SUNDAY MADNESS–PROJECTS AND PISSED OFF RIDERS An interesting stimulating week. The girls got crazy last night and made my week. Do all women have that psycho tendency? Ah, but if you don’t shoot them or throw ’em out a window, when they ‘re unleashed from the spell, times are amazing. Let’s get to the news, […]
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SUNDAY POST MADNESS–BEACH RIDE ROCKS, BIKE NIGHT IN AUSTIN AND CHROME HARDWARE–WHAT COULD BE BETTER I’m so damn tired, I’m about to fall down. The day called for Beach Ride madness. We rolled up to the Queen Mary at 8:00 am and signed in the bike show entrants. We wrestled with a killer-clear and warm
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SUNDAY POST MADNESS–LABOR DAY BARBECUE Arlen Ness, Deacon and Billy Lane at Chopper Only Show in Hawaii–for the Horse. We’re in the middle of labor day, and I’ve tied myself down to deadlines for a couple of magazines, HORSE and Hard Core Choppers. The Beach Ride Bike, lifting weights and waiting for sex is eating
SUNDAY POST SUMMER–DON’T READ THIS–RIDE GODDAMNIT! Summer fun. This summer has been a blast, but I’m missing my long ride for the season. I’m still working on plans for Durango on Labor Day. We’ll see. The women are trying to tie me down, projects around the headquarters, sex in the morning to keep me weak.
SUNDAY POST–SIZZLING SUNDAY MARGARITA NEWS I love this fuckin’ website for so many reasons. One, is that we can rock the world from day to day. We can turn it upside down tomorrow, if the wind whispers the word to us. Tonight, I decided that the Cantina would contain an additional benefit, sex. I’ve grappled
SUNDAY POST SIZZLES–DOG DAYS OF STURGIS I got calls from riders all over the country well before the week was over. They must have been slipping out of the Badlands early this year. It’s hot as hell today in Southern California. It’s hot all over the country. Brothers are dieing of the Iraqi heat. Find
SUNDAY POST–THE H-D QUARTERLY REPORT AND MORE Continued From Page 1 HARLEY-DAVIDSON RACING PROGRAMS TO BE RUN BY P & A DIVISION H-D Factory Dirt Track and Drag Racing Programs Will Fly Screamin? Eagle Colors. MILWAUKEE, WIS. – (August 1, 2003) Harley-Davidson recently announced that its factory drag racing and factory dirt track racing programs
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SUNDAY POST–STURGIS WATCH, JOURNALIST SLAMMED Photo from Frank Kaisler–Ventura Antique Meet That’s right. Everyone’s is rolling into Sturgis as we speak, except me. At a bike shop recently the brothers cheered at the mention of not attending Sturgis this year, as if rebels against mass marketing. We’ll see how they respond to Milwaukee? The stock
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BREAKING NEWS ? BANDIT ABANDONS SHIP AND BIKERS ARE BEING HARRASSED Bandit said he was just gonna ride to Barstow for the weekend when he left at the crack of dawn yesterday, but did he need to pack a week’s worth of clothes plus condoms and Viagra? His phone call last night was innocent enough,
SUNDAY POST LATE–INDIAN PLAYS IN TERMINATOR Just back from the LA Calendar show at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. There were hot chicks and even hotter bikes mixed with judging contraversy and reduced numbers. Overall a helluva show and the sex Saturday was over the top. We better get to the news: Bandit assigned
SUNDAY MADNESS–ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW COMIN’ ALONG WITH AIRBAGS FOR BIKERS–WATCH OUT! We’re rockin’ with deadlines. Watch as Badlands chapters become part of Bandit’s Cantina. Mike Lichter and I have been working on a book that captures the lives of outlaws all across America for a decade. It’s a tough one, but you’ll witness it coming together
SUNDAY POST LAST MINUTE REPORT–SHOWS POPPING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE I’m burnt. I was standing in the fog and sun in Ventura all day at the annual Ventura Antique Races and Show. This event has been around for 15 years. We hauled my ’48 EL and our ’39 WLDR to the event to show
