News

Hey,   I’m going to jump right into the news. I’ve got whiskey and women waiting for me. I need to scramble back into the shop and finish fitting the gas tank for the Peashooter. Tomorrow, I promise to post the 10th 2010 Bonneville report. Talk about changing directions.     Chris Callen called this […]

We may be getting the hang of this new Bikernet web system by Robintek, in Columbus, Ohio.– Somehow they are also grappling with the enormity of Bikernet and its ever-changing content. Half an hour ago I rumbled with a vast litnany of notions, announcement, and article announcements.   I’m lost now. This week scrambled past,

    It’s another day in motorcycle paradise. The Peashooter saga continues, but we’re beginning to nail the final aspects and go to paint and powder. Terry Lee, from Envy Cycles, a sheet metal and fabrication master, might help us with a small fairing. The oil tank was shipped from Stealth Enterprises in North Carolina.

Hey, We’re back from having our asseshanded to us on the salt. What a strange and foreboding year this has been, andit’s not over. The Assalt Weapan didn’t make it to the salt, the parts neverarrived from Accurate Engineering. I have a thing about communication. The moreyou communicate, the more you learn and can respond.

Hey, A San Diego AP writer wrote an article about noisy bikes recently and here’s a clip. This shit pisses me off to no end: CALABASAS, Calif. — The laid-back vibe of this affluent Los Angeles suburb gets a jarring wakeup on weekends when hundreds of motorcycles thunder through the Santa Monica Mountains, triggering car

Hey, We had an executive board meeting this morning. We discussed enhancing our classifieds area for more service to our readers, fixing the Bikernet Studio and running a daily or weekly video clip on the home page, running a girl teaser for the Cantina on the Home Page, kicking up the shop weekly offers, and

Hey, Another wild week at the Bikernet paradise. Governor Arnold signed a toothless motorcycle noise law that will make Californians more unpopular with the rest of the country. Shit, it doesn’t even go into effect until 2013, then only affects 2013 and newer bikes. What the fuck? It will become another unenforceable harassment ordinance. We

Yo, Every news day is different. It’s fascinating. I actually look forward to Thursdays, although each one kicks my ass. By 8:00am we are all out of the sack and hitting the news. Usually it takes until about 8:00 in the evening to finish this bastard, and we barely take a breath in between. For

Hey, I’m in the middle of a mechanical blender turned on high. My self esteem has been hit by a number of mechanical pitfalls. I love to work in the shop, fix or created something that improves a project and go for a ride. But this year we’ve had a couple of mechanical woes constantly

Hey, The rain front finally drifted away. Its nerve racking when you live in a building located just 2 feet above sea level and the DWP guys, widening the road, blocked all the storm drains with sand bags. Plus we’re known for flooding, even when the storm drains are working to capacity. But the sun

Hey,               Another interesting day in paradise. The Retro Love Ride rumbles back to its roots next weekend. Tim is picking up his sportbike, which we’ve had stored in the Bikernet shop since he graduated from the College Oceaneering down the street. I heard banging outside, and a family was going through our dumpster

Hey, I want to thank all the Vets out there today for their service. I spent three tours off the coast of Viet Nam on a heavy cruiser. During the second tour, our Captain made a promise to blast his way into the record books by launching over 85,000 rounds of 3, 5 and 8-inch

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BIKERNET STAFFER RIDES RIGID TO STURGIS AND SURVIVESThe 60th anniversary Black Hills Rally has been over for a week, and like an ant hill the minions are still scurring from the nectar nest in the Badlands. What a rally. More people, motorcycles, vendors, women, T-shirts, and bars than ever before. Hell, I’m still

BIKERNET NEWS Hey, I’m innocent, I tell ya. I’m working every night on the sleek Daytec Blue Flame. I try to squeeze in a workout every other day. The joints to hit along the way to the wayward badlands are lined up and Markus came out to memorialize the bike with his photographic talents. Sometime,

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BANDIT CANCELS ZEBRA’S ROOM IN STURGIS–CONSPIRACY FOILED AS PROBE DISCOVERS FOUL PLAY Hey,I’m innocent, I tell you. Fortunately a reasonable officer let me off that night and I’m back at the keyboard. Two days ago the Blue Flame was loaded into Japanese Jay’s hammered ’78 Ranchero, and we hauled out to smog-ridden, bleak,

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BANDIT ARRESTED ON THE BACK STREETS OF SAN PEDRO Hey, I’m telling you I was innocent. Phil Ross of Supermax belt drives was with me, he can tell you, and the dark haired beauty, well she was there, too. I’ve been working like a mad dog on the Blue Bomb for Sturgis everyday,

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BIKERNET HEADQUARTERS ATTACKED BY DEVIL DOLLS MCHey,Short week, short time to Sturgis, life’s bananas. I’d tell you about the 4th of July weekend, but you wouldn’t believe it. I’d tell you about the plans for this weekend, but they’re too hectic, I’d tell you about my bike build for Sturgis, but I’m frustrated,

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–WIN SHITHERE QUICK, THE REST OF THE STAFF HAS BEEN ARRESTEDIt’s 2:45 a.m. and I’m just stumbling in the door. The week’s beenhectic, and every afternoon I’ve hit a dealership for parts. Agent Zebra’sbike is almost ready for wire and a test ride. While I order parts and waitfor shipments for my Daytec

BIKERNET NEWS–STURGIS 2000CHOP-OFF COMPETITORS INVESTIGATED BY THE DEAHey,Where to start? The heat in the garage has been severe lately. AsZebra’s bike takes shape under Wrench’s tutelage and expertise it’s readyfor lines and wiring, although we’re still digging in the garage for aprimary drive system. Shortly there will be a tech on the site about thenew

BIKERNET NEWSFLASH–STURGIS 2000 CHALLENGE WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE–DEATH THREATSI wish I knew what I was doing half the time. After Laughlin, Iwished I had my reliable Street Stalker at home, or still had the RoadKing, then I looked at my watch, then at the calendar, then at the girlbeside me in bed, then the phone rang.

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BIKERNET STAFF REVOLTS, HEADS TO LAUGHLIN IN DEAD HEAT I’m in a daze. As I fix one twisted item on the Touring Chopper, another prospective problem jumps out at me. The ride to Laughlin is hours away. Yesterday I rode out to Rivera in Whittier. Buck Lovell has asked me to come out

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BIKERNET HEADQUARTERS RAIDED BY HOLLYWOOD EXECUTIVES AND SAN PEDRO POLICE Hey, I’m just a guy doing a job in a San Pedro ghetto. It’s a lonely vocation most of the time, hammering away at the keyboard 14 hours a day, and usually not accomplishing much. Sure I knock off to stumble into the

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–TITAN, HARLEY-DAVIDSON, AND EXCELSIOR-HENDERSON TO MEET FACE TO FACE ON JERRY SPRINGER Hey, it’s almost Friday. Friday, the devil’s day of escape from the mundane to a night of sin and the deepest debauchery. I can’t wait. The last couple of weeks have been high pressure, and I left the corporate world to

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–JAY LENO, JON TOWLE, BILL CLINTON, AGENT ZEBRA AND THE HANLON BROTHERS IN MEGA BIKERNET WRESTLING DEATH MATCH The fog laid over the harbor like a blanket of doom as I returned to the shed. All seemed calm except for the cowboy-boot sized box on the leaning deck, and I could swear it