Event Coverage

This is an odd one. A story about a half-dozen grubby bikers on old rusting bikes blazing up the picturesque California coast toward the Ritz Carlton at Half Moon Bay, one of the most lavish upscale hotels and golf courses on the coast, just a few miles south of San Francisco. In an industry packed […]

Editor's Note: Doc Robinson, from Australia, a journalist for Heavy-Duty Magazine in Australia, criss-crossed the United State this summer covering everything that rolled from Billy Lane to Hollister, Sturgis, Victory and the 105th. It's been a blast. Watch for more of his reports as we close out 2008. All week bikers have been pouring into

Sturgis . . Ah Sturgis, there’s nothing quite like it. .Sturgis seems to have that special something. Maybe it’s partly due to the very friendly barmaids. Partly the fact that the high energy generated there during the rally helps make it a unique experience. And no doubt the mischievous fun spirit the atmosphere brings out

Bandit, I couldn’t make the trip out to Sturgis, SD this year, so I did the next best thing. It was early August and I couldn’t just let that slip by without a rally. I attended the East Coast Strugis Rally held the same time as the “Big Sturgis” rally in Little Orleans, Maryland to

Day three of our ride up to Sturgis dawned clear with a brilliant blue sky and we were up early, ready to hit the road and make some serious miles. Jeff Decker was also heading for Sturgis in his van, bike and bronze statues in the back, along with Hippodrome Studio merchandise and he kindly

When you put the Motorcycle industry and an Adult themed Internet show website together you get a phenomenal episode of Sturgis Rider Live.In case you are new to the show it is a mixture of top builders, artists, clubs, bikes and models all doing interviews on there history and what they are doing now. There

This was my maiden voyage in 2005 aboard the rattlecan black Fatboy. Aboard my modified Springer Classic. The bedroll and most of the roll on the front didn’t survive the second day. As for any road trip, you quickly decide what is necessary and what is expendable. WOW! Sturgis 2008 is officially in the books

The call of Sturgis and its many attractions was exerting a strong pull on me as I woke up that morning and I felt that all was right with the world. Do you believe in omens? If the day starts badly, do you think it might set the tone of the day? Well, day two

Well, we made it the Winter Park Colorado VA run. Set-up was Thursday and the weather was not in our favor. Winter Park is called Winter Park for a reason and Friday was no exception. Ted Nugent and others were to play outside at Hogfest on Saturday, but snow started falling. Bikes were still coming

Well all was looking good, we were packed and loaded to head to Sturgis Thursday morning, July 31st. All was going good, then 40 minutes into our trip..bam we drive right into the path of a tornado and before we can react, the 100-mile-an-hour straight line winds picked us up spun us around and flipped

Editor's note: Hollister 2008 was reported by Down Under Bikernet correspondent Doc Robinson who travelled half way around the world to attend the 61st Anniversary of the infamous first Hollister weekend. His features are also due to be published in Heavy Duty magazine, the largest H-D mag in Australia. “What are you rebelling against, Johnny?”“What

Well another El Diablo Run is in the history pages, making it three times now for this Run. The first I heard of the El Diablo Run was in the winter of ‘07 when a couple of guys I was chatting with out at Cook's Corner, in SoCal, were discussing their plans for the Run.

The Smoke Out 9 Rally provided two days of outstanding weather and none stop action. The main attraction, of course, was the 2-wheel artists blasting their latest designs down the Farmington Raceway. Everything from techno-chops to resurrected cruisers from the ‘80s made it out to the 2008 edition of the Smoke Out. Low and loud,

Hey Bandit, we just rolled in from Harley’s 105th birthday bash in Milwaukee… hey, aren’t you almost that old? What? You want us to speak slower or louder? Even though we were there for four days, there was no way to take in everything that was happening around town—even though we noticed that the different

The Antique Motorcycle Club of America held its second annual Grand National Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in historic Rhinebeck, NY this June. Over 1,000 rare motorcycles from 1898 through 1973 were on display including a timeline with a bike from every year represented. From vintage Harley-Davidson and Indian motorcycles

THE W8LESS MASTER HEADS TO BONNEVILLE– After a long awaited front tire change Friday after the U P S truck arrived, I hauled ass from San Jose late Friday evening, ADDICTION …. LIFE in the fast lane . MORE ADRENALINE please. DESTINATION … Wendover , Utah , 644 miles one way . DREAM…150 mph on

On the weekend of March 7th, 2009, I loaded up my trusty 1993 1200 XL and left for an adventure into the great state of Virginia. I had seen an advertisement on the pages of Bikernet.com on an upcoming event to be held in Fishersville, VA. Those of you who really know me…know I have

More than 200 people lost their lives in the terrible bushfires which swept parts of the Australian state of Victoria during February, entire towns were lost and thousands of homes destroyed. The sinister aspect is that at least some of the fires were deliberately lit, a circumstance that lead the country’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Sacramento, CA~Jan. 17-18~ The folks from Easyriders brought their 3-ring biker circus into the California capital over the weekend and proceeded to pack the downtown Sacramento Convention Center to the rafters with happy riders. The amazing spring-like weather was no small part of what drew folks out of their humble abodes. But once at the

Photo from “World's Fastest Indian” movie about Burt's racing history.Here's a good one from Australia. Our Ms Bikernet of the 2009 is, Nicole Brosing, a tattoo artist, who rides and just opened her first Tattoo Shop. She was assigned the coverage of the first Burt Munroe tribute beach race in New Zealand. But her report

We held off reporting on Las Vegas Bike fest because of the code. You know, “What happens in Vegas, stays there.” So how the hell do you report on the biggest bike event in Vegas and leave sleeping dogs lie? Or do dogs lie? Fuck, who takes a dog to Vegas… It all started out

Heading into the Jennings race, I had an 11 point lead on Charly P (CP). We gridded up for the V1 / 350GP race…..I got off to my usual poor start. Steve-O on the 911 V1 bike was a rocket….gone….next was Royce Eaton, who at 73, appeared to be recovered from his recent high-speed crash

Believe it or not the 37th running of the annual Griffith Park Sidecar rally was busted up by the cops, specifically the Park Rangers who apparently went into Homeland Security Mode when a record-breaking crowd of several thousand bike fans showed up for the event. Huell Howser's PBS KCET TV’s popular “California Gold” show spotlighted

I hate writing this story. Not because of anything West Virginia did, but because of what West Virginia is. You see West Virginia is unspoiled. She’s friendly; the natural beauty of both her citizens and the lands that lie within her borders hasn’t been spoiled by hoards of travelers scrambling to, “get there first.” It