SUNDAY POST MAYHEM–BAD COMPANY COMES TO BEACH RIDE, HAWAIIAN BIKE SHOW JULY 4TH WEEKEND AND SMOKE-OUT REPORT ’70s vintage shot from Bob T. I just rode in from Idyllwild in the San Jacinto mountains after a non-stop party last night. The coast was fogged in as I rode the King into the mountains. It was
SUNDAY POST-ON TIME-ON FATHER’S DAY-ON DISCOVERY COMPETITION-ON PAINT I gotta tell you this. Yesterday (Friday) Sin Wu and I drove to Pasadena and bought some 12-year-old and some the of regular Dew. That’s quite a trek for a bottle of booze. Last night I tested the pair. Good stuff. Today we escaped the headquarters to
SUNDAY CHECKERED FLAG NEWS Sunday’s like a starting line. I have a bunch of bullshit projects on my plate, then I want to run for the door. Do I make it to the garage to pull the Panhead into the sunlight for a short or long rides, a beer in the Cantina, the blues at
SUNDAY POST WILDNESS–BOOKS, OIL, DRESSER STABILITY AND THE BEACH RIDE REPORTS Here’s a new book being released by Motorbooks Int. The bike on the cover was built and painted by Harold Pontarelli, who paints most Bikernet customs. This was a weekend fraught with beneficial plans that were ultimately tossed out the window. We’ve had a
SUNDAY POST-MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE Last night we shot over to the Anahiem Convention Center for the Artistry in Ink tattoo convention. We watched Cory Miller s band groove, as women peeled off their duds for Billy Tinney’s camera to capture their ink under the soft lights. We discussed antique guns selling for as much as
SUNDAY POST–HUNGOVER AND READY TO RIDE The Sunday Paper Post is growing. Not sure I like that. This was supposed to be a special shot of new, hot news, only for Cantina Members. As the site grows more and more breaking news comes our way. If it’s hot and arrived after Thursday, it’s considered for
SUNDAY POST–ON TIME ALMOST EVERY TIME Okay, I’ll go to the party. I’m hungover, goddamnit. The sun is blazing on the Harbor. Although it’s Mom’s day, I’m faced with two deadlines for HORSE, Sunday Post, and there’s two articles in the hopper for the site. Jose wrote in in-depth research article on Billy Lane and
SUNDAY POST MADNESS–OLD SCHOOL PARTS, BILLET STUFF, BIKES FOR SALE, FREEDOM SAVED AND MORE… A couple of days ago I received a formidable challenge. Write the History of Bobbers for Hard-core Chopper Magazine of Japan in 750 words. I jumped at the challenge with the enthusiasm of a high school kid facing the promise of
SUNDAY POST MADNESS–BREAKDOWNS, KICK-STARTERS, NEW BATTERIES, AND MIDNIGHT ROAD TESTS It’s 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday. I know, I’m late, but I have bitchin’ excuses. I was out of the sack at 6:30 this morning. I pulled the ’48 Pan out and rode with Dr. Hamster and Chris Kallas the biker artist to the
SUNDAY POST–Happy Easter Goddamnit! I’m bobbing and weaving. I took the King for the first ride after new wheels, Avon Tyres and black powder coating replaced much of the chrome. I’m running into one problem. New Softails and Dynas are set up for at least 150 sized tires with the narrower belt, but not touring
SUNDAY POST–SON OF BANDIT RETURNS This is a bitchin’ weekend. My son, the tattoo artist, came by. He has worked with all the best tattoo artist in Southern California and is now preparing to open his own shop. He’s 29 and been through some rough times and women. We’re working on the headquarters this weekend.
SUNDAY POST MADNESS–WAR, ARRESTS, KNIVES AND BIG BORE CYLINDERS Hackasaw Triumph and we’re still working on the girl. I’m still digging the sand outta my ears from Tahiti. It’s Sunday, daylight savings time has been launched, the sun is shinning and it’s time to ride. So let’s clammor through this shit and hit the road.
