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It was years ago, while staying with an eccentric entrepreneur who surrounded himself with old motorcycles and ragged biker types in Milwaukee Wisconsin, that I experienced a very unique adventure. In fact, the situation was so outrageous I’ve thought of writing it but have no idea where to start. The Compound, as JP’s place was […]

Editor’s Note: I’m going to devote this page to news and views regarding Climate Change and the excuse it gives government agencies to regulate the population. It’s incredible. There has been a 20-year PR campaign to convince the government and the public that we are all bad, killing the planet, and need to be severely

Recently I received a pair of Drayko Kevlar jeans to wear around town as I do my normal daily motorcycle riding. I wore them both in the heated temperatures of the fall in the North East, and again waited until the temperatures turned in late November. I found the jeans to breathe well, not too hot when

This has been one of the most challenging years of my life and the Salt Torpedo was one of them. The Paughco team stepped up to save the day and we have more progress on what could be the first streamlined trike. Actually there wasn’t a streamlined trike category until I picked up the phone

This ‘49 Panhead built by Kenny D. the owner of Hazardous Cycles, started out as a purchased basket case from Mississippi. Kenny hauled it back to Taylor, Michigan, stripped it down, cut and raked the neck and the project started. “I wanted to build an old school chopper,” Kenny said. “It’s the original wishbone frame

   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 BIKER NEWSBYTESCompiled

It was the winter of 2015 and, having lived at Hollywood houses for better than two weeks, I’d become almost used to this strange world of constant parties, movie sets with filming in the back yard, the occasional visiting celebrity, and the making of music and music videos. For me however, life in the relative

  I have hundreds of photos I shot at Mooneyes 25th Anniversary Yokohama show. I was there shooting for Hot Rod and Road Kill, but they don’t use bikes much, so… Let’s use them on Bikernet. See what you can do.   –Mike Morgan                We will. The wheels

Hang on for the latest Game Over Cycles (Poland) Cafe Racer customized for Hard Rock Cafe restaurant and it’s a bike combining motorcycle world with the world of music. The concept is expressed in construction containing parts, which look like instruments and music gear, but are also fully operational elements of the motorcycle. “Musical” parts

    Jeremy Cupp took 2nd in New York before the holiday break and then motored into the 1st at the Washington DC edition of the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike show. He beat all comers in FreeStyle with his custom Sportster called LC Speedster. The Grottoes, Virginia native took the National Championship last

With a New Year just underway, one canstart reflecting not only on the future but the past as well. It can get prettyinteresting when you’re looking back 75 years and start clicking offthe redlined high points. You also add in Father Time and Mother Gravitycalling in their chips. Case in point, Don Nowell of Don

   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 BIKER NEWSBYTESCompiled

January 2017: At 68-years-old, George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’ has shot to Amazon’s number one spot this week. 1935 novel ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ by Sinclair Lewis and Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ have suddenly appeared in the Top 50 Sales Titles on Amazon.com June 2013: NSA Scandal and Snowden’s revelations on lack of privacy and

  Sunshine glistened off the pacific ocean at our left while the Malibu mountain range rose abruptly to the right. Sandwiched between these two landmarks, we traveled north along California’s famous Hwy-1. It was a warm southern California winter day, the old FL was fully loaded with my gear, and all 105-lbs of Little Laura

  For many of us young ones with little cash and big hearts, we started our journey in motorcycling by getting our hands on a Sportster. It was affordable for the average Joe and soon became an entry model for anyone who was going to buy a Harley-Davidson. Its distinct styling and road-rep has carried

Big wheels, big paint and classic drag-bike attitude meet modern refinement. Then we stuff it brimful with raw power. What do you bet, next year with the new M-8 engine. Nothing like a fistful of American street muscle. Feast your eyes on the Breakout. Its profile is low, stretched out and undeniably aggressive. We top

  Our decision to return to the old saloon at sundown to confront the ‘new’ owners was risky but we’d likely never have the benefit of knowing when and where they’d be again. It was a tactical advantage we couldn’t pass. Hilts’ original plan to find out who they were then reason with them now

  My wife and I were recently exploring options to add toour new 2016 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Ultra (FLTRU) and we were reallyimpressed and curious with the quality of Windvest Motorcycle Products out ofMorgan Hill, Ca. We observed thousands of bikes at the recent Lone Star Rallyand the number of options for what shield to

This turned into one of those stellar awakening motorcycle moments. A couple of years ago after Born Free, Michael Lichter and I toured a handful of regional shops. He shot this piece of patina Indian history outside Go’s new Long Beach shop on the west side, Brat Style. I was caught off guard by this

   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 BIKER NEWSBYTES

Judging a bike show is not as easy as many people may think, especially if you are going to do it right. There are many factors to consider and attention to detail is critical. Also knowledge of the make, model and production year can be a major factor. Left side of motorcycle   There were

This is a strange one on several levels. I covered it somewhat before when I wrote about Andrew Ursich’s Brass Monkey Sportster, the first bike he built. A high school buddy, Larry St. Marie, invited me to Andrew’s Westside Long Beach shop on the edge of the Port of Long Beach. As it turned out,

  The first rig I noticed as I stumbled from Casino Street to Freemont in Downtown Vegas was the massive Big Bear semi, taking up half a block with its flamed fire engine ruby red presence. Guys quickly unloaded predominately FXRs, onto the asphalt tarmac when Mona approached me. I was looking for her husband,

  Today I’m gonna talk about the Baker 6 speed transmission gear set I recently installed into my old evo bagger. Since the quality of different aftermarket six speed manufacturers has already been covered quite completely in various other articles, I’m not going to get into that here. Instead I’ll try to answer those questions