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Travis V: The Delivery

Travis quickly folded the thick envelope and shoved it in his back pocket. Today his shop assignment called for investigating the stock room of the dealership and writing down the part numbers from empty bins to be cross-referenced in the computer. Travis hated the job preferring to be in the back spinning wrenches, even if

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West Coast Style Street Glide

Editor’s note: Jon Yip reached out to us recently with another drop seat dresser example. He photographed and wrote his own feature, and did a helluva job.–Bandit There seems to be no limits to what can be done to Baggers these days. From the high-end custom builders to the unlimited number of aftermarket parts available

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One Thousand-Mile Victory Run

Editor’s Note: This was a helluva Victory test with three Victorys screaming across the south to the East Coast. This article is made up of actual reports from various riders, including an active Army Colonel, Prince Najar; Commander Edge the boss of the Smoke Out, Paul Aiken, of Aeromach, and me, the Bikernet janitor. You’ll

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Todd’s Cycle Custom Buell

   Video by Gearhead, Inc.: http://www.youtube.com/user/machone351cFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/GearheadInc There are many talented builders in the American custom V-twin scene, but there are few that can tune a motor perfectly, and then competitively ride the bike themselves. Todd Silicato, owner of Todd¹s Cycle in Huntington Beach, California is one of them. Just before he opened his own

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Zen 2: Fire and Pain

Let thy chief terror be of thine own soul: There, amid the throng of hurrying desires that trample on the dead to seize their spoil, lurks vengeance, footless, irresistible, as exhalations laden with slow death and o’er the fairest troop of captured joys breathes pallid pestilence. –George Eliot 1889 “How much further?” His daughter asked

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Refurbished Road King

Editor’s Note: Here’s another story written about a 1999 Road King Larry Luckey inherited from his father. His father bought the bike new, and Larry wrote this tight tale about his modification. He did a helluva job. Riding the same bike day after day for many years can be both a blessing and a curse.

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Buckshot’s Bar-Barian

When I was just a pup, one of my earliest memories was riding on the tanks on my dad’s old 80-inch flathead. It was stripped down for speed, and dad used to race the old clay track at Cotati with it. I guess it would be called a “bobber,” but back in the early ‘50s,

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A Day at the Dago Races

As we ride the Earth looking for the next great, undiscovered biking destination, it somehow occurred to us to think outside the yellow lines, way out. Comic Con International, a gargantuan gathering of the TV, film and print sci-fi industry and its following herds of super hero and horror fanatics, was rumored to be a

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Book and DVD Reviews for 911

2011 Book Review: Triumph Bonneville Portrait Of A Legend   James Mann and Mick Duckworth have put together a masterpiece in Triumph Bonneville Portrait of a Legend. Portrait covers the legendary Triumph Bonneville from its 1959 T120 US model to the 2010 Bonneville Sixty with a look at it’s origins in the 1954 Tiger 110.

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Sturgis ’97 Part One

The Odyssey To The Black Hills-In Style Part One: The Last-Minute Scramble Out of LA Bandit’s Sturgis ’97 is sponsored by Click on the images to visit Jesse’s website… www.westcoastchoppers.com A Complete Line Of Hand Made 18-gauge Steel Fenders For Ordering Information, See Your Local Dealer or call (562) 983-6666 …tell ’em you saw it

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Sturgis ’97 Part Two

Part One… The Odyssey To The Black Hills-In Style Part Two: On the Road…Finally… Bandit’s Sturgis ’97 is sponsored byClick on the images to visit Jesse’s website… www.westcoastchoppers.com A Complete Line Of Hand Made 18-gauge Steel FendersFor Ordering Information, See Your Local Dealer or call(562) 983-6666…tell ’em you saw it on BikerNet… We pulled away

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Sturgis ’97 Part Three

…. Part Two The Odyssey To The Black Hills-In Style Part Three: Out of Colorado and Into the Home Stretch Bandit’s Sturgis ’97 is sponsored byClick on the images to visit Jesse’s website… www.westcoastchoppers.com A Complete Line Of Hand Made 18-gauge Steel FendersFor Ordering Information, See Your Local Dealer or call(562) 983-6666…tell ’em you saw

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