This shows the proper JIMS guide on top of the swingarm bearing. The H-D manual shows two guides, one for the left and one for the right. Another mystery. Larry had one press guide. Next, we decide to balance the act by installing the swingarm. We dug out all the parts including: Harley-Davidson swingarm bushings/bearings, […]
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Scramble some eggs, make some coffee and sit back. This is the first segment in the 2006 Bikernet Bonneville effort and 10th Anniversary Bikernet Run to the Salt Flats, September 3-7, to the Bub’s International Motorcycle Speed Trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Currently we’re building two bikes (what a relief, at one point we
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Here’s our secret Bonneville 2006 file. It‘s going to rapidly fill up with Bonneville racing info, notes, suggestions from experts, performance tips and lies. Check it out from time to time. It’s already interesting.–Bandit TIPS FROM AL UNSER’S CREWBack in the late 70's and early 80's I had the occasion to do work on Al
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Before painting, a color study of the art was handled in Photoshop to work out the color palette. Bandit used it to advertise the Thursday's News.Editor's Note: We've been extremely proud to work with Chris Kallas over the last ten years. He's created concept drawings, fiction illustrations, logos, and most of the glistening 5-Ball Racing
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Two years ago I gave my Iraqi Veteran brother a bobber with the help of many of our sponsors. Sucker Punch Sally’s, Custom Chrome, and Lucky Devil stepped in for the biggest contributions, while Bikernet.com organized the whole thing and also came through with more products, help, guidance than I would have ever hoped. It
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COAST TO COAST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM BILL BISH–WYOMING, BIKE THEFTS DOWN, MAINE REQUIREMENTS, OKLAHOMA GUNNERS BILL PASSES, MICHIGAN HELMET REPEAL, AND FED ROAD CONDITIONS COAST TO COAST BIKER NEWSCompiled & Edited by Bill Bish,National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM) MOTORCYCLE THEFTS FALLMotorcycle thefts in the US fell by 13% to 56,093 last year from 64,492 in
Lathrop, CA~August 28, 2009 – In case there is anyone left out there in TV land who hasn’t heard of the Sons of Anarchy, the wildly popular night-time biker soap that airs on the FX channel, let me bring you up to speed. This series has caused quite a stir in the riding community. Supposedly
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I’m wondering if you can “balance” this with the letter attached. See, last month when this ran, I got some blowback from Charisse at Johnny’s. So I felt is was fair to give her a forum too, and publish the attached letter in my CA and SW July editions. ALSO, PLEASE find a way to
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Southern Metal Choppers opened their doors December 1, 2003 and while this may not seem out of the ordinary these days, cousins Bronson and Jason Willard did it àla Field of Dreams – If you open it they will come. You see, when the key hit the lock that first day they did not have
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COAST TO COAST FOR MARCH: REFLECTIVE VESTS, NOISE LAWS, ANTI-CLUB MOVES AND SOME POSITIVE SHIT 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. For more information, call us at 1-(800)
