Honor our nation’s heroes by joining your friends and special celebrity riders for a 40-mile escorted journey from the Center of the Nation Monument in Belle Fourche, SD to the legendary Sturgis Buffalo Chip. Ride alongside Chris Kael of Five Finger Death Punch! All registration donations directly support veterans and first responders. Spaces are limited […]
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Peery, Peterson and Dangrow Find Nitro Harley Solutions at No Problem Nitro Harley race coverage report event: PennGrade1 AMRA Cajun Nitro Nationals presented by AB Steelwhen: March 21-23, 2025where: No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose, Louisiana, USA Maybe it’s the surrounding petrochemical refineries and sugarcane fields that overactivated the Nitro Harley-Davidson field at the PennGrade1 AMRA
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Third Time’s a Charm? Gear Up for Round 3 at Yamaha Senoia Short Track, Where Past Visits Foretold Grand National Championship Battles The 2025 Progressive American Flat Track season, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, resumes this Saturday, March 29, with the third annual Yamaha Senoia Short Track at Senoia Raceway in Senoia, Georgia. Third Time’s
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A FundRaising Program Worth over $125,000–Sponsored by Bikernet.com, Danial James Fine Art and Easyriders Magazine This is amazing! We’re kicking off our first Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Raffle effort with the first Prize an original, Danial James, fine art piece based around the 85th Anniversary of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally worth over $25,000. There’s way more,
Board Track Racing On The Banked New Smyrna Speedway Sons Of Speed founded by Billy Lane in 2017 continues to grow year after year. It’s not surprising to me, as it is a thrill to see the stripped-down 20th century board track racing motorcycles restored and rebuilt doing it at the New Smyrna Speedway steeply banked
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The Story behind the World Fastest Motorcycle for 16 Years at 322 mph from 1990 to 2006 The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Board recently received an amazing opportunity to exhibit the Easyriders Streamliner during the 85th Annual Sturgis Rally. The saga started in and around 1971. I recently escaped the Vietnam era, but not before meeting
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Shit’s happening fast in SoCal this year and more shit than ever. No matter what the government throws at the brothers, they’re still rockin’ the asphalt in a chopper/bagger way. When they ain’t building Choppers, they’re flying across the state on hopped-up baggers. Take for instance a cold, damp January weekend when my grandson overslept.
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The 85th Sturgis Rally set for Aug. 1-10, 2025 is potentially going to be the largest rally yet, however, some wonder how the Sturgis City government’s recent unrest, budget cuts, and unprecedented turnover will affect the 85th Rally. It won’t. Why? Black Hills area businesses are at the helm, as they always have been. “What’s
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WEST PALM BEACH CONVENTION CENTER TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 5 THRU WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER, 6,2024 PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT The greatest country in the world is getting a well-needed tune up! There’s no need to describe the last 4 years of Bidenomics as we have all been living with the circumstances of their bullshit. November 5-6, 2024 marked a
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Biketoberfest 2024 Story and photos by Katmandu This October, your motorcycle mecca, also known as Daytona Beach and her surrounding state counties were heavily impacted by a strong, often Cat 5, hurricane named Milton. Yet despite heavy flooding in many neighborhoods and hundred mile an hour wind gusts the week before, the 32nd annual Biketoberfest
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Jeremy Cupp took 2nd in New York before the holiday break and then motored into the 1st at the Washington DC edition of the J&P Cycles Ultimate Builder Custom Bike show. He beat all comers in FreeStyle with his custom Sportster called LC Speedster. The Grottoes, Virginia native took the National Championship last
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The annual Arizona HOG Rally recently returned to the historic mountain settlement of Williams. The event moved around the state from year to year, but Williams is a HOG favorite, having returned to this northern Arizona town for a record tenth time. Founded in 1881 as a trapping and logging camp, Williams is named after
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Ultimate Builder United States Championship in Daytona Beach, FL The Ultimate Builder United States Championship of Custom Bike Building is held at the Daytona Progressive International Motorcycle Show during Daytona Bike Week, March 9-12, 2011. This elite competition crowns the definitive national champions in Free Style, Modified Harley and Performance Custom. The
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Shot of Val first meeting the Assalt Weapan for the first time in Idaho.THE MISSIONWith the Assault Weapon project in full swing following on last year’s world land speed record setting success with Salt Shaker, there was no way Bandit would be riding up to Sturgis this year. Instead, two experienced Bikernet operatives from down
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It’s been 14 years since I did Ladies Day Out, a local Treasure Coast women’s ride. From 1999 to 2010, the girls got together and we rode out in support of a local animal shelter. Then I got a real job and put the photojournalism on the back burner. Still rode when I could, supported
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A good old fandango, kicking-up some dust Texas-style in Fredericksburg. If you’re into motorcycles, chances are you are also into old ones. There’s no better way to snatch a weekend full of antique and vintage two-wheel machines than an AMCA (Antique Motorcycle Club of America) meet. Problem can be some of the AMCA meets are
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The 30th annual Platinum General Services event, proudly presented by the XDA, took on a bittersweet tone this past weekend at the Maryland International Raceway. As engines thundered against the backdrop of spring skies, the event unfolded with a poignant undercurrent, marking the first race since the passing of XDA co-owner Chris Miller. Miller’s absence
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Today is Earth Day, a day on which we are taught to feel guilty about our allegedly destructive impact on Earth—above all from our mass-use of fossil fuels. But note that Earth, before we started impacting it on a large scale through the use of fossil fuels, was long a terrible place for the
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Editor’s Note: Here’s another story written about a 1999 Road King Larry Luckey inherited from his father. His father bought the bike new, and Larry wrote this tight tale about his modification. He did a helluva job. Riding the same bike day after day for many years can be both a blessing and a curse.
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Set to unfold April 19-21 at the renowned Maryland International Raceway (MIR), The Xtreme Dragbike Association (XDA) is on the throttle, accelerating into the 2024 motorcycle drag racing season. The season opener is poised to kick off another unforgettable year of drag racing entertainment with the iconic 30th annual Platinum General Services Spring Nationals
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If you made it to Sons of Speed or Warren Lane’s Bike Show at the Broken Spoke Saloon there is a good chance you got to see Bad Boy Berry and if you were lucky have your photo taken with him and maybe even sign the stand. Many years ago,
The Mama Tried Show is an extravaganza that I’ve been jonesing to visit for a few years now. I took the following from their website at mamatriedshow.com: The Mama Tried Motorcycle Show is an indoor invitational that connects motorcycles and builders to fans and riders alike. Keeping the fire stoked all winter long.
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                 Introducing Students To Sons Of Speed Vintage Motorcycle Racing In Hopes They Will Be Interested In Becoming Motorcycle Mechanics.  From Classroom to Racetrack: Vintage Motorcycle Race Gives Florida Students First-Hand Learning Experience Volusia County, FL students visit New Smyrna
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The Five Ball “H3LLRAISER” invitational was a show that was put together in a rush due to crazy circumstances. My friend’s father owns a warehouse In Boyle Heights that’s in the middle of being re-leased and currently vacant. He told me I had a month to pull something off before… We reached out to Carrie
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