Options in Harley exhaust pipes are as great as the chest of Anna Nicole Smith. You can buy and bolt-on. Years of stock layouts from Harley — plus a rich aftermarket — let you adapt and adopt styles ranging from ol’ time upsweep to drag to collector to shotgun. If you are stubborn like me […]
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These stainless steel fork stops have internal stops and were designed to eliminate the typical problems encountered with other fork stop systems. External stops are unsightly and tend to damage paint and chrome. Some internal stops shear screws and pins but these cups, built by Milwaukee Iron in Lynchburg, Virginia, were designed to avoid all
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Readers often ask about fork tube specifications. There are somany we’ve been in search of standard information to help buildersunderstand what the hell they’re working with. This information camefrom Rick Whitehead of Custom Cycle Engineering. As you will seebelow, they make and chrome any size you need. “For over 30 years we have manufactured extension
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Yeah, right, there once was a time when changing handlebars meant taking off the throttle, the grip on the left side, and one mirror, replacing the bars and bolting the other shit back on. Ah, but that was 5,000 years ago. Now replacing a set of bars is worse than replacing a piston in the
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Let’s get right down to the basics. The most important group, ofitems, that hold your whole scooter together is fasteners. Nuts andbolts can be very confusing to the novice. The concept of assemblingcomponents held together with socket-head, button-heads, Torx-head,setscrews, elastic lock nuts (Nylocks), flex-nuts, 12 points and capscrews could become a mind-boggling choice. Add to
BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–THREE STAFF MEMBERS KIDNAPPED BY CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP (CONTINUED) Continued from Page 1 A COP PULLS A GUY OVER–for speeding and asked, “May I seeyour driver’s license?” The driver answered, “I don’t have one. I had itsuspended when I got my 5th DUI.”The officer asked, “May I see the owner’s card for this
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–THREE STAFF MEMBERS KIDNAPPED BY CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIPThe neighbors called the cops on us last night. It was just an innocent party–Karl had flown in from Phoenix for fire department union negotiations and Steve, the bum for Orange County, rode his rattle-trap Softail into the headquarters. It makes louder noise from the valve
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–BANDIT’S CANTINA DUE TO LAUNCH FRIDAY, MURDER AND INTRIGUE ABOUNDSI slipped out of town for a couple of days while the feds sniffed around the headquarters. All the girls were sick as dogs and some conniving bitch was trying to get the scoop on the Cantina. It was time to be scarce, away
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–SHE LEFT ME FOR ANOTHER WOMAN–MY GIRLFRIEND (CONTINUED) Continued From to Page 1AN UPSCALE BROTHER– enters his favorite ritzy restaurant….. While sitting at his regular table, he notices a gorgeous woman sitting at a table nearby….all alone. He calls the waiter over and asks for their most expensive bottle of merlot to be
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BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–SHE LEFT ME FOR ANOTHER WOMAN–MY GIRLFRIEND With Laughlin behind us, we’re back at the computers like mad men and women. With our new bookkeeper tied up and naked in the basement, I explained to her how lucky we are to be able to make a humble living doing what we love. She
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