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Bike Feature — Todd’s Monster Shovelhead

  Todd Silicato is just that kind of guy. He worked for PM for years, but had the balls to strike out on his own and kick off Todd’s Cycles, which became a success. He designed his own product line, built wild customs and modified stock bikes. He’s sort of a quiet guy with his easy-going wife, Lisa, at his back. But he’s a biker with a constantly creative mind, always clicking, tinking, and contemplating his next move. Keep reading.

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Bonhams To Auction Collection of American pre-war Bikes

  On Oct. 17, the eyes of the classic motorcycle world will be on Bonhams’ annual sale in Staffordshire, U.K., as 60 vintage motorcycles from the Lonati collection cross the block at the two-day auction. The collection is essentially a private museum of mostly American motorcycles, and it contains a number of gems that will approach the $50,000 and $100,000 barrier. The Lonati collection hails from Brescia, Italy, and was started by Francesco Lonati with the purchase of a 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA. The collection quickly grew in size, eventually gaining a permanent home at a Santoni textile machine factory. “This is an incredibly rare find — 60 fantastic collectors’ motorcycles, all carefully stored in the Brescia-based private museum of entrepreneur and CEO of the Santoni Group, Tiberio Lonati,” commented Ben Walker, international director at Bonhams Collectors’ Motorcycles. “Mr. Lonati loved what motorcycles represent, ‘complete freedom,’ the open road, something highly synonymous with U.S. motorcycle marque Harley-Davidson, which is perhaps why he had so many!” More information about this auction is available here.  

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Bad Dad Street Glide

   This Street Glide would serve as a platform for designing several of the company’s new body panels & billet accessories.  The bike’s goal was to build a great looking motorcycle like many of the custom baggers seen in American Bagger, but to also maintain a high level of practicality so the bike can still be used for rides to work and trips to Sturgis. – See more at: http://bikernetbaggers.com/

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Bad Dad’s 992 Floorboards

Enhance your riding comfort and style with Bad Dad’s 992 Floorboards. Bad Dad’s custom floorboards are CNC machined from 6061 aircraft grade billet aluminum and are available in black powdercoat & chrome. These great floorboards include all necessary mounting hardware and are finished with a custom cut rubber insert for a comfortable ride. Matching passenger boards , shift pegs, brake pedal, and shift linkage are also available to complete this custom look. See all of Bad Dad’s custom floorboards at www.baddad.com/products/Floorboards or by calling 260-407-2000. All of Bad Dad’s custom billet parts are proudly milled in the USA.

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California: Governor has Until Sunday, October 11, to Consider Two Anti-Gun Bills

Two outstanding anti-gun bills remain that Governor Brown has to make a decision on by Sunday, October 11. Please contact Governor Brown TODAY and urge him to VETO these unwarranted bills. Let the Governor know that these bills would do nothing to address crime and that they would only impact law-abiding gun owners. Listed below are some arguments against each of these bills:  Assembly Bill 1134 would increase the red tape and costs associated with issuing CCW permits and make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to apply for CCW permits, while doing nothing to reduce crime. Senate Bill 707 would lead to the unjust prosecution of otherwise law-abiding firearm owners.  It is a solution in search of a problem.  SB 707 is yet another misguided bill that only impacts law-abiding CCW permit holders while doing nothing to reduce crime. Don’t forget to forward this alert to your family, friends, and fellow gun-owners and sportsmen urging them to also contact Governor Brown and to respectfully ask him to VETO AB 1134 and SB 707.

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Bikernet Baggers Rides Cross-Country with Mighty NY Myke

The Harley-Davidson Dealer Show ends with a ride for about 150 or so dealers from all over the world who sign up. My wife, Petrina, rode her Street Glide, and I got a new 2016 Limited from the show in Las Vegas and we rode to Durango, Colorado and the Four Corners, then to Vail, Colorado, and then back to San Diego, California. After we kicked of the riding season with a great and fast ride to ROLLING THUNDER, in Washington, DC, with my friend Robert Patrick, and then continued with a ride to Austin, Texas, for the Peace, Love, and Happiness Ride. We didn’t stop there but rode to Sturgis and another Peace, Love, and Happiness Ride. You would have thought Petrina and I would have closed the book on the riding season of 2015, right…wrong! Red more.

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So you want to make your Vegas 8-ball more like an Indian Larry Chopper?

Sooooo Elisa Seeger, owner of Indian Larry Motorcycles in Brooklyn New York, has invited me to their September 19th annual block party in honor of Larry. I can’t go. However since I’m a fan of Larry and have been writing a serialized sci-fi book called ‘BORDERLAND BIKER in memory of Indian Larry and Doo Wop music’ for Bikernet Magazine, I decide to honor him by making two changes on my Victory Vegas 8-Ball. Hey, what can I say; from following the teachings of Jesus to buying Gene Autry lunch boxes folks have for thousands of years found ways to be more like the people they respect. Read more.

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’47 Knucklehead Barn Find Goes For $40,000 At Auction In Canada

A 1947 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead recently emerged from a cottage garage in Haviland Shores, Canada—a true barn find.   “Barn finds have more appeal than a restored bike or car. If an old Corvette was found in a barn it is worth a lot more than one at your neighbour’s that he spent $30,000 to restore,” says Auctioneer Vernon Bailey. “There’s an aura about this bike. There was just over 7,000 of them built,” he said. The Knucklehead design was discontinued after 1947, making this model among the most desirable. The item didn’t go up for bids because Ontario’s Public Guardian and Trustee — who were conducting the auction — were hesitant to sell the item with no ownership papers. Bailey said in 1947 people didn’t worry as much about ownership papers. “[The Public Guardian and Trustee] were convinced after speaking to nieces and nephews and neighbours that the owner was the legitimate owner of the bike,” added Bailey. Police were called during the sale because so many cars were parked on both sides of the road during the auction, said Bailey. He weeded out some low phone bids before Saturday’s auction because he had a verified email bid for $15,000. “I had guys call from southern Ontario asking what I thought it would go for and I said ‘I know it will do over $15,000.’ They said ‘Oh, it will never do that. It will cost $18,000 to restore,’ and I said, ‘Everybody is telling me it’s not going to be restored.’” “I think it also seems to be a craze that we’re in right now because a lot of cars are not being restored. If someone were to find a 1957 Chevy right now — all dull and a bit of rust on the chrome — that’s probably the way they would drive

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