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Indian Motorcycle, the original American motorcycle company, just announced its power-packed schedule of events for Daytona Bike Week 2013, which takes place March 9-16, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Daytona Beach Bike Week will prove to be a pivotal moment in the history of Indian Motorcycle and a historic milestone in motorcycling. The long-awaited, completely […]

  Biker Pros rolled into Indy to produce the 2013 US Championship of the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show in a city known for the The Greatest Spectacle in Racing: the Indy 500. To say we were excited would have been an understatement. To a man, the Biker Pros team loves racing. We even race

Welcome to Deus Ex Machina’s latest addition to its global ground fleet of marvel outlets located in Venice, CA. The gas station turned flower shop turned Deus Ex Machina is an awesome place to grab a coffee and peruse the goods. Featuring in-house custom built motorcycles by Michael “Woolie” Woolaway, hand-shaped and hand-glassed surfboards from

Marking the end of one chapter in our history and setting forth on the beginning of the most exciting one yet, the Final Edition is a tribute to all that was and all that will be.    A stunning yet powerful bike, it features the 1939 World’s Fair paint scheme of  Thunder Black and Indian

Bikernet correspondant Darren Ho reports from the 21st Annual Yokohama Hot Rod & Custom Show in Japan          Click on any photo to view it full size; hit ‘esc’ to resume reading.       Everyone dreams of knocking items off their infinite “bucket list.” Recently, I had the opportunity to do

So what, you may well ask, is a book about an airplane doing on Bikernet? And it’s a good question, with a very succinct answer. Well, you see Bobby Wood wrote it; the very same Bobby Wood of Alabama’s Wood Performance products for Harley-Davidsons. A two-time Fuel Funny Car NHRA National Record Holder, Bobby is

How secure are property rights if the police can take your stuff and keep it, citing no particular reason at all? Not very secure. This is the way police work in the developing world. Of course, this practice is increasingly common in the U.S. too. Municipalities around the nation are battling to stay afloat, and

I’m just going to come right out and say it: This is a commercial. If the government has its way, motorcycling as we know it is coming to an end. You might be a member of a motorcycle rights organization (MRO) or at least you know someone who is. You know the guy that travels

  Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in an ongoing series aimed at keeping you on the road and out of the poor house. Hard times demand frugally demented ideas, so we took away vagabond writer Joshua Placa’s meds, duct-taped a laptop to his chest, gave him a tin cup and sent him off

Over the course of the next nine issues, IronWorks is pleased to bring you a series of articles from S&S highlighting bikes built with components from their Flathead Power division. Nothing’s cooler than keeping that old iron on the road, and we’ll show you the lengths to which S&S has always gone to test and

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 COAST TO COAST BIKER

The 9th Annual David Mann Chopper Fest glistened in the California coastal sunlight December 9, 2012 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, California. From the very first Chopper Fest held December 12, 2004, shortly after David passed away on September 11, earlier that year there has always been an exhibit of David Mann’s original,

A few years ago, Bryan Vander Laan found a 1910 Indian single motor and started thinking about what he might be able to do with it. Bryan builds and restores all kinds of old motorcycles, and he wanted to make sure this great original motor went into something unique. So, he decided on a tri-car. 

In 2012 many important decisions have been taken in Brussels which will impact motorcycling and the motorcycle industry, for which FEMA has played an active role. The new European regulation on the approval of two-wheelers, which has recently been approved by the European Parliament and by the Council, is bringing safer and greener bikes to

I met Mark Daley during my Easyriders years, at a show. He was obviously a very talented young builder with an artistic eye and amazing fabrication capabilities. It was a pleasure to run into him at the 2012 Las Vegas Bike Fest Artistry in Iron show. Times have changed and the dragon slayer-styled chopper doesn’t

The bedroom was plush, and the luxury it offered undeniable. I sat alone at my desk poking at computer keys in an effort to produce something worthy of print. The servants would be knocking soon. By now they knew how I took coffee and eggs and no longer had call to inquire before delivery. Dressed

Tail Gunner checking in! Well it’s winter again, so I thought I’d give my old Softail a face lift. She’s been a good old gal, a survivor of many a road trip. But the years are starting to show, paint chips, fading and rock dings everywhere, plus the old pin stripping is looking a little

We have a goofy Shovelhead in the Bikernet shop called the 1928 Shovelhead. It has 21-inch wheels front and rear in a Paughco rigid frame, but some 1928 elements were used, including the re-pop semi-flat sided tanks, the rear fender and perhaps the seat. The bike was conceived by Bandit the bastard, built by the

Everyone has seen images of 569 Quincy Avenue, Staten Island representing a post-Sandy devastated home. Owner, Michael Taurozzi’s house is the FIRST of the 200 homes scheduled for demolition Monday, January 14. Taurozzi finally signed “right for entry” papers with the City Friday 1/11/13 at 4:30 pm. You may remember the Page One story the

One man’s obsession is another man’s compulsion…and sometimes the two combine in what is known as obsessive-compulsive behavior…which can either get you medical treatment or take you to new levels of achievement.   Artists of one kind of another, whether they brush on colors or chip away at marble, or for that matter, design custom

Late last January, during a blizzard on a Sunday night in New York City, I met Rob Camardo at the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show while he was promoting his Garage Leathers’ saddlebags. I was talking with him about becoming a sponsor of the Smoke Out Rally, the Choppafest of the East Coast, and while

NCOM COAST TO COAST BIKER NEWSCompiled & Edited by Bill Bish,National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM) CONGRESS GIVES TAX BREAK TO ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE BUYERSTax hikes and spending cuts dominated holiday headlines as the federal government teetered on the edge of the Fiscal Cliff, but the legislative package passed on New Year’s Day to resolve the issue,