Interviews

Our Caribbean reporter was recently blessed with the opportunity to ride to Sturgis from the east coast with Billy Lane, the creator behind Choppers Inc. Billy and Jose partnered with Roger Bourget for a Discovery Channel adventure to build a couple of bikes and tear up the streets between the east coast and the Badlands. […]

Editor’s Note: Buster is a social media master, who works full time for Saddlemen seats. He’s also helping around the Bikernet/5-Ball nerve center and he’s a major motorcycle enthusiast. He’s going to bring some of his connections to the Bikernet family. The first is Mario from MB leathers in San Pedro. Buster interviewed the leather

    Jessica Combs (July 27, 1980 – August 27, 2019) was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator. She set a women’s land speed class record (four wheels) in 2013 and broke her own record in 2016. She was known as “the fastest woman on four wheels.”   Jessi Combs had more

  Recently I had the pleasure to sit down with Frank White and talk to him about Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) and the American motorcycle industry in general. Frank White is the President and CEO of ATK Motorcycles and has a reputation in the motorcycle industry as a true biker’s biker.   Not only does he run

Fred “Krugger” Bertrand is not a new player in the world of international motorcycle builders. At the age of five he had his first motorcycle and started racing at seven. At nineteen he ended his racing carrier and then started an apprenticeship in coach building. This included sheet metal repair, metal shaping, and painting. After

    The e-mail came in Monday night, “Get over to MetalSport, crawl in the window and grab the boss when he walks in the door.” Seems the wheel industry is demanding tires for 32-inch wheels and MetalSport, the exclusive distributor, won’t let them out the door. Inquiring minds want to know why?    

    Atomic Bob of Atomic Dice Studio Arts is the Pied Piper of Lowbrow Art. He takes his brushes and paint on the road and mixes styles from underground comix, punk music, and hot-rod culture on just about anything placed in front of him.   We first met up with Atomic Bob at the

SAMSON RELOCATES TO STURGIS, SD        Bikernet Baggers asked Kenny Price ten questions!   Q. If a guy is thinking about relocation his company, give us the pros and cons? A. On one hand relocating my business to the Black Hills of South Dakota was the toughest decision I have had to make

Since Billy was incarcerated over three years ago, we have been in touch. Recently we sent him a series of questions, that he answered, and you will read his responses below. Over the months ahead, I will send Billy a couple of questions monthly, based on this kick-off interview. As his sentence grows to a

Please help our friends in NZ complete a life size bronze statue of Burt Munro with a $ 5 contribution! (and get a chance to win a beautiful bronze casting of Burt Munro).Fab Kevin did several articles on a trip down to New Zealand for the Burt Munro Speed Week. We met some seriously cool

PY:Editor's Note: Late last year Paul Yaffe visited Australia to be a part of the country’s leading biker event, the Gold Coast Bike Week, held on Queensland’s sunny Gold Coast. Heavy Duty magazine and Bikernet contributor Glenn Priddle took pics of the event and interviewed Paul. Paul, welcome to Australia.PY:Thank you for having me.Are you

Editor’s note:This is a rare experience for Bikernet and a rare pleasure to share the questions from Jaqhama, a life-long Australian motorcyclists with Elena, a devote female biker from the Ukraine. We left her answers unedited to give you a sense of her dialect. Enjoy.Jaqhama: Hi Elena, first let me say thanks very much for

    To those in the know, the mere mention of Davie Allan and the Arrowsconjures aural images of fuzz bitten yet melodic guitar instrumentals.Davie’s is not a household name, although many fans purchased the group’sbuzz saw soundtracks and albums in the 1960s. Many millions more haveheard Davie Allan’s work without being able to put

Two of the riders from the Discovery Ride.We have all seen the Discovery motorcycle stuff. Here we have some of the ladies who participated in Motorcycle Women. These “girls” are not only good looking, have kick ass careers and know what they want in life, plus they love Choppers. What more would you want (besides

No this isn’t Stroker, but his grandpa. Guess the year and make of the bike for a free Bikernet sticker and year-long Cantina Membership.Photos and text from Stroker strok96@yahoo.comKent State University student interview of Stroker for use as reference material for her research paper on helmet laws.KS: How long have you been riding?Stroker: 34 yearsKS:

Jeffrey L. Bleustein is theChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer ofHarley-Davidson, Inc. Of late we look down our noses at big buckCEO’s and their bonuses, but the man at the top is responsible forevery aspect of the company and the fall-guy if something goes wrong.He has primary responsibility for the company’s strategy and

Chris Kallas art available in the Black Market. In December 1975, Chris received his first telescope from hisparents and his interest in space flourished. He studied science fiction and astrology at California State University Long Beach while working as a delivery boy for his uncle?s video equipment supply. Chris adapted class assignments to space art

Chris Kallas art available in the Black Market. Chris had two friends at school who were into choppers. One of them had a brother with a Knucklehead, and Chris started drawing really cool choppers. The other friend had a chopped Sting Ray with extended forks, lowered seat, custom handlebars and sissy bar. Chris soon modified

Chris Kallas art available in the Black Market. There are only a handful of scooter fanatics and artists who can capture the spirit of motorcycling. They include Scott Jacobs, who recreated the gracious lines of a Panhead, and David Uhl, who spent six months working with oil and canvas to create a scene of a