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We like to scout all over the internet for stories relevant to you. Today, we found this one… to read with a grain of salt. We really do live in a culture of fea after all…   If you’re over 40 and planning to hop on a motorcycle, take care. Compared with younger riders, the odds of being seriously injured are high. That is the message of a new study, published this week in the journal Injury Prevention, which found that older bikers are three times as likely to be severely injured in a crash as younger riders. The percentage of older bikers on the road is quickly rising, and their involvement in accidents is a growing concern. Nationwide, from 1990 to 2003, the percentage of motorcyclists over age 50 soared from roughly 1 in 10 to about 1 in 4. At the same time, the average age of riders involved in motorcycle crashes has also been climbing. Injury rates among those 65 and older jumped 145 percent from 2000 to 2006 alone. Because of the increase in motorcycle ridership among older Americans, the researchers, led by Tracy Jackson, a graduate student in the epidemiology department at Brown University, wanted a closer look at their injury patterns. So she and her colleagues combed through a federal database of motorcycle crashes that were serious enough to require emergency medical care. That yielded about 1.5 million incidents involving motorcyclists 20 or older from 2001 to 2008. Continue reading

Apparently there was a time in Houston’s past when you could see two bikini-clad girls riding through the streets of downtown to promote a movie … in January or thereabouts. In this 1968 photo, accompanied by a brief Houston Chronicle write-up headlined “How to clear traffic — and stop it,” Sharon Horne and Judy Bracey are leading an escort to the Metropolitan Theatre to help promote the Dean Martin film “The Ambushers.” In the car behind them is fashion designer Joan King, representing Oleg Cassini, who designed the film’s wardrobe, sets, hairstyles and makeup. Continue reading

  I have a lot of full custom bikes and love to ride them but when you’ve got that much money and time invested in something it’s hard to take it out and beat it up on a daily bases. When you leave a $50k bike on the street in front of the bar its hard to be relaxed. Not that everyone shouldn’t own one or two full customs, but that you should also have the modified stocker that is replaceable. That’s what I set out to do with a ugly, heavy, 1999 Harley Dyna.   Continue reading

We stumbled on this editorial by David Salter and felt compelled to share it with Bikernet readers. Enjoy   I blame much of society's ills on golfers. Back in the dawn of time golf started out as a simple game where you whacked a ball with a club trying to get it in to a hole in as few whacks as possible. What could be simpler? For years Neanderthals were perfectly happy with their custom hand crafted flint headed club attached to a stick by a leather thong as they whacked away at golf balls and merrily chased them between feeding Mastodons on those primitive courses as they they laid the foundation for the modern game of golf. Who knew that in the modern era golfers would have worked it out so that in order to be socially acceptable you need a battery of specialized clubs numbered one to nine including an odd looking one with a P on it just to whack a single golf ball where mastodons once roamed? I mean who uses just one club? So what does this have to do with motorcycles? Back in the day a motorcycle was a motorcycle and you rode it any where you wanted. No matter what brand you rode there was no one to tell you that if you wanted to ride to The Grand Canyon and back from anywhere in America your bike was totally inadequate. There was no one to stand there giving you a variety of reasons why your bike was no good and you needed something like a Sport Touring Bike with adjustable wind screen and specifically designed to ride to The Grand Canyon and back otherwise you were hopeless. Continue reading

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Come to the Grand National Invitational Finals February 8, 9 and 10 in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center (Halls E & F) 400 North High St – Columbus, OH 43215 Show Hours: Fri 4pm-9pm Sat.10am-9pm Sun.10am-5pm Admission Adults: Fri $20.00 Sat $25.00  Sun $20.00 Weekend Pass $35.00 $5 Discount For All ACTIVE MILITARY  – Must Show Military ID At Time Of Purchase  – "Can ONLY Be Used At Box Office" Admission Kids: (6-12) $10.00 Each Day 5 yrs & younger-Free Host Hotel: Doubletree Suites by Hilton Columbus Downtown – 50 South Front St. – Columbus, OH 43215 Ph 614-228-4600 >

Clean   08' Sportster 883 Custom. All stock with exception of some aftermarket grips and shift lever. Runs like new. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Bikernet spotted this clever new product at V-Twin Expo. Check it out! With the newer Harley-Davidson’s and their taller seat heights, have you considered lowering the front and rear to get better handling with your bike?   If you have, you need a kickstand that will work and keep your bike upright safely because the stock kickstand will lean the bike to the right too much and it will want to fall over.   Pingel Enterprise, Inc. has designed 2 kickstand models for lowered bikes with a model for 1” lowered front and rear bikes and one for 2” lowered front and 1” lowered rear bikes.   These kickstands are handcrafted in the USA, made of steel, tig welded and beautifully hand polished and then chrome plated.  They are designed to mount to the stock mount and will accept the stock spring.  Unlike the stock H-D kickstand, these models have a large surface foot pad contact area to support the bike better on the ground.  The kick tab is also easily accessible for use with stock and oversized primary covers.   Pingel also has a stock replacement model which has a lesser lean angle to make it easier to get the heavy bike off its kickstand.  To be used with the Pingel 1” rear lowering kits. Go to Pingel to see this and many more products for your motorcycle.

A hearing room filled with patch-wearing motorcycle club members broke out in cheers Wednesday as an Arizona Senate committee passed a bill requiring police to take training highlighting a ban on profiling of motorcyclists by law enforcement officers. The unusual sight at the state Capitol was prompted by a bill attempting to address complaints from motorcycle club members who say they're frequently stopped by police for no legitimate reason. Republican Sen. Judy Burges of Sun City West is the sponsor. Ken Mei of Phoenix, president of the local chapter of the Peckerwoods Motorcycle Club, said the treatment he and his fellow members receive from police makes it obvious they're being singled out. "The other day me and a friend of mine were out riding our motorcycles, and we got pulled over by a highway patrolmen, two city (of) Phoenix policemen and a helicopter," Mei said after the hearing ended. "We didn't receive any citations, anything. They basically wanted to know about our patches." Continue reading

If you must wear a helmet, you might as well make it a fun experience, so here are a few new designs from Bell Helmets, inspired from Roland Sand's creations. Bell has even extended their exclusive artist series with Chris Wood and AIRTRIX. Good Times, Panel Orange and RSD Trouble – The Original Bell helmet from 1954 gets some killer paint jobs, featuring a “Good Times” retro writing, a tough guy “Trouble” design and a sleek “Panel Orange” stripe.