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Cypher’s Cycle

Ray pulled up to The Place and looked up at its weathered sign. Severalpick-up trucks and a rusted El Camino sat along side the little bar. Hestood up tall and proud from the scoot and sauntered into the bar like agunfighter looking for trouble.Vintage Conway Twitty assaulted Ray’s ears as his eyes adjusted to thedarkness. […]

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Cypher’s Cycle

Razor Ray opened a bloodshot eye and groaned. It wasn’t bad enough thathis three day-speed binge and Jack Black hangover made his head feel asif the points of a million stilettos were tapping on the inside of hisbrain pan. It wasn’t bad enough that the insides of his eyelids felt as ifthey were being eaten

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Linda Lou

The jukebox was playing Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Freebird. The tempo was picking up, and Bo, a young biker/stranger in this small berg, reached out to pick up a little something himself. Linda Lou, a hot looking local number that regularly melted strangers, had been shaking her tits at him for the past two or three songs,

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Grace The Halls

Friday night, 9 o’clock, downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Corner brick bar, three days before Christmas. Some 60 years of coal dust had robbed the ceramic stone of its color and replaced it with flat black. Two Shovelheads were parked at the curb. A drizzling rain formed a puddle on the solo seat of one of the

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Ridin’ In

Wednesday night, Mick rolled his bobbed ’92 Dyna onto his table lift and pulled up a battered bar stool to begin checking the performance machine over from end to end. Mick was single, alone, and tired from a day deep in mud and sludge in the oil fields. He lived in a small industrial complex

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Suicide is Painful

It was just another boring day on the job, but at least it was Thursday, so he was over the hump. The security guard sat watching the monitors that were hooked into the perimeter surveillance system. There had been a few friends of the family coming and going, plus the pool man and gardeners, but

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Two-Wheeled Love -Part two

… they jumped in the cab of Bobby’s pickup, and peeled out of the lot and onto the coast highway, heading south. There was only one road to travel from town to town in the redwood region. The winding Pacific Coast Highway skirted along the sheer precipices high above the jagged, coastal landscape. Below, the

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May 27, 2010 Part 2

BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS Wrap– Continued From Page 1NEW VICTORY SLIPONS FROM D&D PERFORMANCE ENT.– D&D 2008-2010 Victory Vision Boss Slip-ons for the ultimate Victory touring motorbike. The slipons increase power and torque. You can install them in less time than it takes to complete your lunch. The Victory Vision Boss Slip-ons come in midnight black

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May 27, 2010 Part 1

BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS – MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE Bikernet Bonneville Peashooter engine. Check out that stroker plate.Hey,Tis is a party weekend, but don’t forget the men and women who have died to keep us free. We also need to take some time out to preserve our freedom. The fight isn’t over. I’m a nut. I love

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May 27, 2004 Part 1

BIKERNET NEWS FLASH–COPS ON EVERY CORNER FOR MEMORIAL DAY! Phil Ross (bald guy in the back), Bandit and Phil’s son-in-law before the whiskey tap started to flow.I’m still hungover. I had this crazy experience Tuesday night. I was invited to Phil Ross’s daughter’s home in Torrance for a Fondue dinner. Phil is one of the

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Bonneville 2007 Effort, Chapter 6

Mentally I’ve kicked off this chapter a thousand times. I come up with one lead after another to characterize my feelings at this construction juncture. I still feel two months behind schedule and scrambling. On one side side we’re making real progress, on the other, well you’ll see. Official Bikernet.com Cannon.Last chapter we began bending

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Two-Wheeled Love

Stormin’ Norman slammed his mug on the bar. “Fuckin’ bitch!” he yelled, tossing the thick, empty beer glass against the mirror behind the bar. Both shattered instantly. Exploding shards of glass blanketed the bar, bartender, and barmaid. Norman was big and burly. Some called him Bear. He wore a fringed leather jacket with strips of

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March 25, 2010 Part 1

BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS – LEGALIZE MARY JANE, K AND G ROLL BACK PRICING SPECIALS, LE PERA GETS BUSY AND MORE… Hey,This rapidly turned into the Sportster news special, or maybe not. I’m working on an article/guide on Sportster related products. Sportsters are the cheap avenue for anyone to jump into our lifestyle. You can buy

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5-Ball Racing Chapter 5

I’m smokin'. This is going to be a scrambled, heavy report, so grab a beer and relax. Just when we thought the Assalt Weapan effort was toast or in serious jeopardy, the gods of Stroker Motors stepped up. First we had a glitch with the frame and Paughco saved our butts. Then Berry Wardlaw called

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5-Ball Racing Chapter 4

Hang on, as we ramble into this report after feeling stuck on a Pacific island reef. Our frame team fell apart, and I was forced to pick up the phone, calling my longtime friend, Bob Clark and Ron Paugh from Paughco, around the middle of February. Remember, we wanted to have the frame, wheels and

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Slugfest

Sticky shards of beer bottle splashed against his face as Harrison rolled in the soiled sawdust to escape a worn, pointed cowboy boot. His troubled mind whirled. What was he doing diving towards the cigarette butt-strewn deck of the cowboy bar anyway?Less than a half hour before he pulled his ’78 Shovelhead up to the

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Chop N Grind Surfaces

It’s that time of the year again; race season is about to start! With much success at BUB`S International Motorcycle Speed Trails at Bonneville Salt Flats, the Chop N Grind Crew will be racing again at El Mirage and Bubs Speed Trails. We now hold the AMA National Land Speed Record for the Modified Pushrod

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May 20, 2010 Part 2

BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS CONTINUES… Continued From Page 1 THREE Nutrition Tips for Arthritis–If your mornings begin with stiffness, pain and swelling of your joints you may be experiencing symptoms of osteoarthritis. In addition to getting regular exercise (low-impact is the best) and maintaining a healthy weight, consider the following nutritional strategies to help prevent or

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May 20, 2010 Part 1

BIKERNET THURSDAY NEWS UPDATES – BACK IN THE SADDLE Hey,Trying to catch up after being out of touch for a couple of weeks is nuts. I’m down to about 500 e-mails, and hopefully I haven’t missed any major news in the Chopper World. This week is harried with a book deadline for the first chapter

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