess everyone has heard by now there is no longer an Easyriders magazine as we know it. Yes, the company and the name has been sold. Never thought I would see the day! For me it feels like saying goodbye to an old friend. I have been reading this magazine since 1975 ,
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For me and many others this is an event not to be missed. It’s obvious because of the large amount of people that show up. The Bike Show has a lot of entrants in numerous classes, Best Knuckle, Best Panhead, Best – pick a class. You get
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