This piece speaks to so many things. This brother is retired, but he’s not turning the motorcycle flame down. When we started this series, he faced three restorations of 1913-’14 Harleys and one Excelsior-Henderson. I could be wrong. There could be a 4th. Since then, he’s scored more early bikes, sold bikes, restored Museum bikes […]
Cabana Dan’s Never Ending Projects Read More »
Moving to Sturgis is like moving to motorcycle nirvana in the Black Hills Region of South Dakota. It’s either Western or Two-Wheeled in this area. The wild life runs from Moose to Elk, to Knucklehead, flathead and 4-valve heads. There are long distance riders, artists like Scott Jacobs and his entire family, to Antique Motorcycle
Cabana Dan’s ’13-’14 Builds Read More »
What is the Washington Press Corps. It’s a question we’ve all asked ourselves at one time or another. As is the question so what’s actually the deal with Jill Biden’s tits. We see them packed together like pigs to the slaughter….. ok, I’m back to the Washington Press Corps, by the way. I’ve left Jill
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 101: Read More »
Hey, I want everyone to have a magnificent holiday season. This news column says it all from romance, to the freedom fight, to the need for truth. It says the holiday spirit, from gift giving, to warm and family joy. What could be better. Let’s hit it: The Bikernet Weekly News is sponsored in part
AMAZING SEASON BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for December 7, 2023 Read More »
Yesterday, I roamed to the Arkansas Confederation of Clubs chili cookoff. I loaded my truck down with chili and pastries and cornbread and headed to the Longbranch Saloon in Little Rock. It has been the heart of Arkansas bikerdom since Moby Dick was a minnow… Even though biker bars come and go, the Longbranch remains
There’s No Place Like Home Read More »
Hey, We are following reports about the COP28 CLIMATE conference by the UN. I also follow the WHO reports. For decades the UN and other global entities wrote reports. They didn’t seem to be able to do much of anything. Suddenly, they want to rule the world. They still don’t want to do anything, but
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 30, 2023 Read More »
Before you ride ’em, you gotta buy ’em. Every time a new motorcycle model is launched there is another article with detailed “breakdown” and “comparison” between the new contender and the bestselling motorcycle in that market segment. They seem to believe that customers buy a motorcycle after reading these numbers and ticking the boxes
Hey, I want to wish everyone the best Thanksgiving ever. We are actually living in the best of times. This next year could be the most comfortable and rewarding for the human race in the history of mankind. What the hell does that say for bikers? We are capable of riding all over the globe,
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 23rd, 2023 Read More »
Gabriel rode hard, fought hard and searched his soul year after year after he found himself in the Chopper homeland of Sturgis, South Dakota. He ultimately discovered a spot of land in Boulder Canyon, containing a modest cabin and a heated shop space to die for, but a double shot of Jack on the rocks
Hey, Here’s an odd thing to ponder. We’re being attacked from every direction. Your cars, motorcycles and way of life are under assault. The government is enticing people to invade our country and incentivizing them to bring fentanyl to kill our kids (100,000 a year). They are tearing our cities down and saying it’s a
THE HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 16, 2023 Read More »
Editor’s Note: In our Weekly Thursday News for October 19th, 2023, we had featured excerpts of global mobility issues. It featured insight into the issues influencing and affecting mobility and EV from Bill Klehm, CEO of eMobillity solutions provider eBliss. Refer that news article by clicking here. We followed up by contacting Bill’s team. We
An Interview with Bill Klehm Read More »
Hey, The motorcycle industry has a problem, but it also has the solution—if the family sticks together. We are under attack, but we also have a family of supporters lead by the Motorcycle Riders Foundation, which is now joined by NCOM, NCOCs, and the new IMA. Hell, maybe SEMA will step up. I could give
THE FIGHTING FAMILY BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 9, 2023 Read More »
