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  Well, just like a garage find project or entering a custom build project at the very last date, this article came into being. I wanted to round up and highlight one special thing from every month of year 2022. The Bikernet Blog is in a unique position to summarize Bikernet.com and 5-Ball Racing because […]

Dear Bikernet Reader; assuming you are not having this read to you by the nurse; Ya know, there’s a lotta good reasons to vote for Trump for a second term even if you think he’s an asshole. For one thing he’s never been an asshole to you personally, has he. Plus he’s never personally insulted

The Buck Lovell “Snow Rider” photo has been broadcast on Facebook so many times I have lost count. After numerous requests, I am providing the story about how, when and why this photograph came into existence for all you soon to be famous photographers! The date was January 22, 2009. I was on my way

I thought I might check in on the Motorcycle Magazine industry, specifically the chopper guys. Fuck, I didn’t know what I was diving into. A couple of years ago only one magazine survived the cost issues, the internet competition and the distribution expenses, Cycle Source. Some magazines went sorta underground, changed their formats and dropped

And now for an uninteresting preface to this astoundingly interesting article: When I recently finished my groudbreaking unbelievably wondrous “bureaucrat/journalist translation dictionary from lying seditious bullcrap into what they actually mean or some title close to that, when I was done it was 49,000 astoundingly well-selected words long. I said, frowning, “There’s gotta be a

Used to be all bikers shared a common bond, and unspoken code of respect, loyalty, and integrity that transcended words, and was built on actions. There was never a bible written on this code, and there was no need for such. But the times are a-changin’, and there seems to be a lot of new

Moving to Sturgis is like moving to motorcycle nirvana in the Black Hills Region of South Dakota. It’s either Western or Two-Wheeled in this area. The wild life runs from Moose to Elk, to Knucklehead, flathead and 4-valve heads. There are long distance riders, artists like Scott Jacobs and his entire family, to Antique Motorcycle

I love your new shop. Wish I was there to help you with all those projects but I seem to have stumbled into a good life here in Tennessee. I’ll sure try to make Sturgis next year if my health holds out. So far so good. I am doing stuff people half my age can’t

    The Milwaukee Motor Company, with fans around the globe, turns 120 years old. There has been quite a few announcements regarding the homecoming as well as a public park on land they own. Most awaited however, was their announcement for model year 2023. They kept it under wraps through all the crowd &

      U.S. HOUSE JOINS SENATE IN OPPOSING MOTORCYCLIST PROFILING On December 23, 2022, in one of the last actions of the 117th Congress before adjourning, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H. Res.366; “Promoting awareness of motorcyclist profiling and encouraging collaboration and communication with the motorcycle community and law enforcement officials to prevent

Bandit, after reading your article, I realize two things: I have been fortunate to take part in this ride with you. Two, more specifically towards the content of the state of the magazine article, we are in a great place…. Kinda! You see, in the hay days of the motorcycle culture, when things got crazy

Note: I’m not pretending that this is the definitive work on winding down your collection or living your life. But if it gets you to at least consider what steps should be taken, and how, the article will have done its job. As motorcycle fanatics, we’ve all laid awake nights wondering how we could add

I was recently bought a new 2022 Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited. So far, I like the motorcycle, but… I rode so long using a Klock Flare Windshield on my previous motorcycle, I missed it.  I needed to quickly install one on my new Ultra. I went to the Klock Werks website to order a new windshield.

click on the images to zoom-in   This past weekend, at the Barber Vintage Motorcycle Festival, Indian Motorcycle debuted a custom Indian Chief like never before.     From cruiser to racer, the RT-3/4 custom Indian Chief was designed by Noise Cycles and brought to life by Zach Hindes.     Have a glimpse of

  After having read about Tom Cotter in the Bikernet.com Thursday News, shared by National Motorcycle Museum (few weeks ago), I started watching Tom’s video series on YouTube.   I could resist no more and bought Tom Cotter’s Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales (Sep 2018) and his latest mentioned by NMM, Secrets of the Barn

As a kid growing up in Oklahoma in the ‘60s I was crazy about hot rods and motorcycles. My father passed away when I was 14. Mom didn’t drive. It was legal for a 14-year-old to ride a motor scooter of five horsepower or less. Mom bought me a Cushman Eagle to ride to school

Like most people I know, I wanted to change the exhaust on my new motorcycle. For now, I have decided that would only be the mufflers, but there are so many to choose from.   I think the 4.5-inch mufflers is a real good choice for sound, looks and power. When I was doing my

    This event has a big turn out and has for as long as I can remember.  I never miss it, and it appears many others feel the same way.   https://www.tropicaltattoo.com/   Wille from Tropical Tattoo, some sponsors and a lot of volunteers come together to present this great bike show twice a

The Feuling Billet Dipsticks are made In America and they vent excessive crankcase pressure from the oil tank on Harley Touring Models through a PCV style breather.  Blow-by is pressure that is forced past the rings and cylinder walls and ends up in the crankcase and then into the oil tank. All internal combustion engines

This mess started with a ride to a tribute concert in Hollywood, one of the rare times the whole staff of ER rode together. A brother, Lee Selwin, was run down on the streets near Sunset Boulevard, and we rode to the rock concert at the Palace Theater. Turned into a nostalgic night club, I

  We survived our first hurricane. The damn thing lasted nine hours! It just hovered and stalled over the region for nine hours. Floridian’s have said there were 200 mph “gusts.”  Debbie and I and the Maltese have been living in an apartment complex waiting for our new home to be ready. The complex was

I for one like saddlebag guards on my motorcycle. I recently got a 2022 Harley Ultra Limited and it did not have side guards on the bags as standard equipment.  I decided to rectify that by installing Harley’s kit Part Number 90201902. https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/shop/saddlebag-guard-rails/p/90201902  These Guards surround and protect the lower portion while providing a traditional

Wyoming winter was tough on two young girls running a bar in a podunk town of Sundance, Wyoming. Inflation and soaring gas prices didn’t help. Jennifer itched to use her investigative talents with her Chopper Chronicles web site designed to help riders retrieve their stolen motorcycles, but she felt trapped. The old jute box in

Though the rear lighting on my 2022 Ultra Limited was good I felt that it could use a little more. I am one of those guys who wants folks behind me to see me and also know when I am stopping or turning.    There are panels between the saddlebags and the fender that have