Hey, It’s the day after Christmas. Life is truly amazing. It’s too bad someone doesn’t put it properly into written words, share it with the world and teach it in classes. It’s simple and magnificent. If only we could take a pill and eliminate hate, power, and ego to be replaced with freedom and love. […]
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It’s been seven years since we wrote about the Driver Alcohol Detection System and Safety (DADSS) program–A Frog in the Pot, E-newsletter #187–and efforts to make ignition interlock devices standard equipment in all vehicles. Proponents of forcing all drivers to pass alcohol detection testing before being able to operate their cars are nothing if not
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It’s all about the Chopper Fantasy and Santa’s Chopped Sleigh I had a discussion with a brother about the Sturgis Hall of Fame this week and he made a statement confirming my long-standing belief. He said that no other industry is quite like the custom motorcycle industry. Unlike the auto industry, boating and so many
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Hey, Knowledge, understanding, the Way, and technology: They are all flying at us fast. Hell, I don’t know where to start. Awhile back I mentioned business owners and their constant challenges, from the government, technology, competition and the market. Those challenges are more daunting than ever before and more beneficial in many respects. Personal life
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Hey, Life is so interesting. Always remember two masterful quotes from folks on a much higher pay grade level than my humble self: “Everything will be all right in the end. If it’s not all right, it’s not the end.” “Think your absolute worst thought. Then take a breath and ponder the fact: It was
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Hey, Making progress is a major motivator. I like to climb out of bed thinking the day is going to be exciting. This week I solved some issues, took my 1928 Shovelhead to Larry Settle for a look-over. We organized and shipped Hugh King’s Discovery Channel biker build-off bike to the Sturgis Museum. We attempted
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Hey, A couple of infrastructure changes. From now on, we will post the news on the Free side of the Bikernet Iron Curtain for one week each week. We will also do the same with selected articles before slipping them into Bandit’s Cantina archives for our esteemed members. We need members, but I want the
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I’ve got birds flying around inside the shop. That’s okay, but the sparrows shit on stuff, but Cash our high-security watch dog doesn’t mind. Hell, his pointed ears don’t even move. I just returned from Deadwood. The redhead had me freaked about the 8 degrees in the shade temps. It was fucking beautiful. Hell, I
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I’m going to be glad when this year is toast By Bandit, Wayfarer, Rogue, Jim Houck, Laura, the Redhead, Sam, RFR, Bob T. and the rest of the gang Okay, just relax. That’s the name of my accountant’s business. Shit is happening fast on most fronts and I’m going to Deadwood to relax and slip
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Looks like my offer on a house in Deadwood found a dead end. Maybe it’s not meant to be. Then again, you never know. Regarding The torpedo. I welded the helmet canopy in place and painted it. I drilled the holes for the fire suppression lines to the engine compartment. Suddenly, my 1946 Indian Chief
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We Are Living in the Best of Times and should Celebrate I feel a shift coming. In some respects, I hope it’s a shift in the direction of Freedom. We are actually living in the best of times. Everything on the planet has improved for the better and we need to celebrate, not control and
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Staying True to the Code of the West and Supporting Freedom Forever Life is so interesting, challenging, foreboding and sometimes fucked. But what the hell, each day is an adventure of sorts. It’s all about your attitude towards every aspect. The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including:
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It Couldn’t Be Better or more Beautiful I am a man of many strange thoughts. Although, they are predominantly centered around riding free and helping others. I woke up the other beautiful morning and noted how the heat has subsided some and it was a perfect day for working in the shop and getting shit
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The End Bikernet Weekly News for September 5, 2019 It’s Twisted and Fun Just don’t forget: Everything will be all right in the end, and if it’s not all right, it’s not the end. Let’s hit the news. The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source
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Thoughtful News about the Way, Travel and Strapping down Your Motorcycle By Bandit, Bob T., Bill Bish, Rogue, Laura, Barry Green, Sam Burns, the Redhead, and the rest of the crew The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part by companies who also dig Freedom including: Cycle Source Magazine, the MRF, Las Vegas Bikefest, Iron
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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
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The Race is on for Truth, Justice, Fairness, Freedom and Fast Shit. All across America, more women are finding joy on two wheels, and spending money on motorcycling, and it’s generating media coverage. I want to jump right into the news. I need to scramble back into the shop and start work on the Salt
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It’s Quick, Dirty, Informative and Controversial We live in the best of times, but control freaks can’t stand it. You can’t just have fun, not possible. But bikers do and so do surfers. We know about the wind. We know about riding free, building what we want and rolling wherever it will take us. CLICK
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Bikernet Weekly News for 01 August 2019 Sturgis is starting tomorrow and news is coming in from the road out. The cute little Easyriders French editor is coming to see me next week. Frankie went to MetalSport about his FXR front wheel yesterday and is coming to see me around his Dyna front wheel today.
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I’ve been approached by two companies to either write or produce a documentary on the history of Easyriders. The new Choppers Magazine wants a written story and a documentary producer approached me about producing a documentary. What was an Easyrider? What did he stand for and who understood the code and who didn’t? That may
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Call to Action! This is your chance to help Freedom and Choice Ring It’s amazing, in a world gone nuts with regulation, one state is considering freedom. Check it out, in the news. Missouri has an adult helmet repeal in front of their Governor. Did you know about half of our states have adult freedom
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There’s Always Freedom in the Air in America It’s Thursday. And we are celebrating the Declaration of Independence that we are all equal and deserve happiness. At the end of the day, it’s up to man to set and enforce morals. We have the capabilities to do everything right. As a brother said as we
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What’s hip and what’s real? We see it constantly around us. It’s one of the things I liked about being a biker. It was just me and my motorcycle. I wore what I wore for me and nobody else. Most of us looked like hell most of the time. Who cared? Life is changing fast
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In a world gone insane with regulation you see that freedom still matters. In Missouri they are about to repeal the adult helmet law. The accident rate for motorcycles hasn’t increased in a decade, yet the number of riders on the road has, but who cares. We ride for freedom and excitement, not to improve
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