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MAJOR PROGRESS BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for September 7, 2017

Hey, Itā€™s a day of progress.Franky will get his Tattoo Dyna ready for a trip to Bennettā€™s Performance on Saturday. He worked out a Tattoo Deal to get his FXR rear belt replaced. The lastest Horse magazine arrived in the mail yesterday. We heard they were in trouble, but up pops a new issue. Parts arrived for my strange Panhead project from J&P Cycle and Franky delivered them to Bob Bennett for the rebuild. The master painter Deny is almost finished with the ā€™64, ā€™69, and ā€™79 Panhead paint job. What the hell? We have high hopes for the Easyriders pending deal. It came after the auction deal didnā€™t work, but this deal was initiated by the auction, so maybe ...
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First Drive ā€” 2018 Polaris Slingshot

How much fun can one have on three wheels? We found the answer with Polaris' new 2018 line of road-hugging screamers. Read more.
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A Little Bondo Will Sort It Out

Over the Labor Day weekend, I got to work on a special project at a body shop around L.A. In the space next to me was a team of guys who spent no more than 24 hours fixing an old Toyota. They wanted to get it done so that one of the guys' mom could drive to work in a car that wasn't all mangled up and was the same color all over. It wasn't particularly pretty work, it wasn't done by the rules, but it would have to do. One guy was mixing and applying plastic filler with extra hardener so it would cure quickly, while another was thrashing with an orbital sander mere minutes after the goop was ...
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Threesome Report: World Wide Trikes News

Can-Am 500, Polaris Slingshot Ride Command, Rewaco Trike discounts, and a monster dealer in Florida. Read more.
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Krawiec Scores Win At NHRA U.S. Nationals

Harley-Davidson Screaminā€™ Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Ed Krawiec used a Harley-Davidson Street Rod competition motorcycle to crush the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle field at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway. Krawiec was the top qualifier for the prestigious Labor Day weekend event, heading the class with a 6.822-second elapsed time. In Mondayā€™s elimination rounds Krawiec set the quickest time of the day with a 6.842-second blast at 196.56 mph in round one and then proceeded to charge through the field. His final-round win was the third of the season for the three-time world champion and the 39th of his career. ā€œThis was a really big win for us,ā€ said Krawiec. ā€œWe showed the rest of the field ...
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115th Anniversary Harley-Davidson News

  Mark your calendars for our 115th Anniversary. Weā€™re throwing parties for the people who all share a passion for the freedom of two wheels. Starting in Prague July 5 ā€“ 8, 2018 and bringing the party home to Milwaukee August 29 ā€“ September 2, 2018.
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SUPER HOT SUNDAY POST for September 3, 2017

Hey, Itā€™s been sorta hot on the coast and Iā€™m sure the desert near Three Palms (the rest, 26, burnt down), California and Vegas is smokinā€™ hot. The south is under water and it had to be caused because someone bailed out the auto industry and theyā€™ve sold too many cars causing global warming, climate change and devastation. It had to be our fault. The earth has been perfect for millions of years until we came along and lite the first bonfire, cooked meat and the rest is historyā€¦ I have another one to consider. I keep reading about radical Muslims and the blame game. Power hungry humans have made every historic mistake possible in the desire to expand their ...
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Yamaha Announces Production Delay For 2018 Star Venture

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, today announced a production delay for the 2018 Star Venture transcontinental touring motorcycle. This delay will result in delivery of the new model to dealerships and customers in the latter half of December, 2017. ā€œThe excitement and reception of the 2018 Yamaha Star Venture exceeded all of our initial expectations,ā€ said Mike Doughty, General Manager of Yamahaā€™s Motorcycle Group. ā€œThis production delay is a very unfortunate situation, but we stand by our commitment to the quality of our motorcycles, and the highest level of customer service for both our customers and our dealers.ā€ The announcement is being shared with Star Venture customers who participated in the Priority Delivery Program, as well as Yamaha Dealers nationwide, after ...
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ALL-AROUND BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for August 31, 2017

Hey, This is one of those days.We could go in almost any direction. The mural is flying alongside our building. We are almost finished with Frankyā€™s Dyna. Although he doesnā€™t know how to think about his ride since the factory killed the model. Itā€™s as if heā€™s homeless. "SAY A PRAYER FOR THE FOLKS IN TEXAS"ā€”Ā Sidehack Jerry Iā€™m waiting to hear from Deny and my Panhead Paint. I need to send some cam followers back to JIMS. We decided on running JIMS solids and Eric Bennett is ordering me a mid range cam for the 74-inch monster from Lienweber. I ordered new rocker arms and bases from J&P cycles. We will have all the pieces in short order and Bob ...
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