Italian people have designer genes in their blood, as a guy called Luca Lamperti clearly shows after making a full custom Mad Max and Alien vs Predator mash-up based on a Ducati Monster. He calls it the Apophis 99942. Grezzo, by his nickname, runs a custom builds workshop called Raw Bike Factory and he is […]
If Mad Max Needed One More Motorcycle for Filming, This Would Have Been It Read More »
What was your favorite Super Bowl commercial this year? Ours is the Lowbrow Super Ball Commercial we made last year… It is only a minute and a half long.. watch and enjoy. Let us know what you think in the YouTube comments or by replying to this email! PS – Mama Tried is coming up
by Wm. Steven Humphrey from https://www.portlandmercury.com/ If you love motorcycles, then the annual One Motorcycle Show is the cultural event of the season! Experience hundreds of the hottest rare, custom-built motorcycles designed by master crafters from across America (and of course, here in the PNW). Oh, but that’s not all! Along with delicious brews, coffee,
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by Thia James from https://thestarphoenix.com Saskatoon’s Rik Albert speaks about his unique art and his 10-year quest to bring an ergonomic bike handle bar to market. “You build that?” asks a man walking along the residential street where Rik Albert rides his bike, equipped with a Toon bar, a raised handle bar of his invention.
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by Daniel Patrascu from https://www.autoevolution.com On the market as a naked motorcycle paying tribute to the classic bikes of old, the Yamaha XSR900 somehow manages not to be a real head-turner. At least not in factory specification, because when custom builders get down to business, it turns into something else entirely. The factory-made motorcycle is
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Royal Enfield and BUILD Moto Mentor Program Partner to Benefit Wisconsin Students Royal Enfield Donates More Than $100,000 in Motorcycles, Parts to Youth Program MILWAUKEE (Nov. 22, 2019) —Royal Enfield and BUILD Moto Mentor Program are joining forces in a unique partnership designed to use motorcycles to build positive futures forWisconsin high school students. The
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The Man of Many of Many Celebrities and Harleys I’ve known and worked with Gene Thomason at Bartels’ H-D in Marina Del Rey, California for about 35 years. He was always known for his Harley-Davidson and Marlboro Man bikes, but he worked with way more celebrities during his long history with Bartels. READ THE FEATURE
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It’s a Game Changing Wild News By Bandit, Bob T., Bill Bish, Rogue, Laura, Barry Green, Sam Burns, the Redhead, and the rest of the crew This is going to be a wild day. This would have been the day we rolled out for the 2019 Bonneville Speed Trials, but it’s not happening. We still
Bonneville Bikernet Weekly News for August 22, 2019 Read More »
As you know, there’s an excuse for everything. We are scrambling very close to the Bonneville dates and still haven’t fired this puppy up. We’re still messing with the canopy and the body. I needed to take a step back and reassess how we were doing. READ THE SALT TORPEDO UPDATE IN THE CANTINA –
Too Close to Bonneville – the Salt Torpedo Read More »
Quite a bit has been going on here at Air-Tech, lots of new molds for new products, an awesome KZ build for a Mad Max reunion, and great race results from Air-Tech equipped racers… Bike builder Scott Horwood was invited to display his awesome Max replica, using our bodywork, at a reunion of cast members
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It’s a Mix of Madness and Metal By Bandit with shots from Wrench and Michael Lichter, the good ones. Oh and girls from Barry Green I rode to Camarillo to Jim’s Retirement party after having lunch with Rebecca, my 5th wife. In a world gone mad and bikers from hell roaming the city nights, it’s
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Denton Moto Born Free 11 Bike Build / Tucker Films The Tucker Team once again heads west, this time in support our friend David Morales, co-founder of Denton Moto as he enters his 1957 Triumph “Freebird” in the Born Free 11 Invited Builders Show. See what David has to the say about his custom build.
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Strider Bikes Announces the “Double Down Charity Program” New program increases youth ridership and feeds two charities simultaneously via youth balance bikes. Rapid City, SD – Strider Bikes, the leading manufacturer of balance bikes for children with over 2 million sold worldwide, launches a new direct-sale custom Strider program designed to further increase youth ridership
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Weekend Round-Up for May 13, 2019 Gray Skies and Strange Times This is a strange one. It’s May and supposed to be a very calm and successful month according to the stars and Chinese tea leaves. READ THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP – Click Here Salt Torpedo Chapter 18: Ready for Fiberglass Even on Easter we made
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Our friend Tim works over at the Gasbox. He came across an old ’73 Ironhead Sportster that had seen better days and decided it was a perfect evening project. He used a bunch of Lowbrow and Gasbox parts, and we think his bike turned out killer. Check it out and let us know what you think by
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Land speed racing is rarely a glamorous corporate affair. More often, it’s a lone innovator or small team sweating it out in a garage, striving toward a spot in the record books. And that’s very much the case with Shea Nyquist, who’s working with his fiancée and a couple of friends with a bunch of
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FREE STYLE WINNER GOES TO GERMANY FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AMD Free Style Class Anything goes, 2 or 3 wheel drivetrain/chassis motorcycle configuration as defined by the DMV. The only limitation is the builder’s imagination and resources. This class is for those who want the chance for the opportunity to compete in AMD World Championship
AMD Affiliate Qualifier Bike Show 2019 at ROT RALLY Read More »
You know me, I can’t sit still and talk about old times when we’re burnin’ daylight. I had to monkey with the Torpedo exhaust system again. The turn-out was going to be an issue. Micah and I got together on Monday and hammered at the firewall. We had a long discussion with Drew, who is
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Salt Torpedo Chapter 17: Cable Mania Wild Action Every Day: Where’s Our Fiberglass Guy? By Bandit with photos by Wrench I always wanted to be able to adjust the height or ground clearance, but that’s becoming more of an issue. So initially I would like to know if I can buy larger diameter front wheels,
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Old School Chopper Built with Today’s Resources and Time-Honored Work Ethic By Bandit with photos by Peter Linney Micah owned Micah McCloskey’s Custom Motorcycles on Sherman Way in the San Fernando Valley for 34 years, from ’79-‘13. Before that he worked at the same shop for Joe Scarber and before that for Gary Bang, before
Classic David Mann Styled Panhead Chopper Featured Read More »
It’s all about doing it the hard way We have always been a blue-collar effort. The world is changing fast, but we will remain the guys who build shit and ride our stuff into the sunset. Even our Salt Torpedo is not being built by engineers. It’s the first Streamlined trike to be registered for
Blue Collar Bikernet Weekly News for for March 21, 2019 Read More »
Prepping for the Charlotte ER Show By Stealth with photos by the magnificent Vicki The magnificent Stealth wrote this one week before the wild Easyriders Bike Show in Charlotte, NC. This show was always one of the best in the Easyriders annual series of shows. It consistently brought out the best in customs from the
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A Popular Volkswagen Engine has become the Heart of Trikes Everywhere. Join the rear of a Volkswagen with the front of a motorcycle, cover it with a sleek body the color of rancid plums or electric blue, chrome the motor, put wide tires on the rear and VOILA, you have a trike. Ready to roar,
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www.BikernetTrike.com Editor discovers joys of tomfoolery and nurtures his inner child Drift trikes aren’t new. They were known as Big Wheels or Green Machines in the 1970s. These featured mechanical tricks you might recognize on modern drift cars like “stick shift” brake handles and absurd steering angles. Fuzzy wristbands, Keds, and sliding sideways on a
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