Books, Movies & Music Reviews

Blood, Sweat, and Gears the DVD recently became available to the public. I saw it on the Choppers Inc. website and had to get it. I knew Billy was doing something special for the soldiers overseas, but you have no idea of the magnitude of each build until you watch this tape. Absolutely incredible! The […]

Just finished reading UNDER & ALONE by William Queen. WOW, what a ride! In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to

From start to finish, this DVD is a fine example of what John Mayall & his very talented friends are all about. John has been around a long time, so most blues lovers would have heard of him and for those of you who haven't, do yourself a favor and check him out. Mayall was

This is a true story of an Angel on two wheels traveling to Hell and back.Elena, the presenter of this non-fiction piece has ridden her motorcycle through the Dead Zone of the nuclear hell that is Chernobyl today.I read her story in the first few months that she had it online.Since then over 15 million

You never know what snippets of gold you might come across when you're snooping around your local bike shops. I was wandering around “Rollies Speed Shop” in Brisbane ( well known to Queensland bikers) about a month ago and there they were, four volumes of “Easyriders Tech Tips & Tricks”. I couldn't believe it, man

Anyone who read my review of Ewan Macgregor and Charley Boorman’s book Long Way Round, will know I thought it was crap. And I still do.What I now know is that the book was crap because obviously Ewan and Charley just cannot write an interesting story in words.The DVD movie of their circumnavigation of the

Long Way Round By Ewan Macgregor and Charley BoormanLet me say right from the start that I may not be the best person to review Ewan and Charley’s book, ‘cause we have different ideas of what world motorcycling traveling is all about.They took just three months to circumnavigate the world. From Britain, across Europe, into

Looking for an excellent Christmas gift for a Brother, Sister,Co-Worker or fellow Club Member? Looking for something asa Holiday gift for your son, your daughter or your spouse? Sonny Barger’s new book, Freedom … Credos From The Road,could be just the choice. To be honest, you most likely will enjoy reading Barger’s newbook yourself and

That’s Glenn Priddle, from Australia in black, who is now the Bikernet music correspondent. He’ll bring you hot reviews of new and old CDs, blues and rock from time to time. Between Glenn and I we will attempt to review new DVDs of biker related show, if we can stay awake through them. Hang on.

I don’t watch DVDs of motorcycle shit. I don’t know what it is? Well maybe I do. I don’t watch many Biker Build-off Shows, either. I think there’s a couple of factors at play: I’m working with motorcycle media all day and Bandit. It moves fast, real fast. I find most of these shows are

Have you ever been working in the garage trying to follow a “how-to” book? Wouldn’t it be better if it was all put on the TV? Shit, everything else is on TV. Why not a DVD on how to do shit? There is one company out there that seems to have the reader in mind;

Harley Davidson Panhead Restoration BibleJust in time for the Christmas season is another outstanding book from Wolfgang Publications. Whether you are an old hand in the shop or a newbie, this book offers plenty of information for anyone thinking about a restoration or already in the depths of one. Panhead Restoration is chock full of