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Hey, This is an interesting one? George Christie has one more episode. Folks called me and asked me to watch the last one, because I was there. Holy buckwheat. Bikernet is about to turn 20 and most folks don’t realize how tenuous running a business is. From day to day there are major ups and […]

Hey, There’s nothing like the wind in your hair and an open road. There’s nothing like the sense of accomplishment when you roll your project bike into the sun and fire it to life. In a sense any new technology helping us to meet our goals is a good thing. But technology should be a

Hey, This is a strange one. We now have a seat for our Salt Torpedo and a 5-point belt system, as required by the Salt Gods. Racing shit is flying. I’m also standing on the street corner to beg for alms so we can paint a Wilmington, Port of Los Angeles, and Bikernet Mural on

Hey, Strange days in paradise. Suddenly clubs are on the scene again. I had a notion a few years back about clubs getting together, stopping the bullshit, and then starting a WWF type of organization where the various clubs would compete in the ring, and make money. It could be amazing and very profitable for

Hey, Guys are cutting hands off in Syria for minor infractions and beheading Christians, and in Hawaii the governor wants to Ban Motorcycles for loud pipes that save lives. You know it’s fascinating in a very obscure way. Folks can always look at something from multiple directions. Loud pipes to a citizen could be annoying

Hey, I wish I knew what the hell I’m doing. I stumbled into Bennett’s Performance on Signal Hill yesterday and Eric Bennett said, “What the hell Bandit. Did you ever imagine Harleys built to look like dirt bikes?” His shop was packed with FXRs and many were set up with tall shocks and taller front

Hey, Another strange day in Paradise. Not sure where to start. This is a day of change and awakening. Here’s our new Salt Torpedo art, and Atomic Bob is working on a cartoon version of the actual streamlined trike as we go to press. I will bring you sketches as he submits them. This couple,

  Hey,   So Bandit is long gone at the SmokeOut and the Bikernet Galaxy is resting on my shoulders. Solely? Not quite, but getting the News in order and set up the way it should be is all on me. I could piss and moan about how much work it is(because it is). But

Hey, How the hell does shit happen so fast. It does and we need to stay alert and constantly on the move. If not, we’re burnin’ daylight. Last weekend I was in Rockingburg, NC at the sizzling SmokeOut on the east coast and this weekend, it’s Born Free on the West Coast. We had a

Hey, This is wild. I’m trying to scramble and write my SmokeOut Story, and then Born Free exploded and Michael Lichter stayed at the vast and unrelenting Bikernet Headquarters during his assigned duty days for various magazines. Each day returned to the Ivory Tower on the Port of Los Angeles and down loaded his day’s

Hey, I often say, “Life is Nuts.” But recently it took on a whole new meaning. I don’t even know where to start. More and more the upcoming election is critical to our survival. If we fixed one thing, it would save our economy for generations and send a strident message to everyone from politicians

Hey, It’s that time of year. It’s nuts. I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking about the run to the Badlands in February during the Cincy V-Twin Show. My two biggest events of the year include V-Twin and Sturgis. Then of course the SmokeOut is my eastern player. This year the scramble has a

Hey, Life is incredible. I don’t know where to start or where to go. It’s 2015 and guys are still attacking folks with swords, as if it’s the 1400s. And our government, especially in Washington D.C. and California doesn’t want us to be able to protect ourselves. They think we live in Disneyland. How in

Hey, Life can be amazing, and in that realm I just received a copy of the AMA magazine. It reported about four states trying to pass Land-Splitting laws. They need to be adopted with major awareness campaigns. Some of the states include: Oregon, Texas, and Washington. Nebraska is attempting a Helmet Repeal. And British Motorcycle

Hey, Some days I’m focused. Some days I’m on a mission, but today I’m going to let the chips fall. There is so much going on in life, and it’s happening so fast. The Queen of Bikernet told me constantly to slow down, while everything sped up. We are making major changes to the Cantina

Hey, Where is the balance and freedom recognized and respected. I get pissed with the denier mentality. I just received my first copies of National Geographic in years. This magazine is becoming very political. That’s too bad. They have a section called the War on Science, as if Science has all the answers. Here’s what

Hey, Life is nuts as you know, but it’s the simple pleasures we rely on, like that tasty cup of coffee in the morning, the touch of her hand, and the way the sun shines on your metal flake paint job as you cruise along the riverbank to the bar. Maybe governments can’t get along,

Hey,Life is what you make of it, right. We’ve all heard that. A tall knockout said yesterday during a highly secretive Bikernet Editorial think tank, “If two people jump out of an airplane, one is biting his or her nails and the other can’t wait and is bubbling with excitement.” She was right. Our brains

Hey, I’m on the edge this morning. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it was a woman, a virus, one too many projects. Maybe it had to do with not enough money. Who the hell knows? I suppose I want something to happen, and I want it now. The Dalai Lama helps me when

Hey, This is a fascinating day in the vast Bikernet universe. In one week we learned so much we can’t hardly put it into context. Think about the adage, “Think out of the box.” It’s more than a marketing tool, but a mental exercise. It will expand your brain’s ability. Try to learn something new

Hey, Another magnificent day in Paradise and shit is hopping. Suddenly Big Bear Choppers is alive, we received a correction from Custom Cycle Engineering, and Klock Werks is always exploding with new projects. We rode over to the BDL factory yesterday, and they are cooking with new products, new footboards, new forward controls, new Softail

Hey, It’s been a strange week. The phone keeps ringing, e-mails flying, texts texting. Just this week we reached out to Scott Jacobs, Bob Kay flew in and borrowed the Mudflap Girl FXR and rode to Palm Springs. Sam Dixon will arrive today and report on Bandit’s Cantina Girls. Bob broke down in Palm Springs,

      Hey, This coming year is going to be awesome. I feel good about it, about some of our directions, not just at Bikernet, but in my funky community in Wilmington, California at trying to get a chunk of Waterfront back. But I also feel sorta good about the direction of our government,

Hey, Life is nuts, but every year we make a plan, good, bad or indifferent. So, the overall mantra for 2015 is more fun, friends, and more time to relax. Okay, so how the hell are we going to find the right path. We started two more web sites, then the 5-Ball Racing apparel line.