Tech

Editor’s Note: If it’s advice about batterymaintenance that you seek, you’ve come to the right place. James Deanworks on the J&P Cycles sales technician lines and is a graduate of WyoTech’sAmerican Motorcycle Institute’s Harley program. To find out more aboutJames, read his Meet The Team write-up here on the J&P blog. For most of us […]

  Click here for: Mudflap Girl FXR, Part 5  Wiring is always a treat, unless you use one of those systems in a box like Phil’s speed shop systems. I ran one on my factory racer, and it was a breeze. I’ll try to find a photo. It was designed to mount to the frame

Editorial Note: Bikernet reprints today an interesting tech story published on the J&P Cycles Parts Blog. J&P Cycles is a Bikernet sponsor and a great source for all your parts needs. Look them up by clicking on the banner at the end of the story.   This month we’re going to talk about early brake

Hello my Biker Brothers Tail Gunner Here:                 After Market Lowers for your FLThis  month we are going to talk about wind protection.  I really never noticed before, the amount of wind force on my legs until I started riding without my lowers. I got spoiled riding my Ultra Classic with the

Advertisement There’s a rumor that over one million Swingarm Shovelheads still roam the highways. I say, “Bullshit.” Let’s count ’em. That’s beside the point here. Ben Kudon, the marketing directors of Rivera/Primo came up with this hair- brained scheme. “Let’s fix all Shovelheads,” Ben said. “We can do it for a decent price and give

    Back in 2003, I bought a Kendon Single Stand-Up Trailer to transport my bike in a job-related move from Plano, Texas to Columbus, Ohio. I’ve used the trailer for five job-related cross-country moves and it has served me well. It’s solid, rugged, easy to maintain and easy to pull. It does have one

Back in 2003, I bought a Kendon Single Stand-Up Trailer to transport my bike in a job-related move from Plano, Texas to Columbus, Ohio. I’ve used the trailer for five job-related cross-country moves and it has served me well. It’s solid, rugged, easy to maintain and easy to pull. It does have one major failing,

Baker Drivetrain masterminds are constantly looking for new products. Did you know Lisa Baker is a mental member of Mensa. She is a brilliant engineer, and Bert flunked out of the MMI sparkplug-changing class at the mechanics school, but he likes to think of himself as sorta cool. Actually, he is also an engineer, but

This article was authored by Troy Porter, J&P Cycles’ Iowa showroom supervisor and a hunting enthusiast. What he writes here could save your life this fall.   Autumn can come on strong with a change in temperature, darker skies for the commute both ways, and of course the unbelievable colors presented by fall leaves. If

Custom Cycle Enginering and Bikernet bring you a great tech article on installing CCE’s billet aluminum top triple trees on a Harley-Davidson dresser. Why would you want to do that when triple trees are hidden on a bagger? For improved handling. This tech was oringinally published by our friends at American Bagger magazine a couple

We have experienced Harley-Davidson remanufactured engines, JIMS machine remanufactured transmissions and upgrades, and now  something new for an Evo rebuild. We took Dr. Hamster’s 200,000-plus miles Evo engine to Bennett’s Performance for a solid, aftermarket rebuild. This article covers a couple of directions. First, H-D’s inexpensive remanufacture operation is cool and returns your engine to

Located in Brea, California, Samson Motorcycle Products is the brainchild of inventor and bike wrench Kenny Price. Kenny was so good at making custom pipes for his choppers that it earned him the nickname of Godfather of Pipes in the 1960s. Still designing today, Kenny is now offering innovative exhaust products for Harley Davidson, Indian

Click here for: Mudflap Girl Part 4, the Spitfire Frames to Roller   Life is nuts, but we are scrambling on the Mudflap Girl FXRs, at least mine. Us old farts constantly have discussions about how unmotivated kids are. I want to work on my bike constantly. Every waking minute I’m thinking about it, about

      Well it’s that time again, this month we attempt to stop my poor old Softail from dragging her Tail. The old girl just isn’t up to the challenge any more, with two up riding she sags and sways all over the place, got to do something, quick!   So I started looking

When I was a kid I bought a Schwinn Fastback Stingray bicycle. It had 5-speed gear shifting on the frame, banana seat and ape hangers. I rode it thru junior high and into high school until I snagged my driver’s license and my first motorcycle a 1969 Harley Rapido 125cc.

Six Speed Conversion Kit Bikernet.com calls it new “New Blood for Swingarm Shovels”. We call it amazing! This kit will transform your clunky, old, worn-out 4 speed swingarm Shovelhead into a sleek, wild, driving machine. The kit replaces your taper shaft 4 speed with a brand new polished PowerDrive™ six speed close ratio splined shaft

  The Good Dr. Hamster rode his FLH over 200,000 miles before pulling it down for a Pre- Sturgis prep rebuild. It was time to dial in this puppy in from stem to stern. We are planning a FXR ride next year to the Badland, or to Bonneville, or maybe to a Too-Broke for Sturgis

Gunner to pilot – copy. Tail Gunner here:This month let’s talk about lowering blocks. Man I’ve tried them all, Pingel, Burly, and L.A. Chopper. They all do what they are designed to do, lower your bike. Most of them lower your bike one inch or more. To achieve this, almost all the manufactures move the

It’s funny how some projects seem to come about. Sometimes, you might get a glimpse of someone else’s work that inspires you to do your own thing. Other times, creativity hits and you get a clear cut vision of what a project can look like from start to finish. In this particular project, though, I

Click here for: Mudflap Girl Part 3, the Bandit Engine Completed  Suddenly we’re smoking on the Mudflap Girl FXRs, but the week after I received the frames, I had to jump a plane to New Orleans and ride a Victory to the Smoke Out. I was itching to work on these bikes. I survived the

 When Jeff Najar, President of Biker Pros, asked me to step in for him at the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show in Minneapolis I had no idea that I would find a set of pipes that would blow me away… Dana Hallberg of Deadline Customs was rocking a 2010 Road Glide with a set of

We have a code around the Bikernet headquarters, but it has a performance additive. We don’t build custom bikes with straight pipes anymore. We have never been big straight pipes fans. They were designed for wide open on the drag strip, and don’t idle for shit because of a lack of backpressure. Low end tuning

Baker kicked off a new program recently, and it’s a program that can be delivered to a shop near you. It’s their Whistle Stop Tour seminar series. They come to a shop near you and afford local riders and mechanics the opportunity to discuss anything from gearing and overdrive transmissions, to new Baker Products. In

It’s that time again, Tail Gunner here, it’s time to take a look at yourself, so to speak,This month I’ll be looking at the Fast Lane Mirrors from Wicked Image. These mirrors are designed to replace your OEM bat wing faring mirrors. The manufacturer says they are designed to fit ’96-’11 FLHT & FLHX. They