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  Cottonwood, Arizona, once home to bad guys and bootleggers, is nestled in Arizona’s verdant Verde Valley, a serene setting belying its often-violent past. It recently hosted the 13th Annual Thunder Valley Rally, giving props to all the outlaws and free spirits who have returned to its rebel bosom. Decades after Al Capone personally bailed […]

    Do I start with “In the Beginning”, “Long, Long Ago”, or “Once Upon A Time”?  However you look at it, there’s always going to be a back story, bits and pieces coming out over a Jack and Coke or a brew, at the shop, local pub or even the Warehouse in Port Costa.

  Editor Note: The 2014 IronWorks Magazine Chile Pepper Rally is Sponsored by Bikernet   I got on the horn with Marilyn Stemp, Editor of IronWorks Magazine, and explained that I couldn’t make Indian Larry’s Block Party in Brooklyn, New York, because I was heading West to New Mexico to get the gears turning on the

      I was recently sent a book named KICK START and asked to read it and comment on it. It is about the memories of an Outlaw Biker by the name of “Teach” a member of the BARONS MC a well-known motorcycle club which started in 1966. He became a member on July

  Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame recently acquired another treasure to add to its diverse collection of motorcycles.       Dave Barr traveled from his home in Bodfish, California with his children, Luke and Jillian, to enjoy a road trip while transporting his 1996 Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 to Sturgis, SD.     In

  Karl couldn’t seem to wake up. He just had that slow, lazy, drowsy feeling that wouldn’t go away. It wasn’t because he’d been working too hard, since he was currently unemployed, which didn’t necessarily mean that he wasn’t working, it just meant that he was working on his own. He was always working. When

    I loved pulling wheelies on my bitchin 1970 Schwinn Sting Ray Fastback. This baby was blue metal flake with a 3-speed stick shift!  Butterfly handlebars, tuck and roll banana seat, bobtail fender and aftermarket high-rise sissy bar. It was badass and the envy of the block.  In fact we shut down the street

Continued from chapter one: http://www.bikernet.com/pages/COURTHOUSE_RUNPart_One.aspx Karl was out. He could scarcely believe it. It seemed that one minute he was certain that he was going to jail, possibly for a long time, and the next minute he was checking his scoot out of the impound yard and rolling out of the station. The bike, amazingly

The American cruiser market has just gotten more competitive and interesting.   Mike Wolfe from History Channel’s American Pickers and the magic elves at Indian Motorcycle show off the three new models for 2014. As motojournalists, we often find ourselves wading through massive amounts of information and technical data produced by a manufacturer as it prepares

  I excitedly rolled into Sturgis on Tuesday night and immediately checked out the parade down Main Street. I didn’t bat an eye, but headed to the Buffalo Chip to hang out with thousands of bikers making their way to the nightly campground concerts. My mission was to meet up with Dar Holdsworth of Brass

Here’s a link to the last episode: http://www.bikernet.com/pages/COURTHOUSE_RUNPart_Two.aspx   The Harley was truly at home on the highway. The combination of the torquey, low-revving, four-stroke engine, and the low slung riding position, made for an almost perfect traveling machine. Karl installed a set of “highway pegs” that enabled him to stretch his legs out in

For Chapter 2 click here     Editor’s note: The following story was reprinted from the book, “Borderland Biker, In Memory of Indian Larry and Doo Wop Music,” by Derrel Whitemyer. Revised version August 6, 2013.     “With the right bike, on the right day, on the right road, I feel like I’m one with

We’ve followed Brass Balls Bobbers since Dar Holdsworth kicked off his effort to build cool rideable custom scooters out of Oklahoma in 2006. He scrambled through partnership wars, divorce, and in 2008 the economy tanked, yet somehow he survived to be one of the only makers of high quality, American made, production custom scooters alive.

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  What if you could hop on your bike and enjoy the open road with cast from FX’s hit show Sons of Anarchy, and then party with your friends at a Blackberry Smoke concert? That’s exactly what you can do on August 25, 2013 at the 3rd Annual Boot Ride and Rally benefiting our military

  For Chapter 3 Click Here    Editor’s note: The following story was reprinted from the book, “Borderland Biker, In Memory of Indian Larry and Doo Wop Music,” by Derrel Whitemyer. Revised version August 6, 2013.        “Hold on to yourself Bartlett, you’re twenty feet short.”   —Steve McQueen     …from the movie THE

  5th Annual Biker Belles Ride for a Day – August 6th, Sturgis, SD By Mistress Chris, with most of the photos by Rogue  The Biker Belles Ride is a “Celebration of Real Women, Real Stories and Real Fun” The 5th Annual Biker Belles Ride for A Day was held during the Sturgis Rally on

Four, high ranking members of the Two Skulls MC, including Little Steve and the prez sat in Steve’s truck halfway down the block from Karl’s house. No one spoke. All of them stared out the window at the house where the lone biker named Karl Skanlan lived. They were there to take care of business.

  WHITE KNUCKLE, THE CANNONBALL DOCUMENTARY— A Movie Review by Dr. Feng and Sailor Sherry   “White Knuckle” by Atomic Hot Rods is a present day documentary, about a current coast to coast motorcycle race called Cannonball in Honor of “Cannonball Baker”.  It centers around three guys who have an irresistible love of riding and

      There is no place on earth that captures the feeling of the outlaw like the Wild, Wild West. Throughout the history of America, outlaws of one type or another have been drawn to the Black Hills of South Dakota. There is an energy in those dusty hills and plains that permeates all

    The driving force behind designing and building bikes, for me, usually comes from something I’ve seen and want to put my own spin on. Recently, I saw a particular bike that caught my eye at the Yokohama Bike Show in Japan. I was really impressed with what I saw at the show and

  We are excited about all of the builders that are participating in the custom show,” commented Bob Kay, Biker Pros’ Partner. “We have seen most of these builders in the Ultimate Builder series and look forward to seeing their latest builds in Milwaukee. There were 13 Builders who headed to Milwaukee for the 2nd

People ride for all sorts of reasons – transportation, relaxation, just pure fun. It’s probably been true to some extent from the advent of motorcycling. But you have to imagine that in 1914 and 1915, it must have been more about transportation and maybe about fun than it was about relaxation. Ah, but there was

For Chapter 4 Click Here   Editor’s note: The following story was reprinted from the book, “Borderland Biker, In Memory of Indian Larry and Doo Wop Music,” by Derrel Whitemyer. Revised version August 6, 2013.    “When I die I want to meet God and say, what the hell were you thinking, like what were