There’s a reason we’re fucked. It’s because we’re stupid. This is a bread package from our kitchen. This bread, as you can clearly see, supports digestive health. Three words stuck together that have absolutely no communication value. “Supports” means it doesn’t fuck up your digestive health. It won’t say to your digestive health, “Gut some
SUPPORTS DIGESTIVE HEALTH SOLVED Read More »
Hey, As you know, I’ve pondered the issues, the war on smoke or fossil fuels for a while. I’ve studied the movement in our colleges to basically over-throw the government. Then last week I started to consider history. Hell, Greg Wrightstone from the CO2 Coalition just wrote a story about witches of the 1600s and
THE HISTORIC BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 2, 2023 Read More »
Christy and I just came back from a ride on my 2022 Harley Ultra Limited to the Smokey Mountains. It is a really nice time of the year to do that with the weather and trees changing. As it turned out a lot of other people must have had the same motorcycling notion. Everywhere we
SMOKEY MOUNTAIN HIGH Read More »
The Governor of New Mexico, a character named Michelle Grisham, made what I consider to be one of the great advances in tyranny since the C-19 Circus of Shit. Now, I have to say right out the gate that she didn’t actually succeed. But she did show the way to upcoming tyrants, and of course
Meet Governor Michelle Grisham of New Mexico Read More »
Hey, We are living in strange times. Zero policies means endless regulation and absolutely no freedom. Think about it. Zero emissions would mean we quit breathing. It also means death to plant life. They need, we need CO2. Zero traffic deaths is virtually impossible. In one country, they immediately chose to ban motorcycles. Oops. This
BAN ZERO POLICIES BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for October 26, 2023 Read More »
Vintage Motorcycle Racing – Daytona Beach was and is where it’s at! 1937 was the first year the Daytona 200 Motorcycle Race was run on the packed sand track on Daytona Beach. This race is where it all started…the origin of Bike Week. Racing was the main focus of the event, with the beach course approximately 4.2
THE REAL THE RAW THE RACE Read More »
Freddie Cuba, a longtime custom bike builder of dubious renown grew up in Hastings, Nebraska, but bought a cabin 28 miles outside of town in Deweese in 1999. So get this, he flat-track raced for several years, but got disillusioned. His brother said something about driving hundreds of miles to race for a costly experience
24th Annual Twisted Nipple Races Read More »
Hey, Here’s what we’re up against from one source, SEMA:Rhode Island Re-Opens Comment Period for Internal Combustion Engine BanUPDATE: Don’t Wait—Please Comment on New Mexico’s Proposed Clean Car PlanNew Jersey Set to Ban Internal Combustion EnginesAsk Your U.S. Representative to Support the CARS ActU.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Stop California’s ICE Vehicle BanEPA
THE WHAT WE’RE UP AGAINST BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for October 19th, 2023 Read More »
Bandit read her note again in a cafe. It was 1:00 a.m. His heart hoped it wouldn’t happen, but his instinct sensed it…. in her delicate features and her sultry voice. She was on the drift. Without her there was nothing worth having in his life. A desire to hold her was as intense as
Rode Alone Revisited Read More »
Hey, Another exciting week in the shop. A brother recently picked up a 1960 Panhead roller from a friend in Alaska. He asked Ron, the shop owner, to send him a Linkert carb, since he didn’t have one. This carb needed parts and a rebuild. What a challenge. Even the threads in the cast aluminum
THE CARB BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for October 5, 2023 Read More »
Last night I was sittin’ in my chair, window shopping chrome for my new hardtail Sportster, as my old back beat a steady rhythm of pain through my body… and I got a message from the sister of one of my old riding buddies. My heart thudded loudly as I stared for a minute at
OLD BIKERS NEVER DIE Read More »
Deadly Attachment by Ujjwal Dey Love Triumphs Where Fate Falters The cards tumbled faster than the houseflies on her wound. He would wave a week-old newspaper with his left hand while trying to arrange his castle of cards on the night table next to her bed. She was always frail and tender. Now, she had
