News

Hey, This week’s news got kicked off with a bang. The editor of Iron Works, Marilyn Stemp dropped out of the sky from South Carolina. Taber from Nash snatched her from LAX and hauled her to Hollywood natch, to see the home of the Perri Ink Cartel and Nash on Melrose. Then I peeled out […]

Hey, Life is nuts, as we know. Have I asked this question? Is life all about money and safety? Think about it. Say you are forced through regulations to protect yourself, like wear helmets, register this, go there, and don’t go there. Is the torture from all the requirements, plus the wasted time and money

Merry Merry, This is an amazing, heartfelt, holiday news. I can’t remember every witnessing this level of Christmas spirit, maybe because I was chasing redheads and drinking too much whiskey. So here’s our card for this year. MERRY MERRY FROM THE BIKERNET GANG— We want to wish everyone a terrific holiday and all the best

Hey, The party continues. I just returned from Sacramento where I met with the gorgeous redhead and once Mrs. Ball number 4. What a life she’s lived since we were married in the ‘80s. Her recent beau started feeling poorly about 5 months ago and passed a month ago with complications to Hep C. He

Hey, Here we are smacked into a new year, and the Bikernet crew is flying at projects, tech tips, books and cleaning house. One of the major exciting factors of the internet includes our ability to share with you anything that moves, from bike builds, to repairs, to work around the Bikernet factory, race bikes,

Hey, It’s almost 11:00 a.m. on a Thursday, and I haven’t finished collecting news. Ray Wheeler and I stumbled into our favorite watering hole recently, Iron City, in San Pedro. As we sat down in the comfortable booth across the dark dining room, away from the myriad of brilliant TV screens overshadowing the bar with

Hey, This is a helluva news. We have a handful of adventures perched on our desk just waiting for the go-ahead. I’m so goddamn excited I don’t know which way to turn. Let’s just hit the news, and we’ll see if I don’t boil over at the end. I just want everyone to have a

Hey, Damn, the country seems more divided than ever. I don’t get it, but maybe I’m just a simpleton who was brought up to believe in freedom, education, and strength were virtues. I actually see so many things as opportunities to be stronger, more free, and more resilient, not more regulated and more reliant on

Hey, There is constant talk about the economic disaster we’re living through and the downturn of the chopper industry, but we often leave out a major positive factor, the ever-growing population. In the last five years, millions of 13-year-olds became 18- year-olds. A portion of them will contain the drive to ride and or build

Hey, Another incredible week. We are flying at one thing after another. I’m supposed to be shooting footage of my old and ugly self for the Smoke Out. Doc Robinson is hanging at the headquarters for a week or… He’s a moto-journalist from Australia and searching out products for his next build, while writing stories

Has anyone seen the Day of the Falcon with Antonio Banderas? I am now going to change my title to The Sultan of the Citadel of Bikernet. How’s that? Another strange week unfolds since Doc Robinson the Australian journalist stuck around for another week after the Cincy show. He visited Power Plant, LA Speed Shop,

Hey, We were doing some filming for the Smoke Out last week, then Tobey, our official BIKERNET certified welder showed up. He is helping Kyle, the shop intern, pass his welding certification and become a union crane mechanic. I don’t want to tell you how much this 25-year-old will make at the Port of Los

  Hey, This is turning into a tech weekend. I need to dial in my Son’s Mudflap girl bike, so he can roll it out of here on Sunday while we feature him tattooing a redhead on a shop lift for Erik’s TV series. I need to run Kiwi Mike’s new tie-down bracket over to

Hey, What the hell? We are scrambling on several fronts, and my attorney wants to party this weekend. I need to work on a Rivera tech so I can relocate the Bonne Belle into the gym with the pool table, until we can afford to ship it back to Departure Bike Works for tuning and

Yo, Another interesting day in Paradise. I rode to Bennett’s Performance yesterday, testing the Mudflap FXR once more with some adjustments to the Rox shock position. Sugar Bear wanted me to align the shock with the neck and I did. Then I adjusted the ride height up ½ inch, so the bike is very close

Hey, Just returned from SEMA in Vegas to complete the Thursday News. Was up a 4:15 this morning to catch a flight. I hung out with Bob Kay and Jeff Najar, the bosses of Biker Pros who are the producers of the custom bike show aspect of the IMS show series of some 12 motorcycle

Hey, It’s almost Veterans Day and I plan to take advantage of the USS IOWA tour on Saturday, since I did three Vietnam tours on the St. Paul, a heavy cruiser. A very similar ship. I’m sure it will bring back memories of 5-inch shells kicking out onto the wooden decks as we bombarded the

  Incredible, Each day is full of wonder, new opportunities, some disappointments, but at the bottom line, there is never a dull moment around here. I received a call from Eric Ellis the former Editor of Hot Bike, then Baggers. He resigned yesterday, and is headed to Mexico with his lovely wife to relax for

Happy Thanksgiving Goddammit, This is an interesting news, filled with the drive to help others during this special day of the season. Lots of folks in New York are hurting, and we need to help. You’ll see the reports from Carol. Speaking of giving thanks. I want to thank all the artists and contributors who

Hey, This day is strange, over-cast, drizzling, rainy day. It reminds me of a dismal day in junior high, when my teacher slipped me an equally depressing report card. I was forced into another dreary predicament with my folks. I had to stand tall and deliver the card for their signature. I was perhaps going

Bananas, We are trying to handle the news and start the show load-in process in Long Beach. Ray is still working with the esteemed George, the Wild Brush, on pinstriping. Why is it always last minute?      This weekend in Los Angeles we have the Mooneyes show, the Long Beach IMS and Ultimate Builder

Hey, We just wrapped up the show goddamn extravaganza weekend. That means the shows are now spreading across the nation, so look out. It was an action-packed weekend with a party at the Bikernet Interplanetary Headquarters, with builders and movers and shakers from our industry, plus a couple of TV producers. It’s all nuts, but

Hey, What the hell? The Sturgis pressure is bubbling to the surface, immediately followed by Bonneville deadlines. Hamsters are riding choppers from all corners of the country to the Badlands, and so are the Hells Angels and loners. I hit Jeremiah up to ride with us to Mammoth tomorrow, and he wimped out. It’s fascinating

Hey, This is a strange day. Half the Biker Nation is on the road to the Badlands. The other half is struggling to stay financially afloat during these tough times. It’s so tough folks ignore terrific opportunities. They dodge the big score, while grappling to keep the lights on. Good god. The government wants to