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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 […]

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

Crazy, I don’t know where to start today. A brother died unexpectedly day before yesterday. Jim Murillo painted many of our custom bikes, and was in the process of painting our Bonne Belle. He was a concerned custom painter who always went the extra yard for his customers. He will be severely missed as a

Hey, We worked with Sprocket List Classifieds for a couple of years, but the company changed hands, so we are also going to shift gears. Do us a favor. Let us know what you like and don’t like about our classifieds section. Also let us know what you would like to see, when it comes

Hey, I’ve got a quandary I believe needs to be discussed. Michael Lichter recently turned me on to a web site made up of motorcycle scholars. I wanted to put this question to them, and maybe Bikernet readers can help me position it. I believe this is a core issue within our society: the notion

Hey, I should make this quick. I’m burning daylight. This weekend is packed once more. The 100th anniversary of Motorcyclists magazine hit the Source offices tonight with a gala bash. The Born Free event begins set up tomorrow with move-in of home built motorcycles, choppers and bobbers, and then Rip’s Bad Ride rocks on Sunday.

Hey, Another crazed day in Paradise, and this week Rogue took over the news with reports on various events from Bike Week, including this one from the Broken Spoke: There is just so much going on during Daytona Beach Bike Week that it is impossible to attend all of the events. Like everyone else, I

  Spam sucks, and not the canned meat kinda spam, I love that…  I’m talking about the unwanted emails that clutter up our inboxes.  Bandit is in North Carolina attending the Smoke Out so I’m bringing you the news.  In order to fish out a dozen or more news items, I had to sift through

Hey, Another whacky day in Bikernet Paradise. I just addressed alignment issues on the Mudflap Girl FXR chopper, and I believe she’s ready to rock. Need to chase the speedo connections one more time. We are going to pull the Peashooter engine and ask the master of Magnum engines, Duncan Keller, to reduce the compression

Hey,As you know life is strange. It gets more macabre by the second. I guess, we need to fight like hell for what we believe in and hope the rest gets the hint. I won’t even start. Try watching the movie Hemingway and Gellhorn. Amazing film from a historic prospective. Then don’t miss the interview