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  For some weeks Charlie and I toured Colorado together after Sturgis, but the weather crept constantly colder with frequent rains, so we set a course on southbound interstate-25.   The idea was to move quickly and directly south until the weather warmed to a comfortable level, then grab back roads to enjoy a slow […]

    There will probably be a lot written about the last Love Ride, so adding my 2 cents. Might seem like small potatoes, but the Love Ride holds many great memories for me and at least one I think is important to share.   Petrina and I left Dago at 5:30 a.m. to get

  I think Willies Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show is the most popular during the motorcycle events in Daytona Beach during Bike Week and Biketoberfest. It takes place on Thursday and the proceeds benefit Veterans and a No-Kill Animal Shelter.  

    Approaching middle age, Deedra Climer experienced an unimaginable tragedy—the death of her only son, Joshua, in a motorcycle accident. The spiral of grief that followed reopened ugly wounds that had never fully healed: being raised by a mentally ill and drug-­‐addicted mother, the struggles she faced as a young single mother, and the

    It’s been said in the past that the biker might be one of the last bastions of hope in defending our freedoms in America. Since the start of our grass-roots movement in the early 1970s, the American biker has proven a resolve and resiliency in doing battle with government agencies trying to regulate

  The seemingly endless prairie that is Kansas lay ahead like some flat and forgotten playing board beneath a huge and endless sky that seemed to make up the vast majority of this lonely land. The road was almost devoid of towns, vehicles, and people alike as its two-lane pavement cut an arrow straight swath

  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

  Welcome to the Bikernet Holiday Guide. You will find in this special section a selection of gift idea for you and for your riding friends. You can also see it as a handy wish list you can share with your family and pals (nudge, nudge). The guide will be upgraded as new items and

So often problems concerning the environment seem insurmountable, causing us to shrug our shoulders and then think about issues we feel that we can actually do something about. But since I traveled to Bonneville for my coverage of the challenges facing the Salt Flats, some very positive developments have taken place. Recently, I spoke with

The very first modification I made to a motorcycle was to remove the stock mattress seat off my new ’69 XLCH and replace it with a Diamond Buttons Cobra seat from Le Pera. I’m on the hunt for a stock ’69 Sportster to replace it, but I would still mess with a totally stock bike

  After a week of doubtful weather the day of Harry’s Bike Show dawned clear and bright, just what the doctor ordered or in this case Harry. Gates were due to be flung open at 9 am but some guys just couldn’t wait. With the Vietnam Veterans & Veterans MC manning the gate at The

Incredible. This is the shortest tech in history and partially because of the new product. Batteries are dirty, grubby, heavy, nasty bastards and they throw sparks when you least expect it. About 10 years ago, the whole battery acid nastiness disappeared with the sealed batteries, a major step in the right direction. They kept improving

  Sturgis was fun and with so much going, so much to look at, and so much whiskey, sometimes things get scattered. I happened to stumble into the Spoke, after five other events on the same day between the Chip and Downtown. I knew I was standing on a slab of concrete for a reason.

      Against much case precedent, the Waco court has concluded that alleged membership in an organization that law enforcement labels as a gang is sufficient to establish probable cause for an arrest for organized criminal activity even if there is no evidence showing involvement in criminal activity. “Department of Public Safety Lt. Steven

This has been a very strange weather pattern year for the Bonneville Salt Flats. One day, it can be a mess and three days later, it’s ready to race. I spoke to Bill Woods yesterday and the salt has been under constant investigation. It rained again last Friday (August 14), and yesterday the team members

The Harley-Davidson Museum is the place to be this coming Labor Day weekend, when it hosts its annual Custom Bike Show Weekend during the Milwaukee Rally. The Weekend kicks off at Bike Night on Thursday, Sept. 3, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 6.     In addition to hosting two of the largest custom bike

This is a straight forward tech with just a few twists and turns, girls, quirks and sidebars. You would think forward control installation a breeze, and in this case it was, but not always. GMA has designed what we believe to be by far the most streamlined forward controls, taking customizing to the ultimate level.

     If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the stories told through the work of motorcycle photographer Michael Lichter could fill an entire library. The striking images produced by this renowned artist over a career spanning five decades have given society at large an authentic look into the world of motorcycles and

He’s been ‘The Dude,’ ’Jungle Jim,’ ’The Main Event,’ and ‘Custom Chucky P’ in his stellar career as a professional wrestler but Chuck Palumbo is fast becoming well known under his real name as a custom motorcycle builder and co star [with Rick Dore] of ‘Rusted Development’- formerly known as ‘Lords Of The Car Hoards.’

    How do you boost shop inventory when money is tight? For William “Bill” Cottom, a young bike shop owner with a penchant for riding fast but who was short on cash, the solution came naturally: He raced other riders for pink slips and fortunately—for him—he won most of the time! That was in

We ran into a cool FXR recently at Bennett’s Performance, but it sported a S&S Twevo Engine, basically a Twin Cam in a set of Evo mounting cases from S&S. We were intrigued. The bike, moto styled, was built by a customer, James Doerr, and Eric Bennett built the engine. He raced it at the

  (Left side rear muffler hanger broke here)   My friend Tom called me an all too common problem with Harley Baggers! A broken exhaust! It all started on a ride to Reno one year, where we happened to notice that the left rear muffler bracket (also the bag support) had broken at the rear

This bike kicked off nearly 10 years ago. The original chassis and mock up built around a Shovelhead designed by Scott Craig. The bike then slipped into my garage and was worked on periodically over the years to follow. Amazingly I stumbled into Garage company one day. Yoshi, the owner, was offered a 1946 FL

It was a momentary lull in this never ending journey of campsites, parties, changing scenery, sights, people, adventures, and strange circumstances. I slipped into a time of good friends, tranquility, and easy living. And so, to my delight, did the wintertime adventures of Eden (at the southern tip of Florida) and the bond that had