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This is maybe the third AFT bike Bikernet featured, mostly because of the quality craftsmanship, unique concepts, and ride-able styling. There’s also a religious counterpart to this strange equation. Jim Giuffra, the boss of AFT, and his wife, came up with a crazy notion to recruit young, hot-looking girls, who might want to learn a

The 2012 LA Calendar Motorcycle Show The 21st edition of the LA Calendar Motorcycle Showsponsored by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys featuring top Celebrity Builders,the Calendar Bike Building Championship & Concours d’Elegance, selectedVendors and Exhibitors, Calendar Girl Music live performances, took place inCalabasas, California. The current 3-year decline in the economy and the resultingimpact on the

Click here for Part I of this build.   You can zoom on each image if you click on it. Hit ‘esc’ to resume normal reading   For this second installment of the ’57 Bel Air bike build, we take a look at how French bike builder Lupo tackled adapting a car taillight to his

Editor’s Note: This is a perfect example of why we all need to support our motorcycle rights groups. One bureaucracy, in one state, California, chose to supersede EPA rulings and guidelines: The California Air Resources Board (CARB). Bikernet will continue to follow and report on these issues and on the groups trying to protect our

     I had not heard of the Super Rally®  before now, but I did know that the H-D clubs are just as big in the EU as they are back in the U.S., if not bigger.  I hadn’t planned to go, as is usual with most of my journey so far, but at the last minute

This is an amazing vintage-styled bike with an equallyamazing story behind the build. Rick Krost developed a special board trackplatform eight years ago, after building bobbers, and restored bikes for acouple of decades. He had a plan, a vintage notion for a product line ofcomponents designed around his board track platform.   He developed this

You’ve been watching this sweepstakes bike come together for four episodes. A terrific chopper industry team was established to build you a one-off, world-class custom motorcycle. What could be better? Just fill out a coupon or subscribe to Cycle Source or Bandit’s Cantina on Bikernet, and you could enjoy this puppy forever.   This segment

Continued from Part I       The FH-DCE (Federation Harley Davidson Clubs Europe) goes back to the 1960’s when the H-D Clubs from the Netherlands Germany and Belgium met at Harley-Davidson Rallys.  One of the most popular was the Pinkster Rally in Holland, the first one was in 1964. After the 1973 Pinkster, the

READY TO LIGHT THE FIRE AND HAUL ASS!Waitin’ on the call from San Jose? We started getting serious in January of this year. A table full of top shelf parts we’re staged in Signal Hill, ready for a serious build. In my last episode we covered the bottom end build. We just needed the engine

Tail Gunner radio check, hey all, for those doubting Thomas’s, there are no atheists in fox holes, I promise! This month I take a look at a new product for LA Choppers, their Religious line of risers. I’m excited to review these absolutely gorgeous risers. The riser is hefty in diameter (approx. 1 ½-inch) and

Bob George crossed our path at a time in the 1980s and ‘90s, when we were setting Bonneville and El Mirage 200 mph records with Suzukis, BMWs, and Harleys. “Bob George” wasn’t exactly a household name and we were unaware of his accomplishments. We ended up getting involved with seriously deranged character, who had a

I started to write how timely it was to be reviewing this book just before the Fourth of July and how it could remind us to value our freedom. Then I realized how trite that can sound. As Americans we should treat every day like The Fourth of July. We should never forget why this

Tail Gunner Here! This month we review Wide Open Custom Plastic LLC wind shield mount fairing. My buddy Jeff decided it was time for a new look to his ’98 Road King. He wanted to mount a fairing with state of the art stereo components, CD player, radio, MP3 player and some kick ass Kenwood

There are a few, rare, true meccas for motorcyclists destinations on the paved side of this planet. One worth the pilgrimage possesses almost supernatural beauty. If we ever questioned why we ride, the red rock wonderlands of Sedona offer an epiphany. The dazzling natural monument brings the passion and poetry of our leathery life into

Back in 1952, Pappy Hoel still owned an Indian Motorcycle dealership inSturgis, SD. If you don’t know Pappy’s story, he’s the dealer whobrought together a group of riders forming the original Jackpine GypsiesMotorcycle Club. It’s the same group responsible for that very firstweekend of racing back in 1938. It started what became the biggestmotorcycle event

Several years ago, almost six, we finished a complete vintage 45 motorcycle roller. Powder coated and painted, it languished, but worked in our behalf, when Paughco developed the 4-speed 45 frame, which saved the world for H-D 45 flathead motorcycles. Dave Perewitz immediately built a classic chopper around this new configuration. It opened lots of

Analysis A number of inaccuracies and inconsistencies have been uncovered in examining data related to motorcycle crashes, injuries and fatalities. If the information is incorrect it can only lead to theories and conclusions that are also incorrect or, at the very least, suspect. Solution Since much of the data is obviously flawed and most of

My Colorado riding friends, old & new! Mark, Masyn, Duane, Rachel & Damon. As my days in Colorado are coming to an end, I wanted to do a ride that involved the people of the Colorado bike world, in addition to already enjoying its spectacular roads and landscapes. I called my friend Ken Conte from

I crawled off a plane from Los Angeles to Ashville, North Carolina. Meeting the diehard Long Road Riders and riding into Rockingport, North Carolina for the 13th Smoke Out, was a mandatory excursion. Bikernet supported the SO from the beginning, and I had the steamy pleasure of riding the entire 1000 mile Long Road last